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Show Uncle Sam Cobbler : Making and Mending Shoes for Millions of Soldiers One of Big Industries of War By FrrArruk A. Cleveland a, .,,., .f - -I-' " Eronftrny tr.ff.M.nry EACH recruit ie Klven two pal" of -hoen when he a field shoo ,,! a mar-bin;: shoe. If we recruit a l-.un-b-ed thousand rr.e.i a month we n,,rJ i;,r 2.100.000 pairs of i.boes a ,nr!1 ;!. ial eriulpnie.it." Then other Y,s win boa-'ht to meet "maln-ter.ano' "maln-ter.ano' i eqoircment.-." an fast, aa these . Wbila in traininK soles .... r thiooa'o" in about six we'-Ks. If' ,, Ur are left to the men, shoo! 1 .,, tw.c, i o and three rr.or.th.-i on ,;,lf. ' r ide and riot 1,1 ,n .leoehcs. ....an r,in n avera.-e of a. trnllior, ,r,er, Ir, t.ainiro: here vPh three toooths' wear to a r.l.oe It "ould take 4 000.000 pain; of ..hoes a. year for Upkeep. A'SUrolM' " '' K1 "' m'.llio,, and a. half rr.'-n abroad and ,-,o ,on.hn' wear for h I..OOO.O0O r,slr, a year must bo r.t overseas; -, 400 000 pair of fih'es a. yi.r "t Y,o a pair v. on Id cost $.1.700.000. ' ' :,,t I hi. Is not nil there I to foot- ,i ir '1'i' i e are ova - hoc-, and I ub b, .r booti and lrnoh fool-:overliu;s , ,, - hoe : -all l-lnds of H.lnK'l to II, e !' fioro v.r.t od eid i, nd r,,al". I' po ihlc lo move an inoiy Tool A I matter of fact, the ,,,,,,,, Oi l. d il, tl,.. eelllfinle, to (V.j,PAi for foo;i-.car for the a, my this year wis mo.e than a bundi- l million dollar-,, and that v.an r.r a. smaller army than is now In the rnaki-ur. .VTondhu; ehoes has rome to be one of Uncle Sam's bit: I ndust rle . -It Is an Imperii, nt part of the wo, k of the conservation and reel.-, rnn tlon service. When wo went Into the lii:l,t leather bad become sej.rce and the ,;ood old way of handllm; shoe., In the American Amer-ican armv was Just as wasteful as w.n tho Rooil olrl way of handllm: clothes. In fact, It was more wasteful, Iw.nl' . old clothes ar, rar;s were raw material, Jut. old shoes -what could be done with old shoe-;? i W(,nt lo the camps and found out. As 'nor, as the "e, . I, ic" bad crossed the line n I one of Hie la,;:e military n-servallons, a soldh r niepped no and linked for my pass. This l,",.i: shoe.,, J told him I w,'iiil.., lo bod the , on !;e,-va'loi S,,ld I e, -1 a , I a I i o ,, ..It'ie",-. "I don't know where la- Is Tiils Is a I.Ik pise,-. You'd bed,, ,. I,, II,.. loop" I ynt. off at tl," "lo'.f,." and a , lliem wan no one "u,;i i 1 1 , o; '' I starl'd out for mornlfo: v.all:, folio'.' lis; a .'s am: l.i uek loaded v. P h old ho. :. Tin-, rooo vani .bed from vr'.v, lei! aii'-lhe, and lb,-,, another lold mo II, at I v.a. beaPd lichl. Finally, after a. ood inllo bad her ,, cove, , d, t ame lo lie ,, p., I v. lo re the old sho' t wo) dumped. I , howe-l my Mter- us It happ. ii. d lo the l " d. .mall, .ma-ll, u, riltiee, 1 1 01 . e 1 1 . W I.O V.1.1 tllTe to look I, fie,- a "clean 1,1," of toe , ., - o If (.lies and clothln.; I'll by so,,,- "or-i:a,,l,at.,r," "or-i:a,,l,at.,r," lodtlm: ready for Kin -. fine , n, of lb" war, hour e w ,, i I'lhl l,l,;ll. 1,1 .msuer lo .p.e.r.oir, I p arned liial. Ih.v ere to be rent to a bro.,. ,,.pot. "l"o villi c lid all of your old shoes there' No. only those, tinned lii by orira.il. 1 1 ion,, leavini; and those rooejvod r,o,n supply olll eers as J.asl .epair. We n-uit iihont l.00i. mIis to II,., depot Ibis month. Sio.-c e slailed Olll- reoalr shop wo K'L about a'1, many lloi frun, Ihn ine.i ,,.,,1, monl I, to lie lid. I si'ii Ilia n I, els his old sho.-r, hack after they am ,, nd.-d. Wo e;,u handle tie oserva- fiou v.ork lo re, but not the l, i l ima-lioii ima-lioii null." That -,v:n a ,....er. I Uldu'l l;e H. "1 loe.,,,." aid lh" Ollirer. "II,., I WO , iin look, ii I I. a the shoe , Ins o a I Hie ,rn,i, so loin: us Iho .am,, uiau vearu th, oi. 'I hat la c.i,.,,., -vail, ,u. IP, I V In ,1 I ii- I .i.e.; I.,, iivrl . lll-V le.l'-n eve, 1 1 1 1 1 m: behind thai Is mil up I" sland , 1,1. I 'll.. I hn old I-. rlllallons lh--,. I 1 , 1 1 . f ; would be luokcl. Wo .li l. thrill up and loi.illil then, I ,o VOU See . ditfoi nin': III lahilllu: ,ili,,,,., r,,'t off by men c.oinK oveic-ns wall as Iho. ,. to, , d III 1. 1- Ihe , a,,,, rhon-. wo have lo 1 1 , 1 , , P. or Ihe lie , I ,,ll V ho Is lO ' II, en.. I'"' l,r. I . I III o alike - and llm I" al her E"ls e l lo tho ,-., r, r. k'or .wsmpl... h.n ,', Is i, it hoo that u a ,, worn by a man with a l,r,:e Joint. .-'- the bills, on th" ...ide'.' The lns.,1" aha, cento, ms to the foot All of Ihe; e shoes nr.. sent to the base ib-pol. whore , i.y nr.' vlitiially made ,, or i, caln." ( ',, of I I,, ... depots Was l-.llcl. Thefo sin,,.-, Wrm coilll,,,: 111 rioS. eu;hl or linen nips FP't cc; i, "roit'' to put a-d.le , ,,n which we e past repair, .'lo,,,,, of them bad h"on burned and Ihe leather could be broken In the llncer , like era. Lies I ulna., had h.,, worn so lone II, at the wells wrio iriui'. and Ihn uppers had hauletl-id hauletl-id out of shape. Fully HO per cut. hoe, e or. weal In lie- jillo "',.r , e pal.-. " The.,, w, i o lb si .;! orlh.-d Then they w , I c ;i,,rie,io,l w II h oik Then I I toy W ore e;, - 1 cd slid lepM 1 1 I'd. W 1,1-1, they crime back Ihev were "as ,:rl l lil.li, as now and I u or,, com loll a hh, lo Wear." At aahiiurlon 1 .bopped Into III" Old Shoes blanch. I'.e'.l.le the ,e.,lv of Ilio chief I al a oh, sill: I . The sill'l-cl use the other I'll per cent Ihe ,1k.-cud ,1k.-cud al Iho base depot. v.-r.il pros- p. el P o buyei S W allied lo . el t I.I:. .U"- ,1 The one that ,n,oe I he bo d bid led p,oe,..c, to leduce Ihe leal!, or Id ..inlilntillllll riiflphale, which Is used for f, i I 1 1 Ivor. on : en w bale I. la, led U lo save r ., ', I I, I , i e , o, the h"h!,alh.. and wo ;, , , , ohe; t,, do II ," said II Idol' V. he, lo, was lluomj. will, (he , ho,, del. 'Abroad the old loathe, laid I n i::"un I up and used in composition for I. a I her substitutes Here tor the time bolin: at l,-;,M the best ice seems to be fei tili.-.er." "If all the dlscuds went to a ferllllr.cr tlrm. bow 1 rce a quantity of shoos w ould It i:ct n car"" "Well, tills Is hard to say. If Ihev all came baek il would be easier, lint some wall ho lost on the ba 1 1 1, lield. l.et us write off T, per osit us war. casualties. All the other old .shoes would dually come to be past repair. If the Go.erumenl hot, edit 1 000, one palls of siloes :i year. Ibis would mean about ;, million pounds of Iron nnd , .o.Ois, .noo pounds of waste. We cpcct to leduce the purchases tbionsb mend hut. Fy kcIIIok the men to turn then in for tn en, line 'is soon as they are ripped or the soles are worn thioii.;b, 1 Ibrure the shoes Used will Inst twice ti-. Iohk. and tbl, would reduce the pm chases one half. It also will re dure the waste one-half ' ' I low much money will we Kct out f tho lallliu',.','.'" "It doesn't run Into hie,!. fV.nrr, but II pays for the wear and tear III the repair plants - Iho bl; s;ll,p:, as I was about to say. Is Ihe reduction tn Ihe p, nch u.es. of new shoos. Ilcre Is it I epol I ft olll .1 U II:' 1 t e, Ills st or Who rd.sles lltitl Ills camp shoe shop will , educe tho Is in,, of , , , -w shoe:, 10 per cent. I Hunk with, oil qucllon his c.-timato is i.wv If the ir-.ir s c viKr thc life of the shoe, lu-t think what it will mean. The est :nv. t .- . tor Icather and rubber footwear for a o.tr run over i oft Oi'O ooo. if :lvs cut m half wo r..tc J.aVOCsVOao -ci.uirh to buy tranaiau t.ition for a niikion men to Franc- to ily.ht the t .orc sns. r,i't million dollars Is enou,rb to cover tlo-tatto'i tlo-tatto'i allowance for :;,a 000 nu n for a c.tr. nfter debuting the cost of tun nlns the rcpa r shop." "How Ions have oo been .it the w ork '."' "We hp u a n to get people Intciestcl soon after (tic wnt- i,s decl.ued 1 nt t'ctobci- it w.t.s ictvon ol'ii lal rrcoct,; Hon as a thini: to be done. It was not till this spr Ins that wo he, ran lo Kol our simps toil,,;. last bob, c:iv wo repaired only '"sOOO pales New we hip rcpnii'in,: about TOO. 000 pais month, rin.l when we cot ov,- v body educated t t urn In their shoes time end our plants fnlh lnss, inaiined we , t, m,, ,,, p. H million pairs ,t nionH,, ".lust to show yen bow II n,.rl,, out. wp round KsOO,. p:,,,s ,,f e:, shoe, lit one rami, (hat , o. ,-o.i.t-i.m, d us I..S..I1.1 tepsii M.,,o 1,., of II, cm w el e hie, ,,:',( l-iel. sei lee. flol.nl.lv (he ,.t!.o, b:,!r ,,,,,M have I n wo, n f... ,,, p. , 1 1 ,, in... ill,-, move if 1, p.,, p , , I op, f on,'. ' hat ;s ),,, s,v i o: tl- .-.: t'r.r c It m.-ses :::j soho. ... hen men .vc trse'f i ,s,e id- t:,e;r shoes th.c t.ihc tsta" . a, e of :' ::- f In i.m-, ' ho-se I ;c st i to v' ! " led !"!,- tas! cste ef s n-;r.-v man ,s h s fee: . :: s-cf rtk V tor so d:,-, s Ik r-'C shoes '"' eiini-s ca.:. T ic e''c,-v cs u 'scrr ' Turn we t s'-ed. Cs, s'lrctV". t:" r- ;l Co cue 1-. tier csie !o :'''"-' whose I,,,,,, scce Pvt. We el" '' bo- ,s t'tis'i s' - w o'-'s - . c: T V.",:' ,ilii'.'S,'n re o;:i.- ihe sl-CP : ; ' no- a " Th-f ..! i, .i 1-e ;!!. 1 '' r. .:i.. . II.,.- ,s seme cf cur c '' -. l.t to th-" "ICS Mr, I-.,', 1 ,: ,:;f ,u k i it r s.mh" - r'r '' f; i; - s' liaoreoe- ,-.-Mot cf wrt ti ef. '' i.Mio.,- of t',..,-.,'s , t -lit 'so: Sod e, a,-k:l-S Cf ra:-.''-ft .-..!.; i. dew u c' ceo. !.-. nasi,., sal t.Sshis cf ' '' 111 1 : 1 lc I'M! Ml I'b Ist v K . op ',o - .' . n se,l w r'.l t'';t ' NiHV pot ,-.,.: shoes o.-,l .'V.''"' !.- ,t ,- s '. w ' a ,'se-s ..!,,. i. . .- v .-(. ' "' k " sl . t w . ; ', p ,-,-r o. ',:. ' '"' ' ",v ' so -I , Ii,,. ,'. , -'',- ' r' ' i a 1 ' . , |