El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-08-17

BEVERLY, Mass, Aug lit va
ID with Sidney ". Winslow, IT., that
I drove out from Boston 10 Beverly
10 see whether Uncle sam is TO have
enough machines 10 make the foot
gear for his army and navy Beverly
is the seat Of the company which
makes a very large part Of the shoe
machinery Of the United states, and
1rr. Winslow is the son Of the man
who organized and built Up the insti-
tuition which has made possible the
filling Of the vast acquisitions no"
made by the government
The modern shoe is the child OF
machinery. and it Is only through ma
chimes made for the purpose that any
style OF shoe can be turned. out IN
large quantities The orders LOT llS
army already approNimates 5y,09y-yyy
pairs. and when We have o,UvU,ygo
men in the field. we shall require IN
she neiEhborhOod OF three or TOUR
times that many shoes every year 1t
is not an impossihiIitT that the num-
her VIII reach 100, 900. 900 pairs Of
shoes per annun- Marching, Iignt-
ing and the work OF the trenches eat
I'D leather as wolves eat LreSn meat
IN addition TO this we have the enor-
nous IDNu TIC AELA.alAAa " AAAAAh q
yes about three pairs Tor every man,
woman and child in the country, so
that the needs OF the time may rise
rs hight as 400.000.0 900 pairs Of shoes
Supplying the Machines.
The manufacture Of these shoes Is
the task Of the leather and shoe max
ing industry. The supplying OF the
machinery upon which the output de-
ponds is largely the task OF the Uni
ted Shoe Machinery company Whlch
sells or leases its machines to the
hundreds Of shoe factories Of the Uni
ted States and TO our allies II not
only supplies its machines, but II
keeps them in order and looks after
their efficiency and their capacity
for production. The great plant
where the machines are made IS mere
At Beverly. within % miles OF the
city Of Boston
But first let me give you a bit Of
the talk as 10 the machines for war
shoes which had with Sidney
Winsiow on our way TO the plant
Although the son OF the president
Of the company he put in the same
time as the ordinary mechanic. and
received the same wages he got 10
cents an hour at the start and worked I
10 hours a day. At the end OF three
wears one hot July morning when .
he vas about TO begin new Job In I
handling the molten iron OF the foun- I
dries he was called to the offices In I
Boston instead All this was a num- I
Der OF years ago and there he IS now, 4
Z director OF the company and one Z
d the managers OF its business.
Well Prepared for War.
In speaking about the situation Z
brought about by the war Mr.. Wins D
low said NO industry was better /
prepared 70 take its part in the war
-hsn the shoe machinery industry
The machines for army work have 1
been supplied as fast as they were /
ordered, and We have been able TO
give every factory doing government
work such Of our machines as Il need
ID. We could do this largely on ac-
cunt q our leasing system As you
probably know. we own the most OF
lur machines and lease them out TO
he factories. We know Just where
hey are, and have been able to trans
'er them from one factory TO another
nd move them about TO where they
,ould do the most good for the gov
.rumenL
I'm some cases We have had to give
7-her machines 70 the factories from I
which the machines for army shoes
we're taken. or TO persuade the less
,es TO get along in some other way
Until We could replace the machines
altogether we have furnished $500
nschines for government work in ad-
irion 10 making many new machines
or the same purpose Take this new
shoe AS soon rs we learned
hat the government had ordered
00 900 pairs Of such shoes for trial, I
re saw that there would be a large
=rand for the new machines re-
-ired 10 make It. We knew they
-" not make an adequate test with
far number OF shoes. and that they
could need several million pairs be
ore they could Try the type out
--Thereupou we took the chances Of
oss. and set 20 making machines for
hat type Of shoe. II is for this rea-
on that we are ready TO handle the !
riders now coming in from the gov
rnment without borrowing largely
rom our shoe machines In the other
actories. So far. il there has been
ny delay in the shipping Of army
hoe orders. IL has not been from the
sez Of shoe machinery. One Of the
actories recently got an order for !
ad its machines Is days ago, but II
as not vet got the leather"
Does the government require shoe
machines for the use OF the soldiers
asked
Makes Repair Plants.
a great deal Of our present bust- ;
ess is making special machines for {
he war department" replied Mr.. / {
Tfnslow. Repair plants have been [
established at the army cantoumentss
nd a large number OF special ma
hines for repairing shoes there have / {
cen furnished. The army wants ma {
hines that can be run by foot power,
nd operated independently OF any {