The Washington herald., 1918-08-05
AFIELD WITH
THE
OBSERVER

being INDUCED in here with reference
to thorough commercial boycott Of
Germany after the war is over.
Hundreds OF thousands Of Ameri-
cans are already pledged solemnly to
carry 1t out. And hundreds of thou
sands and millions more will join the
movement within the next few weeks
and months.
Signs like these will be seen over all
America after the war-and over all
this side of the globe IL the deter
mination of the instigators of the
move is matched by their endurance
In carrying the work on:
Not a d-n German article sold
here"
IF It's made in Germany we
haven't it-and don't want it."
Remember G m atrocities
make 'em eat their dirty deeds be-
fore We buy anything more from
EN-"
Help our manufacturers who help
ed us when the Hun dogs were rum
ming Wild
Keep shooting at the Germans by
refusing to accept anything they
make"
IF you want anything the Ger
mans make let it be their apologies
nothing else"
After the military victory make It
commercial victory-and let the
fight be to the bitter end"
These are just a part of the slogans
storekeepers and manufacturers and
buyers have imposed me with in the
past two days. They want It distinct
ly undestood that 1t surely will be a
case OF hell freezing over before they
recind their resolutions not to make
any purchase, after the war, which
will be of the least material assis-
tance to- our enemies,
The Hardware Age, a trade paper
OF wide circulation, has undertaken
the first well thought out and COM
plete trade program and the response
which 1t has met has encouraged
other industries to carry it~on In the
same way and for the same purpose.
Hundreds Of thousands Of men the
retail buyers Of the country have
been. reached through this effective
organs campaign and was interested
in obtaining its most striking state
ments, the ones upon which 1t based
its campaign and which its managers
found were most readily subscribed
to by the people of the nation.
The patriotic sermon Its Up to
You, Mr.. Buyer 1 found was the
most effective trade weapon yet at
tempted against the enemy.r 1t is
not possible to give all Of its text in
this column but We give enough to
show our readers what is consists Of
and whether they believe the cam
paign should have announcement
Here are few striking paragraphs
which the Age featured:
The other night one of Gen,
Pershing's. boys went out into No
Mans Land. He didn't come back.
Three hours later a searching party
went out to find him. That boy had
been killed and his body hacked to
bits. His comrades gathered up the
remains and brought them back in
a sack. That brave young American
was chopped to pieces with German
cutlery: Before the war we bought
100000 worth of German pocket
cutlery each year.
In the past three years America n
factories have vastly increased their
output Of pocket knives. Patterns
have been simplified; 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 be-
come but a distasteful memory.
Shall we be customers of These
blood-stained butchers after the war?
I hardly think so. but 1t is up to YOU.
Mr.. Buyer.
"a, captured British oficer was re-
Gently found with his throat cut from
ear to ear. This brutal job had been
done with a very keen-edged instru-
ment. 1t was not the work of A
trench knife. The CHASTITY wound look
ed as though 1t had been made with
a razor. 1t probably was. Before the
war We imported annually half $500 oot
worth Of razors from Germany.
Since the war began razor factories
in the United States have enjoyed a
greatly increased business. Their em.
ployes are well-paid, contented Amer
leans. This industry must be ner-
petuated. German competition in the
days to come should suffer a handican
in proportion to German crimes o1
| today. =
When the dove Of peace lights in
the pool Of blood, shall we go on
buying German razors? II doesn't
seem possible. but, Mr.. Buyer, it's
| up to you. s,al
Before the war we imported from
the Central Powers practically every
surgical instrument used In America,
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