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BUSINESS WAY
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (by Associa
ted Press).—China, for centuries the
unprogressive nation whose glory was
in the past, is forging ahead in busi
ness ways that remind one of agres
sive American progress. William P.
Bancker, general purchasing agent of
the Western Electric Company, de
clared here recently in a resume of
trade investigations he had made dur
ing a six months’ tour of the world.
"China presents a most fertile
field for American enterprises,” he re
marked. “Despite an occassional mili
tary effort by some small minority,
that nation is a hive of industry. Lab
or seems plentiful and, what is more
important, cheap. In fact the latter
feature is so true that capital has a
clear way for productive plans and
new fields of effort.
“Then Chinese business men, es
pecially those who have been educat
ed abroad, are adopting American and
British methods and are forging
ahead. Exchange is working to the
advantage of China because of the rise
in value of silver bullion, which works
to the benefit of the big republic in
its position in other countries.”
India, ancient land of mystery, also
is making big strides commercially,
with Americans there as in other far
eastern territory laying foundations
for future trade, Mr. Bancker said.
“The Hindoo is beginning to make
himself an important factor in busi
ness and political circles,” he contin
ued, adding:
It is remaiKauie uuw me
Asiatic as a result of foreign educa
tional processes seems to be losing his
reputation for self-effacing conserva
tism. Today you find him in positions
of importance, competing with all
sorts of foreign conditions."
Reverting to China. Mr. Bancker
said.
“One fact that Americans have to
their advantage in China is the boy
cott which exists against Japanese
and German relations. The combined
Chinese chambers of commerce have
gone on record as declaring a 10-year
boycott against Germany and because
of racial differences it is very impro
bable whether Japan will ever get a
really strong footing. Australia has
been quick to jump into this breach
and is now supplying quantities of
foodstuffs which the Chinese use, but
if we can promise any kind of a del
iverv and that is the really impoitant
condition which every one abroad is
insisting upon nowadays, we should
have no trouble in establishing firm
trading relations.
“There is a certain sales psychology
which must be remembered when deal
ing with the Chinaman and that is
his respect for tradition. One foreign
importer found himself unable for a
time to dispose of a shipment of fruits
which came in yellow colored cans,
yellow being associated in China with
death, while on the other hand it has
been found that goods cloaked in red,
the symbol of luck are in eager de
mand.”
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Detroit Man Shakes H^nds With
Bandit Who Eloped W.th
His Spouse.
MAN ROBS 250 HOMES
Quantity Production Burglar Proves
to Be Gay Lothario—Helps Vic
tims Sort Out Their Stuff
From Loot.
Detroit. Mich. — Edward Franz,
quantity production burglar, whose
activities during the last six month*
included the robbery of 250 homes in
Detroit, netting loot valued at $801X10,
faced the real husband of the woman
with whom he eloped. The elopement
followed an introduction at a dance
last October, and the meeting of the
two men took place at the Vinewood
avenue police station; but Ora Sher
man. the bona fide husband of “Mrs.
Margaret Franz," upset all the dope
hazarded by psychologists as to what
would happen at such meetings.
Franz measured Sherman Cooly with
his gray eyes and Sherman, with an
almost mischievous smile lurking at
the corners of his mouth, extended
his hand toward’s Detroit’s ace of
burglars, according to the police ac
count of the meeting.
“Franz, you have got her. and I'm
glad of it,” Sherman is quoted as
having told the man who had broken
up his home. “Keep her. for as far
as I am concerned, I am through with
her.”
Sherman had said to the police pre
viously he had never been able to pro
vide his wife with enough finery to
suit her.
200 Cases Identified.
Just 200 burglary complaints have
been traced to Franz, according to
Detectives Mitchell and O'Dell of
Vinewood station. Monday’s investi
gations were augmented by a tour of
the pawnshops, during which Franz
pointed out to Detectives Gill and
Stenhable of Central station, watches
and other articles of jewelry which
he had placed in pawn during the
six months. Eight watches were
found by these officers, their value to
taling $200.
Meanwhile, the property room at
Vinewood station has become the
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“You Have Her, and i’m Glad of It."
rendezvous of West side residents
whose homes have been entered re
cently. The stacks of costly silks
and satins which Franz stole for his
“wife” are slowly diminishing in size
as articles are identified 'by the right
ful owners.
Displaying a willingness to co
operate with the police in the work
of identifying his loot, Franz was
observed Monday afternoon assisting
Frank Love, whose home, at the cor
ner of Warren avenue and Twenty
eighth street, was robbed recently, in
the recovery of his property.
Had the Links On.
“What did you do with my gold
cuff links?” Love asked Franz after
every article the burglar had taken
from the home, with the exception of
the links, had been picked from the
pile of loot.
FrRnz smiled and calmly rolled up
his sleeves, revealing the missing
links, remarking whimsically concern
ing the difficulties he had experienced
hi gaining access to the Love resi
lence. — „
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| Jesse Steelman, fifty-threo, a t
| wealthy farmer of Scullville, 4
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f There was a crash, the grind- j
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f One large section struck Steel- t
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