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THE

ROBINSON

PIANO Co.

(LIMITED)

JUST RECEIVED.

MAGNIFICENT PIANOS

BY

RACHALS

KRAUSS

HONGKONG

BUSINESS DIRECTORY.

BOOKBINDING

*DAILY PRESS" OPFICS,

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRE'S TUESDAY, FFBRUARY 2ND, 1984

NEW ORIENTE HOTEL

CORNER BEAL AND MAGALLANES, WALLED CIty.

HOW WE HELP AMERICA. business towns of Yankeeland; that the natural wealth of the vast Western continent does not How is it that it is so generally admitted that preclude the possibility of equal competition America in the most energetic and the most. by the traders of Britain. The natural wealth enterprising of all the nationa? Apparently, of the united States of the British Empire is Britain decided some f years ago that it was at least equal to those of Amerien. So let us movitable that America should take the premier finish the dolorous chorus of this song of MOST MODERNLY EQUIPPED HOSTELRY IN MANILA, P. Į place among industrial and commercial nations. American supremacy and British decadenes With the utmost tranquility we relinquished before we bave quite succeeded in grafting into HOTEL cur claim to the position of proud supremacy, the public mind the idea that the manufactures It may be that we had become tired of the of other countries are necessarily rastly superior responsibilities of high office, and determined to these of our own. Of a truth, it in this

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STABLES.

to seek seat and refreshment in secluded retire reckless and ignorant leuiation of things mont. The growth of the idea that it was American that has done the greatest Injury to necessary for us to abandon our claim to over. British trado. whelming power has been most interesting. The methods played by the astûte Ameri- First of all, we became conscious that we should can, in keeping the Action of Western superio. not always be the greatest manufacturing rity ever before the eyes of the British public nation; in the beginning the idea was that we, are frequently as amusing as they are ingenious. overreacked horself, and ceased to be a great year or 63 ago an article on the American should be ensted by Germany. But Germany I remember reading in a popular magazino a commercial danger, and America took bor place. Thu the newspapers til as that we should be former assistant of the American Treasury.

Commercial Invasion of Earops," written by BILLIARD beaten by the United States. After the first This gentleman went out of his way to state that blash of surprise, we contemplated the prospect America has sent anal to Newcastle, corton to with absolute serenity. Indeed, so reconciled Manchester, cutlery to Sheffield, pusatoes to that it is impossible for us to remember the Switzerland, and thing wine to Germany. The have we always been to our inevitable destiny, Ireland, champagne to France, watebes to Axsot date of the departure at our greatness. impression the article made upon one generally We fell from grace with pleasant lack of brutal suddouness. At no time has it been possi- absolutely defunst. The splendid audacity of a wue that, commercially speaking, Europe was bit for us to say with absolute acourary that foreign country saad ng foreign-grown cham- yesterday wa were first and to-day we are pague to France, and Rhine" wine to second. We know that we are not first to-

Germany seemed to suggest competition against day, and we are conscious that we have not which nothing could hop to provail. But, been in that proad position for a good many after all, although this series of interesting facts days,

was made known over a year ago, the wire tendes of France and Germany seem unaffected by the competition of the strenuous Weat, and Ireland, Shenold, Manchester, und Switzerland still manage to steer cloar of the courts of bankruptcy.

Indeed, we bare fallen into the habit of admitting that America is the premier com- mercial nation; we also seem eager to admit tuas Americans are more energetic, elicient, and enterprising than are the people of Britain orany European country. Why we should be sơ prous to admit the existence of this overwhelm- ing pre-eminencs i am at a loss to und arstand, KISMARCK & CO.,

It is always a most dangerous thing to admit Nury Contractors, Ship Chandlere,periority; especially dangerous is it for one Provision and Coal Merchants, Sailbusiness to advertise that another in its superior

makers, c. Fresh Water supplied te

trace the fondation of this org of American supremacy to most excellent motives, and I am Vesrols in the Harbour

confident that the results which have followed the auivortal adaption of the phrase are not of the morement. The idea was to wake up: accordance with the dies of the projectors the manufacturers and commercial men of this country by showing them instances of the energy and enterprise of the Americans, Tho result of the business his inso thin cour- sumors in thie country and in every constry have been couvinced that Ameriezu goo 18,

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"Hongkong, 5th January, 1904.

"THE EAST OF ASIA."

(Published Quarterly.)

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NONTAINING Articles of Special Interest. Profasely Illustrated, descriptive of the people, Customs, &e., of the Far East.

The kindly Press criticisms, both Continental and American. that the production of this Magazine has evoked is eloquent testimony of the sterling merit of the publication.

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The real truth about this matter of Ameri can superiority is, tbns rae Yankee friends, realising the rule of good advertising, have cloverly published stories of their own superic- rity throughout Britain. American agente în Britain have bustled" considerably, and American efficiency bas become a musehold word.--John Henter-on, in To-Day.

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British pro-American s-ntineat: the traus

America fully realises the great value of this

Atlantic business man zaakes the most he can oat of it. It is not surprising that there are many persons who, because they have heard so much of this Yeuk-e "s@promacy," wake a point i of baying American things whenever is 30 possible; obviously, it is a for sumption that

since America

ED Vaally NOTICE TO KOWLOON RESIDENTS superior, American prolacte mast be equally superior. I da no: dispute the accuracy of the TAXTRA COPIES of Daily Press are on stutamat hat America is fall of energy and sale daily at Mr. H. RUTTONJEE'S enterprise, but I do contend that the comparison KOWLOON STORE, No. 36, Elgin Road botwo Ameria and Britain as industrial Price 15 cents per copy eask. nations is, as a rale, outirely disproportionate. Hongkong, 2nd Decomber, 1902.

Britain is not entirely rusted and dead. British industry is not in the hopelessly stag- nant condition so many of our saperior critics 150 would have us believe

A just comparison between Britain and America as industrial { powers might show that in our country there is room for maro enterprise, but the Americans are not perfect. The gigautio outputs made possible to factories in th States by the high tariff walls and mammoth trasts too frequently enable the Yankee travellor, to undervoll his English rival in foreign, and even British,

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markets, but, after all, that is not everything.

The cheapness of articles is a great factor in commercial transactions, but cleapuess not everything. Quality is something, and is that matter Britain is stili ahead.

If half the stories of American superiority so

widely circulated in this country were true,

every wine British manufacturer would dis- mantis bis workshope and invest his capital in Fortunately, there is not the least necessity for this coarse of action by one British worker. The condition of industry to-day clearly shows that the British workman is not the inferior of his American cousin; that all the enterprise and energy in the world is not planted in the

American commercial bonds.

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