[TheForge] OT YAK / chinese shoes

Tue Nov 4 21:10:01 2003

It's their NEW WORLD ORDER

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Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:02 PM
Subject: [TheForge] chinese shoes


> I've been wearing Mason shoes for a long time (I'm a dealer). The 
> mailman brings them right to my house. Style 591 11-1/2 EE feels good 
> right out of the box. The new pair is for going to town and the old 
> pair is for going to the shop.
> 
> Now I see that Mason Shoes is closing down the shoe factory in Chippewa 
> Falls, Wisconsin and sending the work (and some of the machines) to 
> China. They will still sell shoes but the shoes will be made in China 
> (I wonder if the price will come down?).
> 
> The phone ladies will still be over in Chippewa Falls...for now anyway. 
> No reason they can't teach Chinese ladies to take shoe orders. Well I 
> guess they have to eat too...
> 
> When will this end? I suppose when everyone is making $3 per hour....
> 
> Boo.
> 
> Bob
> 
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