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VANCOUVER TO-DAY.
BRIGHT VIEW OF GENERAL
CONDITIONS.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25re, 1914.
There is a good deal of interest in an article lately published in The Financier on August lat, concerning conditions in Vancouver-a spot that has attracted many mca from the East and is probably destined to do so increasingly, The article, which is by Mr. P. A. O'Farrell, and reaches The Financier through the Canadian Pacific Railway Company, is reproduced below:--
The tall efforts of the world-wide. financial stringency and business depres- sion have been felt in Vancouver. In no eity of the West was the real estate specialist so active, and in no city of the world did he so discount the future. Tho whole population was engaged in trading in town lots, and Italian and Slay work- men were just as eager to get rich buying. Vancouver real estate as French or British capitalists. Some got in on bed-rock,- others at the pinnacle of the boom; some who bought on margin, unable to carry out their contracts, have lost; bat the vast majority are holding on borrowing, atinting, economising to meet their obligations and save their property. The whole population of Vancouver is, conse- quently, property poor. Ninety per cent. of the labourers working for the city are property owners. Each owns a building lot or two, or even more, with's shack or a modest house, Merchants, mechanics, lawyers, doctors, accountants, and even elergymen were in real estate, and aro now pinching themselves to incet taxes and interest and instalments. In boom times there was plenty of money for theatres, candy, cigars, suppers and trips to fashionable resorts, and new gowns and automobiles were as plentiful as roses: in May; but extravagance and high living are out of date, economy is the order of the day, for every working man and every merchant in Vancouver needs all he can save or borrow to meet taxes and interest and instalments. Every now and then the barthen becomes too great and enquiry has to be realised on, but the bargain hunters are at hand and the unsuccessful real estate trader has to begin all over again.
NO GREẤT BLUMES IN REAL ESTATE.
But very few have failed, or are likely to fail; and, as a consequence, there has been no great slump in real estate, Bargains can occasionally be had, but not very tempting ones. There has been no such.slump in land or in real estate values as in railroad securities, or as in railroad earnings, or building trades, or manu facturing, or merchandise. The slump in business and railroad traffic throughout
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batter, beef, mutton, wool and leather is running dangerously short-that is, the production is running short of the demand.
The production of gold though it has multiplied a hundredfold in a century-ie running short. The activities and progress of the world have outdistanced the gold supply. In other days silver was money, and was equally with gold a basis of currency at a fixed ratio. But the wise ones degraded silver and put a double burder on geld, and every now and then the gold supply run short, and the whole world has to wait till Governments readjust their banking and currency to help out a short gold supply.
The gold mines of Rossland, which seven years ago were in sad disrepute are now proven to be amongst the richest on the American continent. Ontario did not have a gold mine seven years ago; she has now in the Hollinger one of the most famous gold mines of the world. In the Slocan district of the Kootenays, the Standard has, in a few years, opened up an ure supply that bids fair to make it as famous as the Comstock or the Anaconda, and the Slocan Star and the Silver King at Nelson, B.C., have in discoveries ...Land and real estate speculation made minera!
the thrift, economy and almost rigorous penuriousness of the whole property owning population of the West, who have cut out all waste, extravagance and superfluities to provide for interest and
taxes.
collapsed more than two years ago, and which in other days would have thrilled the whole mining world, In Washington. hoses engaged in it have gone into farm the British Columbia, in Alasin and in the last two years the output of egga, hogs Idaho new discoveries of copper and poultry has trebled i Alberta and lead and silver are being daily made, Saskatchewan. All over the North-West these will become.
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Boilers, Railway Rolling Stock, Bridges, and all Classes enabled Germany to bear the ever-increaß- ing burden of huge armarents by ken as but it well as by land, the Kaiser's world policy undermined one of the corner-stones of achieved some brilliant successes the Bismarckian edifice. The Powers which the great Chancellor bad succeeded
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A tremendous impulse has been given to abundant as the great railroad construc fruit farming, vegetable gardening and tion now being carried on or projected live stock production. Lawyers, mer in British Columbia and Alaska is chants, brokers, bankers and mechanics brought to completion
GREAT DEVELOPMENTS, are talking about fancy, poultry, hogs and These vast discoveries will lead to the alfalfa, and as a consequence agricultural building of smelters, mills, power plants, developments all over the North-West are towns, and cities; but, above all, they more promising and satisfactory than will give the additional gold onpply for they have been for 20 years. Hence the which the world is hungering.
noney stringency has been an immense The immense agricultural, mining and baon to the American and Canadian railroad development now taking place in North-West. The energies and savings of the Pacific Const States, as well as in Russian agreements, which proved the-Ton Hydraulis TESTING MACHINE for Jhains, Wire Ropes, Rivets, ela the whole population have been turned British Columbia and in Alaska, will be way for the Triple Entente. The deeper AGENTE FOR-
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As supplied to the British Admiralty and War Offios. Property owners in the West who can of these Pacific Coast countries has been crisis in 1908-9, to break up the Triple
MOTOR VESSELS, LIGHT DRAFT CARRIERS, GUNBOATS, LAUNCHES rarry their land and real estate holdings sadly hindered through the excessive cost Entente gave the measure of the ambi.
HOUSEBOATS and PLEASURE CRAFT OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, look to future development with the of reaching them. Chile, the Argentine,tions to which she feared it might prove
MOTON AMPING And LIGHTING BETS, MOTOR VEHICLES. Ero. utmost confidence. Men like J. J. Hill and New Zealand were nearer to the an obstacle.
The enfeeblement of Turkey and the
Call be reen between the hours of 11 AM, and 13. Noom and Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, who found immigrants of Central Europe than
at the Town Office. the great valleys of the Bed River, the British Columbia, and the Panama Canal new partition of her European provas
Manager, before Germany had completed her ex- Missouri, the Saskatchewan and the
My summary of North-Western condi-ploitation of the Turkish Empire, and Columbia part of the American desert or tions is, therefore, highly optimistic. the aggrandisement of Servia and Greev), wilderness, and have helped to transform The collapse of the real estate boom and whch barred the way to Salonika against them into the richest and most prosperons the world-wide shortage of gold and Austria and checked the growth of Austro- countries ever given to the sons of men, currency turned the energies of these German preponderancy in the Balkan cannot lose faith or confidence in the North-Western people to doubling the Peninsula, constituted a severe, if in- possibilities and golden promise of the output of their mines and farms, and direct, how fat she while fabric of the ordinary geuse of the word, are fore-of Tsingtao would involve the co-opera
relationships which
to failure. Sir Edward Grey tion of land forces with which the Allies mighty West. They know that west of to-day the whole of the North-Western European the Rocky Mountains is a vast empire of States and Territories are 500 per cent. Austro-German alliance had slowly and mada one desperate attempt, and pro-
Early posed an immediate conference of the therefore, as if there were a probability were none too well equipped, 'It seemed, boundless wealth and resources, peopled by better off than they were during the laboriously sought to build up.
this spring the German Chancellor him Anbassadors of the four disinterested of operations in which the chances of a race of abounding energy, courage and boom days preceding the panic of 1907.
self alluded ominously to the imminence Powers-Great Britain, Italy, France, success were fairly equal enlightenment. In wealth of soil, climato
of a decisive conflict between Germandom and Germany and all accepted save points of view it was felt, even by the From many and mine California, Oregon, Washington,
and Slaydom, and it was obvious that if Germany. Within less than 10 days after helligerents, that it would be advantage- Idaho, Montana and British Columbia
the Germanic Powers were determined to the Austrian ultimatum at Belgrade, ous if some formula could be found by excel all other countries of the world.
provoke such a conflict, it was in Servia Germany declared war against Russia. which Kiaochou could be removed from The standing timber in their forests ia
that they would suck their opportunity. invaded France without even the form of time area of conflict. Its capture worth more than all the gold in coin or
a declaration of war, violated Lazem, retention by Germany could not have the bars existing in all the world.
On July 24th Austria Hung at Bervia burg, and occupied Belgian teriitory: slightest effect upon the war itself, and These five great. Pacific Coast States, together with British Columbia and
an ultimatum of which the terms and the That England did not want this war for reasons that are sufficiently obvious Alaska, will furnish food and homes and
every. Englishman knows. Italy did not it was deemed highly undesirable that tone are without parallel in the history want this war; she has shown it by European forces should fight on Chinese, opportunities in superabundance during
of European diplomacy. Yet, monstrous this present century for one hundred 2.-0.C.' of Sections or Companies may as were its farms, Servis, acting, be it detaching herself ostentatiously from her soil. There is reason to believe that the millions of people: There are not more in future grant leave of absence from noted, under Russian advice, agreed to allies France did not want this war: Allies held their hand in the hope that
ehe even delayed her preparations for conversations that wore than six million here now, but there were parades, for sufficient reasous, for periods. all the conditions imposed by Austria ex defence until her engagements towards between the Ministers of thing proceeding not six millions in the United States one not exceeding 2 days. Such leaves will not cept two, and these she merely asked to
interested would prove successful. It is hundred years ago, and there are one hundred millions now.
Russia, did thought in some quarters quite possible One hundreder night duty at Headquarters nor aheence have referred to The Hague Tribunal. Russia actually brought upon her the in-
Even such an abject surrender did not vading forces of Germany. satisfy Austria, and the declaration of act want this war; for they alone have war by Austria took place on July 28th. rejected every overture and denied every That Austria would never have ventured delay that might have saved the peace of
Europe. on such a momentous decision without baving received from Berlin the fullest assurance of support no une presumably
years ago, era Waterloo was fought, thera were only eight hundred millions of people in the whole world. There are ond thousand eight hundred millions now, During the last century the growth of population averaged 10,000,000 yearly, During this century it will average al
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·THE APPROACH OF THE CRISIS,
AFFAIR
OF
that a satisfactory arrangement might have been made, but on August 15th Japan issued an Ultimatum to Germany.
This, of course, entirely altered the aspect of affairs. Being couched in such terms. it was hardly to be believed that
will venture to contend. But there ANOTHER VIEW OF THE TSINGTAU Germany would accept the terms of the p.m.-Recruits Scouts Co.-Musketry more than that. Why was Italy, the ally. on Short Range, Kennedy Read of both Austria and Germany, kept in the Parade at Volunteer Hend | dark} Simply because rapidity and' quarters ander Sergeant Major secrecy were of the essence of the plot,
shipping and commerce of Vancouver, or 5.40 p.m.-No. 1 Section Artillery Battery which aimed at much more than the more
Gun Drill at Victoria Gap.
nuder Section Officers, Centre Section M.G. Co. under Section Officers.
of Seattle, or of San Francisco, is greater to-day than London's one hundred years 5.45 p.m.-No. 2. Section Artillery Battery ago. Seattle and Vancouver have more wealth, more business, ten times mora money and ten times more shipping and commerce than New York had one hundred years ago..
WORLD PROBLEMS.
The two great problems of the statesmen of to-day lie in the providing of money enough and food enough for the abound-
· be obtained at the Office, 104, Des Vous Roading activities and the teaming popula-
Osataa), Hongkong, 151, Fleet Street, London
-or from the different Agents,
Documents translated from or inte Clemidon)
-or Colloquial Chinono,
tions.
Tho richer the world
Krows
the bigger its appetite: Sixty Fears ago one million tons of sugar supplied the whole world; now it is a necessary of life. The supply of milk,
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coercion of Servia. To secure these Lise-
Review contains an illustrated article The August number of the Far Eastern dealing with ・the protectorate of Kiaochou.
tials, Germany and Austria were pre
Among other things the article said: pared, as the event has shown, to forfeit
While the Titanic clash of arms in the active support of the Italian armies. Had Italy been consulted she would have Europe engrosses attention elsewhere, residents of the Far East naturally interposed at once her influence for peace felt particular interest in the fate of the What Germany wanted was
act that.
It was Austria should receive satisfaction, but leased territory of Kiaochon. that Russia should be made to stand by realized as soon as the general war became and abandon Servia to the tender mercies imminent that Kiaochou was likely to be the scene of a naval and military conflict of an Austrian Army. To this Russia, a great Slav Empire, could never agree between the forces of the Triple Entente without surrendering all her religious and those of Germany, aided, perhaps, Sergt. and racial traditions and all her national by the small Austrian naval detachment interests. Such a challenge was a de-20 Far Eastern waters. While the Allies liberate challenge to war. In such cir- bad a naval preponderance, it Cumstances the efforts of diplomacy, in recognised that actually to take the city
To furnish Guard to-night: Centre
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(81.) C. V. §. SKINSHIRE, Capt,
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Ultimatum, although resistance against the overwhelming forces that Jepan would bring to operate held nut nik prospect of success,
The illustrations Bed show the imposing buildings of the German Post Office and the Deutsche-Asiatische Bank, an artillery camp, and the bay, looking extremely peaceful.
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