Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-05-14
NO ANTI-GERMAN
BOYCOTT EVIDENT
IN PHILADELPHIA
Manufacturers and Busl
ness Men Unite in h
claring Sentiment of Il.
People Unmarked H. H.
Racial Acrimony.

German manufacturers and br.,.
men in New York and Chicago r,.s'.
suffering under an unorganized ~
by pro-Allles sympathizers, but IN pss
delphia the anti-German sentiment n,
not grown strong enough to havs -
effect upon business conducted nv ~
| mans. This was revealed bv ir,n,-,
among business men and manufac,n...
whose German names might hava \.
taken as excuse for boycott II s.,,
ment lay in that direction.
The sinking of the LusItania n,a.
marked an impression upon pro.RrI,,.,
sympathlzers in New York and ch,,.
that there exists tacit boycott OF br.
ness men trading under German nsm~
! In Chicago two German papers bavs !.
plored the tendency to injure the bustn.,.
Of German residents. One even urged n,
German population to revenge itself 4,
trading only with Germans.
But, according to Dudley Bartlett chi,
of the foreign trade bureau of the Can.
merclal Museum, sentiment against Car.
many shows itself less in PhiladelnNI,
than In any other part of the IJnl,,a
States.
German business men deprecated N.
reports that their fellow countrvm,r
were being boycotted In other cities ssa
were certain that no one was sufferns
from anti-German sentiment In philadN,
phia.
NO SIGN OF BOYCOTT HERE.
Erich Krell, president of the Otto "a,
Engine Works, 33d and Walnut strests
probably the most distinctly German an.
terprise in Philadelphia, was ons a,
these.
IT haven't seen here. nor have heard
of any boycotting of German bushes,
men," said Mr.. Krell. 1.-THE American
people are too level-headed to ALLOW
themselves to be drawn into any moys
ment to withdraw trade from German
business men, or business men with Ger.
man names. l think this storm Of pas
sion will soon pass over l can't beeye
that any genuine boycott exists in this
country"
Max Heinrich, editor of the German
t.,
German population of Philadelphia, de.
clared he didn't believe there was any
anti-German sentiment here.
There is no boycott here that have
heard Of" Mr.. Heinrich said. II don't
believe there is any sentiment against
our people. 1t is hard to understand
how Americans could let themselves bs
swayed into Withdrawing their trads
from Germans in Chicago and New York
I cannot credit the report"
An explanation of the quiescent att.
tude toward Germans here was given By
Dudley Bartlett. of the Commercial Mu.
scum.
LITTLE ACRIMONIOUS FEELING.
IT have been in several of the big cities
of the country recently" said Mr.. Bart.
lett, land I can say that there is less
sentiment against the Germans in Phlla.
delphia than there is either in Chicago
New York or the New England States,
I put this down to the fact that most
OF the Germans here are of the type
of Mayor Blankenburg; that is, they
have lived in the city great many years
We haven't many newcomers from Ger
many. The German population Is stad
and conservative. I have noticed that
where there Is a small German popula'
ton the lines of demarcatlon in the
division of sympathies are less marked
than where Germans are numerous.
"The only way explain this is that the
small number of Germans are less likely
10 start discussions and defend the course
of their own country. Either that OF
else our spirit of fair play revolts against
the idea of picking on the weaker mum
ber."
This opinion was also held by Dr. W.
+. Wilson. director of the Commercial
Museum. 81 think there might be some
feeling against the Germans in other
cities, but there is none here that know
Of" said Doctor Wilson, Germans who
have been living here for so many yeaIs
have lost the sharp edge of their ale
glance to their own country. They are
not the type to begin acrimonious arsu'
ments."