The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-02-02
We SELL MANY NATIONS FLAGS
ENGLAND, MEXICO, CUBA, COME
HERE TO BUY.
American.Made Flags Floating Over Aus
traiia and Over French Yachts Great
Quantities Exported I've Are Getuns
More Patriotic at Home Also

More Patriotic at Home Also.
we export from this country to England '
said a New York flag maker, great num-
bers Of the smaller printed cotton hags
ranging in size from flags OF two by three
inches to flags Of "a by SO inches.
-0f small flags Of American manufacture
there were sold In England at the time OF
the Jubilee celebration thousands OF gross.
We shall sell them thousands OF gross Tor
the coronation celebration.
with their cheaper labor they can make
bunting flags in England cheaper than we
can make them, but when 1t comes to ma
ch~ine-printed cotton flags we can make
them here and sell them in England cheaper
than they can make them for themselves
"We sell bunting yacht flags to a num-
Der Of yacht clubs in France, this trade
having come about originally throu Oh the
purchase Of flags by American members OF
these clubs.
ITO Canada we sell considerable quanti-
ties of flags, British flags and flags of the
Dominion. The greatest proportion OF
these are of printed muslin such as we sell to
England, and are bought in Canada, as in
England, In large numbers on the occasion
Oh ANY CtltpIdtlUh llN NNhAh' ~ -
OF flags. But 10 Canada we sell also SILK
flags, and some bunting flags. too.
Mexico buys perhaps rs per oent OF It's
flags of all sorts in the United States, CUBA
buys here nine-tenths of all its flags, and
we sell flags in the British island OF Jamaica
and in the other British island possessions
in this hemisphere. =,
Australia buys the greater part OF all
its flags, cotton, silk and bunting flags OF
Great Britain and OF its own Common
wealth in this country. 1t is more than
likely that the British or the Australi an
flag seen floating in Melbourne or Sydney
or elsewhere in the island continent wa S
made in America and bought in New YORK.
There are more flags sold in proportion
to the population in republics than In coun-
tries under a monarchical form of govern
ment, and there are more flags In proportion
to the population sold in long-settled than
in more newly settled regions. Thust there
are more flags to the population sold In the
United States than in any other country
ON earth, and more sold in the East than in
the West.
This doesn't mean that the West is less
patriotic, but that il is still more or less
busy RcttlHR btNtth' 'hN'N
things it needs before flags.
"Bu the aggregate consumption OF hags
IN this country Is steadily increasing, and
it is increasing proportionately faster than
the population. In more and more homes
has the flag come to be considered a neces-
| sity, that is to say, an essential part OF the
household equipInen Mt. for use upon occa-
sion. and the spread Of country within
which the flag is thus hel d is all the time
widening.
III their patriotism can be reckoned 10y
the display Of flags they make, then the
hires most patriotic cities In the country
, are Philadelphia, New York and Boston;
| On regularly recurring holidays OF national
| Observance calling forth patriotic senti-
ment, az the Fourth Of July and Washing
| tons Birthday, Philadelphia makes a more
! liberal display Of flags h New York
But ON great special occasions, awakening
| deep feeling, New York puts out the greater
number of flags by far.
The latest thing in flags IL found IN
the handsome little silk flag that Is now
80 often used for decorative purposes
or for a souvenir, nj harqueis OF a patriotic
or socinl or military character. These
little silkcn flags, national flags in minia-
turr. are now to be had In representations OF
| the lass OF Gfty OF more nntions.