The Washington herald., 1915-01-12

I frOth, wife of Senator Shafroth, of Colo
radO; Mrs Champ Clark, wife of the
Speaker: Mrs. Joseph G.. Armstrong wife
( of the mayor Of Pittsburgh; Mrs. Adam
Denmead, president of the Daughters of
the King. Baltimore, Md; Mrs. Lloyd
I Bowers, and Mrs. Samuel Spencer.
Mrs. Thomas R Marshall. in accepting
as honorary patron, emphasized the fact
that American manufacturers should see
to it that made-in-U.-S-A goods are as
good if not better, than those manufaC-
tured anywhere else in the world. She
expressed the hope that the patriotic
support and demand of American women
for made-in-U.-S.A. goods would lead
American manufacturers to vie with each
other in making these articles the best
Of their kind in the korld.
Il have said before" said Mrs. Mar
shall. and / repeat it, that am perfect
ly willing 10 buy Amerlcan-made goods
when they are the proper standard.
The American manufacturer can use
the same processes or better. through the
native ingenuity OF Americans. and excel
all over the world with his products, il
he will. 1t is his golden opportunity now,
and hope he will see it.
"Of course, I realize that the cheap
labor of Europe has had something to
do with the greater amount Of care and
NOTh spent on llt Ol SOllt Eu-
ropean articles. but there are thousands
out of employment in America, and if the
demand for American-made goods be in
creased and the manufacturers increase
the quality of them, this situation ought
to be greatly relieved, and good results
all around"
Mrs. Porter J. McCumber. wife of SEN
ator McCumber, who. with her daughter.
are considered among the best-dressed
-, he r-FaI
should be satisfied with American goods.
and in fact We will have to be with
American goods. There Is nothing that
American manufacturers cannot make IL
they will make study of it. Some of
the most beautiful broCades and velvets
have seen this year are of American
manufacture. and it is the opportune time
for the American textile mills to make for
themselves a place in the worlds fabric
producing circles"
Mrs. Ben johnson. wife of Representa-
tive Johnson. OF Kentucky-'I think that
the formation of a league of this kind
a. this time is the most sensible thing
the American women have done for years.
II is perfectly ridiculous to think that
We have been dependent upon other coun-
tries for various articles. when our own
country is so fruitful in natural resources.
will tell YOU a little story of an eX-
perience went through when 1 was at
my home in Louisville. NY. We were cro-
cheting some rugs with DMC cotton and
ran short of the cotton. We found II
impossible TO secure a new supply in
Louisville as this cotton had been made
in Germany. We were very anxious to
finish our work amid went to a small
town nearby where we thought there
would not be much sale for the cotton
and ordered three dozen spools. The man
said why you can't get three dozen
spools in America and he had only two
left: this is the cotton belt of America
where the crops were unusually large and
the warehouses overlooking with It.
There Is no reason in the world why this
kind OF crocheting cotton could not be
made In America as well as in Germany.
The American women would be more than
pleased TO do their fancy work with
American crocheting cotton rather than
forced 10 use made in Germany kind.