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Show THE LILLIPUTIANS OF TRADE AND COM- M MERCK Commenting on conditions in Cireal Britain, Herbert N. Oasson, writing in H ,. the Boston .News Biirenu says: "If Dean Sv in were alive, he would be amused to gee tht the present situation In Ureal Britain la precisely that of (iulliver among the t w Lilliputians. The government Is I playing the purt of Gulliver and the 1 luanufacturerH, merchants and finau j elers are the Lilliputians. & "Just as tho giant Gulliver lurch F ed abont among the narrow streets M and frutjile houses of the tiny Lilli putians, and kepi them in constant fear by his great size and clumsiness so the government Is lurching about among the trades and industries of Britain. "Just as Gulliver picked up the little houses of the Llliputlans, so I the government is displaying an in-I in-I satiable curiosity to Inspect and regulate reg-ulate our private business affairs. It Is creating new departments, to absorb ab-sorb the ofllcliils who are being dls-'chaigod; dls-'chaigod; and these officials are becoming be-coming an intolerable nuisance. "High above the small activities or private business towerB the enormous enor-mous structure of the government. Unquestionably the government Is too oxpenslve and too big. It Is like |