Quote#Wisdom
The boot and shoe makers, either as shoemakers or “cordwainers,” have…
Quote byJohn R. Commons · 1862–1945
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: John R. Commons, "American shoemakers, 1648-1895: A sketch of industrial evolution." The Quarterly Journal of Economics (1909): 39-84..
English (original)
The boot and shoe makers, either as shoemakers or “cordwainers,” have been the earliest and the most strenuous of American industrialists in their economic struggles. A highly skilled and intelligent class of tradesmen, widely scattered, easily menaced by commercial and industrial changes, they have resorted with determination at each new menace to the refuge of protective organizations.
— John R. Commons
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