BRITISH MADE.

Ohinemuri Gazette, Volume XXIV, Issue 3042, 22 January 1913, Page 3

BRITISH MADE.

VALUE OF ENGLISH. -GOODS

A striking illustration has recently been given of the high estimation in which British goods are held in this| country (says the Copenhagen corres-^ pondent ot a London paper.). A society to protect Danish manufacturers' goods, has already been organised here, and with the view of distinguishing the im- 1 ported article from the home-made one, the latter is conspicuously branded with a mark of origin. During a survey made by the society's officials recently, it was found that a certain home-made* serge, instead ot having the Danish trade mark, was branded " best English: serge." When asked to give,an ex-! planation the maker said that he stamped the serge with the object of enhancing the value of the article. The; public wanted English-made serge, as: being a guarantee for qualry, and if they knew that the serge in question was. manufactured in Denmark they wouldnot be so willing to buy it. In another' case the society's officials were told that Danish brilliantine, embellished with a> fancy English label, sold briskly, but if the buyer had any suspicion that it was; manufactured on the premises he would not give anything tor it.