Show BILLIONS USED EACH YEAR enormous number of shoe lace eyes annually called for some of the apparently most tri vial things in this horld are the most necessary things and fortunes are made in manufacturing them said ralph L jenkes take the lace eyes of shoes tor instance fhe average person neve gives them a tho ight but they are in dispensable to our footwear and there are factories that devote themselves exclusively to making them did you ever stop to think how many of those little things are used every yeara on the basis of the population of the united states being this country uses more than 3 of lace eyes and hooks a year every man womankind child will wear out on an average two pairs of shoes in twelve months the majority of peo pie have two feet and there are awen ty eyes and hooks on each shoe use your arithmetic and see what the to tal Is it foots up to 2 more than milwaukee sentinel |