CO129-440 - Others & Individuals - 1916 — Page 542

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this matter, and Mr. Carroll will let you have a copy of our present

agreement with the Texas Company. 411 that is necessary to insert

into this contract, in order to fit in with your appointment, are

8 words (which I shall have written in red) in the introductory

paragraph of our present contract with the Texaco, this paragraph

reading:

"THIS AGREEMENT made this nineteenth day of

February nineteen hundred and fifteen, between The Texas Company,

of New York and Houston (Texas) U.S.A., hereinafter call the "Frin-

cipels" of the ONE FART, and kesers. Reiss and Co. Hongkong (& Can-

ton) and Sanders, Rehders & Co., Lta. of London (& elsewhere) here-

inafter called the "Agente" of the OTHER PART, in substitution of

ar Agreement between the principals and Messrs. Sanders, Rehders &

Co., Ltd., dated the nineteenth day of February 1915.

N.B. This is the exact wording of the contract with the previous

Hongkong agents (R.B. & Co.)

At any rate, if you desire to be in a more direct contrac-

tual relationship with the Texas Company, you must sign this, their

regular form of contract, which they have in use for all and every-

one of their many oversea agencies. If not, we must leave matters

as they were clearly laid down in our September understandings, ac-

cording to which you were to become our Subagents. In my opinion

you will do better in signing this Agreement. Of course this agree

ment can be worded in a dozen different ways; however to alter this

old established form in any way is impossible also quite unneces-

sary going by our practical knowledge and experience for years with

these people, who are very conservative and on whom one can abso-

lutely rely to receive even without any contract fair treatment

against fair services.

Contract as between your Firm and my Company: The position here is

also quite simple, if not complicated by unreasonable dewords such

as have emanated from Hongkong.

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First of all there is Cheetham's elimination

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by you and therefore touching you only in so far that you have to

pay your own mạn to do O's work. In view of this, Mr. Carroll has

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