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William F. Rohloff,
superintendent of the Brown Shoe Company, fac.
tory No. 6, is at the head
of one of the important manufacturing indus-
tries that is making of
Moberly a recognized manufacturing center. This
plant has upon its pay roll
450 employees and is one of twelve factories
operated by the Brown
Shoe Company in various cities of the middle
west and has been in
operation here since 1906. At this writing the
daily output of branch No.
6 is about 2,700 pairs of shoes and from
200 to 300 pairs of boots
daily and during the war there were manufac-
tured here over a half
million pairs of canvas leggings for the gov-
ernment besides a vast
number of service boots and shoes. the retail
price of which ranged
from $4.50 to $25.00 per pair, and during the
war the company
employed here about 500 persons. The present pay
roll is about $8,000 per
week.
Mr. Rohloff, whose name
introduces this review, is a practical shoe
man who has had a vast
amount of experience in the manufacture of
shoes in various sections
of the country. He is a native of Germany
and is a son of Frederick
and Augusta ~Matzdorf) Rohloff. The father
is now deceased and the
mother resides at Shawano, Wis. W F. Rohloff
received a good education
in the public schools of Wisconsin and after-
wards took a course in law
at the La Salle Institute of Chicago. He
began his career in shoe
manufacturing when he was 11 years old in
the employ of the
Shawano Boot and Shoe Company at Shawano, Wis.
From there he went to La
Crosse, Wis., and was employed by the LaCrosse
Boot and Shoe Company
for a number of years and worked in every
department of that factory.
He then went to Milwaukee where he had
charge of a shoe factory
for a time and then to Chicago and took charge
of the Pheonix Boot and
Shoe Company at West Pullman. From there
he went to Kansas City
with the Barton Br6thers Shbe Company. In
1909 he entered the
employ of the Brown Shoe Company and for 11
vents has been in the
employ of this company as foreman of various
factories and
superintendent, having held a position of superintendent
of the Moberly factory
No, 6 for the past three years. In addition to
knowing the art of
manufacturing shoes and all the intricacies of this
business, Mr. Robloff is a
capable executive and not only knows shoes,
but has a keen insight into
human nature and understands men.
Mr. Rohloff was married
in Indianapolis, Ind., in March, 1901, to
Miss Margaret
Hollingsworth, He is a member of the Ancient Free and
Accepted Masons and the
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