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Show oo SIG COMBINE FORMED BY AMERICANS AND BRITISH !'. lot' i national 'v Service) LONDON, Aug 19 International combines, parularlv the almagania- i tlon of British and American firms, are attracting much attention here at present ami the results are being watched with great Interest Among the firms of the two countries coun-tries which have entered Into such combinations are the I'nited Drug company of America and Boots Cash Chemists of Great Britain. General' i Motors, the Dunlop Tire company and Explosives Trades Limited. i While the amalgamation of the two i big drug firms Is expected to eliminate elimi-nate competition and result In decreas-, ed prices, the position of the small druggists will be greatly affected. t a recent meeting of Explosives Trades Limited it was stated that substantial sub-stantial Interests have been acquired in the Dunlop Rubber company in' Great Britain, Canada, the Far East and in America and that an invest-, ment of over $26,000,000 had been! made In the General Motors Corpora-! Hon of America. n interesting statement was made at the meeting by the chairman who declared that it was almost impossible for English manufacturers to compete successfully with their American rivals, ri-vals, as the output per man in Great, Britain Is much belov that In Amcri-j ca, where restriction Is not the rule, and where much higher uages arc' earned as a result. |