Show buy british movement referred to by the popular cry buy british was evidently heard in good king charles golden days to judge by the following extract from diary writes a columnist in the manchester england guardian september 8 biere I 1 met sir 01 downing who ubo would speak with roe me and first to inquire what I 1 paid for my kids leather gloves I 1 had on rny my hand band and showed me others on his as handsome as this in all points cot cost him but about 24 cents a pair and mine me as about 50 cents he told me he bad been seven years finding out a man that could dress english sheepskin as it should be and indeed it Is now as good in all respects as kid rind and he says will save nominally about ft a year that goes out to france for kids skins thus he labors very worthily to advance our own trade but do it with mighty vanity and talking |