BEST IN THE WORLD.

Hokitika Guardian, 8 December 1923, Page 4

BEST IN THE WORLD.

RESTMAT EDI! BRITISH GOODS. 1 | 1 By John Blunt, in Daily .Mail.) ! .1 v.a.s talking the other day to a n.aiiiibictuivr whose business has been jiii.i.'-l ciitiiclv inbm.‘d b.v the Germans 11111 1 . iscdiiig him—they can actually sen at a |Oiilii mu,h mere cheaply than lie can possibly produce - but al the end of cur talk, which "as not exactly i a cliceiful one. ho observed. Well. they never (oiild. and tln-y never 1~. ■ make the s.ime quality oi .si 11 if a- "0 do in England. ) Then don't you get a higher price ? I ! asked. i Yes. certainly, imt not siifliciemly iughei to compote iigaiiis! the cost, ol German la.Esur. The whole world 1 wants English goods if only it could , afford to pay for them. Il we all slarfj ed 1 air. it is always prepared to pay ' rat her more for English goods than lor ! ci her-.

I This tonvifoiltion, which is typical ;cf cveral f have recently had. made in - realise mole clearly than ever that : 1 1| ■ greal hull point of mu maimi'acHm- is tln-ir reputation lor quality, la the long run il will count again, ns it. has > o'inlf din the past. And it ! xcm.s to ice that il is now 11101 e im- : ):,. Until til,-in me! Dial we should not j sacrifice lids icpiilutiou. The war ! made many countries producers Dial I funnel l.v ill)] til ted irum us. 11 gave (chances to utile; «mint lies to steal cur markets, end tin- i-sidt ol all this i.j that we shall lie aide In hold our ot 11 I only provided the quality ol our manuibolf. j Bi ili-h goads arc the best. 'I hey are respected all over tin- ivmld. inthci alter the manner the British ciotrae- ; ter is respects-.i. Thai Is to say. it i> 1 a respect 1 in.mb w ith in it a I imt. w liidi is patHy :■ ft -1 in of ioi’L.uh-y am! parth it in o| riiT--. .'!!■ c that mud' .V. Hl,dll. s- -D.t 'l 1 go With so hi'-'v imagination. Jest us we ere letter at ruling people than vc ne at making them understand 1 Us. so vc are belle: ai im nil! if tin in", tilings (hail ai sidling them. 'I lie take ■ 1 nr leave il attitude. "Inch 11- b 1 j if - .j common E.'lore the war. add--10 tu 1 ] 1 et-tigd in a ciuioiG mri oi w..v. lon it afi'i'ct s our | ocket -. lint if v.e. a- a ration, have much to leal 11 in I hi' art cf pushing cur goads—- ; in', of coi 11 -'. we have learnt r- 10l recently in a hitler school the goods pi! Ji till-: 11 so. ■ I vc-. The iini'st atlv-iti'C--1.11". 1 f ! ever Ir. aril f< r BiitMi nmnu|a: I ure 1 ea'i i- fi mil I lie lips ol an engineer. though, oddly enough, it meant the lims cf an cnlci' to England. For n-a's ami veal's liis company had used IJlilish locomotives, hut they h"d -uildeiilv dot ided to older some from Am-

Why ilid they do that f I asked him. Becaipe ynur d d engines won’t wear 1 -ill. i'i' answered. 'Every year cur load - increase. Imt your ( ugiia-s are ti o good to. sera;:, though they’re out of date by tin's time. Bui | noticed, a few yen's later, that when his coin) any wanted still more locomotives the order came back io Flight ml. Our conservative methods ci selling our reluctance to start new “lines our dislike of giving the buyer precisely wliat lie wants instead cl what, we l|iink lie ought to want, have done us haim; but that same conservative streak, applied to the quality of our manufactures, has done ns infinite good, if we are not smart in one direction. I,cither have we tin- other modem quality of being gimeraek. Just ns in mankind character is rarer than (Inverness, so in manufacturing ounlily is rarer than adaptability.