The morning call., 1892-11-23
EXPORTS OF FLOUR.
No PerceptibIe Change in the Sales
Here.

no Perceptible Change i'm the Sales
Here.
M. James Hogg of the Sperry Flour
company was asked II the withdrawal Of
tue chinese wholesalers from business here
had erected exports of flour to the Flowery
Kingdom
Ihere Is no dropping off and no percepti-
PIE change IN the sales here" he replied.
90 much Hour is distributed in the Orient
aho SO much flour is called for here. The
onihese business here has gone down. and
the chinese merchants selling their i'm
ported iood products are gradually being
"eedea out since the restriction act went
Into effect. This business was largely done
by the great parent houses in China through
pranch houses. These branches are being
closed.
should the Chinese 60 out Of business
mere altogether we will be able 10 meet the
case by selling the flour ourselves. We
nave cultivated the Chinese trade because
the Chinese were amoug our best customers
ana always paid cash. The flour trade fell
INTO the hands Of the Chinese In the first
place, because they used 1t as a medium of
exchange. finding more profit in remitting
their funds in that way than by sending
coin or bills of exchange as returns for
Chlnese products sold in this country.
III they stop importing from here now the
only result will be that the -four business
VIII iaii INTO European hands. Most of the
hour that hnds market ia the Orient is
consumed by Europeans, the Chinese act
Ing mainly as distributors. Hong-Kong is
the distributing point for large region. and
there Is no other -four which comes into
competition with American -four. We con-
troll that market entirely.
Some flour goes to Japan and some of 1t
IS distributed there from Yokohama and
Nagasaki to Corea and Yellow Sea
points. but the sales in Japan are princi-
paliy for local consumption. The japanese
raise a dark whea; for home consumption
ana there Is no extensive market for our
high grades of -four there.
Hong Kong is the great distributing
point. The Chinese houses there all have
branches up at Annoy and other coast and
river points north. and al Manila in the
Philippine Islands. and down as far
as Singapore and Padang and other
towns In Sumatra. from which they dis
tribute to the Dutch settlements In Java,
batayIa ana Sourabaya, being the principal
trading points there. At these latter points
ana beyond 10 the southeast in the East
indian Archipelago. our California -four
begins tt come into competition with Aus
trailan Hour, brought there by tramp steam
ers. We can only reach them on through
bills OF iading by the Pacific Steamship
Company's lines, the rates being so high on
reshipments from Hong Kong. This has
allowed Australian -four ID come in and
divide the market there.
I'VE are seeking 10 extend the sales of
our Pacific Coast -four in this direction, and
hope We shall be able TO control the entire
Jayan market. as we now do the Chinese,
By arranging for better distribution than
is possible on through bills of lading.
III the Chinese don't choose to market
cur -four in Hong-Kong we will market it
ourselves. American -four supplies the
market there, and Will continue TO do so if
all the Chinese buyers In San Francisco go
out Of business.
Here" said Mr.. Hogg sending tor some
account books, look over these ledgers."
Here is one Chinese firm after another. and
the accounts always settled in cash before
the sailing Of the steamers that carried the
-four. here, only last week, one firm OF
Chinese exporters bought -four of US to the
amount Of s33,975 for shipment on the
steamer that sailed November IL, and, al
you see, the account was settled in full
before the steamer sailed by cash payment.
But the continuance Of the American ex-
ports of flour TO China, Java and the Orient
generally does not depend On their eOntinu-
ing 10 buy II -