Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1902 — American Shoes Go Abroad. [ARTICLE]

American Shoes Go Abroad.

The exporting of American shoes is of comparatively recent growth. In 1896 this country exported only $l- - worth of boots and shoes but for the fiscal year 1901 it sent abroad 85,600,000 worth of boots and shoes and England and her colonies took $4,400,000 worth of this total.