The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-05-26
GRACEY GAVE
A GOOD TALK
CFrom saturdays Advertiser)

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There was a large attendance at the
special meeting of the Chamber OF
Commerce called yesterday afternoon
TO hear an address by T. Wilbur
Gracey, the American Consul at Using
tau, on the subject of trade conditions
in China Mr.. Gracey. with his wife.
is on his way TO Washington on leave
Of absence from his post, and was q
through passenger by the Manchuria.
He has been for nineteen years in the
Orient, and speaks the Chinese Ian
guage fiuently, being considered the
finest Chinese scholar in the American
Consular service.
Mr. Gracey was introduced yesterday
by E D. Tenney, who said that he
acted in the. absence of President
Morgan, on the coast and of vice
president j. P. Cooke, on Maui.
The address by Mr. Gracey, he said
was the first one in what il was
hoped would be a series OF similar ones
in response TO the representation from
the Chamber Of Commerce to the State
Department suggesting such addresses
from consular representatives passing
through
Mr.. Gracey began by giving some
description Of Tsingtau which is the
seat Of government of the German coll
ony Of KiaOchau in the province of
Shantung. II is held under lease for
ninety-nine years from the Chinese
government, and is governed wholly as
a German colony.
Because OF its magnificent harbor
~ - DofT-1a1
connections. il has become the empor-
ium Of trade for the province Of Shan
tung, the most thickly peopied province.
in China, with a population of $50 to
the square mile. 1t is a modern city
in every respect 1t has perfect san
itation- and a perfect sewer system
II has the finest slaughter house in the
world No animals for food are per-
mitted TO be killed anywhere in the
colony but there. They are kept under
observation for f0rty-eight hours be-
fore killing and the earcasses immed-
lately placed in cold storage for forty
eight hours more, during which time
they are microscOpicaliy examined
twelve times Thus does Germany look
after the health OF her colOnists.
Good roads have been built TO the
limits of the colony, So miles in every
direction These roads are about fifty
feet wide for general vehicles. Then
here Is a path for wheeIbarrows which |
are a usual mode OF conveyance, and !
hen path for riding horses and then |
| sidewalk At frequent intervals along |
he road there are white granite posts
70 that the road can easily be followed |
It night The finest granite in the |
World is quarried right there in Shan
.ung and is shipped to many places.
The Chinese laboring classes are not /
allowed TO live in Tsingtau, but are re-
Iuired to live in a village of about |
z. 600 three miles from Tsingtau. This /
Tfllage has q sewer system and is sup
jlied with water. II has one main /
street running through it and cross
streets named after the various prov
nee Of China
When the Germans took the colony
here we're some fishing villages there, /
| temple and a yamen- There are now
there about 1870 troops
loused in granite barracks. There are
bout 300 or 400 Germans there, most
4 them in government employ, and the
'A-EAS III DC[1pdt4O4lS QEp-uLllS on Il
government employ.
The Germans have done much in /
a system OF forestation not
lone for the colony, but for the Chi
lsse in the hinterland- Shantung is a
Ireat fruit country and they have edu-
.ated the Chinese in the matter OF
;rsfting better varieties On their native
ltOck until last year $1,000 gratis were
old 70 the Chinese
The Imperial Chinese Customs Ser
vice has charge Of imports and ex-
PORTS, and twenty per cent. Of these
import duties 20 10 the support OF the
,OI0ny- The cost OF living is very
ligh. from fifty to seventy Per cent
ligher than elsewhere in China. Rents
.re high
The oil Is the great import The
American OIL Company last year i'm
,orted 4s90. go gallons and the Su-
natrz OIL Company L709.0s0 gallons.
This vas z great increase over pre-
-ious years There is a great deal Of
liece goods and wooIen goods import
d and whole shiploads Of old horse
hoes. which, are used By the Chinese
0 make their agricultural implements
Ut Of Analine dyes in large quanti-
les. sugar from HongkOng and yarns
rom Japan are largely imported.