Basic is practical: this piece proves it

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Basic is practical: this piece proves it
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The Forum
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English
Year
1936
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February, 1936 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 27 The fleitol Way to Jhibiicate MINE The eAlemite Way: Quicker, easier, cheaper—and wheel bear­ ings are really lubricated. The Alemite System does away with the tedious, messy, wasteful and too often neglected job of lubricating mine car wheels. With a centrally located “Service Station” equipped with the electrically operated 6110 Alemite Mine Car Gun. mounted on a 400-lb. For complete details of Power and Manually Operated Mine Car Guns address: MOTOR SERVICE COMPANY, Manila, P. I MODEL 4110 MINE CAR GUN Universal type electric motor, % H. P., voltage up to 250. Automatic switch cuts out motor when pres­ sure reaches 300 lbs. Sup­ plies 25 ft.of piping between gun and first outlet. C-157—J. it. K. CARS drum of lubricant and a simple piping ar­ rangement as diagrammed below, two men can completely lubricate the four wheels of a mine car in a matter of minutes. Old bear­ ing plugs are permanently replaced with Alemite Giant Flush Type Fittings. As the lubricant is never exposed, contamination is impossible. Basic Is Practical: This Piece Proves It Following are excerpts from Benjamin Franklin’s Words to Those H ho Are About to (!o ou a Sea Journey transmuted into Basic. Basic is a completely ade­ quate vocabulary of English, worked out at Oxford a few years ago, compris­ ing only 850 words, about 700 of which arc nouns. Spreading round the world rapidly, Basic may be mastered in a few weeks; also, anyone who masters Basic is in no further need of English study. Except he goes in for literature, his 850 Basic words are enough; and aided only by the purely technical terms, they will serve his every purpose even in the field of science: in business he will never be at loss for the right word. Before launching into Franklin, let us add that Basic is closely kin to the English of the Bible, plain and powerful; a Basic literature is coming into vogue, Shakespeare, Defoe, Tolstoy, Shaw. China has yielded so quickly to Basic that means to put down quack teachers had to be found. Russia goes ahead under Mrs. Litvinov’s enthusiasm. No doubt Japan is to fall in line at once, and therefore Basie ought to be taken up practically in the Philippines, pre­ ferably by the schools, where, because of foundation of English already laid, mastery of it would soon give the Islands their common speech without more ado. The repute this would win them in the world can not be undermeasured, it is too desirable. It is granted that what we have been writing must be akin to Basic. On this, the London Times argues: “For their own sake, as well as for that of foreign learners, English-speak­ ing people would do well to keep their own English as near as possible to the simplicity and the precision of Basic English.” Now let the reader follow Franklin in Basic, and see if anything is wanting in the true eloquence of language, simpli­ city and precision: “When you arc going to take a long sea journey, nothing is better than to keep it a secret till the minute of starting. If you do not, you will be troubled at all hours of the day by your friends coming to see you, which not only takes up muchneeded time but makes a thousand important things go out of your mind. Then, when you are on the ship and well out at sea, you are trou­ bled by the memory of business not done, of payments you have not made, and of a number of things which you had in mind to take with you and which you arc in need of every minute. Would it not be better to put an end to all this and to let anyone going on a journey get ready quietly without troubling him, so that he may give up one or two days, when ail is done, to seeing his friends for the last time? “It is not at all times in one’s power to say which ship’s chief one will go with, though a great part of the pleasure of the journey is depend­ ent upon this selection and though one is for a time necessarily limited to his company and in some measure under his authority. If he has good sense and is a pleasing sort of man, kind and good-humored, you will be so much the happier. One sometimes comes across men of this sort, but they are not common. However, if yours is not of this number, so long as he is a good seaman, who gives care and attention to the control of his vessel, you will have to do without the rest, because these are the most important qualities. “Whatever right you may have, by your agree­ ment with him, to the food he has taken on the (Please turn to page 38) IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 38 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL February, 1936 Here’s how to get Manilas! LUMBER REVIEW By ARTHUR F. FISCHER Director, Bureau of Forestry Long Filler Cigars in cellophane are obtain - able in your ci t y < nearby! I Demand in the United States during November lined relatively acTwo developments his market during month may be of •est to local pro­ fs, viz.: reduction of R. R. freight rates from the Southwest to the North and East in the United States, with similar reductions to other parts of the coun­ try impending; and the new trade agreement between the I nited States and Canada reducing the tariff on lumber imported from the latter country. What effect, if any, the above developments will have on Philippine lumber exports remains to be seen. There seems to be a tendency among local pro­ ducers to minimize, the importance of the above developments in view of the fact that lauans do not compete directly with pine and other soft­ wood lumber. At the present time local ex­ porters are more concerned about the proposed increase of conference rates between the Philip­ pines and the United States, which would mean, if realized, an increase on the freight of Philipline lumber shipped to the west coast of the 'nited States of at least P2.00 per M. board Spain..................... Portuguese Africa. New Zealand....... Italy...................... Dutch Hast Indies Germany.............. Guam.................... Sweden................. 276 Total................. 9,922,024 P 372,305 Destination 1934 Board Feet CustomsDeclared Japan........................ 8,675,888 1* 151,437 United States.......... 2,424,432 172,074 C’liina........................ 1,599,752 39,156 Great Britain.......... 370,152 35,803 British Africa.......... 287,472 22,039 Australia................... 657,624 49,485 Singapore................. Hongkong................. 2,968 151 Spain......................... 424 50 Portuguese Africa... 72,080 3,821 New Zealand........... 35,192 2,709 Italy.......................... 15,264 1,232 Dutch East Indies.. 14,840 1,980 Germany.................. 12,296 1,223 Guam........................ 5,512 798 Sweden..................... 4,664 546 Manila Genuine List of Distribut­ ors furn i shed 15 Williams Total.. ............. 14,178,560 P 482,504 Note:—‘This represents mostly solid log scale, that is, 424 board feet to a cubic meter. For .'J) Mills for the month of November Lumber Deliveries from Month Mills 1935 1934 November. Month ........ 19,370,536 14,187,954 Lumber Inventory 1935 1934 November. Month ... 39,380,043 35,109,704 Mill Production 1935 1934 November. 19,053,126 15,111,516 Note:—Board Feet should be used. Basic Is Practical (Continued from page 27) C. A. Bond Philippine Tobacco Agent: Street, New York City Collector of Internal Revenue | Manila, P. I. MANILA S made under sanitary conditions will satisfy your taste I (Health Bulletin No. 28) Rules and Regulations for the Sanitary Control of the Factories of Tobacco Products. “Section 15. Insanitary Acts—No person engaged in the handling, preparation, processing, manufacture, or packing of tobacco product or supervising such employment, shall perform, cause,-permit, or suffer to be permitted, any insanitary act during such employment, nor shall any such person touch or contaminate any tobacco products with filthy hands or permit the same to be brought into contact with the tongue or lips, or use saliva, impure water, or other unwholesome substances as a moist­ ening agent * ,....". A decline of 16% over last month was regis­ tered of the lumber and timber exports to Japan. This is considered, however, merely temporary— it was mainly due to unusual rainfall during the month which made logging difficult. Other important foreign outlets for Philippine lumber and timber during the month under review were: China, Great Britain, British Africa and Australia. Consumption in China aggregated 1,327,120 board feet, of which 259,064 board feet were in the form of timber, com­ pared with only 36,464 board feet shipped to that market in October. This big rise in con­ sumption is a reflection of a feeling of greater confidence in China following the nationaliza­ tion of silver in that country. Steady ship­ ments were made to Great Britain and British Africa. A decline was registered on lumber and timber exports to Australia compared with No­ vember of last year. This, however, was offset by the large shipment to that country the previous month. It has been reported that there is a growing market for Philippine woods in Aus­ tralia and all that is necessary is a bit of trade expansion propaganda and care in inspection. Demand in the local markets has kept up .... fairly well. Prices tend to be firm with upward him, it is tendency in view of the approach of the dry —1 ........ season. Mill production during the month was lumber sawn c™ ...„ ,.......- -----.-----15,111,5’6 board feet in November, 1934, or an increase of 26%. Lumber deliveries from the mills exceeded production by 1.6%. The following statements show the lumber and timber exports, by countries, and the mill pro­ duction and lumber inventories L,. the ?..e;;th of November, 1935, as compared with the cor­ responding month of the previous year: month of care taken of them on the ship, they ship for the use of the persons journeying with him, it is a good thing to have a private store, which you may make use of from time to time. It is necessary, for example, to have some good n.. -vatcr js frequently you will not be able to keep it good. In addi­ tion, it is necessary to take with you good tea, coffee, chocolate, the sort of wine most pleasing to your taste, apple alcohol, dry fruits, nuts, unu me mm pio- sugar, capillaire, * acid fruits, rum, eggs in oil, -s for the month tinned soup, bread twice-cooked. As for fowls, ■ ’ ’ it is very little use to take any with you, if you do not undertake the work of giving them food and getting them fat yourself. With the little v.,.., Ukcr. of tl-.cr.'. t!-= —ip, they are almost all unhealthy and as hard as leather. ‘‘All sailors are of the opinion that fowls have no idea when they have had enough water, and that, when water is freely given them, they generally put an end to themselves by taking overmuch. This opinion has been handed down from the time when there was little water and when it was necessary to take great care of it, and the outcome is that they give them water only every two days and even then in small amounts. They put this water into vessels sloping down on one side, which makes it go to (Please turn to page 4t) production UUIJllg, V11V IHVIILII XV 10 ...........x •e were 19.053,126 board feet of water, because the ships water is frequent during the period compared with bad. But you will have to put it into bottles 1 r X • X'.......____ 1AO1 u-ill kn ukln t.n lrnon it Wind. In ftdc I.umber and Timber Exports for the 1935 Destination Japan.............. United States. China.............. Great Britain. British Africa. Australia......... Singapore........ Hongkong....... CustomsDeclared Value ‘5,415,752 1► 85,824 2,421,888 181,539 1,327,120 58,019 243,376 18,058 319,272 18,832 152,640 4,574 26,288 4,410 12,296 773 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL February, 1936 THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL 41 white-winged galleons, skimmed the dangerous way from Marseilles and Havre to Manila, carrying back the treasures of the east. Almost each week saw a French ship in the puerlo de Carite // An actual manifest of 1858 -one of the many romantic documents which are Consul Willoquet’s hobbv—in delicate scroll with the ink browned bv nearly a century--is gone over. This manifest shows that the French ship Xieolux (W, Captain I’. Adam, leaving Ma­ nila .July 3, 1838, for Havre, carried: 149 cases mother-of-pearl, 3,107 bags ol coffee, 331 cases gum elemi, 21 cases of spices, 720 bales of Manila hemp, 521 parcels of bamboo (and perhaps rattan >, 1 lot of sapan bark, dyewood, 13 cases of indigo, 5 cases of cigars, 2 boxes of sheet tin, 1 large plank, 1 small case of crepe de chine, 2 cases of miscellaneous commodities. This was a typical French-destination manifest of that period. Xo doubt the gninde planche gleams today as a table-top in some French manor. Another use of Philippine wood, a most unexpected one, was to produce artificial coloring for certain French wines. Philippine rattan was the mate­ rial for the cane of many a Beau Brummel. Typhoons hurled some of the merchant ships into’ strange ports. Manila extricated them. Pirates robbed and murdered, had to be treated with, and crews rescued. The adventures of the consulate still live, in pen and ink. With the records, the consul relives those sudden times of stress, of derring-do. His own part in the great upheaval of the 20th century won him the distinction of a WatCross and the Inter-Allied decoration. He was made Chevalier of the Legion of Honor on February 2, 1929, for outstanding service to his government. Forty-eight years have been his, and a host of Manila friends wish him as many more. Basic Is Practical (Continued from page .18) the lower part, so that the fowls have to get upon one allot Iter’s backs to come near it and some are unable even to put their mouths in. In this way they are troubled all the time by their need for water, their digestions arc unable to do their work because the food is so dry, and they quickly get ill, and that is the end of them. Every morning there are dead ones among them, and these are dropped into the sea, while those which are used for the table are in such a con­ dition that it is as much as one is able to do to get one’s fork into them. To put this right, it is necessary to have a number of small divisions in their water vessels and to see that every one gets some water in it; but this is not generally done, if ever. For this reason, sheep and pigs are the best animals to take to sea for food, flic sheep’s meat being generally very good, and pig’s meat first-rate. CHARTERED BANK INANd’ CHINA Capital and Reserve Fund............................................. £6,000,000 . Reserve Liability of Proprietors................................... 3,000,000 MANILA BRANCH ESTABLISHED 1872 | SUB-BRANCHES AT CEBU, ILOILO AND ZAMBOANGA Every description of banking business transacted. Branches in every important town I throughout India, China, Japan, Java, Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, | French Indo-China, Siam, and Borneo; also in New York. Head Office: 38 Bishopsgate. London. E. C. A. T. McIntosh. Acting Manager, Manila. "Possibly some of the food and stores I have here been talking about may not be needed at all, because of the care t he ship’s chief has taken to get in the right things. But, if this is so, you may give it away to the poor persons who are making the journey more cheaply and are living among the common sailors, with no right to the ship’s food or to only that part of it which is used for the seamen's meals. These persons are sometimes ill and unhappy, and there are fre­ quently women anil voting ones among them, who have no chance l>f getting those things of which I have been talking and of which, possibly, they have the greatest need. By making a dis­ tribution among them of your unnecessary food, vou inav be of the greatest help to them. A ou 'may get them well again, keep them from death, and make them happy, which is at all times a most pleasing experience (or a feeling mind. —The Forum. ‘ riioii’s Note: - .1 sirrct drink made from a plant rr^ii gd [W kg J m V in the Then let the best of spirits go round. BLACK 8.WHITE (WHISKY) . round Go best of spirits. KUENZLE & STREIFF, INC. Opice: 343 T. IMnpin Tel. No. 2-39-36 MANILA CEBU ILOILO ZAMBOANGA li ranch O’lice: 44-48 Isaac Peral Tel. No. 2-17-62 IN RESPONDING TO ADVERTISEMENTS PLEASE MENTION THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE JOURNAL