New Britain herald., 1915-10-27
WHAT OTHERS SAY
Views on all sides of timely questions as discussed in ex- changes that come to the Herald Office.
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 War in Europe has taught the American people to learn how to walk alone and some of the early results
 of this new independence are appear ing to be fraught with pleasure for the Yankees. One instance, which l clinches the old argument that Amer ican women have always been foolish to insist on foreign goods when seek ing the best obtainable in clothes, is causing considerable comment in the dry goods trade and among the fashion critics and experts through out the country just now. It is the creation of a number of woolen pro- ducts that have not only caught the eye of the most fastidious but have cllmb bed rapidly to favor in the cir cles where the best only is sought or ! tolerated, and almost as promptly found their way into the fashion cen- ters of Paris. ''The pride of Amer lca' is the way these woolen goods are, designated by one writer and metropolitan dress goods buyers and dealers seem unanimous in their tes- timony as to their attractiveness. style and quality of texture.
 It is explained in the Brooklyn Eagle. Owing to the war in Europe and the destruction of a large num- Der of the woolen mills of France and Belgium, the designers and cos tune makers have been obliged to turn to the American manufacturers for the, finer weaves that heretofore were bought abroad and the Amer jeans have responded wonderfully. In fineness of texture, beauty of color and sheen, the illuminated chuddah cloths, peau de souris, Zibelines, silky mohairs and silk and wool poplins that have been produced right here in this country during the past year rival any previous importations from Europe. In fact, so beautiful are they that several of the famous French designers have imported American woolen materials for the fashioning of many of their most dis tinctivs creations.
 New England once was filled with woolen mills and it's people reveled in their products. There was hardly a town in Connecticut or Massachusetts that did not have it's woolen and the industry continued to thrive until about the middle of the last century.
 
 metal producing plants. machine shops, and munitions factories stand where once great woolen mills were operated and the present generation may be forgetful or ignorant of the glory of the past that was Americas. and especially New England's, in the manufacture of woolen cloth. With such a heritage it is but fitting that when the first great opportunity in the nations commercial history to prove to the old world it's ability to produce the quality and the style de- manded by Dame Fashion knocked, the response was immediate and the evidence of worth convincing.
 Let the American woman pay heed! She can find the best and the most fashionable in American goods and in justice to her husband and herself she should patronfze them, that American industry may not lag while foreign products enjoy such demand that they can compete suc- cessfully with domestic goods in spite of tariffs. This is a good time for her to get the habit of preferring the domestic product.