The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-03-13
MADE IN AMERICA"

! MADE IN AMERICA A
! The suggestion that made in America" be
| made slogan for manufacturers and for consum- T.,
! ers is an excellent Made in Germany" used =,
! to from half the toys countless -,
other articles, and its effect upon the imagination Ia
to convince many that superior quality attach "
! ed merchandise coming from that country ~
The great volume of American export trade ~,
and the pronounced popularity of American made ~
goods abroad are ample justification for the ~
gested slogan. In this connection the statistical ~
division of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic II,
Commerce names articles of :,
facture which today known and used in large ~
quantities abroad. ."
In this list barbed wire. fly paper, tele- "
phones, boots and shoes, automobiles, nails,
moving picture films, flying machines, telegraph IN
instruments, locks, hinges bahtubs 10
ton engines. stationary engines locomotives. eie-
vators, cotton gins cash registers and IS
arators.
These only few of the articles made here
which eagerly purchased abroad and praised "
above all other brands The domestic manufac Ut
owes it to himself and his colleagues to
label his goods made in America" made in 70,
America" should be the hallmark sought by domes fa,
tic consumers when making purchases. We very m,
frequently buy what has been imported simply be- vel
has been imported That is foolish For am
eign patronage OF what e make here should be yo
sufficient proof that need not look tic
for the Observation-Disclosures Telegraph. am
!. !. Il IN,
KIND WORD %, nr
never lose an opportunity to say kind word to ale
their parents. Your parents have planned for NJ
your best interests all these years. They may
sometimes ther nervous system all used up by the TT
cares, and losses the disappontments the worries
of life) be more irritable than they ought to be-
and they probably have faults which have become 1T
oppressive as the years go by. But those eyes, GU
long before they took on specacles were watching eX
for welfare and their hands, smooth ms
and more deeply lined than once, have done en-
you many good days work Life has been ne
them more of a struggle than you shall know wo
about and much of the struggle has been for you res
and how much they wrapped up in your well The
fare will never appreciate. W.
Have you by word gift behavior expressed W.
your thanks? Or cannot quite get to say KIN
ing it face to face you have written it in
holiday salutaton? The time will pass and
they will be gone out OF your sight nd their ears
will not hear, and their eyes Will see II you .
owe them any kindness OF deed any word of -,
appreciation why do you not say so? How much ~,
We might all of ourselves in the matter of
regrets II we did not delay until too late express
sion OF obligation that would have made the last ~
years of earthly life attractive The grave s go
is deaf, and epitaphs on cold marble make
reparaton an
A"I ''c-7 THs PAYNE BILL, TOO 40
When dsc gayIe Tar,G bill was under consid
station n lbe summer OF 1908 Democrats predicted 70
tu"t us ,1sc, w,Ul1 b, curb manufactures
r"-.. INA. ID eNpoud tom. Republic; claimed Pr
the opposite. Experience has aimed this claim Blu
Improvement set in shortly after the act became
law and in 1912 manufacturers of the United States An
gcordng he fed
cral Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce in
% ,.t..lr articles imported in manu- A,
id.,u.in4 the quantities entering the country in
1912 were greater than ever before, the movements
of iron the Great Lakes reported as lie
large than ina any earlier year, in movements
of other domestic products toward the factory the III
records also indicate, extraordinary activity in
I9l2." In
1t par cularly asserted by Democrats that
imports would be discouraged, and that consequent
ly American manufactures would lag. This has Fo
been the "Importatione OF practically all
the chief materials brought into the country "a,
in manufac urng show larger totals in 1912
than before Cotton silk, hbers, hides, India A,
rubber, copper, lumber wool, and the various chem.
icals used in the manufacturing industries show for
1912 very large totals imported, In nearly every NJ
larger quantities than In any earlier calen.
dar year. The total value all crude materials
used in manufacturing imported in 1912 amounts Sc
to about 625 million dollars against the former
high record Of 542 million 1910; and OF A,
features for further in manufacturing more
than 300 million dollars against former high -
ord OF 2SS million in 1911" ~
Nevertheless there statesmen per,
verse to scof the proposition that II might w
be prudent TO let well enough ne,-Pittsburg Ga
Times.