Review of reviews and world's work . Italy, Sicily, Central Asia, theIndies. Mexico, South America, Africa, Tur-key, and Arabia. GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN LEATHER IN-DUSTRY. The debates in Congress resulting in theremoval of the duty on hides, together withthe entrance into the leather-producing busi-ness of large packing concerns in Chicago,Kansas City, and other Middle Westerncenters, has drawn attention to the astound-ing development of the leather business inextent and variety of operations during thepast half-century in this country. The story of the growth of this great busi-ness in the Uni
Review of reviews and world's work . Italy, Sicily, Central Asia, theIndies. Mexico, South America, Africa, Tur-key, and Arabia. GROWTH OF THE AMERICAN LEATHER IN-DUSTRY. The debates in Congress resulting in theremoval of the duty on hides, together withthe entrance into the leather-producing busi-ness of large packing concerns in Chicago,Kansas City, and other Middle Westerncenters, has drawn attention to the astound-ing development of the leather business inextent and variety of operations during thepast half-century in this country. The story of the growth of this great busi-ness in the United States, while undoubtedlyfull of human interest, has never beenactually written. But as can be read betweenthe lines of trade reports and in the traditionsand memories which seem to be the commonproperty of the men who are making ourshoes, our gloves, and our pocket-books, it isa thoroughly American story of real Ameri-can ingenuity and development. Here are afew of the main points in this story as gatii-ered from manv sources:. DRYING HIDES OUTSIDE OF A TANNERY. BUENOS AIRES. 454 THE AMERICAN REI^/EIV OF REVIEWS. FROM SMALL TANNERY TOTRUST. LEATHER In its initial stages the leather business ofthe United States was comprised in the de-velopment of the tanning industry, first ofNew England, then of New York and Penn-sylvania, and later of Michigan, Wisconsin,and other Mid-Western States. As early as1647 Roxbury, now a part of Boston, wasnoted as a tanning center. Tanning estab-lishments gradually crept westward as theforest was cleared and the oak and hemlockbark used in the tanning process was ex-hausted. Late in the seventeenth century theshipbuilding industry of Massachusetts hadso depleted the forests of oak that the tanningbusiness soon left the State and went toMaine, Canada, and New York and Penn-sylvania, where there were adequate suppliesof bark. Very -soon the small tanneries be-gan to be superseded by larger were combined into larger enterpris
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