Yes, Tom, I know that the "Jerry" can I ordered is not an official NATO Jerry Can. That's why I added "Jerry Can (-like?)" to my description. My order is an experiment, really. I've been pleased/distressed by the quality of Chinese-made goods. 60 years ago, when post-war Japan began shipping Japan-made goods into the U.S.,"Made In Japan" became synonymous with JUNK. Over the decades, Japan-made goods became focused on electronics and cars and became known as goods of the highest quality. The Chinese seem to be accomplishing that same goal in years instead of decades.
It is almost impossible today to buy most things that are not made overseas; especially made-in-China. And it distresses me that most, if not all, of those things are well made. I wish that this was not true, just as I wish that American-made goods were as widely available and as inexpensive as those made in east Asia. But, alas, cheap, educated labor wins out over higher-priced labor and, inevitably, more expensive goods. And, of course, there is no competing with Chinese-made goods if those American-made goods are no longer available, which, in many cases, they are not.
I sometimes daydream about opening an everything-made-in-America store, but then I realize that there wouldn't be enough American-made goods to stock the shelves. Until American-owned companies decide to accept a much smaller profit margin in order to keep American workers employed and successfully compete with Asian-made goods (without taking it out on America's workers in the form of moving jobs overseas, having fewer bodies doing more work and slashing salaries and benefits), this trend, I'm afraid, will continue.
I'll let you all know how my Chinese "jerry" can test turns out.
George
