The daily Alaskan., 1918-06-14

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 Whats in shoe? ...
 Take factory tag that tells how shoe is made. Count on 1t sixty dtffsr- snt items of material; also different items of labor. That shows many of the things in a case. And there may be others.
 Whence come the materials? When you look at shoe you see the four cor ners of the globe pulled together in it.
 Begin with the bottom, or sole, made from the hide of Texas steer, tanned in oak from Pennsylvania forests. And. the heel Is of South American dry hide, tanned in hemlock bark.
 It's kidskin shoe you haYeH It looks 1t, although one never can tell for sure these days, The yamp is made of a goat of Brazil. It Is tanned with chrome from New Caledonia, is black ed with logwoOd from Jamaica and Is glazed with glass from Austria.
 The top is of kid skin tanned in Ni- geria, brought to Massachusetts and there retanned and finished. The tongue Is of sheep leather. The sheep grew in Argentine. The leather Innings are Of skins of sheep that grew in Australia. The skins were tanned In sumac from Sicily.
 Some of the leather is treated with fiat liquor," an emulsion made of cod oil from Labrador and acids from one of the new American chemical labora- tories. a
 Yet only 6 few of the things that the tanner used in making tho shoe have been mentioned. He also uses in his mystery of tanning "diVi-dtYi" from the East Indies, valoniR from Turkey, myrobolans from Indir and algarobilla from the land knows where, salt from Michigan, sawdust from Maine mills, egg yolk from Russia, blood from Chi cago and degras from France-Gnd a few other things from 6 few other coun- tries besides.
 If there's any fellow under the sun, from an Eskimo to a PRtagonian or from Hottentot to a Korean, who has hide or skin to sell, he can get his price for 1t if he will show 1t to Tan kee tanner, for the Yankee tanner iC buying pelts everywhere.
 The leather of which the shoe is made is fastened together with thread of Irish linen or Georgia cotton. The lacings aEa of Egyptian or long fiber Sea island cotton, tough and strong. The buttons are of bone, pearl or paper, American or European. The eyelets arc of brass, coated with celluloid.
 The tacks are made by the million tn Massachusetts of steel Tho same is true of the heel nails and of the shRnks in the arches of the shoe. If 0 person prefers wood pegs that won't scratch hardwood floors In the heels of his shoes he may get them at q New Hampshire shop.
 The welt may be of pigskin. The pig was killed in Packingtown, and his pelt was tanned in Massachusetts. Ills bristles were saved and made into brushes for cleaning the shoe
 Between the outsole and the inSole of the shoe is the filler" compost ton of rubber from Ceylon cut with naphtha and mixed with ground cork from Portugal.
 The insole perhaps is of good bark tanned leather But 1t may be of fiber, coated with sheet of leather. The box toe may also bs of leather. But more likely 1t is of felt, filled with shellac to make it sttH. Likewise tho counter may be of leather. But more likely 1t is of leather board CT celluload or of scraps of leather pasted together with flour paste and compressed.
 The felt is made from waste weolen, perhaps old coats. The shellac is from the lac tree of India, and the leather board is made down in Maine OG shrOd- ded leather, hemp and 1ute from India and other things.
 Yet & few more things are used in the making of 6 shoe. Tho last over which the shoe is fashioned, Is of ma pie from Michigan. The pattenR by which the uppers are cut, are of paper board, made from old newspapers.
 They are bound with brass. The brass is stripped from them after they become obsolete, and it Is used for braxing the steel dies with which leath- CT Is cut for several parts of the shoe. The brazing Is done In an electric flame or in a fire of Pennsylvania coal
 The snowy white lining is made from cotton of Dixie land. The top facing is of silk made in New Jersey mills, and the gold leaf on It may be truly product of Fl Dorado. The edges of the heels and soles are , burnished with wax, which comes from Brazil, and the shoes are blacked with a blacking of which wax Is chief part. There are forty-seven other things in a shoe. But enough already has been told What does fellow expect these days of high prices? Enough already has been said to make lesson in