The Garden Island. [volume] (Lihue, Kauai, H.T.) 1902-current, 1918-12-10
No Place For
German-Made Goods

That the arrival in New York o.
100000 pounds of toys, every piece
said to bear the words Made in Ger
many may possibly set a precedent
for the food of German goods to be
sent into this country from neutral
countries on the plea that they are
no longer owned by citizens in Ger
many, is the contention of Richard
/ NJ. Hurd, chairman of the Boycott
Society. In a statement made public
at the national headquarters of the
society, he says
Made in Germany
! Toys
This huge shipment of toys bear
| ing the abominated words Made in
Germany" arrived in New York on
| Wednesday on board the steamship
! Nieuw Amsterdam, of the Holland
American Line which made the voy-
age from Rotterdam under guarantee
of safety by the German Government.
1t is reported that the Government
officials at Washington admitted this
importation on the ground that the
toys were bought and paid for before
the United States declared war on the
Huns. and have been in storage in
Holland for the past two years.
Beware of this
Precedent
at is my sincere hope that this will
German goods to be sent into this
country from neutral countries on the
plea that they are no longer owned
by citizens of Germany and, hence,
that the money paid for them does
not directly help Germany. The in.
direct help to Germany is entirely
obvious in that if the United States
absorbs German products now held by
neutrals, they will leave vacuum in
neutral countries into which Germany
can dump her products Immediately
day. This is one of Germany's strate-
gic moves in her war for economic
world domination, the plans for which
have gone on steadily, despite her un-
| favorable military situation.
Beware of Commercial
Conquest
hn1 lnI
made by the baby-killers of Germany?
Americans should never forget that
the present war is only a part of
Germany's plan to dominate the world
commercially. and th"t even if she
| fails to gain territorial ollargeme. Is,
she has won the war if sha cme2gc )
| from it in a stronger economic posi-
tion. All Germany's actions in the
war have taken the commercial factor
into consideration; the destruction of
Allied and neutral merchant ships is
aimed to leave Germany, after the
war, the water carrier of the world /;
in Belgium and Northern France, the
removal of machinery, the destruction
1
of factory buildings and the deporta-
tiOn of trained factory operatives is
aimed to remove industrial competi-
tion.
Equipped With Stolen
| Machinery
After the war Germany, filled with
stolen machinery, with her own build
ings and lands untouched, with raw
materials already ordered from all
parts of the world, would soon be in
a position to supply the world with
cheap German goods while the Allied
countries are rebuilding their indus
trial plants ana transportation facili.
ties.
Could anything be more repusive
than to Put into the hands of Ameri
can children toys made by the German
hands which drip with the blood OF
countless innocent non-combatants
1t is the legal individual right OF
every American citizen to make such
careful inquiry as shall prevent their
consciously purchasing these toys, il
they be minded 50 to do.
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