The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-17
PENALTY FOR FALSE
IMPORT MARK URGED
Commissioner Ilartigan Thinks
Public OFTEN Deceived
Ihout I. :. Goods.
APPEALS TO PRODUCERS

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IS -.f. .ud Measures whose "c'iN''''S
.. chairman OF tHc temporary committee
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n.ut which with increasing velocity
NJ U.rtrnr said ", effectively spread !
Ing f-.oH.r the country, holds out such
,.s.HH|...- for the working man and /
.,,~s..g woman u this country that its
.,,...If bv tho purchasing public IL "a COM I
-h.fao 10 tn. upnuudIng 81 pride ia the
-.,u,.s OF dom. .tI. Industry.
"Tna labor. Time eiJor,, talent and
none, put into the domestic products
s.tr , view to offering these products
based ON their merit and quality should /
nave that consideration fro.i tho pur-
CHASING public v hich will give them the
.-ef.r,nc. over imported products.
eth, fetch that NE imported article
inst because 70 Is imported Is better or
ci~-',. with 10 e higher degree Of finish, |
ur tr,' 10 possesses clements that por-
.rav the aIt OF other peoples as superior
~ '-If Of domestic production. can In
great frrl-ur, Doe eliminated from IN"
Mind 1f th, purchasing puol'c, or that
part ut 10 which Is unfortunately carried
~ hy these false luclinatIous. through "a
svst,.r,t.r programme of education which
v1' reach into every household iu On"
l'r..,I states
"f.y,ry merchant m1nufa cturcr. pro
1uc,. school teacher. local boards ~
rad. commerce. civic associations pub
,c officials. should Doe appealed tu % tx
.,rI a.I u.tr the MESSAGE tnat am aye
.'c'a manufactured or produced IN tho
United S,ti,s which has rift a1d quail
" Should bc purchased .n preference TO
ne article bearing AN imported labr' OF
ph.U u some manner indicates thdt II
g.. imported from abroad.
"Sonc domestic manufacturers have
caused demand for foreign made ar
.''os through infcriority In quality Of
'e'- product ms compared with the for
ign made article The terminating
uu,.- iu such instances Is entitled 20 the
lest for his money and will naturally turn
90 the article possessing merit and quail
Y What number OF domestic nanufitc-
urer produce with the sole idea of effect
ath.r than merit and quality is unknown,
M glance into the shops of the COun-
~ will soon convince one. that eject
MI. temporarily successful. In the long
.u- ,u--~ la IN, race with ;hs article
.rrtH'uug endurance and character
thousands OF small manufacturers IN the
la.t.d states are struggling for existence
f..r ,ud,.syn- tn urodiI.e article. a..
u.rlt
The purchaslng public Of the United
states should NOT Ice Il ceiyed as to tho
eourya OF production Of the articles pur-
Na-.. The peuule are entitled 20 know
20 to'N whether an article Is made in
.Na rru.t.1 states an. mai. ,hroad ara
800 lr,lcr- made in the U1it.d states
hears 20 foreign label the people should
ily, SOME, r,drySs against ~. n1uuflc-
ivrar of that article IL is gross rnisrep-
sentttiou. utterly fal and DISHONEST,
~ represent m article made IN ire United
States us being mad. abroad or bearing
n SOME connection the suggestion that q
moo'tsd.
'Thr state OF New York la cNanter Sc
- fr. Laws Of 1909. article 80. section
49, makes 10 Il mi-demeanor for auv
person 10 offer for sale or 10 sell any
article of merchandise falsely describing
place or country where Il was manu-
featured or produced. The strict en-
'or'.Wtnt Of this statute would 20 far
toward orad'cating many of the evils
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