When I was a boy I worked in my father's meat market located at the foot of Union Street, where the Hamilton Street Bridge crossed over the Lehigh River. Saturday was busy, with many customers who worked at the Steel, Lehigh Structural, Black and Decker, Western Electric, Mack and dozens of sewing factories. A couple of guys who worked during the week at Arbogast & Bastian helped my dad out on Saturdays. Both Swift and Wilson meat packers had wholesale branches near by. They would be supplied by rail sidings, which criss-crossed that area of the city. At that time everything was made in America, except for cheap novelty junk. Now, in addition to losing our manufacturing, we're even losing our retail, as everything comes directly from online ordering and warehouses. I suppose that soon the cashiers at the supermarket will be a relic of the past.
above reprinted from March of 2017
It is all gone, and with the current federal policy, will never return. We voice concern for the manufacturing dominance of China, yet our politicians have gutted the manufacturing ability of this country in favor of creating an adversary that we are now dependent on, even for basic materials.
ReplyDeleteManufacturing is actually almost impossible in the country, because we fear smoke, dirt and any of the necessary inconveniences of such manufacturing.
We will soon all pay a horrible price for these policies.
While we denigrate the economies of many other countries and boast about our big GDP. It is sadly devoid of most of the necessities of life.
An economy made up of financial transaction of other countries goods, entertainment and social interaction will not feed, cloth and warm us in winter.
It may be too late to turn this all around.
Sadly, I have to agree with you. America is doomed. 😢
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