"MADE IN GERMANY."

Press, Volume LV, Issue 16414, 7 January 1919, Page 2

"MADE IN GERMANY."

AMERICAN BOYCOTT CAMPAIGN.

Not all knives bearing' a Swedish trademark are made in Sweden, says an American paper. It is considered likely tnat most of them are made in Germany and the original Trademark changed in Sweden to make possible their sale in the United States. This fact, among others of a like nature, is revealed in the report of Mr Kieliurd M. Hurd, chairman of the National Boycott Committee of the American Defence Society, of the work being done by the Society's three hundred branches throughout the country against the sale of German-made goods.

The National Boycott Committee, originated two weeks ago at a meeting of patriotic and civic organisations at the Chamber of Commerce, is made up of members from the various societies. Special campaigns are being mado against German dyes and surgical instruments.

"The most effective method of excluding German-made goods from this country," says Mr Hurd, "is in the organisation of the women, who do SO per cent, of the retail purchasing. If German goods cannot be sold in this country they will not be brought here. 'In the matter of dyes some £60,000,000 has been expended in the United States to delevop this indus-. try since the war began, and large amounts have been invested in this industry in England. A Bill is now before the British Parliament providing that German dyes shall be excluded for the next ten years. It is proposed that a similar Bill shall be introduced in Congress, witfiVi view to freeing America from its former dependence on Germany for dyes."