That section of town is a planned industrial park, purposely placed near an I287 Interchange. I live about 5 miles from there.
Edited to add… When i first moved to this area, your company was located on Cottontail Road, less than 1 mile from Nissan.
Just wait until August when people discover that there are no ‘back to school’ supplies.
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The technology needed to manufacture paper and pencils might be found in the old books.
I didn’t vote for the prices on several items in my Amazon Shopping Cart to increase between 10-20 percent, but that was the extent of the tariffs’ effect on my finances.
Yeah, if they have not been banned…
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Paper is made in the US, and many pencils and pens are too. Here’s a website to find all things US-made.
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Schools use computers now. Ever try to read a hand written term paper, especially from an eighth grade guy? Have mercy on the poor teachers.
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Yup!
I recently saw a photo of the library at the school where I was a faculty member, and most of the shelves are now devoid of the books that they once held. The tables were mostly occupied by students using computers.
Some people fear that the U.S. can’t manufacture or obtain basic supplies without the assistance of China.
Plenty of paper supplies here, it was said the U.S. manufactures boxes for China to fill with goods to sell back to us, what is wrong with that picture?
I still can’t right ,write, then I print and can’t read what I rote, wrote. Gotta use a magnifying glass to figure it out, but I type clearly.
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That is true to some extent. I listened to a podcast where a business owner was interviewed. She makes silicone products for toddlers. She tried to get her silicone mats made in the US, but the minimum order is 20,000 units. She can get the 1000 unit lots she needs from China. Should she go out of business because she can’t afford to buy the huge lots American manufacturers demand? I’m sure she’s not the only one.
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I don’t see a need to focus on China. And certainly not paper. The economy has been “global” for a good 500+ years (though always having becoming more and more so). It’s not helpful or realistic to think of “countries” as being isolated and self-sufficient things. It’s just not how it works. And at this point it’s not how it can work. All “countries” are in interdependent market relations, and have been for a long time.
And, if you’re into markets and capitalism, isolationism/protectionism is just considered bad economics. One of Adam Smith’s main targets for critique was mercantilism.
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Unfortunately many poor communities don’t have the same access to computers as many other more affluent neighborhoods - especially here in NH where most of schools get most of their funding locally. Some schools (especially at the elementary level) have computers that a at least 10 years old.
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Many moons ago minnesota passed a local school funding plan to share state funds with local districts. There was a formula set up to try and fairly contribute to large and small districts. Updated every once in a while and of course some don’t agree with it.
That was my point, we can get basic school supplies from anywhere, preferably from a country with a more favorable trade agreement than China.
Most of the O.E. vehicle manufacture parts from Asia come from countries other than China, there are many countries capable of manufacturing quality parts/products.
My pencils were made in USA.
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You do know what the requirements for making that claim are, don’t you?
HINT: it doesn’t mean what most people think. It really only means the final assembly is done domestically, not that all parts are sourced domestically.
For example, here is another pencil made by the same company. It’s festooned with USA and Made In USA-
But look closer and you’ll see:
IMPORTED PARTS.
Not unlike every single vehicle assembled in the USA.
School supplies consist of more than pencils and paper. Look at all the other supplies like; markers, erasers, highlighters, folders, 3 ring binders, protective sheets etc etc etc. Look where they are sourced from. You think they are going to fire up domestic production of all these supplies in time for fall? LOL.
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Girlfriend ordered slippers( moccasin like) from the guy that says proudly made in my home state of Minnesota, tag on slippers states China.
She could have saved 30% and ordered moccasins made in Minnesota.
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Not necessarily domestically produced, there are countries other than China that supplies can be sourced from.
Naturally. They could be made here too. But the point being made is that currently, the production capacity is not there and ramping up stuff like this is not as easy as some may think. Not just machine capacity, their supply chains have to ramp as well. All this takes time. Plus, you have to convince them the investment is worthwhile. No one is going to dump the capital needed unless this is a longer term play and that has been one of the biggest issues with the waffling going on regarding tariffs.
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Also, even simple products have a learning period where new employees get up to speed on how to manufacture products. Where do these new plants get their experienced employees to train the new ones?
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