FREE MERCANTILE
MARINE.
THE HONGKONG.
THE HARBIN- HEILUNG- GERMAN TRADE
KIANG RAILWAY,
-METHODS IN SPAIN.
·The Lesson of History and
Warning.
A Director General to be,
Appointed.
A Costly Commercial Mechanism.
An ingairy into Garmen trade There are soms who would In connection with the building methods in Spain before the war have socialism for all trades but of. the railway between Harbin revails certain points of interest, their own after the war, and there and Heilangkiang, the necessary mys the Board of Trade Journal. are thousands who consider that preparations and arrangements The trade itself was not very the currying trade is pre-eminent wars completed and a lown was large, but it was thought worth ly applicable to nationalisation, contracted with the Russo-Asistio while to erect, an elaborate and which is a phase of modern Back long ago anys the Peking costly commercial mechanism and sosialism.
systematic pro We can discern no Daily Leader of the 22nd to conduct s grester danger to the prosperity ult. Later Q1 when the pagands. In 1913, the last cons- of the British Empire and the rouble notes fell in value theplete year of peace, Germany: progress of British trade in gen- saxount of the loan became exported to Spain goods to the eral (says the Times of Argentina) | ineoficient for the purpose and value of less than 7 millions than this evidently spreading the work had to be suspended. It sterling, and purobased Spanish ides that shipowners are parasites is reported that on his arrival in gooda valved at nearly three mil and that what they do could far the Capital the Tachun of lions. Yet this comparatively better be done by the State. It Heilungkiang, General Pao Kwei- insignificant volume of trade was would be easy for us to cite ching, made ems enggestion to most sedulously cultivated by hundreds of cases where official the Government regarding this Germany. management has proved disastrous question. He stated that as the By developing the local in shipping when it has been tried, rouble notee had fallen en-resources of Spain, Germun The ocean carrying trade in s.com- ormously in price it was proposed corporations acquired a consider petitive trade. The shipowner or to obange the lean in rouble notse able amount of control over the manager bag to study every fins into gold currency so that the home and colonis! trade. The Loint in order to eke out a profit work might be proceeded with, electrical concerne & E. G. and in ordinary times. He bae trained Consent has been already obtain Siemens, had a basis of profitable į himself to a knowledge of whated from the bank on this point, turnover in accessories of all; can be done without and what is Os the other hand, he said that kinde, mainly manufactured in absolutely necessary. To replace if the loan agreement was to be Spain and sold through their bim with the official whose income cancelled the work might be taken numerous distributing agencies. is not improved by every little up by the province of Heilang-In the case of steam engines, economy and improvement is to kiang. In any case a Director engines, pampa, etc., close inter- Found the death knell of the General should be appointed for communication of branches in British Mercantile Marine. What this line in order that measures France and Italr of Germen made the Briton the estrier of the might be devised, etc.
manufacturers with their agencies world was that he brought his full powers to the task of carrying post of Director General of this smaller trades an army of com- According to information, the in Spain, was the source of coo
siderable indirect trade. In the cheaper than anyone else, offline bad originally been (fered to sffording as good and quicker Mr. Pi Kweifeng, bai as the merical travellers conducted a service than his competitors, of work was stopped, the appoiarrofis, in the sale of all classes of regular business, yielding high maintsizing efficiency combired ment bas automatically boen with economy. He has entered coccelled. It is Dow proposed accessories for steam users. Io into competition with foreign by the Government to appoint many cases the origin of the goods protected services and has often Gerai Pao Kore-thing car
(especially rubber and sabeatos) for introductory been able to drivs that competi-
reatly Director-General of this as British
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of this basiners #99 Han-drilling machine, planing machine over, whence half c-dozen mer- or steam engine. It bse served chant firms conducted a profitable the present day German salesman trade, employing travellers to as a theme for the antiquated, visit personally every individual effete standard of British mano consumer of any materiala or factore, and it is now almost an most dangercas services and it the atilisation of their brains, article in common use. Another article of faith with the modera has borne the brunt of enemy they do not deserve to retain it. circumstance favourable to Ger- Spanish enginest (educated in frightfulness. It will soon be The Socialism which leaves free-man trade was the nee of British, Germany or fed with German called upon to face such com- dem to all parties and prevents French and Italian addresses for text-booke) that the petition as it has never before special protection to any is that the purposes of declaration, pattern shop is twenty years faced. The United States and which will make the whole while the actual origin of the behind its German counterpart. Japan will conelade this config-world more prosperous and goods was German. A close sorn- ration with millions of tons of happier. To place the carrying tiny of statistics would disclose modern shipping where they had trade of the world in the bands the fact that a proportion of thonsands pravions to the de of the officials of the world is to Allied exporte to Spain we really To Allow Importation of Food
for Japanese...{ claration of war, will end the strike a blow at he enterprise contributed by German manu- straggle with shipowning at the and at the inventive faculties of facturers and shipped at Botter- senith of prosperity whereas the world. Whatever this sort dam or Antwerp. In later yeare Washington, August 29.-The British ship-onning will have been of thing may do in land from the value and importance of direct War Trade Board has authorised taxed to its last penny. We rail sportstion, there is cot the trading connections between the importation from Japan of zot ageines..oor Allies for the sightest doubt that it will be Spain and South Ameries have fortune of their geographical disastrous for water and for been recognised by Germany, and position. We rail not because air transportation, where passage have been specially manifest in they have had leisure and glorious is free to all, and where right the activities of the Deutsche opportunity for shipbuilding. of way is undisputed. There aberassische Bank. This may be regarded as the is only one way by which the The aim of the advertising fortune of war. It would be British Mercantile Marine can section of the Germen trade ridiculous to imagine, that these regain its old footing and that is organization was to make trans- two Allies will pool ti eir ships by complete absence of controllations of German engineering at the end of the war and take only and by the prevention of unfair taxt-books of easy access to that proportion of the whole which competition. By the latter we Spanish students, and to equip they owned before the war. The mean that if foreign governments engineering colleges with German- British Mercantile Marine will pay subsidies to their Mercantile made plant. The magnitude of have lost, not its pre-eminence, Marines, or secord preferential the German propaganda elet has its predominant percentage railway tariffa in cargo intended was shown in the figures of in of the carrying trade of the world, for the vessels flying their special ported publications printed in by the time the war cesses. We national fisg, that the vessels so Spanish. A total of 200 tons of can face that with confidence, but protected, on arrival in England, works, designs, plans, and photo- what must fill us with perturbation shall be taxed to the exact amount graphs was sent to Spain from A SPECIAL MEETING of mentioned ports, Consignees of Members will be held in the cargo are hereby informed that and fear is this growing idea that that the favour implies. This is Germany in 1913. A large propor-
bipowning must be only directed the sort of competition which tion consisted of trade advertise Hongkong General Chamber of their cargo will be landed at and controlled by the State for we characterise as unfair, and ments in one form or another, Commerce Room, Chartered Bank their risk into the hazardous the public good. All history we shallenge any other definition. It is worthy of noties that the Building, on FRIDAY, 6th and/or Extra hazardous Godown proves that this sort of thing ends Prevent that sort of thing, and technical worke, descriptive of instant. at 3 P.M. for the purpose of the Hongkong and Kowiron of "discussing certain proposals Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd, in disaster, and yet it is seriously yon leave all men to struggle industries and their equipment, suggested by the Rice Associa and solemnly mooted in circles for supremacy. If Britons are are not so much literal translations tion of San Francisco regarding where greater knowledge and unable to regain what they from German as studies of local the quality, survey and stowage
have lost; then they acknow-conditions and the application | of Rice shipments to USA. common senes should abound.
This is the description of ledge to inferiority against thereto, of German methods and All Rice. Exporters who are Socialism, which should be fought foreign competition, and they do plant. The Spaniard resents not Members of the Association to the death. Anything which not deserve to obtain what their aggressive instruction and the are also invited to attend. interferes with private enterprise, fathers built up for them. If the glorification of other nations" With the effort of the individani Mercantile Marins is to be nation-enterprise, with its implied; to forge aheed must constitate a alised, it means that foreigners strictures on his own develop danger to the whole community, with ability to nes the brains ment. British trade propaganda and will conclude by becoming which Providence has accorded was mostly of this grade kind, Hongkong. 4th September. 1918. national disaster. If the British them will push that Mercantile and the translations into Spanish Mercantile Marine is to regain Marine of the face of the waters, aggravated the evil they were the position occupied before the These are facts and not eap meant to avoid,« war it must remain absolutely free positions which we niter. Official- Bailway rolling stock and
Is can be doma prevents the utilisation of the materials formed a considerable THE Anglo-French School
Causeway Bay, will re- protected so a partial degree, brain, for it accorda no reward to part of German imports into
apen on MONDAY, September, by which - WO mean the the better brain. In no case Spain. prevention of competition which throughout the world has official The steady growth in the male 9,1918, at 9 M.
bolstered with foreign management of business been able of machine tools of German origin money, but it must never he to obtain profit where private may be attributed almost exclu- has extracted aivaly to methods of propaganda. controlled. Inaw the shipowners management
and unfettered.
* managers weibeir own efforts fortune. We sincerely trust that British me kore heid
priceicen
to wasin what they have lost, the incipient campaign in the Old advantage over their campeli
The
THE
ASSOCIATION OF EX-
PORTERS AND DEALERS OF HONGKONG,
By Order,
A.B. LOWE, Acting Secretary.
ANGLO-FRENCH SCHOOL
پر
FOR SALE.
Eda
The above mentioned vessel baving arrived from the above-
Kowloon, and stored at Con- signées k
Consignees of cargo are hersty
notified that they must produce an Import Permit signed by the Superintendent of Imports & Exports, Hongkong, before Bills of Lading can be countersigned.
All broken, chafed and dam- aged goods are to be left in the Godowns, where they will be ex- amined on Monday, the 9th
inet, at 10 a.m.
All claims must be presented within a month of the steamer's arrival here, after which they cannot be recognized
No-claims will be admitted after the goods have left the Godowns and all goods remaining undelivered after the 11th September, 1918, will be subject to rent.
No Firm Inaumanis whatever. wil be effected:
2. Comitemeen: Erg/ 262081ted to
send in their Bulls of
in on will only Country, which is based on igncy son, which Gerasa Ingronies FENCYCLOPAEDIA BRI-counter gnature immedia
o the benefit of the ance and inerpsience, will be and British neglect had turned
Id. If the Yankees nipped in the bad, otherwise we into a weapon of destruction
Tellin the are convinced that a blow is being of British trade. Any ind haye Won, through engineered against the prosperity or workshop ir Epain of te and program of the who spire, wasra, atanding or more will
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