The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1940-10-03
Potters Only Hope
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from Americans Now is positively the
time to take full advantage of the
feelings of the people.
The movement cannot afford to drag,
but must be advanced with all haste
to a place where wars end will find
the buying habits of the nation so well
established that price differential be-
tween good American products and
foreign limitations will be unable to
swing the deal.
The Made In America Foundation,
Inc, is dedicated to the futhering of
these aims and Potters must cooper
ate every possible way. We must
look now to the future and drive with
all our might to the goal ahead-an
American public demanding American
products.
Needed is an educational campaign
and it must be complete. Those of US
in the pottery industry are looking to
the Made in America Clubs to carry
the brunt of the work and do it well,
but no potter must allow any oppor-
tunity to pass to further the drive or
to work with the local or national
club.
Naturally the Brotherhood is COM
pletely in back of the drive. The found
alton on which the organization is
built is job opportunities, because
without jobs there is no reason for
the Brotherhood's existence. This drive
spells job insurance so it is something
everyone of us must be vitally inter-
ested in and in which we must take
an active part.
We do not have to look far to see
the preparations now being made for
| nroads on our market. In a recent
issue of the New York Herald Tribune
a full column is devoted to the Naz's
seizure of Mexico's trade. At present
about rs per cent Of this market is
supplied by the United States, but the
Nazi have sent in a flood of saleSmer
to offer prices 80 per cent lower thar
those OF United States manufacturers
while giving more liberal terms
There are no orders being placed al
present with American statesmen.
In the same paper few days later
fully as much space was given to
story concerning the bid being made
by English mems apparel manu-
facturers for big market in thi:
country. All of the manufacturers
have banded together and are KNOW
as the Associated Manufacturers O.
British Coats and Suits, Ltd.
A Joseph Steinberg heads the com
bine here and frankly states that while
the immediate purpose of the eXpor
program was to build up dollar credit
here to finance armament purchases, l
is by no means temporary one. H
assures us that all members of tn
association and especially those inter
ested in the manufacturer of sports
wear hope to build up a permanen
market in this country. Since the com
bine is not confining it's activity t
the United States, it is probable tha
our exports will suffer also.
Does anyone believe that the con
stantly harried potters are safe? |
it not a good bet that the Nazi wi
send pottery from home and the ter
ritory they occupy to the Unite
States just as soon as the opportunit
presents itself? Don't you believe Eng
land will send her pottery product
: here under the sponsorship of tn
British Board of Trade just as tn
coats and suits are coming here now
| Why should our government al
Argentine ranchers at the expense c
, home cattle raisers by furnishing ou
Navy with imported beef?
= A campaign is surely in order if W
! expect to come out on even term
when the war is over and millions {
7 troops must be put to work producn
goods their fellow countrymen haN
: not the money to buy.