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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, JUNE 6ra, 1917.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
Tuesday, 21st July-
Noon-Auction of Valzable Lomalok Pro- perly from the Liquidators of Mesars, Jelena & Co, at Bales Rooms, by Mr. Geo, P. Laminari, y
3pm-Anction of Vainable Leasehold Pre- Monday, 13th Aug
perty at Sales Rooms, by Mem, Hughen
Monday, 27th Ang.***
Hough,
NowAuction of Valuable Leasehold Pro party from the Liquidator of Mesurs. Witzke & Co., at Bales Rooms, by Mr. Gao, P. Lammert,
LAST.
NEW HOME REMEDY WORKS WONDERS IN LAKING THIN UNDEVELOPEMEN
AND WOMEN PLUME AND
ATTRACTIVE
BRITISH TRADE IN CHINA. engineering enterprise, for textile machi working of the market on the broadest offered is often somewhat intangible, but had stocks representing large amounts in nery in the cotton-growing districts, for possible scale. This fact has been it is good security for those who under the aggregate spread all over the interior PROSPECTS OF EXTENSION
electric light and power plante, for realised by our competitors. No in stand the Chinese and their social and of China they would have a good deal pumps, motors and all the machinery and dividual Japanese firm, no Russian arm, business customs. There seems readon to of unrest in times of internal disturb INTERESTING ADDRESS BY MR.
accessories which are essential to indis- could have afforded to undertake the believe that we could raise the amount ante. In cases where the distributor has trial enterprise both on land and on the risks involved by a completely new necessary to finance a great extension of control of production of supply the case ARCHIBALD POSE.
water. At present there are only 87 method of trade in Manchuria (though our trade in China, without injury to the is different; then his own distribution in At a well-attended necting at
electrical installations in operation it must not be overlooked that political more pressing claims of our Overseas the interior places him in a strong posi in Ching.. London Chamber of Commercs on April a large number of these contracts in upon commercial development in certain could ensure adequate securities if once porters selling t
The Germnaas
secured influence has a
very direct bearing Dominions and ouf Allies, and that we tion, but where there are dozens of im consequence of their co-operative system, spheres). No American firm was strong we could interest the amall investor and butor can undertake this work more an address on The Prospects of which enabled one central intitution to enough to resist their combinations of induce him to back the enterprise in
the same commodity, in own opinion is that the Chinese British Trade Extension in China" was quote for and supply complia installa exporters when they set themselves to which he was personally concerned. fornomically and more efficently has Kiven by Mr. Archibald Rose, CI.Etions, and, if necessary, to Brace them. capture the Manchurian markets. No would urge that every effort should be Commercial Attaché at Shanghai Mr interior without receiving constant indertake the risks of a new method of vestors as well as those in this country.munications, and regularisation of in- I have never made a journey into the individual British firm is willing to un-made to interest the small Chinese in trade of China-improvement of com- Rose out two very important factors in developing Frederick Anderson (Chairman of the Far quiries for machinery of all sorts, but the distribution in China. They are opposed Co-operation is well understood in China, ternal taxation in other words, our old Eastern Section of the Chamber and of sibilities of mechanical power. They need Chinese themselves. One British firmguards there no more railways there can
Chinese know little of the scope and pas too strong a combination among the and co-operative efforts have many safe friend ein. About the importance of the China Association) presided, and careful education as to the machinery strong one endeavoured to start a amongst those present were the Right which can be useful to them, as to where piece goods auction away from Shanghai have been asked many questions as to port of Bir John Jordan British concerns During my recent tour in the North opinions, and largely owing to the sup bo no two Hon. Sir John Jordan, G.C.I.E. (His profit it will make, and how they can abandon
they can obtain it, what it will cost, what few years ago, but they were obliged to the desirability of distribution through have secured a large share of the exten Majesty's Minister in China), the Chinese manage to pay for it. Such information guild. This strong combination was able need before such a gathering as this to execute contracts than to get concessions
by the Chinese piece-goods non-British firms in China. There is no difficulty is more to find the money and to REAL FLESH BUILDER FO IND AT Consul General, Sir Walter Hillier Mr. can only be supplied by man who are lo dictate terms to them it seems to discuss the patriotic side of the question, at the present juncture.
siona which have been decided upon; the Ronald Macleay (Foreign Trade Depart specially trained for the work and whome that we can never do business on fair but I should like to take this opportunity noticed that Mr. Rose's solution of this ment), and Mr. H. C. Wox (Secretary can devote their whole time it. It is terms in China unless our producers and of saying a few words as to the purely difficulty is the regularisation and the of the China Association),
not, I think, within the province of an exporters also combine, not only as a business aspect of the case. Many non-konest collection** and
As to lekin, I In introducing the speaker, the Chair:official except in the broadest sense, he foreign competition, but as a menins of British firms have undoubtedly been good of lekin with regard to provincial man said.The Chine Association and the Chinese are uninformed in regard to
distributors of our goods in the past, but Chamber of Commerce hate for a long modern methods and modern devices, but inducing the strong Chinese guilds to it is a noteworthy fact that the really but
administration time past, urged upon the Foreign Office they are far from being fools. They may
all agree give reasonable consideration to pro the advisability of enlarging the sphere be saddled with an uneconomia article posals for improved methods of trade enterprising members of most of the urged upon the Chinese since the days the same solution has been of the Commercial Attades activities, once, but it seldom happens & Rotond time. We need not necessarily alienate those The real advantage of those non-British ford Alcock, and Sir Harry Parkes in and we are glad to take this opportunity For that reason I believe that British Chinese guilde. They have been gooit firms, however, especially the German the sixties, seventies and eighties of last Buccessful firms have been young Britons. of Sir John's predecessors, Sir Ruther of acknowledging the consideration which machinery has a good future in China. friends to us in the past, and improved ones, lay in the fact that they were China contury, so the Chinese are showing no has been given to this and other repre Our young, practical engineers seem to methods are really as much to their in-houses-houses with their headquarters indecent haste in dealing with this quer sentations which we have from time to have the knack of winning the confidence treats as to ours But they are conser in China, with responsible partners on tion. Mr. Rose ref red to German arms time made to H.M. Government...
of the Chinese, and all that we need is vative in spirit and we cannot negotiate the spot who could make prompt decisions competing with British merchants in the Whilst dealing with this subjet may 1 more men of that type in the field. suggest that it is important for the except by combination and co-operationvinced, has been their greatest strength as offices in China, which enabled them to on fair terms unless we are as strong and accommodate themselves quickly to distribution of British trade in China, an they are. Such strength is impossible any new development. That, I am on that they were firms who had their head great groups which are really representa amongst all those who are interested in compared with their British competitors.
and attributed their success to the fact tive of British enterprise to send out the export of the various industrial pro-It must be clear to us now that aliene prompt decisions on the spot well-accredited agents to Chins. Such ducts from this country to China. When firms have had no altruistic matives in personally doubt if this is the real ex- nien are often brought closely in touch speak of combination in this country pushing British goods. The fact that competing with the Chinese officials when working in the interior, and the assistance of the should ignore the British firms which are of our business has given them first-hand much if they had not taken very large do not suggest for a moment that we they have been able to handle so much prompt decisions would have helped them planation of the Germans success in Legation and the Consulates is constantly
with
us. I do not think. now established in China. Their er knowledge of our goods, our methods, our risks with the special object of under- I have spent eighteen years working Consul to not promptly and strongly when
required. It is very much easier for and travelling in different parts of Asia, he knows that he is dealing with the
most valuable assets, and they have in strength and weakness in the production extended credit to Chinese, for and I am convinced that China is one responsible and accredited representa-
their ranks many able and experienced ample evidence now of the advantage and to an extent which many British our trade, mainly by giving long of the markets which will best repay us tives of our great industrial firms.
men who have fully realised the possibil-which has often been taken of British firms looked upon as unsound. We gove Periods for little care and trouble in the
ties of development and expansion Rut agencies for the supplanting of British every facility and encouragement to Ger- dificult years of the transition period,
DISTRIBUTION.
combination at this end will assist joint goods by those of alien origin. I do not mans to compete with us on the most fav- when every industrial Power in the world. I should like to say a few words about effects tive and for entirely honourable work which has been after the inte hatred the inve working in China, whilst leaving full wish to depreciate the admirable and ourable terms for our own trade with will be straining to repair the havoc of the troubled question of distribution. The the stimulating effects of healthy com-done by many foreign firms in the dis war. China contain, in a slid and com- methods of trade by which our goods Petition. pret mass one quarter of the human race, have been delivered to the consumer in the
intense intelligent, industrious and prosperous past have been making rapid strides
tribution of our goods, but I believe that
shown towards us that people, and, without straying into the during the last few years. It has been
every British producer and exporter who tish firms should contemplate restor realms of economic theory, I think it is found that the Chinese can and will buy
should use every effort to distribute his ample evidence of the advantage which values bis foreign connections in Chinging their old relations with them of obvious importance to this country to almost anything from us, if we can prove
goods through British channels. It may has often been taken of British agencies after the war. Mr. Rose said he had maintain and extend its trade in a to them that it is useful, and if we can
of more British China houses. If so, it goods by those of alien origin. market of such possibilities.
be that this will mean the establishment by Germans for the supplanting of British put it into their hands with the minimum of trouble and expense to them. During
will be all to the good. my first journeys in the interior of China a saucer of oil and a wick provided the
process is more than likely to continue only light for the long evenings in the
In the future, and I hope British expert inns. Nowadays a tin of kerosine oil and
tribute a good lamp can and cheaply in every village Soap, be bought easily cigarettes, candles sewing machines, medicines and foreign socks are to be found in every market town. them have been delivered by the foreign Most of impexter to the hands of the retailer, or consumer. This has meant little less than
Mr. Archibald Rose said--I have re- cently visited the great industrial centres of the North Country and the Midlands, in an endeavour to ascertain the feeling of our manufacturers and merchants as to the maintenance and extension of our trade in China. I am glad to be able to tell you that I found everywhere a great and unexpected interest in the China market.
THE QUESTION OF DENIND.
the market is one
INTERNAL TAXATION.
con-
THE CONSULAR SERVICE
I
have
any Bri
That
Sir John Jordan said he was in agree
HOW TO GAIN 15 TO 40 LBS.1
look that makes folks think you're sick
Stop being a human beanpole.
Chase away that long, lean, hungry
mek & day. or that you're not getting three square
witty friend who asks you what makes Give the merry laugh to the would-be you look so peated and teils you you'd
Begin to day to put from 15 to 40 pounds of good, firm, healthy permanant stay there" flesh and tissue on those spare bones of yours.ARG
ides of present conditions in China as I have endeavoured to give you some they appear to me. But what of the fu ture? I think there can be only one opinion as to our need for expansion in undeveloped markets, and as to the suit ability of the China market for such ex- With regard to the question of demand,
pansion. But, whilst we have good it used to be thought that China had
evidence that China is ready to absorb heard a great deal lately about the nels. (Applause.) reached the limit of her onsumption.
One more word, gentlemen. We have will in future take his advice to dis better sen a doctor an increasing proportion of our indus deficiencies of our Consular Service. THE BRITISH MINISTER- That has been olearly disproved of recent
their goods through British chan Year, and the Chinese are obtaining
that she will have to pay for it. This have the honour to belong to that Ser trial output, we are faced by the fact every year more of our industrial pro
can only be done by an increased export Vice, and although I do not propose to ducts in exchange for their raw material
from China. The experience of the war undertake any passionate defence of its ment with the greater part of what Mr. Bat we must create a demand for our goods or the Chinees will make no effort
ducts which are suitable for use abroad, the question strikes me To begin with,munications, he could honestly say that out become plump-yes, with actual period has proved that she has many proposition, I should like to tell you how Rose had said. With regard to com
For we say that the skinniest, DORAN- to produce more of theirs with which to
if only she can export them at the right there is not nor has there ever been ta till now they had bdex be went to Joking healthy fat, in sixty days and all by a niest man or woman can quickly "fill pay for an increased import. China has
price. Her ability to do so will depend, Consul of foreign nationality in our all their efforts to develop the com- that can't possibly hurt you, that imposes
from very first day been for so many centuries entirely self a commercial revolution in Chim. It sufficing, and has lived so long in com has meant that the foreign importer has (1) The regularisation of internal London, in much the same manner as great need of the country, and it was foolish rub on that can be to I think, primarily upon two factors service in Chine. It is recruited in
of new, simple, harmless home treatment plete independence of the outer world, grown weary of the dictation and conser taxation, and (2) the improvement of the Indian Civil Service, and on lines always the case that trade and expansion privately in your own home without the munications of China. That was the no hardships, no disagreeable diete, no that she can do very wall without our vatiam of guilds and dealers at the coinmunications The question of an which have sought to secure mon of followed the opening up of a railway Encwledges of anyone. SARGOL tablets do goods. Nevertheless the Chinese appre Treaty Ports, and that he has taken his increased tariff has been under ciate the good things of the West. They work into his own hands, with detersideration for a long time. Experience Breater part of the Consul's work is of nection that the Peking to Mukden Rail stock
general education and adaptability. The there. Sir John mentioned in this con the work, your chemist keeps them in are shrewd business teen, too, and they mination to overcome the difficulties of appears to show that China needs some The merchait cannot turn to an effective in the world. Considerably over 4,000 find that good things pay, in a word, transportation and taxation. He has arrangement which will ensure to the
a semi-commercial, semi-political nature. way was one of the best supply must create demand in an undo learned that it is essential to do this, but provinces some tangible return from Chinese Court in his difficulties; be miles of the 7,000 miles of railway in paying railways
A. B. WATSON & Co., Lav.,. veloped country like China. You must he could never have done it unless he foreign trade. The provinces still retain must seek a political remedy through China ware British, and we held teach the people that you have the goods was strong, inamla gani uns be large measure of
the Consul, or in the last resort conccasions all through the Yang te
VICTORIA DISPENSARY, to sell and that they want to buy them.atrong enough to disregard the Gnancial pioneers of distribution have discovered through his Majesty's Minister in Peking. Valley. But at the present time there
THE PHARMACY, Not that you can dump any article you and political strength of the guilds. Such that they can only secure freedom from The political machinery working through This had heer bitter disappointment, faney on the Chinese market. The Chinese pioneering work needs strength and such internal trouble if they recognise the of our commercial rights in China: Any not only to the speaker, but to all
was a dead stop on account of the war
QUEEN'S DISPENBARY, are shrewd, and they know very quickly strength can seldom be found exept in demand of the provinces for some share weakening of that machinery would be them at Peking, who had worked ex
Consuls and the Legation is the mainstay
THE EDWARD DISPENSARY. if an article suits them. Every woman' in China is nowadays a judge of cotton point to no golden rule for better distri- their provincia! bighways, and which struck at our commercial stronghold in and contracts. With regard to taxation, combination and co-operation. can in the taxation of goods which pass along the greatest blow that could possibly he tremely hard to secure these concessions of cloth, and she is not to be hypnotised by hution, and, I believe, I do not under reach their destination within their pro China. With the gradual spread of it was forty years ago. There was not a chops, or fancy make-ups, or omamental estimate the difficulties of the task, for I vincial borders It is, of course, essential trade into the interior during the past stamping and ticketing. But she has been have spent a great deal of my time in that we should do everything in our years the activities and responsibilities day in Peking when they did not write taught to require a piece of doth worth China, in trying to settle question aris power to strengthen the Central Govern of the Consuls have been immensely in three or four despatches on the subject 353, where she believed ten year ago that ing out of distribution in one form or ment, but it appears desirable, in any recreased. They will increase propertion of taxation, containing ane worth 10s, was all she wanted or could another. afford. So the cotton growing districts that pices-goods cannot be handled in the claims of the provincus to some nancial The Foreign Office and the Board of matter of the transit pass, however. A desiring to have the Colony should apply
I am well aware, for instance, vision of tariffs, to recognise equally the ately with your increasing activities.
the Fold have been taught to want textile machi-same manner as a proprietary article. return from the foreign trade within Trade are now attempting to devise men mitted that the Chinese had not been paston the CENTRAL POMGE STATION
ements over
arge- and over again. Over the nery, the towns to want electric light Practically every one of our products re-their own limits. The regularisation and sures for increasing the efficiency of the treated fairly. They did not secure between the hours of 9 AM to 1 P.D. and 92.1. and power, waterworks, roads and tyred quires some slightly different method of the honest collection and administration Service in order to meet new needs. Our
which created all the difficulty, he ad- ricshas, the carriers to want motor-boats trade. for passengers and cargo,
each of them separately to day, but the claims, would help greatly in the solution letter grounding in commerce in finance, British Government had recognised this porta or identification papers.
th of lekin, with a due rogard to provincial roung Consuls will probably receive a the effective, de per cento Applicants will be required to produse Pa
tariff 40P.ME/ dally, As for our competitors, Japen, Ameries underlying principle is the same We of the tariff difficulty. Irregular internal in barking, and in the technical side of and Germany are making a strong bid must create demand by supply. We have taxation is one of the great handicaps to our industries than they have done in the claim, there were the other Powers to be All persons with certain exceptions who for the China market. They work hard, foural by experience that the Chines left the expansion of foreign trade in the past. But we must realise that such add reckoned with. With regard to the point remain in the Colony for more in 7 day they study the special needs of their to themselves have failed us as distriba interior. That handicap could probably knowledge must necessarily be general Mr. Rose on the question of distribution, BBC phaONS ORDIN buyers, and they cut their cost of pro-tors in the face of organised competition, he most effectively removed by securing in its nature, and that it is only a meats he was not able to act as umpire. But he ANGIE 1916
of difference between the Chairman and are quired to Register themselves under ite duction to the lowest possible figures. If we are to extend our trade, if we are the support and encouragement of the hundred and one articles, many of thought a little more might have been said We have got to meet them on their own
to an end. No man can be a specialist in ground, We must not forget, also, that some way of placing it on a surer foot their borders
even to hold our own; we must find provinces for an extension of trade within them of great complexity, which make up on what bad been done for distribution the Chinese themselves are coming on ing, some way of stimulating the Chinun
Forma of Registration giving the partionlar very quickly as un industrial people. distributor in the interior by adding the more important Are we prepared to knowledge of all these things, of pro- British-American Tobacco Company, for
the trade between this country and China.n China by foreign concerns, The question of communications is even But every Consul must have a sufficient were several big companies, such as the sa felice Station.
There rog fred may be obtained at the G.P.O and as ally skilled artisans, with good beads and It is undoubtedly more economical to sell tions, her mines, her industrial and agricultural and mineral products of forming a splendid work of distribution They are traditionally and temperament driving force of the Briton behind him. help China to develop her communica ducts of our various industries, and the example, who were doing an immense exceed clover hands. Only a few months ago to a dealer in the Treaty Port than to agricultural activities, in order that she China to enable him to smooth their path He would like, added Sir John, to sound
trade in the interior of Chine, and was in a little blacksmith's shop in Canton have to bear the burden of an extensive may be in a position to purchase more Believe me, we ned doing our con mer where they were turning out exact copies distributing machinery. It is certain, of our goods! We have large concessions of European crude oil engines for marine also, that efficient distribution in a broad
and land work at about 60 per cent. of area like Chine necessitates considerable await financial backing in this country the cost of the originals. And it was no shoddy work. Everything was good and solid, and I saw engines in good order which had been running for yESIS.
THE COTTON, TRADE,
We shall have strong calls for capital im mediately after the war, but I hope that Chins will receive some response to her appeal for assistance.
d
that old question was the same now as
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ready for development, and they only wp can never be wholly successful unless now been in China for ten year, and he
you will do your part. We represent desired to acknowledge the courtesy's 3
me, we are doing our best. But one personal note in conclusion. He had
your interests to the best of our in China, and we come home occasionally ed from the British mercantile com to tell you of the possibilities and difhmunity there, without which he could lity gathy, and, support he had always receiv
US eulties of the Chine market. You can do never have carried on his work so long, something for us in return. You c us, amply and clearly, of
caa tell (Applause) which we have to play abroad closer address, on the motion of Mr. George A hearty vote of thanks was accorded You can help to educate of your needs,
the part Mr. Rose for his valuable and suggestive co-operation between the producer, the Jamieson, C.M.G., and the usual com
porter and the official is perhaps the pliment to the chair brought the meeting thing which could help most of all to er to a close. and C. Express. plause.)_____ tond our national trade in China (Ap-
FINANCIAL ABSISTANCE...
THE CHAIRMAN'S VIEWS.
control over production. But, in spite of these disadvantages, it is the only why of meeting competition, of estimating truly the requirements of the consumer, of stimulating demand when necessary to Our largest commercial interest in in undeveloped areas, and of ensuring e suit production, of expanding the trade China at the present time is the cotton steady market during periods of unrest credit for foreign trade may be hoped for We know that some extended form of piece goods trade, for that country in the interior. We have put too mach after the war in the shape of trade already absorbs about one-tenth of our faith in chops and compradores. They bank, with the possible addition of local total annual output of cotten goods, have done as good service in building up credit associstions. But I take it that whilst it is probably the great poten- our trade in China, but their meaning any financial assistance from such sources cial market in the world for callon yarn and their usefulness has been modified by will presuppose same backing from, the and cotton cloth. The fact that our trade modern conditions, and they will never commercial interests concerned before, it shows so little expansion, however, and again play the same part as they have will be available for any given, market, The Chairman, initiating the discussion that the total consumption in China is done in the past.. so insignificant as compared, with her
No one can fail to be impressed by the which followed, said: think Mr. Rose Indian neighbour, seem to show that.
success which has been attained during is quite right when he says that one of there is work to be done. Now foreign competition, especially from Japan, and views during my recent tours in England. Would it not be possible, with careful and all kinds of industrial and mining the war period by an appeal to the small our greatest fields will be in supplying In the course of several hundred inter but regular savings of local investors the equipment of Chins with railways, changing conditions in Ching herself I have been constantly impressed by the working, to secure from the small buttress upon the question of distribution the growth of her cotton tradi, and the difficulties of doing business on a small interested investor a steady backing for of our trade in China.
machinery Mr. Rose laid considerable Goaucial weakening of the desire-have scale in a distant and undeveloped industrial enterprise in China? Could trade we "had built up around created a situation which calls for very market such as China The market is not the operatives engaged on the mate Ports and advocated distribution by He spoke the careful inquiry, and I am glad to be able undoubtedly a profitable one, but it is an rial for any given enterprise in China ourselves
the
Treaty to state that practical remedies are now expensive one to work properly. It re be so far interested in that enterprise rough Chinese merchants and dealers. receiving the serious attention of our quires a broad horizon, a broad policy, that they would be willing to lead their e said this was the only method of Gurselves in the interior instead of producers and exporters in Lanshire and strong financial backing in order to financial backing small, but regular expanding the trade in undeveloped have recently discussed this question so achieve auccessful results, and in order to its fulfilment ? Bailways, mills, machi-res, and of ensuring a steady market fully at Manchester, however, that I will to give hopes of expansion. not weary you with it any further
For that rory of many descriptions will be needed during periods of unrest in the interior. reason I believe that for those who are in China within the next few years. We It occurs to me that if the general trade. There can be no doubt that China offers really interested in China the best hope want our fair share of orders, and we of the country were carried on under wonderful field for many forms of lies in such co-operation as will ensure the must help to finance them. The security these conditions, and British merchants
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