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THE KURAE NEW-YORKER 
November 19, 1910. 
Crude Rublir Has Doubled in Price 
but you 
The Red 
“BALL-BAND” 
Trade-mark 
is for your 
protection 
Dec 
"Ball-Band” Wisdom 
Some manufacturers — and 
some dealers, too — are mighty 
shortsighted. 
They’d sooner make a dollar 
profit off a man at once, even if 
they know he’s going to hate 
them ever after because he’s been 
unfairly treated. 
We’d sooner make a tenth as 
much profit per sale and have 
the man’s everlasting friendship, 
as well as his steady trade and 
that of his friends. 
That’s why the red “Ball-Band” 
trade-mark means the only qual¬ 
ity rubber footwear to 8,000,000 
people—-and more coming all the 
time. 
same “Ball-Band” Quality 
The price of crude rubber has more than doubled in the last 
year or two, owing to the greatly increased demand in the auto¬ 
mobile tire and other industries. 
And the temptation is strong for the unscrupulous manufact¬ 
urer of rubber footwear to cheapen the quality of his product by 
introducing a large proportion of inferior compounds. 
You couldn’t tell the difference at sight, but you’d begin to 
tell it mighty soon in the wear. 
Your protection is to look for the RED “Ball-Band” trade¬ 
mark when you buy rubber footwear, and to take no substitute that 
a dealer may offer you because there happens to be more profit in it. 
For nearly a quarter of a century the “ Ball-Band ” trade-mark 
has stood for the highest possible quality in rubber and woolen 
footwear. 
We use the best materials that money can buy, the most skilled 
labor obtainable. 
And it’s true that under such conditions we make but 
a fraction of the profit that the unscrupulous manu¬ 
facturer, skimping on materials and workmanship, 
can make. 
But it’s also true that 8,000,000 people 
wear “ Ball-Band” goods and will have 
nothing else. And the poor-quality 
man must fool a new lot of 
people each season, while we 
make thousands of new 
customers every year 
on the recom¬ 
mendations of 
the old 
ones. 
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Always 
look for the 
RED “Ball-Band” 
Trade-mark. 
In the manufacturing end of the 
business—the end that counts for you 
—we are as liberal in expenditures as can be. 
Not a penny is stinted that will help maintain 
“Ball-Band” perfection. 
But owing to our splendid sales organization our 
seiling expense is but one-fifth of what most manufac¬ 
turers have to pay. 
If you’re not one of the “ Ball-Band ” wearers, get a pair from 
your dealer at once, and note their superiority for yourself. 
Forty-five thousand dealers sell “ Ball-Band ” goods. Some of them 
sell other brands, too. But look for the RED “Ball-Band” trade-mark. 
If by any chance your dealer can’t supply you, write us, mentioning his name 
and we will see that you are fitted. 
“Ball-Band” Arctics 
are the same quality as “ Ball-Band” Rubber Boots. They give you 
the same comfort, the same long wear, the same perfect satisfaction. 
The same thing is true of our 
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All-Knit Wool Boots 
and Socks 
which are worn by 
millions of outdoor 
workers. The 
“Ball-Band’’ guar¬ 
antee of quality is 
back of them. 
But be sure to 
look for the RED 
“Ball -Band” 
trade-mark. Nowa¬ 
days, while crude rub¬ 
ber is jumping in price 
all the time, it’s more than 
ever your only protection. 
Mishawaka Woolen Mfg. Co., Mishawaka, Ind. 
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