Show The British arc grumbling again at the progress of American trade with theIr colonies This time it Js because hlpments of flour and oil are sent dl cct from this country to Malta Instead of being sent first to England and then reshipped to that Island It is a ridiculous ridicu-lous complaint There Is no reason whatever why Malta or any other col cny should pay toll to the home country coun-try in tho manner suggested It is nough for English ports to send to the colonies the products of the British Isles proper the demand that the commerce of the world must first be sent to those ports for distribution to the colonies Is so thoroughly Impracticable from the Industrial and trade standpoints that there can he no means adapted for en orclng It |