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Show The boot industry of England must be in a bad way when a Coxcy army composed of unemployed bootmakers in one shire can be found, to march upon London. And yet. it Is not surprising to those who have seen a recent circular circu-lar issued by our Department of Commerce Com-merce and Labor, on the boot and shoe exports of the United States and the United Kingdom respectively It seems from this that the United States exported ex-ported In 1893, but 588,003 pairs of boota and shoes. In total, valued at 5726,210. but In latH It exported 4.S06.279 pairs, valued at $7,319,775. In a constantly growing ascendance. On the oth.r hand, Great Britain exported 8,31G,58S pairs of boots and shoes In valued at 18,259.680, and In 1904, the somewhat less number of 8,107,824 pairs, valued at 'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ?7. 692, 019. The product of the United Kingdom was valued at considerably less than a dollar a pair, while that of the United States was above a dollar and a half a pair. No wonder the British Brit-ish boot trade languishes under s-uch a state of facts ns this, and the bootmakers bootmak-ers are In despair. |