Foreign News: Taunt

"Why don't you mark your goods 'American Made'?" taunted Sir Charles Frederick Higham (pronounced "heim") addressing the American Chamber of Commerce in London last week.

"Why don't you follow our excellent example?" he continued. "We are the only nation in the world so proud of our manufactures that we never pretend them to be anything but what they are! Aren't you proud of your products? Why do you endeavor to make the world believe your goods are British by establishing factories here in order to offset British competition?"

Before he sat down the American Chamber's guest answered his own questions. Exulting in the...

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