Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-18
MADE IN GERMANY" SIGN
b TO BE BARRED IN FUTURE
Roy f. Soue Says 1t Is Up Buyers to Protect America
From Hun-Made Goods Even if Sent Over
Without Identifying Mark .

Why America and the other civilized
nations OF the earth cannot trade with
inc Hun after this war Is over IL vividly
SHOWN by Roy +. ,Soulc. editor Of the
HARDWARE Age in an address, deliv-
crcd before the conference Of the
Z southern Retail Merchants Association
2 heid mere last week.
j. Reviewing German atrocitie from
Z. me time poor. brave. outraged little
;. heiGium was invaded by the frie htful
p hordes until to-day, he concludes with
. the declaration that some distant day.
wnen the German Crown Prince has
J. taken a Germnn-madc aluminium sauce
:. pan and ba!ed the Atlantic Ocean down
10 where the victims Of German sub
+ marine W .rfare lie dry land. we
:. may forget. but until that time-no
r more German or made alumni
mum in any form
. The text OF elc address, follows:
Z The other night ono Of General
Pershing's boys went out into mo mans
( and. de didn't come back. Three
Z hours later searching party went
on, TO find him. That boy had been
hiiied and his body hacked to bits.
his comrades gathered np the remains
and brought them hack in g sack That
brave young American was chopped
10 pieces with German cutlery Be-
Tore the war we bought $4,000 900
year.
In tho past three year. American
factories have vastly increased their
output of poke. knives. Patterns
have boon B!rpliaed; quality has been
Improved: an American industry has
been encouraged and developed; Made
IN Germany" on a knife blade carried
in an American pocket has become
but distas heful memory.
Shall we be customers of these blood
stained butchers after the w,lr!
hardly think So but II Is UP TO you.
Mr.. Buyer
A captured British oficer wa. re-
Gently found with his throat cut from
car 10 car. This brutal job had been
done with a very edged lnstru-
ment. 1t was not the work OF a trench
knife. The CHASTITY wound looked
as though It had been made with \
razor 1t probably was. Before the
war we Imported annually 100000
worth Of razors from Germany
Since the war began razor factories
In the United States have enjoyed n
greatly increased business Their en-
ployees arc well-patd. contentcd
Americans. This Industry must he
per7etuased. German competition In
the days TO come should suffer a han
dtcap In proportion 10 German crime.
OF to-day.
when the dove OF peace lights in the
pool OF blood. shall we go buying Ger
man razoTs? II doesn't seem possi
bic. but, Mr.. Buyer us up to you
HIDEoUs MUTILATIoS OF
CANADIAN RED CROSS NURSES
Two Canadian Red Cross nurses out
ragged. Their hands chopped or. and
their tongues cut out that they niEht
never tell the hideous story Of Tho
frightful wrongs perpetratcd upor
hnt In, lea
ands OF Red Cross workers hi-. using
shears and Scissors to make bandaEeS
Before the war we bought G0O,S 800 doZcr
shears and scissors from the contra
powers annually. American factoric!
making scissors and shears are BUS,
places now. and they are making yer,
good scissors and shears. After the
war. German or American? Mr.. Buyer
it's up 10 you.
Belgium poor, brave. outraged it'll,
BelGium When Germany threw e
the winds treaty she termed a 'scra,
OF paper" she not only shredded hcl
honor. but tore to bits business con.
tracts that will never be pasted to-
gether again. America has fed starry
Ing Belgium. We fed. and clothed ant
cared for her suffering people long be.
fore we became her proud ally on til,
battle fields. Thousands OF orphaned
Belgian and French children have beer
adopted into American homes. In tn.
days to come are we going to fore,
these children TO play with German.
made toyS2 God forbid. American
toy manufs cturers have stripped u.
of the last vestige of an excuse 70,
the purchase OF toys from tho Huns
Our factories are making more TOYS
than we ever imported. and they are
not the nimsy jim-cra cks we formerl.
bought from abroad. They arc largely
exercise toys which develop a child's
body. or mechanical or structural TOYS
which train the mind. Before the
Yar wa imported $4,000. 900 worth OF
toys from the central powers Who
Will make our Riddles toys in tht
days to come? Once more, Mr.. Buyer
it's up to you.
SEA WOLF PREYs UPON AGENTS
OFF MERCY ON HIGH SEAS
few weeks ago the Llandover,
Castle. a Red Cross hospital shin. va,