BRITISH MANUFACTURES
. Sir,—l noticed , by The Dominion' the other day that'a tender had been accepted for materials for local public works. Tho American manufacture was accepted in preference to the British on pppiipt of'it Heine a littlo chcooer. In
considering the matter, were the and durability of tho two articles taken into account? I have been in business for over forty years, and have used both British and American machinery, and, have found that the British article could', bo used for 15 year? after tho Americanmachines had been 6crapped. We are too' prone to listen to the American representative in preference to our own kith nnd kin, just as we were with the Huns.. Why are these public works materials not obtained from' the fountain-head? If one has to pay a little more for a manufacture that will last from a third to a. half the time longer, will it not; moro than compensate for the difference 1 ia price?
We see our markets at the present time filled with Ameiican and Japanese ru'bbish. Remember, also, that the British manufacturers have been very busy during the last four and a half years on most important work,-which has heavily handicapped them over their better-fav-oured competitors. I am certain that if we act patiently we will find, that Britain can do all we require in the way of manufactures, and give better results. Whntever we are, let us be British.—l am, etc., a BRITISHER. SOLDIERS AT THE PEACE CELEBRATIONS Sir,—There' is one thing we are hoping to see in Saturday's viocession, and that is crowds of gaily decorated motor-cars and motor-lorries" filled with returned soldiers. For the last five years we hava sren them march many times, over tho Rimutakas. at Trcnthmn, through the streets to tho wharf, and it would 6eem as if Pence had really come < if we could see all .the retu.rned men bavin; a joy ride from Lambton Station to Newtown. I am sure "the men who stayed at home" will sec thev do.—l am, etc., A SOLDIER'S'SISTER. July 14. ■
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 250, 16 July 1919, Page 8
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