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Show Tit uu: i thi: 111t111-.11 iMPinr. Tin: statesmen, iolltlcal economists nnd merchant prlncca of Ureal Hrltaln aro at pnreut seriously disturbed over the derteaed condition oftraJe. They find that whllo they are quarrelling overdomeitio affairs the empire as a whole Is undergoing a precox of disintegration, dis-integration, llrltleh colonies and dependencies de-pendencies are making laws excluding the troducta and manufactures of tho parent Island. This excluslveness, though at presetit confined to trade, Is regarded as tiltlmstely leading to political po-litical Independence. John Hull, whatever his other characteristics, la eminently a practical fellow, anion this occasion Is resolved to try practical methods for the amrlloratlou of thu Industrial In-dustrial condition. On June SStli next there will bo held lu London a congnss of Chambers of Commprce of thu wholu Ilrlllsh I'm-lire, I'm-lire, Canada, Australia, India, New Z,a'ahd,('npe (,'. louyand In luctevery cllmowlMiellrlll.il trade la oritanlod will be represented. The otjrct of this cougrrstls,of course, primarily the corservallon, extension au I unification ot Hrltlsh luteresteall Ihe world over. Secondarily, Important trade ref. mis will I ecousidirej. The labor problem, registration of trade marks, toatsgc, an liitirniitlottal monetary union, and a unification ot tho currency of the llrltleh empire aru among the chief toj lcsforilUcusloii. There Is another question which will also engage the attention ot the Congress. Con-gress. It Is the proplelycf Imposing a tatlff un foreign grain. There seems m general dlsaltlou atuom; all claaa-s to Uo aomitblDg against thu agricultural agricul-tural products of foreign countries. Lord Hallsliury's speech a shoit time svgiewai siipjaised to herald ri reform movement of somu kin 1. Then the chaugu of tho London Vhronicla on the homo rule Issue, on the grouud that tha Irish question ehoul 1 bo settled In orderlolietidlainore effectually prob-lemsof prob-lemsof Imiaiilallnttrest, was also slg-Vaut. slg-Vaut. Conservatltes and advanced ernls reim to hnrmonlzo to a rotation ro-tation theory of some kind. The I roceedlugs of this congress will be watched with Interest, uot nloiie lu Kurope, lut lu tbo United Htstes. Ureal Hrltaln la onu of the clilet foreign consumers of uur cereal ro-ducts. |