out of town, forgot to bring dinner shirts

was at the store anyhow, Farm/Fleet store, went looking for a shirt or 2.

Quite a variety. Let's see, get one made in the USA.
Dang they are all XL to 2x or 3X... WTH?

15m later, I end up with two Mediums, but not made in the USA.

Wrangler brand "NATIONAL PATRIOT" with a blue star on the chest!
Made in Bangladesh.

I could not believe the tags, I had to write it down- the choices are

Bangladesh
Vietnam
Honduras
Pakistan
China
India
Nicaragua

No Carhartt, Dickies, NOTHING was made in the USA.

:-(

 

Now that's sad.

You would expect it in Macy's or even Sears or Penny's, but in an "all American" store like that?

Pitiful.

- Eric

 

Worse in Australia, textiles is dead here. Even our underwear is made overseas. Gotta wash that before use!

 

Same problem in Canada you can still find one maker of under ware and the odd T shirt and suit made in CAN. Socks is about all I can find made in the USA and a few item's with part US content. One year back I could still buy Canadian made jeans but they got rid of that as well.
This is a assault on manufacturing in the US and CAN and covers all industry!