Putnam patriot., 1918-11-08
MADE IN GERMANY"
 DIDN'T PHASE THEM
Cutlery Made In the Land of kaiserism and kultur Found Willing Hands to Receive 1t Because It Was Offered For Nothing
Stock of German Made Goods At Chandler & Morse's Store Did Not Have to Be Dumped In Sewer

There was one big surprise at the store of Chandler & Morse last Satur- day afternoon. The party was arrang- ed by the store management and ev= eryone was invited Truth to tell, the management did not exnect many if any guests to attend The induce ment to "come one, come all, was such that t was believed that either patriotism or shame would keep most people away True, something was offered for nothing, and this is gen orally an unresistibe bait and IS near 1y always swallowed by hungry seek CTS after value received with out val ne given
 The proposition was we'll advertised m last weeks Patriot If your mem cry serves you, you will recollect that the hardware firm in Union block an nosnced that they had combed their stock and had assembled every piece of cutlery that bore the mark Made in Germany. This was offered free 10 any person who would come to the store and ask for it. It was stated that the Made in America cutlery re fused to associate with the Made in Germany trash and that in order to get it out of the store it would be giv- en away It was expected that there might be a curious crowd collect or the outside of the store to watch re suits, but it was anticipated that at the close of the business Jay the Ger. man product would have to be cast into the river near where the sewei enters
 And that is where the surprise cam, in When Patriot representativ, asked how tne goods were nnally dis ed of the following incredible story was told by Manager Ames He said that before half past two. the time the populaee was invited to come in and cary away German product the store began to fill up. The gath ering was not made up of children but of real grown up people and oi various nationaIties and all classes Tke crowd grew until it was estimat ed that there were l50 in the store No one came in disguise so far as known. but all were there with heads sp and hands out ready to get | knife, razor or a pair of scissors and they didn't care whether it was made by a Fritz or not so long as they didn't have to pay for it.
 There was some pushing and jost ling as the crowd of thrifty people who live in America waited with GOV etous eyes for the hands of tho clock to get to the appointed hour The management was surprised but was not showing it. It was there tc make good in way that it did not eN- pect to make good. Whether willing hands were to take away the tainted stock or whether it was to be mingled with the eitys sewage made no diff ference in dollars and cents to the firm
 Promptly at 2S0 the basket con taining the articles was lifted from the show window Up shot the hand, of the throng and as fast as grab was made by one another took his place until in a short while the sewer had been cheated of it's prey, and pos sibly the sewer is glad that it was so But pupam people were not so par ticular. They are carrying the goods the firm refused to sell They are carrying such goods as were re. cnetly refused landing place on oui shores They are associated with the cutlery that Made in America cutlery refused to associate with, Will these same people. after the war. pay theu good money for Made in Germany merchandise? It is to be hoped that they will not