remember tht 1936 we were still climbing out of The Great Depression, hmmm like the one we're entering now......
Bc [email protected] ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Pink Spider http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2A9CxhsFDE&feature=related ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ "...Tis the set of the sail and not the gale Which determines the way they go. ...." -EWW ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ SUPPORT ¡¡Flexibility in Rebuilding American Fisheries Act of 2007¢¢ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/paywatch/ceou/database.cfm#S "Have you considered my servant Job?" (Job 1:8) --- On Thu, 12/11/08, John Picur <[email protected]> wrote: From: John Picur <[email protected]> Subject: {S-Scale List} Was this the beginning? To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, December 11, 2008, 4:33 PM This is an historical item and not S Scale. Also, the second part has some political overtones so I will understand if the moderator blocks it. However, I thought you good folks might be entertained. This is directly from the November 1936 issue of The Model Craftsman, page 50: BEWARE! We have been told that members of a certain club are importing railroad equipment made in Japan by low wage laborers to compete with American manufacturers. In the first place, a club is supposed to be a non-profit organization and we do not believe that they can enter into commercial transactions and retain the sympathy of the model fraternity. In the second place, we know that American manufacturers are doing their utmost to turn out better merchandise at lower prices, and we believe that Japanese competition might prove serious, if not a disastrous, setback, to American modelmaking. We must buy American products to keep Americans employed so they in turn can buy American made goods. We cannot compete with Japanese labor at an average of 20 cents per day. Money spent for such products goes out of the country and deprives American manufacturers of additional revenue that they need in order to give us better products at reasonable prices. Again, please note I am sending this with no axe to grind; just as an historical footnote to our hobby. And remember, this was written in 1936! regards ... pqr [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
