Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 March 1917 — LEATHER PRICES STAY HIGH [ARTICLE]

LEATHER PRICES STAY HIGH

Use of Substitutes in Manufacture of Footwear to Show a Marked Increase. Boston. —A marked increase In the nse of substitutes for leather in the manufacture of footwear, such as fiber soles and cloth uppers, is predicted by leather shoe authorities .of New England. a/ Shoe ninnu facthrers express the opinion that leather prices are not likely to decline from the present high points in the next few months. Alfred W. Donovan, chairman of the state boy rd of labor and. industries, and a shoe manufacturer, declares the utilization of so-called substitutes is a natural development of the shoe mmfacturlngindustry. __