The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-26
A MADE N D. 5. A.
Christmas THIS YEAR
Millions Usually Sent To Europe Must
Pcrforce Remain at Home This
Year by Reason of War.
MUST RELY ON HOME INDUSTRY
American Manufacturers Should Grasp
Opportunity, Thinks the Woman's
Made In U. s. A. League, and Care
For Great Santa Claus Traffic.

Especial to The Ricnmond Virginian.) |
Washington. Sept. ga Made In |
Y. D. A.. Christmas is proposed by the
NpF4aHs- National Made In l.. s. A. /
League to meet the situation createo
By the blockade Of toys caused by the
European war, which threatens to rob /
millions of little American children of
the playthings which held so large
part in the joys of former Christmases. I
To avert the possibility of "A shortage |
OF Christmas playthings and novelties
and at the same time to arouse the y
manufacturers of this country to a Il,
great opportunity. the executive COM !
mittee of the Woman's National Made |
in US A. League today adopted a res |
olution calling upon league members
and American manufacturers and citi- |
Gems to cooperate in making the pres
ent Christmas great object lesson
In the patriotic support of American
industries and In the ability Of Amer
lean industry to meet any demand
which may be placed upon 1t by the
American people.
Come to Home Manufacturers
support.
We cannot too strongly urge all
patriotic American women, and men,
too, for that matter, said Mrs. Gene |
We've Champ Clark Thompson, daugh-
ter of the Speaker and chairman OF
the executive committee of the Wo
| mans National Made in L. S. A.
League today. so come to the sup
port of American manufacturers and
do everything In their power to slim
ulate them both by urging them TO-
produce the desired goods and by pur-
chasing their products after they are
manufactured. The supply Of import
ed and other Christmas gifts, which
ordinarily come from Europe, have
/ been cut off beyond the possibility of
our being able to get them. Unless
the manufacturers of the country take
immediate action to supply the re-
! qulred toys and other gifts the chill
dren of the country face a shortage
! in the things which make up a large
( part Of the joys of their life. Every
/ year this country buys more than a
/ hundred million dollars worth or toys.
/ Because of the blockade this trade lies
| waiting for the manufacturer who
1 can produce the goods. Certainly
| American manufacturers can produce
! toys and other gifts which will be as
good and will fill the demand as well
i as did the foreign manufactured arti-
/ Gle. The manufacturers of this coun-
4 try must be aroused to take advantage
| of their opportunity and secure for
! themselves for all times this lucrative
/
I foreign manufacturers. The women
( of this country can do much towards
rousing the manufacturers both by
urging them TO produce the goods and
] by promising their support and pa
! tronage when the goods are on enc
| market. Let every woman in Amer
| lea promise that for this year and in
| coming years she will buy nothing but
! American -ynade goods for gifts and
nothing but American made toys for
her children. The greatest object les
son possible to the rising generation
can be driven home by the mothers
of the country If they will buy moth
ing but American goods, and if they
will tell their children who receive the
gifts that the goods are American
made and impress upon. them the
superiority of American goods to the
foreigner made article well as the
enormous benefit to American industry
and to the prosperity of all Americans
which will follow II all Americans will
pledge themselves to buy American
made goods at all times. Let us make
this the first OF series of Made in
L. s. A." Christmases, which will unite
the sound. patriotic, economic theory
of American goods for Americans with
! the joys of Christmas-tide and result
in continually increasing prosperity
for American industry and all Ameri-
cans"
Urged to Grasp Opportunity.
! The Womans National Made in T.
s. A. League will communicate with
all manufacturers whom Il knows to
possess facilities for turning out goods
to meet the trade in Christmas toys
and gifts, urging them to make haste
&c take advantage OF the great oppor-
tunity offered them by the blockade