. Journal of electricity. resentatives It has been the practice of our German andBritish competitors in this field to have on theground experienced engineers, who can investigatethe needs of the Chinese merchant and give himadvice as to the kind and quantity of machinery thathe needs. Generally speaking, these firms alsoexport Chinese raw products, and through the assist-ance given them by their own banks they are enab-led to offer easy credit terms to the Chinese mer-chant. disappointing, according to the American Consul atHong Kong, but on the whole the decrease in tradehas been due as much
. Journal of electricity. resentatives It has been the practice of our German andBritish competitors in this field to have on theground experienced engineers, who can investigatethe needs of the Chinese merchant and give himadvice as to the kind and quantity of machinery thathe needs. Generally speaking, these firms alsoexport Chinese raw products, and through the assist-ance given them by their own banks they are enab-led to offer easy credit terms to the Chinese mer-chant. disappointing, according to the American Consul atHong Kong, but on the whole the decrease in tradehas been due as much to conditions as in the UnitedStates and Europe as to conditions in Hong Kongand various Chinese ports. In various districtsabout Hongkong political and other troubles haveso unsettled conditions that new enterprises are un-dertaken only with reluctance, and a normal demandfor machinery in all lines can not naturally be ex-pected. On the other hand, orders for various linesof machinery actually placed abroad have not been. WAR CONDITIONS AFFECT CHINESE TRADE Imports of machinery of various sorts into theSouth China field during the past year have been Methods of transportation in the Orient are not wholly electrical filled because of war restrictions or because of gen-eral conditions in the trade. Delay in Delivering An electric-light and power company in Hong-kong has been waiting for many months for enginesand dynamos for its new power plant ordered inGreat Britain. The company lately has been con-sidering the matter of purchasing its machinery inthe United States, but so far no decision has beenreached, and it is doubtful if the plant could besecured in the United States under present war re-strictions. In the meanwhile the company can fur-nish no increase in its service and has prohibitedthe addition of any power machinery on its has prevented trade in electrical machinery forlocal use for some time and-will prevent the impor-tation of any such machinery until
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