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paying us return ex commission Texas allows agreed carry on Panama (cargo), remuneration to be settled direct corres- pondence Hongkong." their demand
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incredible as it seems to me even in face of this cable 18 nothing but an attempt to practically eliminate us, the very people to whom they owe their introduction to this Texas business! In fact, they wish to cut us off with a shilling they do not even tell my partner what return ex their commission, under a supposed contract with the Tezago, they are gracious enough to allow us!
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Not only this, but they expect me to put forward a de mend of a three year's contract which, as they are well aware, Texaco has not only refused to others, but is the very demand which lost these others - and thereby British interests valuable Texas Agency for the Forth of China, I am really dea- pairing of such unreasonableness - to use no harsher and more descriptive word.
Not only are they going right against the spirit of our understanding, in fact upsetting its fundamental basis, but, as to the second part of Carroll's osble, they are furthermore up- setting the clear arrangement as to the disposal of the "Panema" cargo.
This arrangement was that the new rate of commission should not come into force for this, the Panama, o8T₤0, of course, owing to Sheetham's resignation, greater work will devolve upon Reiss, and, bearing this in view, we at once offered them that we would, of course, have to pay them the equivalent of Er. Cheetham's salary for the time that the cargo was being sold out; much desired by Reiss as this resignation of Cheetham is in fact they have unquestionably, if unconsciously, helped to bring it about. To be precise, we offered three months which very amply provides for this contingency. Moreover, Cheetham is being paid kex $500 a month, an amount which Reiss will probably not pay their own man who takes Cheethan's place and will do his work.