Review of reviews and world's work . y visitor to a modern shoe factory:First, the number and efficiency of the ma-chines; second, the economy of production,there being virtually no such thing as waste,and, third, the variety of material. To theordinary man who thinks that in a generalway shoes are made of cowhide and goatskinit comes as a surprise to learn that half adozen different animals are laid under tributeto furnish material for his foot or ox hide, of course, is almost invari-ably the source of sole leather, but uppers,using that term not in the technical sense butto deno
Review of reviews and world's work . y visitor to a modern shoe factory:First, the number and efficiency of the ma-chines; second, the economy of production,there being virtually no such thing as waste,and, third, the variety of material. To theordinary man who thinks that in a generalway shoes are made of cowhide and goatskinit comes as a surprise to learn that half adozen different animals are laid under tributeto furnish material for his foot or ox hide, of course, is almost invari-ably the source of sole leather, but uppers,using that term not in the technical sense butto denote the upper portions of shoes gener-ally, are made from calfskin, grown on theAmerican Western plains, the pampas of Ar-gentina, or the wilds of Australia; goat andkid skin, from the backs of animals reared inFrance, Italy, Corsica, Russia, Spain, NorthAfrica, and various parts of Asia; coltskin,from Russian Siberian ponies; and kangs,the skins of kangaroos from Australia andNew Zealand. Lynn, Mass., was the cradle of the Ameri- \^. ^ . r \ -/ 1 „ r 1 w -^ - f ^f^->^ ?:.t ?:?i>^ M;l idxv JACKSON SCHULTZ. (One of the pioneer leather merchants of the NewYork Swamp, perfecter of one of the importanttanning processes, and known In his day as one ofNew Yorks most public-spirited citizens.) DANIEL B. (Pioneer New York leather merchant andphilanthropist.) can shoe industry. By 1795 the evolution ofthe factory system had reached a stage wherein Lynn alone there were 200 master-work-men employing 600 journeymen and turningout more than 300,000 pairs of shoes peryear. The entire shoe was then made undeone roof and often from leather tanned cthe premises. It may be said now that Bolton itself is the center of the business, withBrockton, Lynn, and Haverhill other im-portant Massachusetts centers. Rochester,Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, and Cincin-nati have also during the past half-decadebecome important shoe-producing Sam, indeed, is fast becoming the
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