4. A METHOD OF PROCESSING SHOE SOLES ACCORDING TO WHICH A PLURALITY OF SOLES ARE ADVANCED SINGLY IN SUCCESSION ENDWISE THROUGH A PLURALITY OF STATIONS IN TURN WHILE ORIENTATED IN THE SAME DIRECTION IN RELATION TO THEIR DIRECTION OF ADVANCEMENT, ONE OF SAID STATIONS BEING A REDUCING STATION AT WHICH SUBSTANCE IS REDUCED FROM EACH SOLE WHILE IT IS DEFORMED BY A MATRIX IN REQUIRED MANNER, A SUBSEQUENT STATION BEING AN ADHESIVE APPLYING STATION AT WHICH ADHESIVE IS APPLIED TO THE REDUCED SOLE FACES, THEREAFTER FEEDING THE SOLES IN TURN FROM THE ADHESIVE APPLYING STATION TO A STACKING STATION AND TRANSFERRING THE SOLES INDIVIDUALLY AT THE STACKING STATION ON TO A HOLDER.