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ENGINEER IN CHINA

EIS HOPES AND DUTIES.

ATTRACTIVE PAPER BY A SHANGHAI ENGINEER

A niceling of the Engineering Society of China was held at Shanghai last week when Mr J. 8. S. Cooper read a paper on Engineering in China.".

H.M.S. CAIRO'S VISIT TO TSINGTAO.

A correspondent at Tsingtao sons to the NU. Daily News, the following account the visit recently paid to "the port of Tsingtao by H.M.S. Cairo:

TaLNOTao, November 95th. H.M.S. Ca'ru, Captain Aubrey Lambert,

THE GENERAL TRADE

SITUATION.

WHY TRADE IS QUIET. The Monthly Bulletin of Information issued by the Department of Overseas Trade for the month of October,"зays:--

The past two months have appeared to

DUTCH EAST INDIES. BRITISH TRADE FACILITIES.

'Sir Walter Townley, ex-British Minister- at The Hogue and Governer of the British Chamber of Commerce for the Netherlands East Indies delivered an address to the si members of the London Chamber of Com mered recently on "Opportunities for

Mr. Stanley Machin, president of the

The author began by deploring the fag R.N., left here' on the 17th' instant after emphasise the belief that the month of British Trade in the Dutch East Indies."

that the standing of engineers in China

`n stay of a week which will long be remem July say the culminating poim of ine. umong their fellow gitizens was not higher, bered by the Allied community of Taing. wave of buying which seemed to be almost chamber, presided over a large attendance and urged the Engineering Society of tho, though naturally more especially, by world-wide, and which resulted in the and wall chat last year Great Britain ex- China to set in such a way as to raise the British section of it. Never was shin July exports reaching record figures.) portmi gods to the value of six and a more welcome nor more regretted on de Consequent upon the falling off in demand half millions orling to the Dutch East subsequently there has been much rak: Indies, which was a little over half as much engineers had a duty to Chinn, and Parture than the Căini, and if we're only of a coming trade slump, and the August de the value exported by Holfia to ow

that standing. The speaker claimed that this duty was the real keynote of the whole paper:

The commercial engineer who sells plant he knows to be unsuitable, the rail- way engineer who ceases to insist on pro per construction, the consultant who allows himself to be overborne by the persistence of ignorant alients, the public utility engineer who thinks that just and equal service to all is a hopeless ideal, the construction designer who takes advantago of the absence of proper building lawa and safely codes-each one of these is failing in his duty to China and is betraying trust which circumstances and the blind gods of chance have placed in his keeping

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to have one ship a year, then let that ship be the Cairo !

Very adequate arrangements had been made ashore. for the men, and special thanks are due to Li Kingman for the free use of an unoccupied far ou the sea front quite close to where the men landed. This flat the residents furnished as a naval canteen, where meals at cost price were served throughout the week from 5 The fact that the men am to 10 pm had somewhere to go on landing was much appreciated.

trade retures have been freely used as

istand..

It was their special sim

an argument in support of the contention

Sir Walter Townley કસરત

both import that a serious slump has already started.

Undoubtedly trade has fallen off rather and expurt were wide and varied, and considerably since that period when ex- offered such a rich Seld for mercati ports reached the highest figure and the home trade also was in a healthily active entorprise that foreign competition to ́secure the lion's share was bound to be state, and equally undoubtedly the pre- sent condition may be more or les accu-kern. With Germany out of the runcing rately described as a slump if the July. conditions are taken as a standard by for the moment, the United Kingdom, the which the trade for cach subsequent United States and Japan were the chief month should be measured. It is, how seinpetitors. The chief articles of import ever, when the August figures are com- were textiles, boots, shoes, machinery of pared with the first seven months of the year that the slump becomes less evidens, pottery, hats, mattibes, fancy goods, metals, all sorts, building materials," ginsararo, If it is right to say that each indivi

The week's programme commenced with those of June and are well in excess of clau.ng tinned food and milk, and mineral for the August exports practically equal drugs, artificial manures, foodstuffs, in deal engineer has a daty to China, surely it is right to claim that the Engineering a football match on Armistice Day, fol- the average for the monthly average waters, The value of the soft gooda Society of China has a still heavier res.lowed by high tra at the Grand Hotel for January to June. It should also be poasibility towards the

imported in 1918 was about £12,000,000, whose country name it has assumed. It is greatly to the about 170 men, and a smoking concert realised that even in pre-war days August about equal in cost to the figures of 1913, in volume. ciety's credit that in the past it has after that put up by the ships cancers and September were looked upon as though considerably smaller recognized this responsibility and has Party known as The Pyramids" and "quiet" months, which, if showing no Speeral openings existed for the imports- tried sincere to meet it.

ended with a most enjoyable reception by materials decline in exports, would not tion of locomotives of all sorts, machinery, The pointment of committees

Captain Lambert and the officers on Tues normally be expected to equal the record both agricultural and industrial, hardware, to study standardization" sad..... education in

afternoon, the 16th instant,

month of the preceding portion of the and motor-cars, whilst the demand for the rider was devoted to sight-seeing, and year. interests of our

Further, in August there were glassaare and pottery was very Chayse

neighbours without question arose from this sense of His Excellency the Acting Governor only 22 working days at the docks com- The object of the British Chamber of Com- Major-General Hikida, took a party of pared with 25 in July, while the habit of merce for the Netherlands East Indies was duty, and if these labours have not had officers to Laoshan on an all-day motor holiday making is steadily growing in the to bring this rich market to the more direct fully successful, it should be recognized that this has been due largely to causes picnic, an outing which was much enjoyed. chict industrial centres and the unusually attention of British trade and to show how beyond the society's control High alms Saturday afternoon was given up to long vacations in many of these can hardly it could be reached in the most satisfac should evoke not criticism, but encourage parts, the programme consisting of six ment and praise, and it is devoutly to be events and a tug-of-war. The teams for fail to be reflected in the exports of theory manner.

to encourage the export of British goods, On the other hand, evidence is very

but the great value of the export trade hoped that this society, will on no account the latter were from the ship's company and following two months.

the tug was won in fine style by the seamen

from the islands must not be overlooked. abandon its efforts to help the country in against the stokers, the Marines and Day. strong that there has been a steady fall and the war had shown the immense value which we live.

The Chamber men having gone down in the preliminary ing of in the volume of world's buying of many of the products. pulls.

Miss Archer, the sister of our Vice since the beginning of August, United was in close touch with the leading com. The paper then proceeded to the cour Consul, gave away the prizes, after which Kingdom industries have certainly felt the me.cial officials in Jave, who had proved sideration of the different of engineer in China, and made a vigorous to this pensed by Mrs. Alway, in the slackening of demand and there has been their appreciation of its efforts to improve

ten was dispensed

a fairly general slowing up both for home trade relations between the United King. defence of the commercial engineer. It Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Eckford, who have. and export trade. Hasty pessimists have don and the archipelago by supplying is was claimed that, commercial" work gave the fullest scope not only for technical just returned from England, and are an-seized upon these facts as proof positive with auch most valuable information

fortunately going to leave us to live in ability but also for the highest mental and Tientais in the near future, gave a most either ignored or discounted the various bo given to individual inquirers, and, fur- of the coming of 4. trade stamp, and have which would not in the ordinary course moral qualifictions:—

However many specialists the mer

delightful dance cu Saturday night, which very real and quite normal factors which ther, the Chamber was already making pres chant may employ, there are never enough was what Daisy. Ashford would have have added to the effects of slackening ties for those of its members who might parations and arranging shipping facili N splendiskus to meor all the extraordinary demands of called

demand, which, during August, had wish to be represented in next year's the Chinese inquirer. The commercial

NO UNTOWARD INCIDENT). engineer, thus finds himself grappling one match with tin at the Golf Club, and 44,000,000 above the monthly average matted the chamber would establish its Un Sunday there was an all-day golf cause for Sove the monthly averly Bandoeng Fair. As soon as finances per- hour with electrical problems, the next risicipation of leading Japanese of the first seven months of the year. own agent in Java, with a suitable staff to

ith matters connected with railways, or ebemical plants, or coal mines, or textile business mea gave the officers an opper. It is beyond dispute that the threat of enable him to keep it almost daily informed representative Japanese a coal strike, which has been hanging of commercial developments, Lawan machinery, or papir making a water hors of moting co

shop

Tsingtao won by 3 over the country for over six weeks, has hoped to establish exhibitions ence or takes supply, or motor-buats, or tiny one of the un

been one of the strongest factors in res- a year, at which Netherlands Indian ́ax. endless variety of questions that ca

On Monday afternoon Tsingtac, and offi. fricting business.

ports would be shown side by side: with spring from four hundred millior Brains,”

cers of the Cairo took on the reas of the It is, of course, quite possible that samples of what their trade vals, Euro- THE MAP'S ABSURDITIES, An examination then followed of the ship at Soccer, the result being a draw, trade stump has started--it will need the pean, American, and Asiatic, sent dithenities whier concern engineers in Foal ench. Following this match, the returns of the next two months to give istund. In conclusion, Sir Walter said it China, These were

as: high

other half of the ship was entertained to proof-but the use of the August returtis was felt that the Chamber of Commerce enumerated absence of a stable system of law; ignor-igh tea, and there was another very en as sufficien: basis upon which to make was sorely needed to bring home to Bri

joyable concert ance of the people in technical matters Pyramids with a complete change of pro sound argument.

arranged by

'such claim is scarcely admissible as a manufacturers and merchants know.

Ledge

of the vast resources of the rich scarcity of engineering materiķis; great dis

Netherlands Indina market before the tances and slow communications laagu grama, Special mention must be mintă

It has long been recognised that steadily supremacy was snapped up by others. age difficulties, and customs and usages of Saiale the last-named being the accom stocks for it is in very few instances Minister, proposing vote of thanks to Mears, Leigh, Telfer, Sargent and rising prices and the gradual filling of Mr. Van Swiederen, the Netherlands the country.

panit

that traders believe the world to be stock- Sir Walter Townley said that the Nether. ed with goods in sufficient volume to meet Lands Government desired to see foreign requirements for any protracted period capital and brains introduced into their must sooner or later cause a temporary colonies, but above all things they desired cessation of buying beyond the needs of toat that capital and those brains should the moment, in the hope of causing a re-be British (Cheers.) duction in the high level of prices ruling.

Sir William Clark, of the Department of and the opinion is held by many that this verseng Trade, seconded, and said point has now been reached; that what department was extending its commercial ever slump there may be is of a purely diplomatists and was appointing a Com temporary nature due to this and one or mersial Secretary for the Dutch East two general causes, and that while manu Indies. The vote was cordially carrie Facturers and merchants may for a tune find difficulty in securing orders, there is no reason to believe that they have cause for great anxiety" for the future, nor that this country is in danger of losing its hold upon overseas markets. The paper concluded by a statement of

Certainly the various normal factors mentioned above the shorter working Mr. George Haven Putnam, the publisher, ine qua tocations specially needed for work

period, the holiday season and the was listed and howled down at Brooklyn this country: wound technical training.

threatened coal strike, all of which are on October 11th at a lecture which he had panicularly in first principles; a good of having stolen a considerable amount of temporary would, themselves, have in arranged to deliver on "Relations betweep. character, robust health, willingness to learn, knowledge of human nature, adapt wellery which was found in his baggage normal circumstances been sufficient to America and England.

And which, it is alleged, was stolen in

The cause a quietening of trade; and before it ability and resource, and willingness to Shanghai Five informations of obtaining is admitted that a slums, in the true sense gered by a false report that Mr. Putnam, audience had apparently been an sympathizened qualification the follow- and forgery have also been lodged against supply over demand is in course of Fland

with and like the Chinese. Of imoney by: false pretences, embezzlement of the word--which implies the excess of who was born in Englund, had id in. the Inst

Canada that the American revolution against ing paragraph may be quoted -

The wreath and inst

in the United States Court for China development. Industry should be given Washington regretted it, and that America of the author's list of qualifications is, in his opinion, by

in Shanghai. no means the last.

Throw of the charges filed are for alleged time to recover from the operation of should apologise to the Mother Country Curiously enough, embezzlement of money and jewellers these adverse factors. there seem to be two well-defined

valued at Tla 29,000, which were entrusted -accord-

to him by Mr. C. Y. Chang, secretary and treasurer of the Shanghai Motorg Corpora

Apropos of the fourth of these points the author said:-

It is in many ways a great pity that the ordinary, ntas consists of pages of equal size,lotting the same space to the It would

of

to a better sense of propertion, if all maps of England were printed on a sheet of note paper, while maps of China wero allowed the space of an ordinary dining table. This would give fair comparison in miles. H, however, for miles is sub stituted time of transit, the map of China should be painted on the entire wall of a large house. From London to Aberdeen is a train ride. From Shanghai to Peking or Canton is a journey, and from Hongkong to Changtu or Lanchowfn is no expeditionPATHY AND ANTIPATHY

help to gland, and China.

of foreign residents when classic group

The

with the Chinese for their

The

During the interval short speeches were made by Mr. Archer. H.M. Vice-Consul at Tsingtao, Captain Lambert, R., and Petty Officer Leonard.

The Japanese authorities were evidently very much impressed by the good conduct of the men, and after the Core depar- ture the fecal newspaper came out with an editorial commenting on the fact that during the week's stay here there was not. a single case of any kind to be dealt with by the gendarmerie.

FORMERSHANGHAI RESIDENT ARRESTED AT SEATTLE.

JEWELS IN BAGGAGE.. Robert L. Ward, well-known in Shanghai business circles, has been arrested by the Federal authorities at Seattle or a charge

him

AN EXPLANATION,

tish

10

the

SRD ENGLAND,

BETWEEN AMERICA

MR. PUTNAM HOWLED DOWN.

the

After the police had been called in the audience filed out of the hall. singing" patriotic airs and waving flags.

Mr. Putnam denies ører having said "any-

lag to their attitude towards the Chinese the eat majority of foreigners fall in tion, a company which Ward organised From the latest issue of the Statist thing so nonsensical"—Times.

frst group—those who

who like

and of which he was the principal The which has been running a series:nt tilities, and make

admire their fourth information charges him with hav articles on the Prices of Commodities " foibles. The other class, fortunately very letter of credis Loz $20,000 shortly before It has been widely asserted of late the more unfortunate as the world is sul-

ing obtained, by falso representations, we take the following

present time. This state of things in all much in the minority, dislike and look be left for America, where he was arrested that the fall in commodity onces is refering not from a surplus, but shortage down upon their Gelestial neighbours, see The fifth information alleges that he ponsible for the present depression of of commodities, and every factor which in them no abilities to admire, and conforged a letter to the American Consulate trade, but though this is true in the case retards production delays the return of sider them stupid, and objectionable. This asking for permission to allow a Chinese of some commodities, notably textiles, the pre-War Drosperity. The consumer seems attitude is undoubtedly, doo to an entire to water the United States and claiming extent of the fall in the general price level unable to buy at the present high level absence of sympathy and of desire to sy that he was a business man whereas he had as revealed by the above figures is tou of prices, while the producer cannot sell pathize. Whatever may be the rights been a "boy" at a local hotel. wrongs of the case there is no possible Ward loft Shanghai for Seattle a few explanation of this development. Perhaps of labour and materials be first reduced. small to be accepted categorically as more cheaply without loss until the cost question as to which of these two classes weeks ago ostensibly on a business trip and the primary cause of the depression as The remedy lies in increased production, will and a stay in China at once agresimultaneously with his arrest, the five abe and successful. Persons of the second informations were filed against him.

been an expectation on the part of the

Ans from

zeans

duction of the average production cost,

group should he dissuaded by all possible When arrested he told the authorities that consumer that prices, other than food accompanied by lower prices and a re- om taking up work in this poun- he could explain to the Chinese secretary prices, were to fall: Under this influence but this the manufacturing community try."

Bow, he became possessed of the articles the buying public, and in turn the re- seems unable to effect. Meanwhile, If PLAY THE GAME The closing sentences were follows

found in his baggage and the subject of tailer, postpone their orders for goods in the fall in the price level which has oc "The author does, however, feel mested that he served in the anti-Bolshevik vantageously later on, and so manufac tinues at the same moderate rate the three of the informations. He also claim the hope of getting them filled more ad- carred during the past five months con- strongly that conditions in China are pecu-army of Kolchake n Siberia liar, that special aptitudes are necessary

turers and wholesale houses find it neces deadlocks between production and con for technical work there, and that the His arrest has coms as a surprise to sary either to curtail their holdings of sumption may be relieved without any engiser in that country has unusual whom, sa stated, he was well known. He Unfortunately, the high cost of labour be hoped at any rate that sudden fall many people of the business fraternity to stocks or to lower their selling prices serious consequences. It is sincerely to obligations. In an equal contest of wits first came to Shanghai two years ago and and materials does not warrant a red will not occur as production would there it may.! be perfectly legitimate to the best of it if one can. In seeking technical congocted with a bank, but ho eventu ton of selling prices, while a restriction by be crippled for a time and no lasting advice, Chinesa. clienta themselves ao completely in the hands of branched into anototion with it and of output only aggravates the evil by benefits would accrue to the consumers

business, the Shangcreasing the cost of production: per That the fall in prices her not the engineer that it would scarcely be a Motors Corporation which he organis through the medium of overhead charges confined to the United Kingdom is sportsmanlike to take advantage of their

Quite recently, he gained some gnorance The modern world is so much notoriety in the American Court where be The result is an increase in unemploy evidenced by s glance at the tables which the creation of engineers that they have was charged with aaulting Mr. Evrard ment, part-time working and intures the Statist gives affording 3-comparison at ones a right to alvojen intakennus C Endt, after a Aght in the Burlington number of commercial failures feature of the course of wholesale commodity and a responsibully for the safe working withdrawn after a preliminary hearing.

Ho' in Brytember, but they cARYge -WAS

which are boooming-more apparent at the

"Ties MY Great Brian Tith those of the of the devices they have thrust upon it

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