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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
November 18, 1911. 
Three Thousand Miles of 
A**# 
Dry Feet 
T O supply the demands of more than 
eight million people who wear 
“BALL-BAND” Rubber and Woolen 
Footwear, required in 1910: 
1,252 carloads of raw material, sup¬ 
plies, etc. This material if put into one 
continuous train, forming a hollow 
square, would enclose more than 3,600 
acres with a solid wall of fully loaded 
freight cars. * 
In 1910 we shipped to “BALL-BAND” 
dealers 1,030 carloads of finished foot¬ 
wear. The shipments would make a 
train similar to the above, solidly en¬ 
closing 2,500 acres. 
It required 5,000,000 square yards of 
sheetings, cotton duck, cashmerette, 
wool linings, etc., to make these goods— 
enough cloth to cover 1,033 acres com¬ 
pletely. 
We spun one and a quarter billion yards 
of yarn for knit boots, lumbermen’s sox, 
etc.—almost enough to form three strands 
from the earth to the moon. 
tinued demand of the earliest wearers for 
word explains this vast growth— QUALITY. 
People don’t come back a second time for an article 
that disappoints them. Eight million people are not 
deceived year after year by goods that lack merit. 
For nearly a quarter of a century we have 
manufactured “BALL-BAND” footwear— 
always on the principle that we would 
never cheapen the quality of our 
goods to meet competition. 
. 
I N WET, cold, muddy, snowy or slushy weather 
more than eight million pairs of feet are kept dry, warm and com¬ 
fortable by the famous “BALL-BAND” Rubber and Woolen Footwear. 
The sixteen million rubber boots, arctics, overs and other articles of 
“BALL-BAND” footwear with which these feet are protected would make a con¬ 
tinuous line of more than 3,300 miles—a dry walk from New York to San Francisco, 
with an additional line of a hundred miles or so along the coast. 
Many of these millions have worn “BALL-BAND” for years. Multitudes are added to 
this host of buyers every year. 
Ten years ago we were selling about two million dollars’ 
worth of our footwear a year. 
From this our annual business has grown to more 
than ten and a half million dollars, the total for 
1910. Thus this enormous total represents 
an increase in the yearly demand for 
“BALL-BAND” of over $8,000,000. 
One word explains the con- 
“BALL-BAND” One 
Every article of 
“BALL-BAND” Foot¬ 
wear bears the RED 
BALL trade-mark. 
Look for it! 
Rubber footwear looks 
much the same to the pur¬ 
chaser. Only an expert can 
tell the difference in quality by 
appearance. We could save one mil¬ 
lion dollars a year in the manufacture of 
“BALL-BAND” by inferior compound and 
inferior workmanship. 
But such a saving would not build up a patronage of 
eight million people nor an annual business of ten and a half 
million dollars. 
Look for the Red Ball sign when you go to buy rubber footwear. Many dealers dis¬ 
play these signs in their windows or store fronts for the guidance of the constantly increas¬ 
ing number who are asking about “BALL-BAND.” 
Whether you see the sign or not, you are sure to find the Red Ball trade-mark on all 
“BALL-BAND” goods. Insist on it. It is your protection. 
Forty-five thousand dealers, in all parts of the country, sell “BALL-BAND” 
goods. If your dealer cannot supply you, write us, mentioning his name, and 
we will see that you are fitted. 
Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co. 
Mishawaka,. Indiana 
“The House That Pays 
Millions for Quality 
