1919-05-03 — Page 3

STRADENIFFER THE WER.

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When, after four years.inddra `quarter of war, the bugles rang out the "Cease “Fire,”wweccom menced an era, fully uns difficil as fighting the enemy in khewwn! itself. Many people :thought especially after the sälk: öfvichn] was to be done “after theweni, that as we had managed Ode just not too late in the GNT,WS should be better prepared whet began to resume commerce; free from the handicap ofwanandır! its hampering restrictions Ene task is proving harder thahall but a very few suspected. SNo much was anticipated in the verj early stages, and÷no" one awa! prepared to see much, or di mach, during the first manuf two. After the turn of the west mare might be expected, butwives January proved to be a period of hope deferred it was seed that the disintegrating dect of over four years of destructive sent i was greater than had beerrents; ed at first. The spirit ofurrem as exhibited by strikes, actcaboj threatened, during the following month, shows that much adjust ment has yet to be undertake? before we can get into.oer strict and commence the rebuildiņ up of

our trade and merce-matters that essential if Great Britad is to retain its place in thị markets of the world. "Such con only be achieved by hard workin the first place, and by the: displey of similar powers of organisatio and administration to thosewicet were exhibited during the parist of the war. Those qualities a doggedness saw us through: thị terrible years of fighting, an we must now apply them holding on to as much as possibi» „of our pre-war trade and meaning- the conditions where a state of war has turned trade azular Sy We are frequently, and zizhugh. reminded of what Japan lik taken from us in the China tracj and in many other quarters. 1: it is some confert to know thi orders from Chine for goods osi "the Manchester market bav sakeki amongst the first that Lancasinry | has received for foreign market! ! since the war was pracnculny terminated. Atrade circulai tells us that the stimulusaonizi 'by considerable purchases. Ith China has been reflected in sol improved general tone he whole market. And from ht same source we are informat that the Japanese raid on Manchesort is not being taken too seriosSİF! though it affords addizioari eviti ence of the direction in which Lancashire will have to looki future for its keenest competi

The increase in Japanese trade during the last four years ás pné of the factors with which we here to take close reckoning. to writer has recently stated 1kLi the cotton trade of the EnvEasi has been practically captured of Japan, and i will be diicult for Lancashire to regain her formet position owing to the nafothi advantages possessed

her.

These advantages ino!!

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