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DAVIE, BOAG & Co., Ltd.
Continuation Sheet No. 2
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seldom purchase any goods until others have more or
less led the way.
We regret, also, that, in our opinion,
there was not as much investigation made as regards the
goods which we have been endeavouring to introduce into
this market, as we should like, and it seems to us that
permission, in the first instance, was refused without the
local officer who had this matter in hand, actually knowing
what goods we were endeavouring to sell. It is hardly
necessary for us to emphasize the fact that the economic
conditions throughout the world at the present time are
such in themselves as make business very difficult to
negotiate, and we think that it is highly desirable that
some more sympathetic support should be extended than we
have had in this particular instance. So far as we are
concerned, we are very sympathetic towards the necessity for
increasing the sale of British goods abroad, which will then,
incidentally, somewhat relieve the unfortunate position
in regard to unemployment in the United Kingdom, but such an
ambition on the part of any local business houses, can really
only be achieved by obtaining the necessary support from
the local Government officials.
The foregoing then, in brief, is a short
resume of the complaint which we regret to find ourselves in
the position of placing before you for your consideration,
and we hope that, on reading the foregoing, in conjunction