Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-10-08 | Page 35 | Leather So Costly Moscow is Barefoot

LEATHER SO COSTLY MOSCOW IS BAREFOOT Bj DJ Tel Special K ewa 2 w S rrt rl NEW YORK Oct 7 Mail Mail advices which have reached this country from ICI 1 state that owing to the scarcity of leather in Russia shoes and boots hav hay now reached such a high price that they have become a luxury Russia has had a mild summer and according to the it was a remarkable sight in Moscow to see children and adults walking in their bare feet in order to save shoe leather The price of shoes and boots has gone up per cent since the beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning of the war There has been an epidemic of influenza in Moscow as a result However while there is as yet no indication of the price of shoes go goIng going going go- go ing down the inhabitants of Moscow have been so careful of their footwear during the summer that most of them will all an have shoes and boots for the winter