To the Editor of the "NowrH-CHINA Datty News."
Sin—My attention was arrested by an advertisement in your issue of to-day, dealing with @ certain make of motor car, part of which read [rivet the bonds of Empird-by purchasing the All-British Car." While this is.an excellent maxim to follow in the ease of motors, I would like to urge on all British readers of your widely circulated paper the desirability of extending this appeal to cover all their: purchases Whatever nature.
There was never a time in tha ly histor, of our Empire when the need for increasing our export trade was more urgent, and 80 vi commercial life than the T do not think we jects, quite realize the share we can ake, and assistance we can give the home manufacturer, in increasing the demand for the products of our own country, All that is necessary to buy nothing but British goods, from a motorcar down to a packet of pins, and one's needs throughout this range can be fully met by the coal shops. Personally I make +a practice of satisfying myself that the article offered is of British make and, if it is not, find no difficulty in netting one that is, either-at the same shop or elsewhere, I do not suggest that goods made in other countries may not be procured at th same price and possibly of the same quality but I certainly feel that ib is up to me to support my o country first and last and as long T.can get British goods I shall buy them, I believe there are only about £,000 British in China and it maybe urged that the effect of the, pur chases of such a comparatively small number of people will not have much effect one way or the other, but it is more a question.of principle, and if this support of our home manufacturers is the only way which we can express our desire to help them, it is surely up to-us to "do our bit" even though it may rot result in another shilling off the income tax.
Hoping for the practical support, in the way indicated above, on -the part of all fellow Britons who. may read this letter.
Tam, ete, 1
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.