[AT] Re: Chinese Iron

[Gerald Johnson]

I once had a client that was a glove manufacturer that sold 100% "American
Made" gloves and took pride in sewing that "made in America" label in each
glove.  Then they found that under the laws governing the use of the label,
only one small step in the glove making process was required to be performed
in this country.  As it turned out, their competitors were having their
gloves made in Mexico and shipped to the USA complete except for one small
area on the thumb.  When the gloves got here, each pair had a few stitches
put in the thumb and then they could legally put the "made in America" label
inside.  My client refused to do that and eventually lost most of its
business.   I sometimes wondered if the law could be stretched far enough so
that the sewing in of the label itself would qualify the item as "made in
America"!   This is just one example of why the textile industry in North
Carolina is virtually gone now.

Gerald
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Irma" <bellville1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 01, 2005 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Re: Chinese Iron


> Oh, just in case you guys would like to know, the LeRoy company was who I
> was working for and changing tags. They are no longer in business here. I
am
> not sure if the company is still up and running. They made LeRoy socks and
> hosery.
> Irma
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