Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1911 — WOODEN SHOES [ARTICLE]

WOODEN SHOES

More Popular in Chicago and Grand Rapids Than in the City of Amsterdam. Washington, D. C., Sept. 11. —A report from Vice Consul D. P. Young at Amsterdam reveals the fact that Chicago is one of the best patrons of the Dutch wooden shoe industry, and that more of that kind of footgear is worn in Chicago than in Amsterdam. The Vice Consul’s report says: “The United States is the best foreign customer of the Netherlands for this article of manufac ture, many hundreds of pairs of wooden shoes being worn in Michigan, lowa, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey and a few other states. In fact it is claimed that there is more wooden footgear in Chicago, Grand Rapids or Holland, Mich., than in the city of Amsterdam. Paterson, X. J.; St. Louis, Mo.; Lancaster county, Neb.; Marion county, lowa, and numerous other smaller settlements import large quantities of this article of dress every jear.”