1900 



GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE 



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"Ball-Band" 

 ARCTICS 



Cap the Climax 

 in Quality. . . . 



It costs us an extra $1,000,000 

 a year to make "Ball-Band" 

 Rubber Footwear supreme in 

 quality. .... 



This extra-high quahty adds not a whit to the looks 

 of the goods, but how it does count in the wear ! 



We could easily save this enormous expense this 

 year, and not one of our 45,000 dealers or the 8,000,000 

 wearers of "Ball-Band" Footwear would know the 

 difference until after the Arctics and Rubber Boots 

 themselves "let the cat out of the bag." 



The making of honest, dependable rubber foot- 

 wear means more than mere form and appearance. 



It requires the proper kinds of crude rubber, fresh from the rubber plantations, care- 

 fully selected by experts, blended, compounded, and handled with consummate skill, 

 through a multitude of intricate processes. 



It requires a knowledge of rubber that can be gained only by years of practical expe- 

 rience. It calls for immense factory facilities, and a well-trained army of workers. 



All this behind "Ball-Band" Arctics has pushed them far to the front. Such is the 

 secret of " Ball-Band " success — a business approaching $10,000,000 a year, built on the bed- 

 rock of Quality. 



Our product is uniform, and as perfect as skill and brains and machinery can make it. 

 We could not make it better if we got double its present price. Yet your dealer asks about 

 the same as for ordinary foot-wear. 



Some dealers also handle other lines, possibly bought at a special discount, and sell 

 them at the regular "Ball-Band" price. As the profit is greater on inferior brands, you 

 should be careful to look for the little Red Ball which we place on every pair of our Rub- 

 bers and arctics. It's there for your protection. An abso- 

 lute Guarantee of Quality. Insist on seeing "Ball-Band" 

 Trade-mark and you're sure of your money's worth. 



This same Trade-mark identifies our famous All-knit 

 Wool Boots and Lumbermen's Socks — the most durable 

 woolen footwear in the world. 



Get Them of Your Dealer 



Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co. 

 Mishawaka, Indiana 



"The House that Pays Millions for Quahty" 



