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Show WHAT OERMAN1 DID TO J. B. At tho British Scientific Products Pro-ducts exhibition held recently In London ,tho Nottingham Chamber of Commerco had a display or British Brit-ish mado cotton embroideries, on net. Th u. S. Commercial agent who reported the fact remarked that '"this class of work was Imported almost exclusively from Germany until 1914." Ho also reports seeing see-ing "samples of artificial silk embroidered em-broidered on net, In which Bohemia enjoyed a monopoly In the Brltlsu 1 ( market." Continuing with regard M to tho embroidery industry he Bays:' M :"The value of the embroidery trado M can be understood rrom tho 1913 ' statistics of Importation Into tho H United Kingdom. Moro than M ' $7,000,000 worth of embroidery en- H tored England from Germany and M 1 more than $12,000,000 worth from H Switzerland. At tho beginning of H hostilities thoro wero less than r00. embroidery machines In operation In tho United Kingdom, as against 40,000 on tho continent. At pres- ont it is known that tho British in- .1 dustry has mado rapid strides, es- H peclalty In tho vicinity of Nottng- ;H ham and Leicestershire. Before the H (war this trnuo was cssonllally Qor- H nian. Of other industries ho says; H I "Chemicals, physical appliances, ol- H cctrlcal apparatus, optical Instru- H fmonts, poicelaln, pottcry.photograph- H Is iiiaterlals, measuring and mecbon- H leal Instruments and textile fabilcs H of domestic manufacture nio ill a- H Played, such ns in other days wore H freely sold In tho United Kingdom H under the label '"Mndo In Ocniiany" H Now do you wouder why the major- H Ity of the Britishers demand n io H turn to the protective tariff policy? H And Germany ana Oicat Britain H wero both driving Into Uncle Sam H before tho war gave us tho protec- H tlon which tho Democrats denied us. kLV |