Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, Vol. 4: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, Vol. 4: A Compendium of History and Biography for Ready Reference Competition with the old established facto ries of Massachusetts, whose ample capital, long experience and perfect discipline gave so many and such formidable advantages in the contest; and, no doubt there were those who thought the attempt must end in fail ure. And yet it was successful from the start, and the industry has been growing in importance and volume ever since. The man who assisted in starting and carrying on the first boot and shoe factory in St. Louis was Howard Brolaski, and he is still living at Pol-ts and Oils. The date of this writing It was in 1866 that the factory was put into Opera tion, and although the lack of capital forced it to succumb in the general industrial col lapse oi 1872-3, it had demonstrated that shoemaking might and ought to be one of the manufactures of St. Louis. It was, there fore, promptly followed by others, until, in 1897, there were twenty-six boot and shoe factories in the city, employing hands, paying out in wages per annum, and yielding a product whose value is esti mated by the editor of the Shoe and Leather Gazette at for 1896. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.