Evening star., 1918-08-18

and the light. Each die is made in
two pieces. which are welded to-
Gether by electricity. After this the
edges are Ground as sharp as razor.
so that when laid on the leather and
pressed doNn ty the. machines they
must be accurate in every particular,
for UPON it depends the regularity of
tho shape of the shoe.
1t Would take o long, story TO de-
scribe all the wonders that have to
dosWith the fnaaziug' of si3oess In addi-
ton to the ma cs ines proper this. plant
has men who manufacture only tools
to make the machines and 1t hassa.
large department which. might be
called a research laboratory. This
is devoted to making experimental
machines and machine parts, and con-
rected with. 1t are more than 100
inventors, Who do nothing else but
work on improvements in shoe ma
chinery. Each of the. inventors has
his own private room for his work.
lie has two craftsmen who make de,
signs according to his directions. and
Il pnech1nic to Ale. out and shape GER
tain. parts.' The roorns of tho in
ventors run for about one-ffth of
mile along one side of the room: and
their department has been facetiously
called. "Eug ~House' row" l went
along this row. from room, TO room
and talked with the men.' They have
come frisrn everywhere. and. are Of
every degree OF education and ahils
it%. They have heen selected for their
Yankee ingenuity that en1b,es them
tions ef iron and steer Some of the
best. of ihtm as'e p'ers Soys, while
others are gray-hairad' and tave becp
fnventing for score. or. more ven ns.
Every one has cr'eated new machines
or parts of one kind or another.
~.
This work In the research 'laboras
tory shows some of the advantages
OF. the present organization Of the
shoe mechinery industry The shoe
MACHINES are for the most part leased
out to tho .(aetoAes on n royalty of
so much for each pair of shoes made
by them. and the more efficient and
speedler The raachines the greater the
receipts OF the company, som6 of the
factories buy certain machines out:
right. but most OF them prefer to pay
a low royalty on their output. The
United Shoe Machinery Company
makes The plachines and installs
them. 1t sends put its agents to give
them regular. INSPECTION and sees
that they are Kept In order and
supplied with repairs. The royalty
on the S00,Q00,0eO pairs of shoes of
all types and grades which wsA be
used in the Unised States this year
Is on the average less than 8 cents
per pair for the nse of adj the
machines which the company sun
plies, and no pair of shoes pays
higher royalty than cents. When
you are charged $40 or s12 for a pair
of shoes you may know that the in
creased cost has gone into some other
mans pockets than into those Of the
men who make this machinery; for
the factories have hsd 70 pay to them
less than G cents on that paif of
shoes. >Phe new pershiny shoes, which
are costing Uncle Sam upward OF
$3.50 per pair, pay between S and 6
cents per pair, for all of these
machines which are used in making
them, and there has been no increase
in the regular royalties on account
of the war.
1t is this method of leasing shoe
machines that has enabled large and
the country, and has kept out large
combinations in the shoemakiny in
dustry. The man with the small
capital pays no more for his machin-
cry installation than the map with
the large capital, aud all that a COM
pany has needed to start In business
has been Its credit, its power plant
Its workmen and its raw material
The machinery is put in anywhere