88 Wood-Using Industries of New York 
figure 9 we see the finished heel, which has been covered with 
an enameled metal jacket, or else with leather, as in the case 
of white kid heels. The heels are then assorted for size, 
wrapped in tissue paper, and packed in paper boxes for sale 
to users of boot and shoe findings. 
The statement is made by manufacturers that approxi- 
mately 60 per cent of the wood purchased goes into waste, but 
as far as might be judged by noting the reduction in weight 
from a block to a finished heel, 78 per cent of the block goes 
into chips, in addition to the considerable loss resulting from 
the numerous saw kerfs when the plank is cut into blocks. 
In the diagram, figure 2 is a side elevation of one of the blocks, 
the shaded portion indicating the part which is cut away by 
the machines and goes into waste. Figure 3 is a rear elevation 
of the same block indicating the waste in that plane. It would 
seem probable that only about one-fourth of the lumber pur- 
chased for this industry ever becomes part of the finished 
product. The rest is chips and sawdust. 
TABLE 15 
Boot AND SHOE FINDINGS 
Quantity Usep | 
ANNUALLY ceopee Total cost Grown in |Grown out of 
Kinp or Woop cos es 8 Now weie owt owe 
per 1,000) factory | (Feet b. m.) | (Feet b. m.) 
Feet b. m. | Per cent 
Motaleekes at. 14,705,000 | 100.00 | $65 44 $962,280 | 12,465,000 2,240,000 
Hard maple........} 13,090,000 89.01 | $66 15 $865,903 | 10,960,000 2,130,000 
IBSSSWOOKW. foe cn ven 1,055,000 eles 56 22 59 , 312 1,050,000 5,000 
IBGeChinaiacas tera 385,000 2.61 52 00 20,020 385, OOO" |) cas sae eae 
RerginnOne se ia: 105,000 he een OL T2299 il teeteeeee 105 ,000 
Birch’; eerie ear 40 ,000 20 73 00 2,920 40000 lo neesee ee 
1D) oe ee a ee 25,000 .18 35 00 875 253000) a2 .2 oe steeree 
ickony.e ses es: 5,000 04 52 00 260 5), OOO) scree cos peneenere 
In view of the large percentage of waste, this industry would 
seem to be one in which the waste hardwood blocks from other 
industries might be utilized to advantage, because the increas- 
ing price of material might now warrant the sorting, shipping, 
and resawing. 
