Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-07-29

good-by NIT his prospective commissions,
and probably get drowned into the bargain"
And anyhow the feller shows poor
Judgment in going to Baltimore with
line of dyes, zapp," Blrslty said. "He
would of stood much better show Of get
ting rid of them goods in New York"
But the way figure it, Birsky," zapp
said, New York aint in his territory. He
is probably making Baltimore, Washington,
Richmond and towns south to Atlanta,
whereas the New York salesman for these
here dye goods would probably arrive in
U-boat later, and the feller that makes
Chicago and towns in the Middle West
would come along by Zappelin somewheres
around the first of August"
II wouldn't be bit surprised" Blrsky
said because this country and other coun-
tries is suffering something terrible from
the scarcity of German.made goods You
take this here shipment of German dyes
zapp, and It will probably save the lives Of
a lot of ladies' who haven't been eating or
sleeping for the last two years on account
they couldn't get the exact shade of navy
blue crochet cotton for embrolderlng doilies
with. Also, zapp, this country's supply of
German imitation patent American safety
razors has been exhausted for more than
IS months, and, Furthermore, think of all
the poor mothers and wives which has got
TO sit and listen to their children and hus.
bands crying for RoNmops, phenacetin Ap-
pctitSild, genwine Mdinscr HdndkdSe, mems
plush hats, Wurzburger and Pilsener, when
they know that there amt n one of them
things within 1000 miles of New York. But
now these conditions is going to be changed.
German.made monographs, typewriters,
motorcycles, sewing machines and piano
players which Is pretty near as good as
the original American models. will be sent
here in submarines which is different In
one respect from the monographs, type.
writer's, motorcycles, sewing machines and
piano players, because the submarine is
better made than the original American
submarine, y'understand, but otherwise
every one of them articles resembles each
other In that the ideas was all stolen by
German manufacturers from American in
ventor who amt drawing cent of roy
atty from Germany for their Inventions"
We'll you've got to give the Germans
credit" Zapp said, they're great statesmen
In fact, l read it somewheres that they
started this war to get a bigger market for |
their goods"
1T must cost a lot of money to kill off |
competition that way" Birsly commented, |
land the chances is that they are killing |
off just so many customers as competitors"
take for instance when Germany widenc>
her market for her goods by taking In Bel |
gium and Serbia, yunderstand and there |
amt many German lines of goods that |
could be affected either one way or the |
other by It, excepting maybe the funeral |
supply business. Yes. BlrslSy 1t would be |
long time before n German salesman of a |
line of German imitation American cash |
registers would be able to make his travel. |
ing expenses even stopping at a dollar |
AEyy imitation American nlnn
houses in Serbia or Belgium, supposing |
Germany is able to control that much ter
rltory on or after September 1, 1916.
Furthermore, Brsky, even If Germany does
manage to hold on to Serbia or Belgium
after the war is over a German salesman
making Louvain, Antwerp, Brussels and all
them towns would need an escort OF Secret
Service men, and iron.clad policies of life,
accident and general liability insurance be-
fore he tries to sell goods there"
"The German business men has got nerve
enough for anything" Birsky retorted. II
bet yer right now the English steamship