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Before the establishment of the English-Speaking Union as a declaration of the interdepend Fanca of the English-speaking | peoples, Major Putnam was from & very early stage in the war prominently associated with the movement in the United States to bring home to the people there the necessity for their participa- tion in the struggle. He has been actively engaged during the last few months in organising the #Ausricam:Section of the English- Speaking Union, in which work he has been greatly assisted by the American Rights League:

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In conversation recently with regard to the relation of the English-Speaking Union, to the League of Nations he said—All thousands of Japanese lamp-of us who are working for the glasses are on the market here, Union have been from the outset and three cut of fire will crack as supporters of the League of soon as a lamp is lit. The other Nations. I have myself been two may providentially last a associated with Mr. Taft for week, especially if the lamp is not nearly four years in the work of TEL 482. BEST CARS IN THE COLONY TEL. 482. used every evening. There are the League to Enforce Peace, enough Japanese matches on the and it was by this league that Australian market to meet the there was first put into shape demand for eighteen months, but the scheme of the League of if Swedish and English matches Nations, so far as America was

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like pre-war prices, the Japanese are many difficulties in the stocks already landed will last way of maintaining a family of eighteen years. In short, the nations in assured and general attitude, both of authoritative organisation. I the wholesale buyer and am reminded of the old Illustra-

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the consumer, is that a Japan- tion, "When an irresistible force Electric lights which fail to ese article is not wanted if meets an immovable body what, give a glimmer of illumination any other make is available. happens?"

In this case the irresistible appear to be another popular line This is the feeling in every large

The commercial centre in the force is the commonsense, con- of export from Japan. bulbs look very nice, at

first Commonwealth-in Sydney, clusion and the righteous purpose glance, but when tested the Melbourne, and Brisbane, and in of right-minded people through results are ludicrous. The other the smaller cities in the country. out the world that was must be day I saw some samples of It is not that the Japanese brought to a close. We recognise that if future wars should be per- shirting which had been rejected. manufacturer cannot make The importer handling these good article if he tries. There mitted there would be in the goods had placed orders in

are firms in Australia bandling years to come sach developments appliances for Japan for tens of thousands Japanese lines who bave little of scientific of yards

of textile goods, cause for complaint, but they are destriction as would make the and it seemed that the fortunate in having represent results of war infinitely more atives on your side who look disastrous than those we have greater part of the stuff sent out to him was below sample and after their interests very closely, just known. In any future wars. specification-some of it so much and in dealing with manufactur. the bombs from seroplanes would below par that the bayers had ers who have an eye to their be destructive enough to wipe out refused to accept it as a gift. I

customers as well as to them-not merely houses, but whole saw rolls of shirting which were-

selves. I am told on very good cities, gas waves would destroy supposed to be 30 inches wide, but authority that thousands of not regiments, but armies, and bring not on having the rule run over them pounds worth (on paper) of goods submarines would showed anything between 2834 are being sent back to Japan as temporary inconvenience and 2916 inches. The stuff utterly unsaleable on this market. certain communities, but starva- was full of broken threads, Quotations for Japanese goods tion to whole nations. Mankind and the colours were patchy and by wholesalers to retailers are in the twentieth century cannot Some > lines for below permit civilisation to be wiped" streaky. I learned that the shirt-in

Straw out or threatened by further wars. makers to whom this stuff had fo.b. prices in Japan.

is being offered here No suggestion or scheme has been sent had made some shirts board

at about £19 a ton which cost been put forward other than that! out of it, but 80 per cent. of them

those who holdit£40 a few months for the League of Nations "which had been returned by the retailers as unsaleable owing to faults of age. Similar sacrifices are being gives any, hope "-of various kinds. I saw samples of made in other lines, wholesale ageinst fature wars. Therefore cotton canvas which were an dealers being anxious to clear this scheme must be brought into inch and a half under the width their stocks of Japanese goods and force effectively,

The irresistible force is the ordered, while the texture cut their losses, anticipating sup

purpose of intelligent was utterly unlike the sample plice from otherdirections.Towha: united jon which the order was extent it will be possible to obtain mankind; the immovable body is based. Cotton prints sup-spuplies from Europe and Ameri- made up of procedent prejudice posed to be 28 inches wide ca at prices anything like pre-war and the utterances of men who measured anything down to 2634 quotations it is as yet difficult say that because a thing never has Recent advices from been done before it cannot now inches, and, it appeared to be the to say. general rule that where the Europe giving quotations on be done under different conditiona specified width of material was in certain lines which formerly bad and with the organised purpose of evidence, the counts were about a very large sale in Australia the whole group of civilised na- 25 per cent. below specification. have been laughed at as impostions. In the League of Nations the English-speaking, peoples Goods specialty ordered to be sible by big buyers there. Unless sent without dressing come down the next few months shows a very must play a decisive part. In the regularly fully loaded with starch marked falling of prices, business union of the English-speaking anice-flour and buyers here with Europe and America will peoples of the world, with har- object to pay cotton prices for remain at a standstill, and Ja-mony of policy and action, will dis ballast. Besides which the panese goods will conseque in my judgment, consist not only dressing is not waited for certainly have a chance of holding great factor, but also the actual lines of manufactured goods, the the market Ettle longer than corner-stone of the League of Na- dust clogging the machinery for would be other wise probable. tions. If the English-speaking peo- one thing, while the customer in the retail shop prefers to be

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