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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1916)
PAGE FOUB DAILY EAST OKEGONIAN. PENDLETON. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1916. EIGHT PAGES Plain Facts About the Shoe iMBBHBHBBBBBBBBBHHBHHBBHBBBHBBBHBHBBBBBBHBPHHB II An Open Statement to the Public by the Shoe Stores of Pendleton. mm Comparative Wholesale Cost of Leather and Findings for Men's and Women's Shoes CALF LEATHER: Men's weights, medium quality Rus sia for men's shoes to retail at about $5.00 per pair: 1915 1916 June Aug. Oct. Dec. Feb. Mar. $ .29 .31 .32 .34 .36 .38 Top grades 3c more than above figures. BLACK GUN METAL FINISH for Men's $5.00 shoes: ANY COLORS SUITABLE FOR LININGS: July, 1915 Feb., 1916 $ .08'2 .11 WHITE SUMAC GRAIN: July, 1915 Feb., 1916 $ .08 .10 March .11 March .11 1915 June $ .29 Aug. .30 Oct. .31 Dec. .32 1916 Feb. .35 Mar. .37 WHITE CALF: Nov. 30, 1915. $ .38 March. 1916 .45-50 Mar. .22 Mar. .25 REPRESENTATIVE LINES FASHIONABLE COLORED KID: July, 1915 December Jan., 1916 March $ .40 .45 .55 .60 GLAZED KID, average grade, used in Mens shoes to re tail at $3.50 to $4.00: ' July, 1915 Dec. Jan., 1916 Feb. ? .17 .18 .19 .20 For Men's shoes retailing at $4.50 to $5.00. July, 1915 Dec. Jan., 1916 Feb. ? .22 .23 .23 .24 On low grade light weight spready glazed kid enter ing into Women's shoes retailing around $2.50: July, 1915 Feb., 1916 March ? .13 .18 .20 FULL CHROME SIDE LEATHER, B grade, men's wt: Oct. 1, 1915 Nov. Dec. Jan., 1916 Mar. 8 .24 .26 .27 .28 .29 CHROME VEALS, tan shade, B grade, H-M weight: Oct., 1915 Jan., 1916 March ? .30 .34 36 A representative line of chrome patent side leather, B grade : Oct., 1915 Jan., 1916 March 8 .29 .30 .32 SHEEP LEATHER: black and colored grain, suitable for linings and toppings of men's and women's shoes re tailing at $2.50 to $3.00: July, 1915 Feb., 1916 March 8 .08l .10 .11 DUCK LININGS, suitable for men's shoes retailing at $4.00 to $4.50. Per yard : July. 1915 Sept. Nov. Dec. Mar., 1916 8 .121 .13 .13' . .I ll j .16' j TWILL, suitable for women's shoes retailing at $4.00 to $4.50: July, 1915 Sept. Nov. Dec. Mar.. 1916 8 .12 .12i j .13 .14 .16 LACES for $4.00 to $5.00 men's shoes, per gross: July, 1915 Sept. Nov. Dec. Mar.. 1916 8 .40 .50 .75 1.00 1.25 Increase in Shoe Buttons, 50' ; within three months. Increase in Eyelets 30', within two months. BELTING BUTTS, first quality, light and medium wt: June 1915 July Aug. Sept. Nov. Feb. 1916 Mar. 8 .58 .60 .61 .69 .75 .78 .80 UNION SOLE LEATHER, standard tannages tannery run : Packer branded cow backs, medium and light: Jan. 1915 Sept. Nov. Dec. Jan. 1916 Mar. 8 .42 .18 .51 .52 .53 .56 PARKER STEER BACKS, plump, middle and heavy: Jan. 1915 June Sept. Dec. Jan. 1916 Mar. ? .40 .40 .46 .46 .50 .52 WOMEN'S UNION OR OAK CUT SOLES, fine quality, 5 'a to 7 iron : July 1915 Oct. Dec. Feb 1916 Mar. $ -20 .25 .28 .30 .31 Semi-fine lc per pair less. MEN'S UNION OR OAK CUT SOLES, fine quality, 9 iron : Jy 1915 Oct. Dec. Mar. 1916 -40 .42 .44 .47 We are uniting in publishing this statement because we know the public is tair minded and inter ested in know ing the tacts about the shoe leather situation. Do you know that every single item that enters in the making of a pair of shoes leather, linings, nails, thread, etc., has greatly increased in cost in the last six months? The causes for the general ad vance are briefly as follows: First The demand for leather is greater than the supply on account of the decrease in cat tle in the United States, increased population and the European war. Second Cost of tanning materials has increased 1 00 to 1 000 per cent, owing to blockade of certain ports. Third Decreased Supply of raw skins by cur tailment of some of the supply centers due to European war. Fourth The freight embargo of eastern rail roads due to shortage of ships for carrying. Fifth Increased marine freight and insurance charges owing to the war. Sixth Export of huge quantities of sole leather to Europe. Seventh Increased leather consumption in America, due to the greater employment of labor all over the country, and more money in circulation from increased business earnings. These causes have forced the shoe manufacturer to increase the price to the retail merchant, but the retail shoe merchant has not increased his price to you anything like the same proportion the manufacturer has increased to the retailer. This fact can be borne out in the stores represented on this page. TANNING AND COLORING MATERIALS. One pound each, total nine pounds, of the nine principal tanning and coloring materials used in the manufacture of leather, cost just before the war $ .96 '4 ; today's price as delivered on contract, $,'..'4. Current prices for spot goods would be much higher. Labor entering into the manufacture of leather has generally increased iii cost or decreased in efficiency. The latest quotations shown here are those of last March, three months ago. Costs have continued to soar in the meantime. W affillllHBlEEff mwatt The Peoples Warehouse Where It Pays to Trade Alexander Dept. Store The Daylight Store Bond Brothers Pendleton's Leading Clothiers QEtxr The Ladies Golden Rule Store We Lead, Others Follow Popular Cash Store Where It Pays You to Pay Cash
