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Show pocial'.v i-o.'il, upon -which this country tlt'icntls for the motive power of industry. in-dustry. . Labor unrest, whirh umbos it impossible im-possible lo quote firm prices for gootU sold iibroad. I. Cessation of credits to Trance, Belgium ami Italy, which are buying in the cheaper German market or taking credit from tlio United States. o. Taxation, which is taking half of all incomes over $.")0,000 a rear, making it impossible for men to develop their business. (i. High rates of interest on capital, which are hampering the development of new industries started during tho war, which should now bo capturing Germany's former markets. ltegariliiig the " American invasion," Sir Herbert Unwell, a member of the advisory council of tho British ministry minis-try of reconstruction, recently brought to England a significant irossage, which, he said, was given him by an American business man, a former Hriton. This message, iu effect, was: ''People such as myself, who began life as British boys, cannot help feeling feel-ing sorry for Great Britain's decline, but. as American citizens and business men. we intend to take every advantage advan-tage of ii. Wo reckon that yon have practically lost the coal export 1 ratio. " BRITAIN'S LOST TRADE. "Ri business" in Great Tlritnln ifi disermra fofi. The Kritish (eo their export ex-port t raile, plippin away. They moo America taking almost undisputed pos-fi-Hsioa f)f (lie hairojioan trad; and tlwy see ,7 a tan driving in a wedo here nnd there. The bitterness of their position ii that they are absolutely holpV-ss to i prevent it. Thn Daily Mail est ima t es that the ! United State has ordern, already placed or immediately prospective, from eon-tin eon-tin eat ft 1 J'hiroj! aproxiumt iiif j;i,.)0U,-00(1,000. j;i,.)0U,-00(1,000. Kurope. s immediate, needs in food, materials, elothin;;, fmppliei, ma-(hinery ma-(hinery and other jiroductH are, more thnn .rVI00ff;00,000. Little, if any, of tliis enormoui dcuiand can bo supplied liy Great, llritain. T' nialce mutters wor- for the I'm-lish I'm-lish rnnnufaeturors, tlioy mmd. noil f(,r casli, while Anierica is extending wide credits. Of course, this gloomy sit uaf ion in Imfland him not, yet fully developed, but it is MKsuminK ho t hrenteni iilj jmi af.poet. Hint many regard it as ahiioHt if not ejtii ''net nal. ' ' '1 'lie Jai!y Mail su rn mn r iopi Hie rea-Mojia rea-Mojia for Ihi;d;ind'fl lnq of trade as follows: fol-lows: I . Tf a n 1 prtrl d i nr;i a i -a t ion , dim to I;ie; if railu.iv c;if; and CNfMnes and "lowing down of m,iIi al the d')'"ks arid on t he r Ji i I wa v 'i. li;;h pne. " r, f ra :v ma t or in 1-, es |