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Show liMMiu, riMci'UUMri 1 UIIUl'l. ' Ihii,'87IiahJc reunion, labor trou. bits and lluanclal Irregularities nro In creaslig In 1 nglanl. In ttie 1'ieslon uoltou district the manufactures nnd their opcrutlvei aro ut war. The former, owing to stagnation of tho cot ton industry, are trj lug to ,ull doan wages, while the latter aro In ftvor ul nnlntalulng thu jreient wagerate, lait advocate curtailment In roJuo. tlon. Ihetvorklugmen, knowing that direslou really txlili, would rather work halftlutu and lltu lu ho,ta of Imirovement than rut mlt to ureduc tlou which would tmnlutaluedahoulJ n I ntlneH reaction i ccur, ho doutttbe embaraumtnt in tho business allalra of Ihe Hlrkbeck 1 ank la attrll utablo (u tbu hard times nnung the working clae.es, Tho building so clethsof Lugland, and lie financial eiilabllrhniCnli conueclecl with them, aru thu outgrowth of, tho wolk of tl e famous Dr. HlrMeck, of Yorkshire, who took a prumliietil 1 art In llioud vanceruent of the wage earneis of 1 nulaud rinao airocblloiis tviru admiral ly concuoted, au I until thin re c ut crash were looked uim as beiniros id in Ihn I ank of 1 ngland The ' thrifty and economical members-working members-working men and small traders were nlmott exclusively the patrons. Kor the pssl two years the manufao-turlnglnlcrcataof manufao-turlnglnlcrcataof 1 ngland have been colng down Curtailment In produc-tlou, produc-tlou, dlcmtloymei.t, etrlkea, ami fall Irp wages lave reduced the li cornea of wagi earners This de reetloii acted on Ihe small morekeeprs and Irailfs-men Irailfs-men who were dependenton tl o wage-woikers wage-woikers Bluks In building asaecla-tlona asaecla-tlona could not l retained, and the result li the ce!lee which csme a week ago and slrewed the large towns nnd cities cl tl o ciuntry with the ruin of once flourishing I ulldlng and loan societies Of course Ihla disaster li rellmlnary to i.lll greater calami I lea W hatever allccta th worker loon overtakes the rati I la 1st. 1 nglml'a exporta are falling nlT whliejier Imports aru licieaslig J or seven months ol thli year her Incnaae In grain alone waa 20,00O,00O ever the corresponding jerlol of IbOl. The wheatblllfor July last was ,,0O',(XW In live animals, meat, I utter, cheese and egg tbe ImKrta for tbo current year In 1. ngland show large Increases over those of Isst year. |