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AMERICAN CAPITAL IN THE PHILIPPINES,

of

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, APRIL 3RD, 1911.

THE IMPORT TRADE OF CHINA careful in handling articles of household aud

AND JAPAN.

personal use to that strongth is not such an im- portont quality as it would be if the buyers were Mr. W. B. Robertson, writing in the Iritishing tomanufacture for their own market, and for Lass oare. The Japanese, who are fast learn- Exporter under this heading, saya

the sister market of the Celestial Empire, are adets in the production of cheap showy goods, and they are supplying every year larger quantities for Chinese consumption,

With one exception it may be said that Philippine development scheme have met with a cok reooption from the ftanol interests of America, and the repeated failures in promoting or flunncing any projec for the Islandsian matter

China will one day constitute the most in that must receive the serious consideration of portant reorkaf of the world. To-day she is the Philippine Comercial Community with a world. Her inhabitants are estimated to num the most doosely populated country in the view of improving to audition and eradicating her about 400,000,000 souls. This enormous mass the obstacles, The Lalands present opportas has been leavened with the spirit of progress Ities for rapid and profitable development with the desire for exchange of merchantliss unequalled in the world. The wealth of the with the rest of the world and although the tropies is concentrated within their limits.lenvon will take a fer gouorations to permente Rich miner al deposits abonn tho foresta

the whole masts, it is surely working to that Woods bard valuable ingriaustible, the sugar lunda yield high average, the hemp monopoly is oured of never-en dug prout, rubber and gutta porch thrive and give handsome retures, but with few exooptions theso immenso natural resources, after tree years of American rule, are still worked in the add primitive. wasteful manner which raarked the industry of a century ago. It is novere criticism and reflection on American orgy, which permits such untold world's to remain undeveloped, and is a striking anomaly to American enterprise in Alaska, Hawai Porto Rico or Culs, and in contrast

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to the methods of Burorenus in neighbour

ond.

TRADING PORTE AND CONTRES.

China is blessed with a network of great rivers that solve tea great extent the problems of transit. Those rivers penetrate etory pro rines of the empire and it is probable that if the shipping tonnage could be eslaulated, it would be found to exceed the morelant shipping of all the world beside, Thord am over sixty Chinese ports open to foreign commerce, and the number is being constantly augmented. Shanghai is the great foreign centro. It has s population of about 700,000, of whom 12,000

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Hongkong third of them being British. is, of course, a British pos ing camirica and islands. Java paradise, and yields inmense wealth to the session, but for purposes of trade it Dutel investors, mada possible by the pat-may be reckoned Chinese. It is the chanual e rast aclicituds of the Government.

through which the greater part of Chin Borneo is forging ahead, and many large enterprises foreign trade, both ontwort and inwards, asses, are in sucessful operation. The story of the

The great trading contres for Chinese com- industrial development of the Fedorated Malay more Hongkong, Shanghai, Hankow and States reads like a chapter from a romance, or Tientsin. If the manufacturer or exporter is the Arabian Nights, and rubber kings have efficiently represented at these poiuta he can afford, at the present stage of Chinese commer supplon antel the old-time tin millionaires.

cial development, to ignore the smaller centres and parts of entry. The various outposts can bo easily covered from those larger centros.

WATOS,

Som is famous the world over for its cigar wrappers, and to banco plantation havo spread to melgib mring isles. Petrolent abounds, and even Shaughaibus ita quota of millionaires made rich, "THE DESIRE FOK REIGN WARES. overnight as it were, by the marvellous welli. Indo China is the rice granery of the Orient desire for wertern knowledge, and closs upon the The awaking of China has led to a widespread and exports its products to the Philippines, and heels of that desire treads a demand for forsiga Formsa under Japanese rule, contending with advors ofmatic conditions, has developed ato-ins one may see and menders at work On the streets of the principal cities of dern sager industry, which shames the Philip manipulating a British steam roller to press the one of these countries can compare is natural by a foreign-made the angle which when not pines and bids fair in time to rival Java. Not read matafinto its bod, fires are extinguished gifte with the Philippines, yet they progress active is housed in a galvmised iron shed, and prosper, while the Isals fail to keep pace whose segments have come from Wolverhamp. with the procession. It is time for those who tou or Bristol, Germen sewing machines, have east their lot with the Telands to face the American and European machine tosis. are in problem, seriously consider the question, und regular and increasing demand. The Chinese try to overcome the dificultica aurrounding the Minister makes his calls by the help of an investment of American capital in the Philipinported broazhaw, and the native with a pinesand divert the stream which flows so freely lighter load of iguity into ather territorial possessions.

to carry may make his progress on ሲ foreign-made bicycle. Even in the department of dress western fashions are ousting the picturesque if more acabrous attire that has ruled for con- turies. Hats and clothing in European styles are imported from Japan, where hand labour defice western competition in lowness of cost.

· FLOWERY DESIGNS.

artslig and floral ornamentation upon wares The Chinese are attracted by pinturas and offered for sale. Hand-mirrors, crockery and all other articles for domestic use appeal to them when decorated with flowers and figures. Ex porters to China will materially increase their Trade by attending to this aspect of Chinese taste, The same advice is applicable to all goods sold in packages in the Chinese market. Containers and labels should be spacially designed to gratify obtain their atrast sale possible. Some French Chinose ideas of the artistic if the goodsure to and Gorman heuses have started this feature of Chinese trade, sad, by the ass of containora appealing to Oriental conceptions of the artistic, have incressed their trado very much.

While cheapaess is desirable, quality, up to the standard roquired by the market, must be studied. Only the excess quality, in so far as it increases prices, must be avoided. Brands and tretie marks have a value in China, and the exporter shoull make his trade mark con

if he would establish a permanent trade spicions in his commodity. Fraud is common in bratuls and trade marks impressed and printed upon goods sold in China, and tho fariga maunlao. turor should do what he can to protect himself. Every brand shook hare Chinese characters that the consumer can real or recognise, and there brands should be properly recorded and protected at a Consulate.

Several hundreds of nativo Chiness news- papers are published, and the value of advertis. ing is becoming apparent. A form of advertising adopted has had excellent results. In Sbonghas with the help of a compotout staff of nativo a Britis' association has its headquarters, and

cities of the empirs have been served with a writers, linguists and distributors, the chief house-to-house distribution of samples of vari clusters, with a description of the materials ous kinds of cotton goods.market in Chinese and their uses. Although direct business is not sought, the system has been fruitful of business through the medium of the importing mer phant houses.

CHINESE INDUSTRIES.

With all this stirring of the dry leaves of Chi- neee national conservatismit must not be supposed that China issitting still and allowing her market to to flooded by European, American and Jan- anese products without an attempt to meet her newly found noods by the employment of hrr own capital and labour. While China has not taken op western methods of manufacture with the promptness and keenness of Japan, yet manufacturing, as we know it, is engaging her attention and giving employment to thousands

of her

come to establish relations with I attracttica. The textile industries have

or

agencies

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The lack of confidence it the Islands may be traced to varians sonras, ach of eficient importance when considered by themselves to waigh against the investment of capital. First, and most important, is the political phare. The promise of the Government that the Islands will begranted fall independance whem, in its The large imposting houses of China are opinion, the people are educated and prepared forsign, but the distributing houses are native government, underlies the entire fabric. The British exporter cannot hope for many of natiro politics and gives strength to the years to anti-imperialiste at home.

more enterprise than any other Native politice, the latter. Operations must be confined to

branch of manufacturing. Cotton and wool strippell of all superfluous verbiage, is reduced to dealings with large importing hausos, most

mills and silk flatures are the principal the issues of immediato independence as against of whom have offices

manifestations of these manufacturing enfer following the tatolage of the United States, Europe, Local conditions must be studied if prisms, and the principal seats of these industries until is Gosorament is ready to redeem its the trade is to be exploited properly, but indents There are soap factories at Napking, four and are at Shanghai, Canton, Chofeo and Wachang, promise. Every native ofco holder, elected by pass through the Europesu buying ones. the various independence parties, during his term of office makes some play to the gallery to £70,000,000 annually. This is little more than throughout the empire, and aro gndvally super- rice mille ha & been established at many points Chinese imports have a value of +0761 preserve his reputation did eisure re-elemion, one-tenth the ralus of the imports of the United seding the primitive native methods of treating and at regular intervals this takes the form of Kingdom, which has little mars than one-tenth these foods. Al Hanyang, Bear Hankow, iron an appeal to Americe for immediato independ the population of China. This per capita and steel blast furnaces and rolling mills ence. And the anti-imperialists and democrats importe of China are little more than one perWorking upon Chinese iron ore have attained a at home for politicul purposes endorse the appeal cost of the per capita imports of the United Targetoutput of steel rails and ami-manufac to embarrass the Repacan Administration, Kingdom. A statistion! fact expressed in this tured iron snd steel. Pig-in of high The papers

seize on it as important news, sail form shows how small China's trade is,

grade is now exported to the Pacific keep the issue before an tulifferent public, who although it seems to be important, and it Ports of the United States. All these after reading. promptly forget that there also suggests what it may become when com tivities mean that foreign madhinery is re- is such a group of islands as the Philippines.mercial exchange with outside nations has devel-quired, and British workshops are supplying But hon someone approches the in oped fully Even as it is, China's import trade vestor with & Philippine schems, his brain is stined to notion, and this remarkable increase illustrates better than development had doubled in the brief space of ten years, and forgetting the details, be ramembers the anything else the wonderful changes that are essential fact, that the Islands are to be granted overtaking the Empiro, 1-Independence soms day, and he forthwith refuses

ontertain

any proposition not likely to remain under the lag. And no amenint of explanation eragament can shake that fundamental fact, So at the roof of the trout: lies the profed policy of the Government

Another and more orious aspect of the political phase is the constantly recurring war scares with Japan. About the time an issue of Philippine bonds is offered for sale, or a promoter is striving to interest capital in insular ventures. the rowspapers at home publish somo highly important interviews, disclosures, or articles by special writers to the

IMPORT:OF BRITISH GOODS,

Rodent years have witnessed great increases. the importation of many classes of inerchan- dis-among which we may mention aigars and cigarettes, coal and coke, gotton shirting, aniline dyes, fish and fishery producte, floor, machinery, matches iron and steal goods, sugar. in forma, timber, and woollen gools.

The British Empire supplies over 60 per cent. of the imports of China, and shows no sign of gilding up any of this bigh percentage. Ent the statement is somewhat misleading, because one third of China's entire imports enter her borders through Hongkong, and this proportion,

greater portion of the demand. Railway while the rails and other semi-manufactured enterprises are expanding year by year, and, metals are applied by the imperial works at Hanyang, the importation of rolling stock and other equipment reaches a very high figure,

THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHINHAL

NEW KOREAN NAVAL TORY.

Street building at Kendo (Kyon-dong in Korem) has actually been started, says the Seoul Preza. Kendo is opposito Nasan, across the Bay of Chinbat, and promises to be one of the finest cities in Korea as the centre of Chinhai

effect that war between America and Japan is though largely British, is by no means excida{aval port, Ground in this fatura city, in lossed inevitable, and as a first step the Philippines to will be surfeed or captured. And the prices ively so. It cannot be stated with accuracy of the bonds fall in consequence, and the pro- what propertions of this Hougkung trade are moter seos the hard work of months disappear, British and non-British, but the meat reliable and has to begin all over again. Notwithstanding estimates, allowing for a trade of a non-British that no isso exists between Japan and America

source reaching China by Hongkong, place calling for a break in their friendly relations, and the British proportion of China's impart despite the fact that the higher officials of both trade at not less than 50 nations realize the danger of each unprovoked Great Britain exceede that from any other per cent. of the total The direct trade from and unnecessary caros, which only excite public opinion and create distrust when one before a country, and is twice the direct trade from all isted, the advance agents of Armageddon" return twies that from the United States of America. the countries in continental Europe, and almost to their obsession, and keep the public mind in.

ared. When no legitiuste issue or cause for Japan in iLoreasing considerably her share of friction or be discerned, along comes a writer China's import trato, as the Island Empire who unhesitatingly declares that the genesis of develops manufacturing industries upon western any war between Ameries and Japan will arise lines.-her cheaper labour supply giving her a out of Muncharie, and then proceeds to prove great advantage in competition with other his conclusions, winding up with the capture of countries. the Philippines by Japan. When the first insuo China, including Hongkong, purchasos British

A MARKET FOR CHEAP WARE

purpose of preventing any speculation in lease- on strict conditions, evilantly for the double holds, and of scouring uniformity in the streets. Owing, however, to the glowing future of the place, as well as to the exceptionally cheap rent, which is little more than nominal, a great many applications for the lease of house-lots have been

the Seal Press Among these more fortu hundred of them were recently accepted. Saya received by the naval authorities. Some one

Tabata; and the list samleiently shows that the Japanese firms, such as Miteni, Okura and nate applicants we zotics some very prominent

authorities have made a happy choice on the whole. About 500 houses, we learn, are to be built by them, and it is expected that the great majority of those buildings will be ready to winds the close of October next. The authori

set of favoured applicants will be salted. On ties have still in hand nearly three thousand ap plications for leaseholde, out of which a second. the other hand, engineering work for naval buildings is in progress. If no unferesoon hin- drance occurs 21 hoped the Cost Dolenes In view of this extensive building work many Corps at Bongchinpo will remove to Kendo. artisans and traders are looking to the town, At a village near Kendo there are already 300

of Philippine railway bouds was on the New sotton manufactures to the value of about Tork market, and conditions seemed favourable 10,000,000 annually, over 40 per cent of this for a successful and profitable flotation, Mr. Minorrood value being for dyed cotton piece lard's articles appeared in a landing New York goods. The next most important department is daily, and their price dropped several points and that of iron and steel, which has a value in excess of £1,000,000 sterling annually, the has never recovered. Again when the market was exe tranquil, war soares forgotten, and another isso principal items being tinned plates and galvan ready for subscription, America was invaded by ised sheets. Other goods of great importance the English writer Patnum Weslo," who in in British trade with China are machinery, Japanese residents, most of whom failing to lectures and articles ravived the issues, and told woollen piece goods, tobacco, and of considerable find house are taking lodgings with native the county that "Ameries must carb Japan:"

but less importance are chemics, copper inlbitants." Why Amerion should assume the role re-spon- goods and asap. Recent greatest relativo sibility for preserving the integrity of Chins, increases have been in chemicals, cutions, ma- when all Powers are equally interested in main oblaery, load, soap, tolneco and woollen goods. taining the atatus quo, is something only writers like Mr. Millard or Putoam Weaks" can explain. And when no definite issue is discernible, the war quantity of old iron imported in many forms, A feature of Chinese trade is the brge mongers revert to the supremacy of the Pacific. sach as, borseshoes, railway spikes, wire ropes, Some gifted editorial writer, a few years ago, and general serap iron, Labour la cheap and poined the phrase, "Hegenway of the Pacific, those things are worked up, welded and forged THE

HE VOLUME which consists of 146 now when all other arguments fail the inte shapes for many purposes, the saving in

Pages, and includes a Sketch Plan of Hegemony is daly

resurrected, brushed coat of material more than compensating for the historical interest showing the disposition of p, and wade to do extra duty in explaining extra labour expended aron such a process of the Forces at the battle of Kweilin, is dedicated by America must defeat Japan. America has manufacturing Contact with the west is mudi- to Sir ROBERT HART, G.C.M.G., and Dr. A

survived for over a contury, without the hege tying the fashion in Chinese footwear. Peper RENNIZ.

mony of the Atlantie or coming in conflict with and felt were, and are, t tioun advantage. Why America should go or disturbing the Power that holds this tradi- footwear, but leather is appealing to the consum- the materials of the native er by reason of its greater lasting properties. to war to preserve in the Pacific something the Only very ebesp boots, however, find a male among does not possess in the Atlantis is a point Chinamon. The superior officials seldom pay which game to be overlocked, for the ama strategical reasons apply to both coasts. But lower classes purchase at about a pair. more than 6 or 7 a pair for boots, while, the these arguments are highly instructive and Hand labour is cheap, and native craftsman turn make fine readjug and do no harp-except to out presentable work to sell at the prices the Philippines.

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