GERMAN GOODS.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3471, 27 April 1920, Page 7

GERMAN GOODS.

BRITISH QC.=\'l.l'l‘.Y BETTER

LONDON; January 24.

German ‘goods, though they are nn!}.' :11'ri\'i11g in this Country insmull consignments, ‘are Jalroady beginning to make fheir presence felt on the British Innrket. In EJillblll'g]l 5110115 the old tmde nln‘l‘T<A“Made in (}m‘-

m:m_v"’ has begun to work its way to ‘the front, and it, is being found that in the case of a good many articles not only are " the German saxuplos usually of quite zutceptablc quality-, but the price is in almost every instance far below that of a similar article made at home.

According to the i‘?'pl-(*soiir:lti\'(\ of =1 Leith shipping‘ firm engagel in the importation of GE*rni:nl goods. many cutlery firms in this country are >§inxply crying aloud for-!!11'ge quantities of Gol'ni:m cutlery, and firms in FL berfilrde and elsewhere in Germany have entered into <:omnulnic<2l’rion with British firms offering goods at oilfieing prices.

There is no great supply of scissors, the small stock possessel by German_\' being rapidly absorbed, but the goods which have reached the British market are sold at a fourth of the price of the Sheffield makes. It must be remembe'red, however, that. the price quoted here are the manufacturer’s -quotatiions. ',Four-i"nclln-nil scissors are obtainable at. 15/6 per dozen; six-inch at 16/6; while nail clippers are sold at the astonishing‘ low price of 5/6 per dozen. The British articles are nowhere near these prices. Knives form :1 large proportion of the imported articles, and, on the whole, are of a really good -quality. A capital knife _may be purchased for 1/6, its equivalent in English make probably costing about 7/6; and for 2/6 or 3/6, an excellent "razor may be purchased. L

Enamel Ware can be bought in. greater quantities fhun any other :11‘ticles, but cannot be compared with the British class of goods. The German warc_ is only dipped once in the enamel, While the British firms put‘ their products through MlO pl'o(‘(‘.<S seven times. As an insf.'.lno.c :1 twelve-inch Ger-

man basin is offered at 1/6, the cost of t1:-9 home—nla(lo being -L/<s.‘

! Before the /f.var~\'Germa.n nlusica.} :illstl'umcnts and toys flooded the Ixnurkol. and :1 (w‘(.-rnmn firm of, 3foy—{l]lak(‘,l'S, who spouia.lise in making gdolls, are now offefing‘ to supply { Bfiitish wal'ehous,cs_ with [these at prices which completely undersell “the British production. ‘

: Some time ago :1 largo r=oxlsiglllllcxlt. E'of handbags ztrrivcd, \‘a111c«1 at about 1£13_.000.‘ Frankly, quality for quality, -and value for va‘Lu<f:_. Ito say «nothing inf style. they scarcely compare fav|oul'ably with the home production——-

except. in «pl-ice. In every class of goods “Gel'lll.:l'nnladc” sells at much clleapol' rate t:11.'111 the Bl'itiSll. ,nl2lke. 111 quality, Ilow«3\'Cl', the Brlt’i.‘<}l 111a11111'u1~1‘111'o1-s

are often much superior, ’[‘hero can be no question of the fact that 'l"u'lus in this C()u]]t)fV 11m.9

a.gmlts in Gorm::ln_V. W 716 are (‘lmv'g'Ofi--0:111)’ pnshiilg rho Germzm goocls. which in the pre.senT:' high-priced British market offer an unusuzxl oppol‘hlnif_v for g»rofit'—1n:11~:i11;__>;. .