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Co. and F.Backhouse of Sander, Wieler & Co have been able to festablish their own firme in Canton and Hongkong, I am thoroughly of the opinion that we should have been able to establish S.R. and co., in Canton if Schlueter had understood while he was in Hong- kong that he should hide the fact that he was looking after German interests. Above all, he should not have left his letter book
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Cheatham
and correspondence file containing our plans in hongkong. holds the same view. Above all, it is necessary that we receive a new consignment which must be through to canton as I already have always advised with regard to the present consignment. I wrote
on this matter on the 22nd instant to hr. Steger who should have taken up the matter with Sanders. In any case this would be the only way at present to keep in touch with the Texas and eventually to win back the Agency.
Dear Mr. Steger,
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1. July 1915.
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Texas Hongkong. The "Panama" arrived on 30/6 in hanɛpoa, with some 68,000 cases, and already on the first day discharged 6,000 cases, She began to discharge at 2 o'clock in the afternoon as L.0.H, says R. and Co., are not very clever with regard to unloading and the way they undertake the work will cost you over 4 cents per case. That affects us, of course, formerly this cost us 3 cents per case; we charged the Texas 4 cents, and if R. and to, charge still more this depreciates very much the reports by sh. T. & Co, with regard to "squeezes", and not on our side; and will make the Texas suspicious.
On 30/6 Ch. oalled here and hadbuch to relate, of which quintessence was that he has had many difficulties to meet in
equence of evidence falling into the hands of the Goverment in
of correspondence. He had an audience which lasted for
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