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Show BILLIONS USED EACH YEAR, Enormous Number of Shoe Lace Eyes Annually Called For. "Somo of tho apparently most tri vial things In this world are tho most necessary things and fortunes aro made In manufacturing them," said Ralph L. Jenkins. "Tako tho lace eyes of shoes, for instance. The average person never gives them a thought, but they are In-dlspensnblo In-dlspensnblo to our footwear, and there are factories that devoto themselves exclusively to making them. Did you ever stop to think how many of thoso llttlo things are used overy year? "On tho basis of tho population of tho United States being 80,000,000, this country uses moro than 3,000,000 of laco eyes and1 hooks a year. Every man, woman and child will wear out on an average two pairs of shoes in twelve months. Tho majority of people peo-ple havo two feet and thero aro twenty twen-ty eyes nnd hooks on each shoo. Use your arithmetic and seo whnt tho total to-tal is. It foots up to 2,000,000 more than 3,000,000." Milwaukee Sentinel. |