File No. 300.115/10834
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Page)
Sir: The Department refers to its instruction No. 4512, of November 25, 1916, relative to the urgent need of knitting needles of German origin for the benefit of American industries. As a result of the investigation conducted through the American Consul General at London, it developed that Mr. John Jardine, Chelsea Street, Basford Nottingham, England, was apparently the only dealer who was in a position to accept orders, and that he offered only the following styles of needles:
| Nos. 60, 6, 8, 12, 20, 14 and 5 XL |
| Nos. 4 and 7, Pearl |
| No. 24 G Scott Williams |
This information was brought to the attention of several American manufacturers and the Department has received a communication from The Grosser Knitting Machine Company, 260 West Broadway, New York, stating that the first seven items of the description of needles offered by Mr. Jardine are of no interest to hosiery manufacturers in this country as they pertain to British hosiery machines which are not in use in the United States. Of the needles designated as “Pearl” this company states that numbers 4 and 7 are hardly wanted in the United States and that numbers 5 and 6 Pearl are required.
This information is transmitted for such effective use as you may be able to make of it in connection with the Department’s instruction No. 4512 of November 25, 1916. .
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