 What was the main reason the Masur company failed?
"It is an outrage," said Koltan of the House of Masur, "that the Earthmen land among the Thorabians!" Zotul, youngest of the Masur brothers, stirred uneasily. Around the table sat the six brothers—Koltan, eldest and Director of the Pottery; Morvan, his vice-chief; Singula, their treasurer; Thendro, sales manager; Lubiosa, export chief; and last in the rank of age, Zotul, who was responsible for affairs of design. Earthmen may come and Earthmen may go, but clay goes on forever ... and with it, the fame and fortune of the House of Masur." By this, he seemed to imply that the Thorabians would rob the Earthmen, which the Lorians would not. It was a common enough thing among the brothers Masur, as among everybody, to be frustrated in their desires. Accurate reporting, much less a newspaper, was unknown on Zur. In spite of the fact that a terrestrial ship had landed at every Zurian city of major and minor importance, and all in a single day, it took some time for the news to spread. The kilns of the Pottery of Masur fired day and night to keep up with the demand for the new porcelain stoves. In three years, more than a million had been made and sold by the Masurs alone, not counting the hundreds of thousands of copies turned out by competitors in every land. This, for some unknown reason and much to the disgust of the Lorians, was set up in Thorabia.
 the Earthmen improved and controlled everything on Zur
 Zotul relied on the Earthmen too much  the Earthmen improved and controlled everything on Zur  lack of effort from the brothers  the brothers borrowed too much to every pay it back