Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1900 — The Douglas Shoe. [ARTICLE]

The Douglas Shoe.

The best advertised and consequently the best known shoe in the world to-day is undoubtedly made by the W. L. Douglas Shoe Co. of Brockton, Mass. The one idea of this company has always been to sell a shoe for $3.50 which equals in every way the $5 shoes of any other concern. They are able to do this on account of there being no middle man’s profit, as the goods are sold direct from the factory to the wearer. In sixty of the principal cities of the country they have their own retail stores. The goods are made in nil sizes and widths, and few shoes equal them for style and durability. The factory at Brockton employs over 1,100 hands, and all labor troubles are settled by the State Board of Arbitration. Nothing but union labor Is employed, and pay about the best average wages of any shoe workers in the United States. The factory pay roll amounts to $17,435 per week. This company makes shoes for men only, and it is their proud boast' that over one million men Wear them.—Denver (Colo.) Post.