Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-10-15
BLAMES BOYCOTT ON
AMERICAN DEALERS.
Consul. Mitchell
Believes Chinese
Friendly


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helped along, and PARTIAL! inaugur !
.ated by the American" doing business |
in the country, ! am couNilCcd,' was
the startling statement made last
night by Consul General Mason Mitch |
ell in an address before thc members |
of the local Chamber Of Commerce yes. |
tcrday.
"Thc Americans did not start the |
boycott, but they certainly helped II |
along continued the speaker. MANY |
of them were engaged IN munufactur
ing goods with which imported art
iCleS came into competition ana they
took advantage of the opportunity to
create demand tor their articles. A.
whole, the boycott stood for very liz
tie as far as the Chinese were con
cCrnCd.'
Mr., Mitchell save II aE his opinion
that any lack of Succcss hn Tho part
Of American manufacture trying to
introduce their goods into China, iH
due not SO much to hostility on the
part Of the Chinese as to u lack u,
proper methods on the part OF the
manufacturers or the selling agents.
| Said he: Now, In order to- Introduce
goods into China two things are nee.
| essary. The Chinese buyers are not
acquainted withour language. our Gus
| toms or our goods and II is necessary
to show the good themselves If bust
ness is to be done. man must go
| into the country and exhibit the goods
| he wishes to sell. Il Is no use sending
| price lists and catalogue to the Chin
ese buyers and useless to write to
them. They want to see the goods
| themselves and when they see them,
If the value Is apparent, they will buy.
THE Chinese are as quick to grasp
a good thing as anyone. There Is
strong prediction In favor Of Amer.
lean goods in China, and as a matter
of fact, and the buyers I'm West China
are anxious to buy, but they want to
see the goods first, not pictures in cat,
alOgues. The Consul5 cannot act as
agents. If 1t is necessary to send out
representatives with samples among
our own people, how much more nee.
essary it is to send out representatives
with samples in working up a foreign
trade"
That the difficulty to he cncountrcd
by Americans and Europeans in trav-
cling through China has been greatly
exaggerated, Mr.. Nitchcll believes.
Tie particularly calcd attention last
night to the fact that. within the past
few years, Il large number Of young
Chinese have been educated in this
country and Europe and that, in con
sequence, throughout the empire there
are scattered men who not only under
stand western methods and ideals
thoroughly, but are also heartily Ia
sympathy with them.
nevertheless, Mr. Mitchell fear,
tlat, III case OF another Revolutionary
uprising, the foreign residents may b,
me hfSt 10 suh"r owing to the pOpu
lar peIcl mat lhvy are all wealthy
ms bcllcl VIII, ne Tears, lead the rab
pie TO attack their places under cove.
ui warfare ana sell preservation.
me carClcs5ne5s OF the Chimes,
"lrrc human HE Is concerned, wa
"holhcr point dWrll upon by Tho speak
,r' nc citoH srNCrdl incidents To SHOW
now cheap are human beings in III,
fIo"cfy Kingdom, ending with tn,
remark
one OF the diSagrecable things thai
round III ChuhEhlng, was the fac
,nat lhe execution ground was just be
NINA mo American consulate. In the
narrow street II Is not nice, whcr
you want TO 90 out to he forced. t'
a'Gp over freshly Gccapitatcd bodies.
hoiofrlhE to the lolBing of Amen
'"m traao marks Mr.. Mitchell said:
some iIlho ago our government
nnN'u lhat an investigation be mad
w ASCERTAIN what American goods an,
i'ucIharNS wore DelhS initiated anon
,mt EoolS SOFA III Szechuen. invest