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Show A BRITISHER ON FKES TRADE- Foreign Competition Mukes Creat Inroads Tnto Nottingham Trade. Henry Sadler of this city has just received a letter from his uncle, J. T. Sadler of Nottingham. Not-tingham. Eng., in which the uncle says regarding re-garding free trade. " We came to Basford and then lo Nottingham, Notting-ham, but through foreign competition Nottingham Not-tingham trade has gone down through free trade and causes the place to be iu a bad state." Nottingham is a city of 300,000 population and one of the largest manufacturing cities in England, c hief of which is its laces and hosiery. Henry Sadler of this place was formerly a book-keeper for Wilson & Sons at Nottingham, manufacturers of hosiery, who carried on their pay roll over 000 people. The present stagnation in business has resulted re-sulted in the establishment of soup kitcheus in order to contribute to the wants and necessities ne-cessities of destitute and unemployed laborers. labor-ers. These kitcheus are provided for and maintained by the wealthy class of Nottingham Notting-ham citizens, who, by their charities, greatly ameliorate the conditions in life of the poor and dependent unemployed masses. |