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Putting the Color Back in Home
Organization
Whenever something around the house wears out or just needs
replacing, a challenging question sometimes presents itself: Am I going to be
able to find another one like this made in USA?
I was walking through Bed, Bath & Beyond the other day (where I had bought
several American-made Wamsutta bath towels a few weeks earlier) and noticed a
very nice-looking laundry hamper. My current hamper wasn’t broken or worn out,
but perhaps I’ve had it long enough. It certainly doesn’t match the surrounding
color-scheme anymore like it once did years ago.
The laundry hamper that caught my eye was labeled “Made in China,” but when you
lifted the top, the underside had a sticker that said “Made in USA.” Confusing
to say the least.
Luckily, a longtime subscriber to the “Buy American Mention of the Week”
recently sent me some information on a company that not only had what I needed
but alleviated any confusion as to where their products were made. If you visit
www.skyburst.com, you’ll see that they not only have 100% American-made laundry
hampers and sorters, but several other neat items for around the house as well.
And their prices are very reasonable considering you’ll be supporting well-paid
American labor with every purchase.
SkyBurst promises to put the color back in home organization with laundry
hampers & sorters, knitting bags & needle cases, college laundry bags, shoe
baggers and dry cleaning baggers, just to name a few. And their products come in
an assortment of colors. For instance, their Triple Bagger Laundry Sorter &
Hamper comes in 10 different colors (and happens to be on sale for $54.99) for
over 200 different color combinations. But who could resist choosing red, white
and blue for their three colors?
Just click on any product you are interested in to view the colors available for
that product. With each description, you are proudly reminded that your
selection is made in USA among other details.
Unlike traditional laundry hampers, the ones from www.skyburst.com (as well as
other products like drying racks and magazine baggers) fold flat for easy
storage when not in use. And since their products are 100% made in USA, you’ll
be supporting American workers with each and every choice. Even the white pine
and birch for their wood drying racks come from renewable forests in New
England.
Although many will claim that buying cheaper imports saves consumers money they
can use to spend on other products (which may be spent on yet more imported
products), President William Harding had a few words to counter this argument.
He is quoted as saying “One who values American prosperity and…American
standards of wage[s] and living can have no sympathy with the proposal that easy
entry and a flood of imports will cheapen our cost of living. It is more likely
to destroy our capacity to buy.” With the cost of everything from housing to
gasoline going up these days, we need as much capacity to buy as possible.
With so many of the consumer products today coming in from overseas and
seemingly often little choice to avoid buying them, it’s refreshing to find 100%
made in USA products. And it’s particularly refreshing to be able to support
small- and medium-sized businesses as well, which have been called the backbone
of our economy because these businesses employ so many Americans.
Many Americans realize the financial implications of not buying American, but
they often are not aware of American-made choices. Awareness is key. Buying
American helps reduce America’s twin budget and trade deficits by slowing
imports and supporting American workers who pay taxes to the U.S. Treasury at
the same time. Since workers in foreign countries pay no taxes to America,
buying American is a great way for our country to avoid drowning in a sea of red
ink, which seems to be our nation’s fiscal order of the day.
Avoiding the ever-increasing trend of imports from other countries by
patronizing companies like SkyBurst would be a good start. Visit
www.skyburst.com if you’re like me and need to replace some of those household
goods that maybe you’ve held onto for just a little too long.
Roger Simmermaker, Author
How Americans Can Buy American
www.howtobuyamerican.com
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