Show f Machine Started Industry Upon the invention of or a 8 machine for sewing leather shoes for a the pat patent nt was Issued to Gordon don McKay Mc Mc- tc- tc 1 Kay April 20 21 1862 was built the Hie TeAt great boot and shoe shoo Industry of the United States McKay purchased In L 4 18 1859 9 Blakes Blake's sewing machine e which h was as one simply using wax thread with witha L a stationary horn attached While the machine Intended for sen sewing Ins boots x and shoes o operated well In iii parts of or ortho this the work It failed In stitching heels 4 and toes toed McKay McKa changed the feeding apparatus Introduced automatic cony con con- y and finally was successful r in hl adapting It to all kinds kind of or wor work After the breaking out of ot the Civili Civil Chil f i c war McKay began to Ir ake army aimy i i hoes does and In 1862 made contracts with th r 1 2 firms for their use In 1876 1870 1 lr 00 j Ys r wre W Were re In operation These machines s if r haVe haTe been used cd In foreign countries moro more than shoes arc hi made on them In the lM United Sit States It tea s i i i. i |