Over Fifty Reasons for 
MORE DAYS WEAR 
In “Ball-Band” Rubber Footwear 
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After This the Real Work of 
Bootmaking Begins 
In a single “Ball-Band” “Vac” Boot 
there are 36 parts and 42 operations fol¬ 
lowing the 19 already described. In a 
4-buckle Cloth Arctic there are 50 parts 
and 30 additional operations. In a 
4-buckle Rubber Arctic there are 60 
parts and 33 additional operations. 
4-Buckle All-Rubber 
Excluder Arctic 
After being washed and dried it is run 
through rollers again and again until it is 
a solid mass of gum, all the air spaces and 
crinkly surfaces being kneaded out of it. 
It is then cut into loaves carefully 
weighed. 
The sulphur and other compounding 
materials are also weighed into portions 
just right for each loaf or lump of raw 
rubber. 
There are 61 operations in the making of 
a single “Ball-Band” boot. 
Nineteen of these are simply preparing 
the rubber and cloth. 
These 19 operations take place for all 
“Ball-Band” Rubber Footwear and 
when they are completed the workmen 
have before them rubber sheets of various 
thicknesses and rolls of cloth thoroughly 
impregnated with rubber. 
From these they cut the pattern pieces 
which will be built up into Boots, Arc¬ 
tics, and other Rubber Footwear of all 
kinds. 
Starting with the raw rubber just as it 
came from the East Indies—first it has 
to be washed until it is perfectly clean. 
Then it is dried—thoroughly dried—in a 
kiln so that not a trace of moisture 
remains. 
The sulphur and all the other raw 
materials and even the cloth—are dried 
before the work on the rubber begins. 
Before the grinding process, the raw 
rubber is in sheets and has a honeycomb 
or crepe appearance. 
Then the rubber is kneaded again 
between rollers while the compound is 
added and thoroughly mixed. 
After this it is run through hot rollers 
until the whole mass is properly warmed 
and softened. 
It is then rolled out into sheets—some 
of it into sheets of rubber for the outside 
of Boots, All-Rubber Arctics, etc. Some 
of it is rolled through with sheets of cloth 
and the rubber pressed right into the 
fabric to make linings and reinforcements. 
Now the materials are ready to be cut 
up into the various pieces for the differ¬ 
ent styles and sizes of “Ball-Band” 
Rubber Footwear. 
Extra strength where strength is 
needed to withstand the strains of 
work and wear. 
Short Boot 
Look for the 
RED BALL 
Look for the Red Ball. It is on every 
pair of “Ball-Band” Rubber and Woolen 
Footwear. If your dealer does not handle 
“Ball-Band” write for dealer’s name and 
the free booklet, “ More Days Wear. ” It 
shows many kinds of Boots, Arctics, Light 
Rubbers, Work Shoes, Sport Shoes, Wool 
Boots and Socks — something for every 
member of the family. 
Over 50 Reasons for More Days Wear 
“Good enough will not do—it must be the best” is the rule of 
the “Ball-Band” factory. 
This applies to every operation. Just a little better in every 
one of 50 operations means a whole lot better when the boot or 
rubber is completed. 
Over Ten Million people are buying and wearing “Ball-Band” 
Rubber and Woolen Footwear because they know what results 
have told them. 
They know the wear. They know the comfort and they know 
the economy. 
We know the reasons—over 50 of them—and they can all be 
summed up in this one sentence: 
We make nothing but footwear and we know how 
Mishawaka Rubber & woolen Mfg. Co. 
333 Water Street 
Mishawaka, Ind. 
“T he House that Pays hiillions for Quality” 
BALL0BAN D 
Rubber & Woolen 
FOOTWEAR 
Mishko Sole Letho Shoe 
The Letho Shoe has a “Ball-Band” 
sole made of special compound. This 
Mishko Sole is not only waterproof 
but wearers find it is stronger than 
leather and tougher than rubber. 
The upper is of full-grain leather, 
soft, pliable and durable. 
This shoe is highly recommended 
by wearers as the most economical 
work shoe made. It is giving un¬ 
usual satisfaction to men and boys 
who are “hard on shoes.” 
And, best of all, it is comfortable. 
Workers who are on their feet all 
day say that they never think of 
their shoes when they are wearing 
this “Ball-Band” work shoe. 
