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Zurich Herald, 1920-10-07, Page 3CANADIAN BOOT SHOE o AND SHOE INDUSTRY SUPPLIES LIES . 5 PER CENT. . OF OUR NEEDS. Took More Than a Century to Overcome Preference for • Imported Shoes. The Canadian boot and shoe Indus- try at the present time holds sixth place in importance anxoll.g the indus- tries of Canada, A delving into his- tory reveals the fact that as early as 1667 the making of Shoes in Canada wee. established, and at that time, in the entire country, there were some twenty shoemakers, So that the shoe industry is not only one of Canada's oldest manufactures, but has always been, as it is to -day, ono of the most important. From 1(367 with its twenty siioemalers the shoe industry has de- ve-oiled year by year until today it is found to be a highly organized and Perfected industry producing goods which compare very favorably with the product of any other country. In the year 1870 the first official figures are given, and the modest be- ginning of 1667 is found to have de- veloped until in 1371, in value of out- put, it was the third largest industry in Canada, with 4,150 establishments. Their total combined capital amount- ed to some three and a quarter mil- lion dollars, the average value of their output being $3,350 and the average number of workers being slightly over' four. The Introduction of Machinery. The shoe industry at this time was, as can be seen, a small shop prepesf- ton , but an advaueomeYlt ee the early days when the travelling shoe maker pose the regulation breakfast almost went from house to house- supplying all the year. For dinner there is us - the needs of the people. It was well ua.11y inflict cooked dry like rice, and after • confederation before machinery some hot vegetable. Twice a week became a great factor in the develop- ' the vegetable is cooked with fat pork AUTO SPARE PARTS for most makes and models of cars... Your old, broken or worn-out parts replaced. Write or wire us desorib- Ing wl.at you want. We carry the Canada ost f sligghtly used for©stook new parts and automobile equipment. Wo ship 0.0,n, anywhere in Canada. Satis- factory or refund in full our motto, Shaw's A.ut'a Salvage Fart Fluln?ly, 822-031, 71ufferi.n St., Toronto, Oat, About Eggs. An egg with a white shell doesn't contain so much nutriment as a brown - shelled one. There is more water and less fat in it. Knowing this, and realizing that most people prefer brown eggs, some unscrupulous tradesmen make a prac- tice of coloring eggs with coffee o: cold tea. A hen does not lay the most nutri- tious egg by a long way;, Only about one-fifth part of a hen's egg is nour- ishing. One -ninth is waste, and the rest water. Geese lay the best eggs from the point of view of nourishment. Then conte clucks and Guinea fowl. Hens are fourth on the list, with turkeys and plovers following on. Did you know, by the way, that eggs are good far the complexion? They contain a certain amount of sulphur, which purifies the blood and so keeps the skin nice and clear. Where Board is Cheap. It is refreshing in these days of high prices to learn that somewhere it is possible to get one's daily bread and its accompaniments at a low figure. The place is China—Tengs- chow, i11 the province of Shantung. There in the mission school a girl may have three meals a day for $18 a year. The menu sounds strtinge to the school girl of the Western world, but lo the Chinese student it is highly satisfactor. Steanmed corn bread and raw turnips that 'have been kept in brine and then chopped quite fine coin - A FINE PATTERN FOR A. SUIT ment of shoemaking and the first work was all hand -made. By 1370, however, . the advantages of making shoes in larger units was well recog- nized and the hand shoemaker was gradually eliminated,. until in 1800, twenty years later, establishments em- ploying less than five people had only increased to five thousand, whilst fac- tories employing five ;people or over numbered 269: Ten years later, in 1900, this number was reduced to 17c1, indicating that many of the smaller factories had to close 'up, being Un- able to compete with the development of the larger plants, where production on. a greater scale had brought about economies impossible in the little cus- tom shop. By 1900, shoe factories., in the larg- est meaning of the term, were a well established and developed factor in the industry, and from that time de- velopment has continued speedily and steadily uutil there are ifow 160 fac- tories in the Dominion employing a capital of more than $33,000,000, with an annual output of about $50,000,000, paying more than $10,000,000 annually in wages to shoe workers alone and buying materials at over $27,000,000, much of which is produced by other Canadian industries•. 4nstead of in bean oil as usual. Sup- per is the same as breakfast. Perhaps half a dozen times a year, however, they celebrate with more luxurious fare. Nineteen Million Pairs of Shoes. It is interesting to nate in consider- ing the development which has taken place, that the 179 factories in 1900 produced shoes in value only slightly less than the entire output of the 5,395 shops which existed in 1390. From records obtained from the United Shoe Machinery Company, Canadian factories in 1908 turned out approxmiately 10,000,000 pairs of shoes, and in 1919 the total output had increased to well over 19,000,000 pairs. The development of the present modern shoe ''factory was only made possible by the introduction and im- provement of shoe machinery, and in this respect the shoe industry is still conlperatively young. The very foun- dation of modern shoe machinery dates back only to 1858, when the in- vention of the McNay sewer made pos- sible great strides in progress. In 1562, the curved needle sewing ma- chine for turn shoes was invented, to be improved later by Charles Good- year, To -day Canadian factories are sup- plying 95 per cent. of the -shoe re- quirements of the country. Thousands of Canadians are dependent for their livelihood upon the industry and the production of every grade of footwear. l nr many yearg the indristry got little ,Credit for the high character of its ;product, and it took more than a 'cele tul,y to ovareome the prejudice 1n favor of imported shoes. Now, how- ever, the high cittality of Canadian footwear, as shown at the reteltt Montreal Convention and, EXIaibition of the National Sane Retailers Asse- elatien, recognized, and At% made the industry the sixth in. im- portance in the Dominion with a value which is increasing every year. 1 Buy Thrift Stamps. His CruelSilence. The mother's heart sank as she en- tered the abode of her newly -married daughter and found the young wife: in tears—floods of 'ern. • "What is. the matter, nxg darling?" she demanded, anxiously. "Oh, Edward is a brute—a brute!" wailed the girl. "Why do you ,say so?" asked the mother.. "I3e—he came home late for supper last night, :and—and I scolded him a little, "Quite right, too!" agreed the lady. "And what did he do?" "Oh, mother, he :he—" Her failed her. "Did he—did the dare strike you?" "Oh, worse than that, mother! He just sat there and—and yawned!" Life. This life is a skein of tangled thread Where the strands get mixed in doubtful ways, The far end hid in the knots some- where, The other one lost in the twisty maze. callous older voice wretch 0666-9374 rmisrniclrry Deign No. req.} 9666—Misses' Suit -Coat: Price, 35 cents. In 3 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Size 16 requires 1% yds. 54 ins. wide. 937.1—Misses' Twc-Piece Skirt (in two lengths). Price, 20 cents. In 3 sizes, 16 to 20 years. Size 16 requires 1?g, yds. 54 ins. wide. Width, 1i/a -Yds. These patterns may be obtained from your. local McCall dealer, or from the McCall Co., 70 Bond street, Toronto, Dept, W. 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It may be stated that an apparatus has been devised which, by what ex- perts call an "electrical method of concentration," propagates the elec- tric wirelees waves in a "beans" in any desired direction, and in that di- rection only. Hitherto the electric waves sent out from wireless stations have spread out in all directions and all who "lis- tened -in" could hear. The new inven- tion will mark the end of the wireless eavesdropper." When it is perfected a wireless station will be able to send out Morse or spoken messages which will be heard only by those for whom they are intended. The new apparatus, which is being worked at an experimental station in England, with a shortwave length, has recently been demonstrated to a num- ber of expetrs, who expressed the greatest interest in the discovery. It is known that German wireless research has been lately closely di- rected to this problem of the "eaves- dropper," for the Germans realized that we were.able to pick up with our listeners set much valuable informa- tion about Zeppelin movements dur- ing the war. New Health Can Be Obtained by Enriching the Blood Supply. When a girl in her teens becomes peevish, listless and dull, when noth- ing seems to interest her and deludes do not tempt her appetite you may be certain that she needs more good blood than her system is provided with. Before long her pallid cheeks, frequent headaches and breathless- ness and heart palpitation will confirm that she is anaemic. 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At one recently run near Calcutta a goat proved the victor over an elephant and a horse, the latter being a bad third. The slowest races in the world are the snail contests, which in normal times are held in certain parts of Ger- many at what we would call county fairs. The winners are much es- teemed and frequently fetch high prices. Hope and Memory. viiat would, lite be For hi mwhom death bereaves OP cbsnradeship supreme Had he not hope again to meet? Abiding in that hope he lives, Blest be that hope. What would life be Could memory not recall With ever ready spell Her voice, her smile? His lonely days would not be worth the while. Blest be memory. Two California bakers patent- ed a self -oiling machine that clips the tops of leaves of bread before they are baked, producing an ornamental and much better browned crust. "He who educates the young shapes the future." IT 11 MOM M tiffs& P o ably.' Bobbles: "What does this author mean by saying that the hero had `well -carved' features?" 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