The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-09-15
rEoPLE OF WASHINGTON BEGIN TO GIVE PATRONAGE
TO INSTITUTIONS WHICH PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT
TO OUR OWN CITIZENS AND FUNDS FOR
SCHOOLS AND HIGHWAYS

J educational measures which ar
rapidly being instituted by variou
agencies working among the women
clubs, the chambers of commerce, tn,
schools. and the newspapers, strivinI
to inform the public of this state Of
the actual dollar-for-dollar value OF
our own products as compared to the
Iforeign-made article.
His Own Make Under Foreign Label.
LOW little solid ground there is un.
1 / der the idea that foreign goods
| are 'jes' nachelly" better than Wash.
ington goods is well illustrated by an
occurrence that took place in one of
our stores
sales manager was trying to sell
line of local products to the dealer
in question, who kept coming back
with the reply, Yes. but KS brand is
better than your brand" naming an
Eastern product with which he was
familiar. The sales manager hap
pened to recognize some of his own
product in the wrappers under KS
label on the dealers shelves and ex-
planned to him that it was not uncom-
mon for this same eastern manufac. |
turer to send to the local house and |
buy their product, then place it in |
their own wrapper and sell il at an |
increased price over what the same |
article could be purchased for under
It's own label
New Lines VS.. Old.
THE fact is that in this new state
OF ours. the mass of people are
ar less familiar with the product of
actories which have sprung MP with.
n a few years within our borders than
With articles of foreign make which
sere household names from our child.
ood days, and it takes a strenuous
ght for their lives on the part of
Washington pioneers of industry. who
re really laying the foundation for !
UT future prosperity. to overcome the I
eight of long years of familiarity I
i'h products from the older sections
the country Ii
There is no question that In many
ases, quality and values alone con.
dered, Washinston-made products
,eak for themselves.
Take the case Of the WASHINGTON
oman who was enjoying . delicious
Up OF tea at the home Of IN eastern
ieno and was SO much impressed
lth its quality that on her return
'ne, she wrote to her friend for the e
me Of the brand. Imagine her sur.
Use, on receiving a sample package
the tea from, her friend. to find that
was put up and shipped cas-. by a
m in her own home town.
There are many reasons why our
ate can and does produce better =
atty in many articles than can %
Ter sections of the country. One "a
ason why we can produce better ~
con, for instance. is that Washing. -
wheat-fed hogs make Ieaner and ~
tier bacon than eastern eorn-fsd -.
ys. OF
We Need Payroitsi -,
| ON many people in WASHINGTON We
VIII tell you, We need payrolls.- ed
what are they doing about it, We fai
1t know. but we do know tina, when wi
knowledge of the actual merit of fro
states own manufactured goods
understood by the mass of our peo- M
the woes OF Washington manufac- wi
FRS viii be reduced to a minimum. BY
representative Of one Industry to
tes that II this concern, aIene with me
other plants engaged in the same il
as;ry, were to receive just q fair yes
re OF the business in the state, his the
Hutton could double or triple its he
roll. Think, then. Of the possibiri. fea
Of statewide determination Of for
citizens, to buy, where quality and I
e justify, only goods made In has
zhinston. II means the eouhiine ing
TRIPPING Of employment Of Wash ing
on workers What sounder foun- pro
on could be laid fer q prosperous fur,
use