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The Tip is 'Manufacturer's sites' I recently ran out of my favorite pancake syrup. I loved the brand we had been using but when I went to the grocery store, I couldn't find it. The syrup was made in Indiana and I was living in Florida at the time. I tried unsuccessfully to find it on an internet. The manufacturer is small and their products are not readily available so I thought I would try their website. They did, in fact, have their own internet store so I ordered it directly from them. Now, I always buy their made in USA maple syrup from their website and never run out. Made in America Secrets has thousands of made in USA products offered by hundreds of small manufacturers. These small Made in America companies are a large contributor to our economy. In fact, according to the 2008 US Census Bureau small businesses, those employing 1 to 99 employees comprise 98% of all the USA businesses. This is equivalent to 5.8 million businesses that employee over 40 million people. Most American's are unaware of how significant small business is when compared to the total size of the US economy. This website is aware of it and that is why 99% of the businesses that advertise on Made in America Secrets are small businesses. Use this web site to for a list of products made in the US- especially since it is likely that a small US manufacturer employs someone you know- your husband, wife, children, or grandchildren. When using Google to search for Made in America products often times these small made in the United States businesses never show up on page one- and most folks don't look past page one. What does this mean? The consumer has a difficult time locating that US made product. Made in America Secrets was conceived to provide a solution to that problem. As an example search for motorcycles Made in America using Google and you will likely miss many of the companies that make this country great. Use Made in America Secrets for the search and you will likely find a hidden jewel. Buying Tip Continued - Read more on Made in America Products by George Cowboy Boots Lets see...I was born and raised on a ranch in south east Idaho. I grew up ridin? horses, feedin? cows, and causin? trouble. I had no idea what shoes were, but I sure knew what boots were growin? up. After high school graduation, the Air Force, and Motorola, I found myself in Phoenix Arizona running my own leather shop and ridin? bulls. It was around this time that I got to know an old custom boot maker by the name of Jesse Bogle. Every time ole? Jesse came in I?d give him a hard time about letting me make myself a pair of cowboy boots. Well, he finally let me make a pair and the rest is history. Old man Bogle asked me if I wanted to go to work for him in 1980 and about a year later I went out on my own and created Cowboy Boots by George! Not to brag or nothin? but I became well known in those parts for my craftsmanship. Frankly, I just got better and better - but Arizona got hotter and hotter! So I opened a boot and leather shop in Utah for a few years and in 1995 I retired and moved back to the ranch where I was born and raised. Well, not to worry, I just like makin' cowboy boots for folks way too much and couldn't give it up... So I converted an old milk barn into my boot barn! I get a lot repeat business, shoot I?ve even got one fella from Arizona that still calls me every 5 years or so for a pair. Anyway, a few years ago my wife got the Internet and I figured I ought to go worldwide! If you haven't figured it out by now, I'm pretty particular about boots. There are a few good boot makers out there and a lot of scoundrals. But there are very few truly exceptional boot makers. Now I don't say I'm exceptional, but I've had a lot of customers through the years that have told me that I am - and I don't want to argue with them. The good news is this, I?ve decided that the last few years of my life are going to be spent with my wife Jan, and handmakin? a limited number of cowboy boots for folks that can appreciate a damn good pair of boots. |
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