The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-05-09
GERMAN BOYCOTT
MAY BE STRICT
idea Is Becoming Really Strong Devel-
opment in the Minds of People in
the Entente Alliance.

might, until recently, nave Deen loohe'
upon as the manifestation of spirit
that a reasonable peace treaty coulc
overcome. The idea is now apparently Sc
deeply rooted in the minds of individuals
as to constitute a menace that may re
sist any sort of peace treaty. The
only official action regarding trade be-
tween citizens of France and the central
empires applies only to the period OF hos
Utilities. Private initiative, however, has
gone far in the direction OF permanent
ostracsm of merchandise from countries
now at war with France. II 1t continues
to develop along the same lines, it may
make official action superfiuous.
Nearly every French trade corporation
that has felt German competition in the
past is not only spreading the doctrine of
preference for articles made at home or
by the French allies, but is organizing
for the eventual boycott with an ardor
of initiative that was rare in French bus
mess circles prior to 1914. 1t involves
the systematic education of consumers as
to what German articles and products
they bought before the war without
knowing it, and what French. British,
Russian and Italian articles may replace
them. Starting with the Characteristic
Partisan industry which makes the mi
nor articles called ARTICLES of Paris To-
cal manufacturers were shown in detail
how the Germans lowered the manufac
turing cost and competed with them even
in their home market; this was done by
a public exhibition of German made ssar-
ticles of Paris" and by explanatory docu
ments spread among the little manufac-
turers. There is perhaps no other indus
try that is so important in Paris; al
though the articles are of minor impor
tance, they are made in immense guam
tities by a great number of small manu-
facturers. Following this propaganda
with the manufacturers, the movement
extended to propaganda with the fam
lies, showing them the difference be-
lween the French and the German made
Articles.
"The scientific and medical committee
Sf the allied nations" is peing organized
Tor the purpose of exposing to scientists, |
lhemists and medical men the reasons
Fhy before the war rs per cent of the
products and apparatus used by them
came from Germany, and how they may |
De replaced hereafter. Most of the
french manufacturers of surgical instru
Tents had become simply commission
merchants handling German made ar
sicles; for instance. all of the medical
thermometers came from Germany, near
h all the fine graduated glassware used
b. laboratories, and eighteenth of all
Abe microscopes came from either Ger
many or Austria as well as great pro-
portion of eyeglasses, opera glasses and
field glasses sold by French opticians.
The preponderance of German chemical
products, drugs and dyes on the French
market was well known even before the
war but It was not so well known that
Germany furnished nearly all of the syn
.hetic remedies
All of the allied countries since the
var began have been obliged to develop
heir facilities for the manufacture of
explosives. The raw materials employed
ire quite the same as those that must I
erve in the preparation of the dyes, per
umery and medicine. 1t is concluded,
therefore,, that there is nothing whatever
n the way of replacing these German
PRODUCTS after the war since the consid-
rable number of works constituted for
he preparation of raw material for ex-
,losives will be obliged to turn to some
ther industry and can be Immediately
Utilized in the production of chemical
roducts.
The scientists interested in the organ
sation of this committee have discovered
4 many different obscure corners of
rance men who are manufacturing on
mall scale scientific instruments that
hey declare are equal in every way to
hose made in Germany. In the past
nese little manufacturers have satisfied
themselves with small output without
ndeavoring to make the merits of their
reduction generally known. The French
,ntingent of this committee is already
ractically formed, comprising many
ell known names. The English, Bel
ian, Italian, Japanese and Russian con
ngents of the international committee
re being organized and working in com
ION with the French contingent will
rosecute a thorough propaganda with [
lie general public as well as with doc
RS, scientists and opticians.
As far as transpires at present, this
has no official sanction. Its /.
ork, however, is being seconded by the
,vernment so far as concerns corpora A..
ons for development of chemical and 4
her industries. The minister OF COM
cree has constituted in his department =
technical service charged with the ex-
nination of questions relating to sup .
les of raw material and to the opera I
On of industries not employed exclu-
vely in the national defense. This tech .
cal service is divided into three sec i
1ns-metal, textiles and divers indus 4
les, to which has been added depart j
emit of chemical and pharmaceutic prod
is. This department IS charged with G
e distribution of phenol, so important {
the anline dye industry. !.
II will not only furnish this important j
oduct, but will take measures to de-
lop that industry as well as the manu-
cture of drugs in France. IL has al
ady succeeded in reconstituting the :,
anufacture of synthetic indigo with n
sources of the country. The important d
rvice that this department has rendered
manufactures is the determination of
P quantities of chemical products Sc
red from allied countries in derogation
I'm rules prohibiting expectation. =
The commercial directories of foreign
lntries published in France now elm =
tie the names of all business houses -,
a manufacturers previously given in IN