GERMAN RUBBISH.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2391, 5 November 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)

GERMAN RUBBISH.

German imitations of HngTh and American cutlery ami other goois are said to i»c ll ooding th** mirk-m of the United ■'Sites. The United States 1 onsr.l ;it San Silvaior r-n *rts that “the product? o: A n-r; an toil. skill, and industry are supplanted in Sal vail or and I snppos*- everywhere in (Vntr.il America, by hj inita’i ms "or hy worthless * Sermon goods with the brands anl trade mark-' of tli-- best Alil ti -i]) maker?. A <p*. c.al Treasury agent lias said, *• I have 01.-e-rveil the sane thin; in onr own cutlery importation*. The hardware and cutler; .‘■tores of this coiiulry have been to ided w itii Herman goods branded and sold as English nr Aiisericm makes. The cutlery houses here hive long objected to the 5» J of Aseericin brands on Herman stools and brought i‘ to the attention of The pi-aoing of American brands on Herman rubbish dues onr American mai ufaeturers an injury. This fn.id is >r to Germany, being almost onkn c.va elsewhere, and the rubbish is als,, uii «r to that country. By under valuations, i-mnggiing, and the fraudulent u«! of American names, trademarks, labels, and brands, (Arman rascils are mitring an important industry in which millions of money is invested, and on w'nieii th ci-auds of working men and tlo ir families depend for their daily subsistence, and are coining thousands of dollars, while tiie duim *tic manufacturer is forced by such scandalous competition to cut down wage?, and is unable to make a living proiit on his own aecimit."