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SHANGHAI AND YOUNG MEN AMERICA AND WAR

A REVIEW OF THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

(The result of much time and pa, man will proft immediately by the tient enquiry among Shanghai em- widened horizon that he will easily ployers regarding the possibilities ase and Shanghai has less to fear and opportunities opened to young from undesirable actions on his nen in Shanghai was summed up part. in an interesting article in the June issue of the Shanghai "Y Spokesman Knight.)

. Field for Salesman.

DEBTS

A Middle West View

THE PRACTICAL IMPOS- SIBILITIES:

In a leading article under the heading What About the War Debts the Kansas City Stur dis-i by Mr. S. A

The real present day field of cusses the question of War debts action for young foreigners lies in from an international point of view Opportunities How many there one direction. Foreign firms re- and indicates that a radical reduc seem to be: for work, for inter-quire executives of outstanding tion of tariffs by the United States | national co-operation and underability as measured by home-side would enable the debtor nations to standing, for acute observation of standards. Always there will be a meet their obligations. national habits in this world in need, scarcely perceptible perhaps miniature.

Any strange city may impress us by its neatness of layout, its worthy buildings and streets, and by how optimistically its future is regarded.. Penetrating beneath this attractive garb often brings to light unpleasant facts which give a grayer tone to the picture. Shanghai is no exceptional city in thie respect.

necessary money. In prosperous times these sims could be raised easily by taxation. If the ability to raise the money just now were the only obstacle to payment, terms might be arranged until tines are better... If our debtors can raiso the money needed, would it be pos- sible to transfer it to this country every year for the next 50-odd years through which the payments run?

But this consideration raises

We are in the position of a farm-

While recognizing that any set- at the present time, considering Shanghai as a whole, for young tlement made by President Roose men who are capable of acting as velt must give due consideration to desistants to the executives of buai- sentiment in the United States, as ness. And each of these assistante well as to the attitude of Congress, will be appointed in the confident the newspaper takes the line that hope that in the falness of time the ability of the debtor pations to they will develop into worthwhile pay must also receive studious executives. They will naturally be scrutiny. It is pointed out that chosen with all the care that such both Great Britain and France work and opportunities demand. will find it difficult to raise the

Secondarily, there is a field for This largest port in the East salesmen. There has been evident has been suffering from, and Is for some time now a clear trend now bearing an even greater share toward the establishment of small of the world's trouble than heréto- agencies and independent, Brms. fore. It is no virgin Eldorado. Each of these relatively one-man The huge volume of foreign trade shows set out to cover a very re- has to be striven for all the way. stricted range of business. Quite The hinterland is densely populat- often a single product only is ed; there is no call for the Cover- | handled. Or the products of an ad Wagon. In the vast hinterland | individual home-side company, is an amazing amount of scarcely re-handled exclusively. The man best corded construction-roads and fitted to serve these ventures is ly proceeding. Yet the materials the product is produced. He has sought for these creations до

several years of valuable backer who lent a distressed neighbour inevitably the very cheapest avail- able and need expressed for for- ground in the application of the pork and flour and butter and eggs eign goods is much smaller on this It is necessary that he should be should return them when tirgen product to the consumer's needs with the understanding that he account than would be expected.

of general experience to The international character of that he may readily cope with the Shanghai demands co-operation in different conditions to he found in certain sphere. But nationalism is China. by no means suppressed. The American who thinks td sell his personal services must bear this în mind. For him Shanghai may prove to be no higger than the American colony. So also for the German, the Britisher, and all the other nationalities, Shanghai can shrink alarmingly when it is a question of selling personal mer vices with their concomitant per- sonal characteristics.

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On the question whether the deb tor nations are willing to keep on paying, the newspaper says that the

were better. Then when the debtor came around with his pork and flour and butter and eggs to pay back, the creditor said he had enough of those already and refus ed to accept them. A radical re- The third held of service open to duction in our tariff-more radica! | foreigners is that filled by the pro- than now stems possible-would fessions, probably the largest in- enable our debtors to pay in goods. dividual group is that of the pro- Even without an extreme reduction fessional engineer. In Shanghai, it might prove possible, as pro- building construction attracte at aperity returns, for individual tention. In the office of architects debtors to cut their purchinees from and consulting engineers there are

us below our purchases from them, comparatively few foreigners to be and so build up balances to make found at work on the drafting payments on their debts. But boards. Engineering contracting many of their purchases from us- work is falling off in volume and cotton, for instance-are necessary the conditions of the ship-building for their industries and cannot be The Young Man at home is sad yards are a reflection of the con- out. Still a lump sum 'dime for iy up against economic conditions. ditions in other connfries. Super dollar settlement might be arrang There seems no immediate real im vision of engineering construction ed to be paid out as times grow bet- provement. By hanging on, the does not hold opportunities for ter." last of the nest egg may be used there is plenty of local helpers without even the consolation of available who are willing to do having made a venture and lost. this work at rates which would There is a much rarer type of scarcely support a newcomer, young man who seeks more than There are, of course, very occasion his immediate needs of bread and a openings of semi-executive butter. He has his eyes set on

nature but these may only prava achieving a broad experience of to be temporary demands. the world and of his work so that If a man is a specialist in a he may become nearer to a man particular line there is always the of vision. The world has been chanes that he may find an open- crying out for such broadened dening in the various public atilities these last fifteen years and the rare if he should come along at the cr young man is prepared to try and tical moment when the demand determine to collect reparations become one. Is there room in Shanghai for these types of men1

exists. A knowledge of specialised from Germany than we are to col producte equally may have, a sellect our international debts. But Generally there is no room for ling value to new manufacturing finally she gave up trying and ac- either at the present time. During firms or trading concerns. China cepted a nominal lump sum sattle-; the last year or so, many-several

has a conscious need of Westerns ment. hundred-foreigners have been dis

who will work as angineers of charged. In a place such as executives or alongside with Chin-

"As a practical people we prob Shanghai these, conditions carry much more than their usual signi- Chinese On

ese colleagues. Working with the ably shall have to become reconciled

& co-operative basis, to the idea of letting the President. ficance. It is only with extreme leads to good results (joh-ui make the best terms he can, and reluctance that executives will cut chong-kuch dona-'z in-lih siang charge off the rest to the madnesa staffs which have been built up fung sh-t soh ching-ying). But un-of the War. Unfair to us? Yes. with the extra care required for less a young man is prepared to But as Frank Simonds has said in eperation in & foreign country, work as part of a round-table or his little book on The A.B.C. of Moreover, it is not easy to expand ganisation and learn enough of the War Debts, so was the San Fran rapidly a staff as required. It is language to enable him to play his iso earthquake unfair." evident that such unemployment is part in the schemes of affairs of a reliable pointer that the business fectively, then there is compara- men of the city are finding that tively little prospect of his taking Not So Desolate, the volume of trade is still tend part in the development work of ing downwards. It is a bad ga China. For fundamentally ble to come to Shanghai unless a development is controlled by Chin connection is established in ad- vance. But gamblers there always ese and is carried out by them.

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In the medical profession the The foreigners who is thinking tablish a practice ab initio are nil. chances for a young man toes

evidence indicates they are not. Apparently it is politically impos sible for a nation to continue pay. ment on a foreign nations debt over any long term of years When Premier Herriot tried to make the December payment for France, his Ministry was thrown out on its neck. France was more

London contemporary shows that he "A Fifer" in a letter to a

is much perturbed by the descrip- tion of some of the sands on the coast of Fife as desolate." Be ginning with Aberdour ons can go,

Leven, Largs, and Elie-all popular he says, to Buratisland; Kinghorn,

of venturing must be reminded Conditions in Shanghai have led holiday resorts and so on to St. that only white-collar jobs are to the development of medical available to him. Stop-gap menial firma having as many as six part Andrews.

work which, at least, a possibility ners, each of whom are spectalists

in home-side, towns is here done by in some, branch of medicine. It is St. Andrewa 1 Yes, and when one "Surely you must have heard of Chinese ocolies. Competition is considered impossible for a for impossible. While there are rou

tine whitexollar jobs, these are be-eign-made reputation of an indi- recalls visits to the Royal and An- ing held more and more by Chin-vidual to carry any weight here, cient, and talks with "Young" ese who have received education unless he makes a connection with Tom Morris and Andrew Kirkaldy sufficient to fit them for this work. one of these firms. On the other and games with the Auchterlonies, General office workers and accoun- hand, China offers excellent scope one is inclined to agree that after tante are in the main Chinese. for the study of certain sciences all the shores of Fife may be liken such as, for example, parasitology. The callow youth is not required The only satisfactory way of donged to a fringe of gold," and is undersirable. Shanghai is this is, by means of "fellowships to one of the last places in the world institutions here or by such, other

for a young man who has not been means which afford a very real and whose work is poor because its through the mill in one form or live contact with the profession in seems impossible for them to de another. Such a man lacks the the home-side country. Otherwise tach their minds from the thought stability and knowledge, that rou a visit here for a few years prove "Anyway, I'm not staying. They tine work can give. Without much, to be a case of prolonged profes will not exert themselves to put in experience it is beyond the ability tonal suicide.

worthwhile efforts to do a job of of the average on to suprise of vital importance to every work when it is only temporary. tile work of others, really effective. ly. When such supervision inval man, whether a potential visitor Ig against all reason to frittor ves the control of the work of other coming here on specs, or, one at like this but the experience of the nationale, the difficulties are, na-ready here out of or in a tempor-business men of Shanghai is. that turally, very much accentuated. ry job, is the extent to which the short term man is not a spo- On this point a consensus of opin-Shanghai becomes his home. If cess. Socially, too, his outlook & don is unanimous Aman of be the aspect continually before his sadly clouded because he does not tween twenty 906 and thirty, har mind is that of a convenient stop accept conditions and make them Hing a good insight into his busi- ping-off place, then the odds are interesting part of his life. He hase add with some social hack heavily against his success. There is forever grousing and unsettled ground, is the type the city wants, are too many men in S'hai to-day. · This is t

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