The Remington Nature Center gift shop is filling its shelves with “made in America” products.

Barbara Russell, Administrative Technician wrote in St. Joseph’s City Weekly that when the nature center first opened seven years ago her main concern was to fill the gift store with nature-themed products for its grand opening.  However, she said as time passed she’s found that customers often requested items “made in America”.  So she said she began looking for items with nature-themes at a reasonable price point that were just that.

“Through the years, I have found several reputable vendors with nature-themed merchandise,” she writes. “However, the price points are always considerably higher than my foreign-made inventory.  The quality, however, is infinitely better.”

She said she’s found that guests are willing to pay a little more for better made products, especially if they’re American-made.

“If 300,000,000 American each simply reallocated one dollar per day, spending one dollar less on foreign-made goods and one dollar more on American-made goods, this would add up to $109,500,000,000 after one year,” Russell said. “What could the real, productive American economy do with an extra $109.5 billion?”

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