The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-08-01
THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS
IV-oERMANs IN THE ORIENT.
BY Frederic J. Haskin.

energetic effort to find out just what is
wanted by the buyers in the market he
inVades- And he manufactures goods to
meet these requirements. II makes no
difference to him that something else,
possibly something better from the Eu-
ropean standpoint, or superior n ON the
point Of view OF anyone who is capable
OF sound judgment. is sold in the German
cities. The important point is to make
the article that most readily sells where
the EFFORT IS being made to sell it. The
British error IS to hold that what is good
enough for the purchaser at home
should find favor with the heather. and
that the heather should. not be catered
desire.
Not the smallest part Of the German
campaign Of aggression in the Orient is
the effort-decidedly expensive at pres
ent-lO win the passenger traffic between
european and far eastern ports and be-
tween Europe and Australia. II was a
half century ago that a famous American
traveller and writer of books, vOyaglng
from Europe to India and the further
east IN an English steamer, put down IN
MS journal the statement that a certain
steam navigation company. being a mo-
nopoly, is, like all mOnOpOlies. a model Of
ineanness. There is still complaint upon
the part Of the travelling public that the
English ships, which until recently en-
Joyed a virtual monopoly of the passen-
ger traffic to the east. have followed the
plan OF making dividends rather than
lA~-hA4atE AAiNAAAs OF AlltlE Pc AAUtLS AiiuAli=
in this situation an opportunity for al
Nancing their interests, the Germans have
left nothing undOne in an effort 10 court
favor with those who go down TO the sea
in ships.
The custom of serving tea at 4 O'Clock
in the afternoon is a fixture in England
and long established custom on Eng
lish ships. Upon the large British liners
In eastern waters the passenger may go
TO the dining saloon for tea or go with
out IL The German liners not only serve
tea on deck, but also serve at the tea
hour foods and beverages aimed at the
taste OF the large part of the travelling
public that DOES not ike tea. in more
important things there is the same effort
70 meet the demands of the patron rather
than educate the public to satisfy itself
with customs that reflect a national idea
OF what should be expected. The result
- that the German steamers are grow
ing in popularity with the general public,
and by comparison their rivals are suffer
ing in the estimation Of many travellers.
While the proportion of German nam,
plates upon the doors Of Singapore bust
ness houses is increasing, the liners and
cargo boats flying the keiseTs flag are
coming out from the European ports with
goods in their holds and passengers in
their cabins that formerly belonged to the
English as matter Of course.
The facts in the case having become
plain to many thinking Engiishmen, dis
cusStOn Of the outlook is rife in the east
and in certain quarters at home" The
EHkisl oriental press ana some OF the
eastern correspondents of London news
papers, comment freely upon the fact
that trade is slipping through the fingers
OF their cOuntrymen into the hands OF the
Germans-and Il may be said IN passing
the japanese and Chinese. Sport is sap
ping our genius for expansion thunders
one well informed critic writing from the
east to his home paper. "Tha flannel
type of BritOn.' says another. should
reflect seriously VIII ather il is worth vhiia
to let love Of clubs and snort Gust us
from the commercial field"
But despite the almost continuous fire
Of criticism from their fellow countTyman.
the methods and habits Of the Briton In
the east are unchanged. The average
clerk in a British commercial house I'm
Singapore belongs to more social and
sporting clubs than a wealthy retired
business man iH New York. Often, as a
result he Is borrower from a Tamil
money lender.
While the Germans disregard HOLIDAYS.
ton to nine regular bank HOLIDAYS" n
year, holidays declared in favor of spring
and autumn race meetings and cricket
contests, bringing the total IN to nearly
on month iu twelve. This does not in
clpde the long "hCme leave taken now
AID then By every Briton in the Orient.
The EnslishmaD may live the longer for
his temperatures in industry and davo-
ton to sport but the British ascandencv
in eastern trade. bought at a heavy price
IN blood and treasure, is feeling the ef-
feet.
Tcmorrow-America I'm the Philippines
Uplifting the Filipino.