The Washington herald., 1909-08-07
AT THE HOTELS.


American firms dealing in the Far
East must aeQuaint Themselves with a
number Of unusual business methods"
/ said Amos 5. Parks, Of Boston and
Hongkongs at the New Willard, last
nIght. Prominent among these Is the
/ comprador system. which has its high
est development in China.
Business houses deal with the Chi
nese through a Chinese agent known
as the comprador. Originally this agent
was simply a man who engaged serv-
ants and bought supplies IN the native
markets For years the system has been
developing, however, until now practical.
/ lv eli the business or foreigners with
/ Chinese is done through agents Of this
/ sort. whether IL be in buying or selling
in loaning or IN borrowing money
In many firms" continued Mr.. Parks.
I "the comprador Is a partner. In many
Instances he IS IN reality the owner
/ Of the business. furnishes the capital.
/ manages IL, and uses the name OF a
/ foreigner 70 secure foreign protection
! from the many abuses which obtain in
/ commercial circles. The real cOmprador
/ is a cashier. handles all money received
\ by a firm. and makes all payments. IN
.
paid by the representative Of the busi-
ness Office In an order on the compra-
! dor Of the firm, and this order is
/ banked as a check or draft. All servants
are engaged by the comprador Of the
/ firm, and he is responsible FOR them. In
short, there is no limit 10 what a COM
prador may do under the present sys-
/ TEN IN China"
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/ seen az the Shoreham, Is interested IN
motoring in all It's aspects. ana said that
/ 10 ascertain the exact speed at which
motor cars are travelling is question
OF great Importance 70 the general pub
/ lie who suffer by reckless motoring. and
\ OF equal Importance TO conscientious and
| careful motorists. who wish 10 obey the
I law.
! "A new tine-rccording camera has re-
/ Gently been patented in England. II the
police wish 70 know the speed al which
/ a motor car Is travelling two OF the time
/ recording cameras can be placed at eacn
end OF the trap. the distance between
\ the points where the cameras are To-
Gated having been accurately measured.
/ Tae plan is for the cameras 70. take ac-
/ tual photographs OF a car, including the
I people in the car, as il passed the Sc
/ lected spots. recording the time OF TAX
Ing 70 the fraction Of a second.
This gives the speed and means OF
/ Identification OF the car and occupants.
/ II the watch be synchronized, the decision
arrived al must be accepted by all parties
as accurate. II Is proposed that when a
driver is summoned for exceeding the
speed limit he be furnished with the pho
/ rographs OF the car entering and leaving
given an opportunity before appearing IN
court 10 measure the length OF the tran
and calculate from this data the rate OF
/ speed.
with this camera" continued Mr..
/ Towns. 1T is possible % take a photo
f. graph Of any rapidly moving object pass
ing any given point the shutter speeds
giving range Of exposures from one
( twenty-hfth OF a second 70 one-thousandth
OF second, at the same time a photo
graph Of taken Of a watch"
For years there has been a war waged
against contract convict labor" said
I Saunders 5. Talbot OF Kansas City, az
the National last night
The great evils OF the system. so easy
10 point out and so hard 70 remedy ex-
cept at the expense OF the taxpayers. has
lived through Il all. and the reason there
FOR IS a simple one. no tangible remedy
has been suggested. All admit that Il
/ would never do 20 keep the couvicts u.
id.eness. IL would be cruel TO the con-
! victs 20 90 so, and would cost the tax
payers Of the State $4,000 a year. The
( proposition OF the Populists 10 employ
me convicts on the public highways has
been thrashed over for the last twenty
years, and was long since dismissed as
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sons that appear valid. not the least
among them being the great cost 20 the
state.
ITO employ say. three-fourths Of the
/ 200 convicts on the public highways"
added Mr. Talbot would necessitate the
/ state employing a small standing army
/ 10 prevent their escape and keep them at
I work il would De necessary also 20 con-
/ strUct stockades
/ And there is another feature connected
/ with the plan that a good many have
/ evidently overlooked. ana that is the
/ prejudice In the rural districts against
/ the presence Of desperate men.
/ Twenty years or more aeo the state
I leased farm across the Missouri River.
I IN Galloway County. nearly opposite the
/ peniIenu2ry, with the intention OF eu-
ploying some Of the best convicts there
I IN raising products for the use OF the
prison. The Galloway County farmers
7 living in the vicinity. through fear for
their families. became so fncensed at the
presence Of these felons in their midst
mat q committee waited upon the board
T az prison inspectors, and gave them the
Ultmatum or either removing the con-
victs forthwith or seeing them shot down.
I The board took the hint for the farmers
+ were In earnest Women and children
were afraid 10 be left alone IN tbat
vicinity, and they lived IN a constant
state Of terror"
Speaking OF pipes. Carl A. Fielder. OF
Philadelphia who is at the Raleigh said
that 1t is not generally known thar a
( meerschaum pipe viii not color unless II
is given a good finish
Il is the wax and the finishing ma
terials'' said Mr. Fielder which are
used in polishing the bowl which gives
the pipe its greatest color after il ,s
smoked. The raw meerschaur, viii nor
color. Neither will a pipe color n tbs
bowl is fingered or handled while It h
not Many smokers fail 10 get 2 color
20 their fine meerschaum pipes because
they cover the bowls with channels vgbs1
they smoke
An pipes after smoking should ba nar-
mitted to cool before the ashes are
knocked from the bowl. An amber bi+