The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-15

lAohl HNtNuldNNhl lluttus lnP HUKnlINent
: Cesar GodeTroy. nm empire which they never
Swallowed up in satisfaction Of the creditors
i2iI pesah the WIFI i5m nj 70 ~ pRy = Tor = l ,S along Other
u was learned that the structure was too great
Tor any other man to WELD i must be broken
lie work, Of this co ISiH Ti%'ifm ndV Haa ITSn w Sns
sssnniebd d BY Srs th itOi mperia! government and be.
empire which, np to that a ine h a pS5tT Syy IS EIe
The, commercial side was taken over hy the
stock eoMn3ny; Of which The i%SSil,titIc has been
solvent and a handsomely paving business at
the time Of the Transfers; 1t has been run at u
One little incident shows with what thorough
ness MebGrexecuted The task he had set before
ers under the, tripartitc control came to cX-
anime the total amount of the acreage claimed
natives Of Samoa to Theodor Weber aud pre-
sented Tor allowance by the present German
GUIDED every square foot Of ali Samoa and SUI
n nSIf6hi 6cSyb more E, to t Gr, a fringe about The whole
Q most thorough buyer: this win show. He
EncST what he was about. He knew that his
nise rs sH wHWrc twiGG as much lard MS there WIS
never have presented them in such a way as TO
ttfht an}yi92dy csc discover that fact; There is
This suggestion Of history is necessary to
make very clear the fact that the German firm
took overa fine business and have never been
able to make it pay. That steady drain is a
~ '''' ny nv '' " Sllp III tOllSli'IlIlH
the German firm. For as a matter Of fact one
e asked to consider the German firm, even
what is meant. for there is never any, explicit
mention, of the establishment with the long
cables bring %TS ,F Tie rs MHG that / GERMANY %Gans wP Eas the
great mass Of the trade in Samoa. and that on
nbrogated, For Germany read German firm
that Is really what is meant; 1t may safely be
s asSrees n th" to f SAMOA, men sirn}r rs from E9 G5G} r r
prompted by the Hamburg office Of the Ger
BY fur The bulk Of the business of Apia is
this one house does as much business g, all
is, It will give you a cheek book and will take
you draw too many checks in favor Of other
business men when, The, firm has the same
YOU a shotbag filled with shiiiinigs and Six
m nsntS Of q Hp s5sf has aso donne eyl44 II i'm mi port wR by The IS s ThGHt
load from Europe in a fleet of sailing craft. 1t
the Norddeutscher LTIoyds running to Austria.
lian ports. 1t charters a fleet to carry away its
That makes a large showing when stated in
such terms. But Samoa always suffers from a |
lack OF perspective. There is no true proper
twoscore places OF business. not including in
The total Of this thirty-eight establishments
of stores there is only one alone which would
make a fair bid for custom in such centres, Of
nIuc aS huJScSSilE VI hlullulhH Inuuk, me
solitary exception is not the store or locally
designated factory OF the German firm. hut
but but hna 5psf Gy diaheartene ID y on en Smerio
can, one, who against such. difficulties as
] aistently "a R abSfcd fS to make l tRs K%eri ens name s2n,
respected. When one has bulky cargocs to
deal With a smallshipme soon counts up into
the money values both OF the imports and of
tse e X5ST ia are im I%dicro %s1c s sa96 oo n fbn re-
port trade reached no higher than 10000 If
one VIII bnt stop to- recall that this is the sum
sible to, bear with ~eIuanimity the announce
me ento that sh.r the ! ., ,hn N have CAPTURED the
they have. but they haven't got anything so
The imports are varied. The tendency is to
import as completely as possible Il full line of
those goods Of marked inferiority which bear
ole food ,SSS' are mf bron hr hTefi in from the Sem Aus ar],Hies
colonies and America: as the case may be. but
as much as possible the market is German. 1t
leads to strange results in many cases. Real
Spanish sherry is a strange product after It has
passed through Hamburg. Ever, the sweet
which sets forth that the German firm are
wide or else thirty-nine inches, For the most
part things are a %palpable imitation of more
The exports are a single TEN copra, the
sun or kiln dried meat Of the cocoanut. 1t is
that's worth the trouble of carttng away, It
takes $500 nuts to make atom of copra. "A pile
1nHcn larger IMAM a ton OF coal. The German
firm has labored hard to convince the officials
t e. a ton rh Of GoPra is worth exactly SIS
British coins on a local scheme of great sim
pl,icity, but absurd, financial opinions. The
and, parity between the sovereign and the half
eagle IN otner words: to prove S4s7 to be
iflrm to fix the value of copra at their own figure
i that an EXPERT duty is payable. In reality
The firm has two stores in AHA. According
70 rs own distIInGtlon 1t has its factory aud its
ments at different paris Z Of the fh1sI nrchipeiago. at
place, indeed, which seems TO be a meet
Ing place for the incessnnt stream of native !
It has large plantations where costly
experiments have been carried out to a dis
been true Of cotton and Of coffee. 1t BIDS f"ir !
20 be true OF caeao and vanilla, with which the n
supply the labor to maintain the three planta- r
Ions Ions the firm is steadily pursuing The slave '
some semblance Of responsibility As the labor Il
ire %crueitics p%ractired in the, safe retirement t
The German plantations which make it adj b
would ever dream of doing. =
men. mnnyo whom seem scarcely, more than a
'o,ys. The manager is less than forty years :,
I'D l. Close to the large %factoryis one Of ne y
he firm. n rambling structure built around a h
"ntral courtyard. grim ms to its exterior
spect with n lacing OF stout iron bars. Even .
. Apia the Germans are the only people who d
i've evidence of fear of the inferior races with s.
HON they are brought into contact The il
lerical force numbers no more than eight or O.
an. all Youngsters sent ont from Germany as ]
as ,they have completed a course at tho T.
school for irommcrcial pursuits. fl
hey are Under the rigid discipline Of tho man q
ger OF the establishment their relations 10 J.
are, almost military in character. What Il
salaries may be - known only to them di
'lvns and TIN cashier. hat they arc absurdly
nail SO lar ms the cash goes. 81
On the other hand, they ARE well housed. +
bundantly led, and have a free sidehoar1 ac- T.
punt which is generously devised. They urn I'll
II allowed off the barrack promises by night Y
with the, permission Of the manager. y
ne thing is to their credit; In Il community flo
here palamns are quit" common street wear
young German clerks are models Of neat Of
ass in their snowy ducks and stiff collars. b,
ucks. are far tn" more comfortable wear eX- in
ut when il rains, but to wear II stiff collar in m
pa argues n devout inclination TO b" correct oh
no matter what cost. II is certainly AT the W
ST of comfort. In the German social sys'em in
cy are allowed 10 call upon junior officers ot br
ArInnn men-of-war. and il they have proved ev
ry respectful one of the officers will return So
e call otherwise ithe Junior mcnlcrs Of the tn
lrirDDm or StrrrsiTt. mass, ms the rDSe NAV &c