Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1910-06-03
CHINESE IN BUSINESS.
An Admirer Says They Lead the World
In Commercial Integrity.

In Commercial Integrity.
with due respect for others. the
Chinaman is perhaps the most hon.
orable and upright business man in
the world today" This statement will
surprise folks who estimate all Chinese
according to Bret Hartes specimen,
whose ways were peculiar. 1t is made
by Monroe Woolley, who has more
to say TO the same effect. THE Chi
naman's principles are founded entire
ly upon honesty and he adheres to his
policy with the insistence of a leech."
continues Mr.. Woolley in the Book
keeper "Of course little thing like
telling a falsehood occasionally does
not bother him so much, but when it
comes to plotting and scheming to
defraud some one the task becomes
diStasteful.
'The equal to the Japanese in initi-
ative and foresight, he is much their
superior when integrity is concerned.
A Japanese does not think twice be-
fore deciding to get the best of you.
Not long ago the United States
government asked for bids for a big
piece of work. Among them was that
of a lone Chinese contractor. His bid
was the lowest received; but the gov
ernment found that he had no pre-
vious experience in his line and that
he also had little capital behind him.
Still, the Chinaman, who spoke good
English, pressed his case. He had
little trouble in getting his own coun-
trymen to bond him, and he got the
contract.
The bid was so low that the gov
ernment could i'll afford to pass 1t by;
in fact so low that the Celestial bidder
in the end lost thousands of dollars,
fate he was able to foresee after a
months work. Did he shirk his re-
sponsibility and try to crawl out Of a
bad undertaking as had his American
predecessors?
mo: to do that was strictly against
Chinese business ethics. Not only
did he follow the specifications and
plans to the very letter but he had the
work finished far ahead Of schedule
time, despite a disastrous storm and
much inclement weather. The job
made him a poor man, leaving him
badly in debt; but Chinese integrity
had been maintained and other coun-
tracts would follow with profits to
cover present losses
This spirit has been encountered
thousands of times among Chinese
business men in this and other coun-
tries, for the Chinaman does business
all over the world.
"Out in the Orient corporations
formed by white men are only too
glad to have one or more Of the better
class, progressive Cinnamon on their
boards of directors.
They cannot we'll prosper without
the Chinese. and difference in color
does not deter the broad minded
Anglo Saxons out there on the edge
Of things from associating CONNER
cially and very frequently socially as
well. with the Mongolian. In his own
land. besides ranking among the fore
most business men, the Chinaman Is
also an ideal host.
Since the Americans and English
men, as we'll as all other men, have
| in the last century invaded the COM
| mercial field in Asia the Chinaman has
found in expedent to employ white
managers to look after his foreign
tongued trade. Naturally they mis-
trust the average white man, know
| ing as they do that our ideas Of fair
dealing and personal loyalty are not
as perfect as their own. But in every
instance where a white employee has
been tried and found true his reward
| in salary and other things has been
|
worthy man their liberalty knows no
bounds.
I'm Gale Rosario, Manila's China
town, are number of Americans en-
ployed with Chinese firms to look af-
| ter the English speaking trade and
the government demands. Where
these men have proved faithful, as
most of them have, they have been
accorded as much responsibility and
privilege as the head of the house,
being allowed sometimes salary
much greater.
| "In one case the American repre-
sentative has been taken in as part
ner at no cost to himself and a fine
apartment assigned to him in the
mansion of the company. In still
another case an automobile was pre-
sented to the employee as token or
the esteem in which he was held by
the firm.
Seldom. if ever. does a Chinaman
work for a wage under his fellow
countrymen. 1t is rule that all en-
ployees must be stockholders In the
concern in which they work, sharing
of course in the profits. The good re-