The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-19
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f TO would be finding their. way INTO
China sas they are into other1 pants Of,
me world, and TO- such sas house All
Chlnanlen interesteds in maxi no Ss an s.,
hind OF modern Improvement; would an
Ply. Waterworks, electric Trailroads.$
nght plants, gasworks, telephone lines.
orldges,, roads, sewers and other drain,
age, are all things China Isl .oii. the
verge OF demanding, and any dav viii
see someone supplying them. The Soues-
lion &c Is, who will; get the jobs Forty
VI MY manufacturing concerns in the
umted States eould~open and maintain
s sha an establishment in q city Like
ohanghal, at a. small expense, com
paratively speaking, and tie res;1lts
could not fail to he highly profitable.
Trade Must Be Studied:
"But: unless the, Chinese. trade is
studied and the. goods made to: con
form TO- the needs and tastes Of the
people of this country, the money would
be wasted. Furthermore, if better care
were not taken in the packing of goods
Tor shipment than is usually the case
with articles sent here from the United
States the effort to gain this trade
would soon prove futile. It is aston
lshlng that in spite of theH repeated
warnings OF the American consuls that
american shippers do not reform in
charge Of one Of the large Nanking
hospitals told me an X-ray machine he
had ordered from America arrived so
broken that he had to have it repaired
at large expense before it could he
used, and that the machine could never
be what: it was when it left the fac
tory in the United States. This -physi-
elan IS not an American, but he said
he thought he could get better ma
chine from us. Hereafter he will pre-
Ter complete inferior article * to- an
incomplete. superior ] one, and. if he
wants an X-ray machine, typewriter,
not come from America. Neither viii
any Of his friends order from the
United States if his advice goes for
anything with them. 81 = ) IN :zt.sa
s,.g A Lawnmower Experience. L,
(Ss My own. experience since being in
China has been limited to a lawn
mower. 1t arrived in such; broken
condition as to be utterly useless, and
my pride in things American caused
me to hide it in a back shed. Thou-
sands Of instances like this could be
mentioned in detail, all going to. show
oAou val OAOSoIcSS Ill pdChluS Is lOSluS
us much business here all 'theestime.O
Mr.. Haynes says one bright, honest
American who has had course in the
Chinese language would be worth more
than whole corps Of agents not so
equipped, and that unless we get busy
along this line we will not only fail
to extend our, business in China, but
will lose than $Which we already have.
He IS particularly impressed with the
extreme intelligence with which the
Japanese are working for a practical
| monopoly of the business of this big
yellow empire. Everywhere one sees
! rapid development, going. on, and al.
| ways with the sharp little Jap in the
lsfore. III trade, in, manufacturing, in
| railroading, in the steamboat line, and
il practically everything else the Jap.
anese are going in with the uncon.
eealed discrimination of getting a per.
manent footing while the other nations
are still dreaming Of China as the
great celestial ,sleeper,Fof the far west
The warning is given that unless the
Americans look sharp they will wake
up to find that the moo ernizing Of
China has been accomplished, and with
out their aid. ss