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Fellow Americans, Every American business enterprise should be proud to promote “Made in the U.S.A.” products. We at Georgia Cotton Goods Company take much pride in selling products that are manufactured in the United States of America. We sell Milliken table linens, Beck’s Classic incontinence products, Shamron Mills medical apparels, Lafitte dust mops and wet mops, Hagco microfiber mops, JS Fiber pillows and mattress pads, The Pillow Factory healthcare pillows, Lugoff laundry bags and more “Made in the U.S.A.” products which we will continuously be adding to our collections. Made in U.S.A. products is a means of investing in our forefather’s vision of America. Buying Made in U.S.A. products means investing in our children’s America. Buying Made in U.S.A. products means you want the product to be concerned with environmental well-being. Buying Made in U.S.A. products means you are an ethical consumer.
We at Georgia Cotton were much delighted to receive permission from a native of the State of Georgia, Mr. Bob McTeer to post his article, “Productive America” which was published in The Wall Street Journal on July 13, 2003. Mr. McTeer’s personal experience is indeed a moving story about how he picked a little cotton on Billy Joe Hopper’s farm about three miles up the road from his house in North Georgia when he was a young man. McTeer’s words concerning American productivity resonates with the sentiments of many Americans who love this great country of ours. From one great American like Mr. McTeer to another great American businessman, Donald Trump, it is high time for all of us to collectively promote “Made in the U.S.A.” products to the best of our ability. A recent letter written by Martha Worley of New Bedford, Massachusetts in response to Bob Unger’s piece on December 19th (America’s Share of the Pie Keeps Dwindling) is worthy to be shared with many of our fellow American entrepreneurs and businessmen. Here is what Martha wrote: Letter: Made in U.S.A. means plenty to local economy I read Bob Unger's piece on Dec 18 ("Editor's File: Americans' share of the pie keeps dwindling") and in my mind it underscores the essence of the problem with our American economy. Many American consumers are always looking for the cheapest price on products. Buyers for stores have tried to answer that demand by finding those products. And you are right, most of it is not made in America. Small manufacturers like myself take pride in the products that we make. Because we care, we don't use the cheapest materials that we can find. We pay our employees health insurance. They get paid days off. When they have personal issues, they get time off without retribution. The first person in the door in the morning and the last person out at night has the last name of Worley. Everyone gets a day off during the week except the person with the last name of Worley. We work hard, plain and simple. We are lucky. Many of our customers come into our store because they like the idea that we actually make the mattresses here and they are determined and proud to keep it local. They are our lifeblood. And there are hundreds of others like us all over and around the city of New Bedford. You won't always find the cheapest prices, but you will find quality products, built to last and made with pride. But most importantly, small shops like mine employ local people. And that is really the message here. When you need to shop for a product, take a moment and think about who might sell it and where the source it from. ABC News has done a great job with their series on "Made in America" products. New Bedford used to be the textile capital of the world, but there are still many things made here. More manufacturing means more jobs. Good jobs with benefits. Maybe you could shine a light on that. Martha Worley It has been written that President Ronald Wilson Reagan was a best friend to small business. One of the greatest testimonials to President Reagan was by one “wagglebee”. The writer remarks that “Reagan’s faith in America’s entrepreneurial spirit was well place” is undoubtedly true. President Reagan was an ardent optimist always told us that for America, the best was yet to come. It is essential that American entrepreneurs’ conduct their business affairs with utmost optimism by believing that better days are ahead of us, or we risk actualizing the usual doom and gloom forecast that most of the U.S. media perpetuates by distorting facts, which results in an overall dampening of the true blue American entrepreneurial spirit. Fellow American entrepreneurs and businessmen, there is nothing more important at this point in time of our nation’s troubled economy but to take our precious time to attentively listen to Donald Trump along with a few other YouTube videos so as to help us awaken to an ultimate reality that supporting American manufacturers means supporting American families. All in all, we must be ever mindful of the fact that President Reagan challenged Americans to hope, to dream and to believe in our future by adhering to the following requirements: It does require however our best effort and our willingness to believe in ourselves, and to believe in our capacity to perform great deeds. To believe that together with God's help, we can and will resolve the problems which now confront us, and after all, why shouldn't we believe that? "We are Americans." May God bless America, American Manufacturers and American Business Enterprises. Fellow Americans working at Georgia Cotton Goods Company. |
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