One of the most favourable factors of all is that Shanghai is the locale for the excellent industrious qualities of the Chinese labourer.
Deadly present hatred notwithstanding, the similarity in race be tween the two contestants is ground for natural unification, in the end.
The investing public, for the past several years, have tried their hand at all sorts oѓ equity investments, here and abroad, and have been badly singed. Outright ownership in Shanghai real estate, or ownership with a small encumbrance, has not caused equally-devastating losses as from operations on the stock exchanges everywhere.
Reconversion into local currency, from gold and foreign money, is now tempting for two reasons. One is that the latter offers no returns end the other is that land and property may be bought at most advantageous rates now. Many are satisfied with the profits from currency exchange they have already made and seek for other means of gain.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.