"MADE IN BELGIUM"
' ARE THEY GERMAN GOODS?
In discussing the German art of "peaceful' penetration" (trade through neutrals) at yesterday's meeting of the council of the Central Chamber 'of Commerce, Mr. William' Smith asked .what was the position of goods that were manufactured in Belgium at the present time.
Mr. J. l'\ Atkins"They're German goods I"
Mr. Smith: "Well, I'm buying Belgium goods through Amsterdam. I've got nine cases of plate glass coming to me through Amsterdam—paid for in Amsterdam under the certificate of the British Consul there." Voices: "OhI" Mr. 'Smith: "The question is, should one buy these goods from the Belgium people, wlio get 23 per cent, of the value, or not? It meant getting them there or from America.!' Mr. Smith .also said that he had received a thousand oases of sheet glass from Belgium by the Arawa. Mr. Atkins said that every article ought to be branded with the country of origin.
The chairman (Mr. Leigh Hunt) said the matter was too important to'pass by, and Mj\ C. M. Luke was deputed to bring th&. matter before tho All-for-Empire League.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2725, 21 March 1916, Page 6
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184"MADE IN BELGIUM" Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2725, 21 March 1916, Page 6
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