The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-04
CHEAPER THAN BEFORE
People Buy, Knowing What
They Are Getting, Tulsa's
Business Men Say
RAZOR BLADES AN EXAMPLE
One Dozen German Blades or
Half Dozen Made in U.
S. for so Cents

The other day young business
nm walked into a store to buy razor
bGdes. The obllging clerk laid two
packages on the counter before him.
One. he said. was six blades in a
package for so cents, the other a
dozen in a. package for so cents.
Strange, pondered the prospective
buyer What was the difference?
No difference. so far as the blades
themselves were concerned. But the
package containing dozen blades
for so cents was made in Germany.
The other was Americana made.
Made in Germany! It mas been
so long since that phrase reacted
upon the American buying public
like the old wailing cry OF "unclean!
unclean!' upon the folk OF the Holy
Land But people forget quickly.
There are hundreds OF Tulsans who
are doing the very same thing this
man did--buylng the article that
costs less money. The made in Ger
many brand is no deterrent.
Coming Back Again,
After so long a time, German
,made goods are finding their way
into Tulsa. Soon after the war. the
majority of people would have lifted
their hands In horror at the thought
of spending their shekels upon any
thing that was the product of the
busy wheels OF industry of the enc
my country and would have cold
shouldered the merchant who ven-
tured TO stock his shelves with 1t.
But all that is changed now.
Consider the hair clippers. Ameri-
can-made ones, priced at several
stores. sell from $3.50 to 81. Ger
mani made ones retail for from $1.39
80
German-made are being placed in
the stock OF Tulsa stores, and can
be priced much lower than the
American made articles and still
have margin of profit for both re-
taller and wholesaler. German
made locks are on the market. Toys
made in Germany are finding their
way back to the shelves that not so
very long ago disgorged themselves
Of the hated burden with all possible
speed and, that same burden. to-
gether with other articles bearing
the hated stamp. was offered at
virtually give away prices II people
would only take them off the mer-
chants hands.
No Longer Inevitable.
But generally speaking, people
didn't. Merchants washed their
.hands OF German-made stuff and
called II good riddance. The wheels
Of American factories turned little
faster, more factories assembled
more wheels TO turn. and American
made stuff began to repace the
repudiated German product on Tulsa
shelves. Labor costs, coupled with
general war conditions. sky-rocket.
ed the prices over what they had
been before. But. c'est le guerre
1A ~. H. IAr a
they paid what they considered the
Inevitable price. They have beer
doing that for quite while now. Bu
they are just beginning to find Out
mat 1t is no longer inevitable.
Not all Tulsa merchants arr
stocking up with made-in-
goods. But the majority Of then
are, The articles are Just as good
Zone or two said that in some in
stances they are better) they arr
much cheaper, and people buy them
ne business man, discussing thu
atter, pointed out that II continued
~Ngcott of German-made good
barred its sale here in this country
oN its war debt was lessened jus
mat much. Labor conditions in thii
country precludes the prices 70
American-made stuff that Is PLACED
on German- made. SO there you are
one republican merchant vigorousl'
asserted that there was but on
.ning to do about II, and that wa
protect American manufacturer
ny the protective tariff.
And do people really buy article
marked made in Germany" Thi
question was asked
sure" emphatically returned on
merchant. And why not? Yo,
can' hold a grudge forever. Th
Mars over. Competition In trade
tstlmate, and the life Of II. If tn
article Is good and worth the money
and II people choose to buy some
snihg that costs less money. VIII
shouldnt they do it. even IL II hap
Yens TO be German -made?"
Ihere are some Tulsa merchant
quo still refuse to buy German
made goods. They take the stan
may people forget too quickly: tina
too soon after the war. Blu
Nost OF them are buying them.
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