THE GERMAN MONOPOLY.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 231, 28 September 1915, Page 6

THE GERMAN MONOPOLY.

WIDESPREAD RAMIFICATIONS. rxioN < OM.rA_vrs position. AND THAI "X AUCKLAND tITPLIKRs. briti>h feelis<; is tum,a runs IIJi.H. Uhih' jiublir letding , run.- hifrii on tue mibjei t "t rnrtnv trading in the Wt-st«ni Paiitir. the ijunstion is, What an ho ,\ow: A.t 6ta.U-<i in previous articWs on tlic Biibjrct, a tit-nnan firm—known as tin- DJI. anil l'.ii.— poeeeas aa absolute monopoly nl tnule in tie British posso--m .n of -.inicj.i. and the British pri'trctorat'- "f I onjra, ami at presont doe* a. ver' i iti'MMvc tradj- with mrrrhantj. in Auckland .i:i.l fydnry. The war has made lomparafv.lv no-diflerener to thu linn , , o|xTatn>n.H in titc mianrls. an.l h-, rtiUi-d icbterilay. it i» <-rediled with havin? [..«. 1.1 a dividend of 35 per-ont en I** U,t y.-urx uprrutions. I.;.- r|in-stirtM 1-. lidwroer, Trnat ran in; ,1,,n. ■ It-ntr i«-t -t.ri enemy trading arc j ,••..,1.-nlly rhlli. nit to apply. In Sew Z.nland. ;i: li uthn-ak nf war ,1 hij I firm. t.h'- 1 nntirn-ntal Kiililmt Co.. uinc'i 1 113.. itfc lipad nil ri- in Haniivcr. »a« arring on t'U.-ijiH'i-> in Stirkl&nd, 'n < istoniA Mr,ft Wrj| Phc liovrrnmcnt put in \ ffi-cniT to rfi'ivi , .til iiKii.-;..- »!;,.:: ar » nirapiv hfinp . n-.ii'.il to thp a. rr.imt ~t tli.' firm, and will i" , the siibje--t of n.;otiatirn.K uhfn tnr 1.1 at an r-iiL M.-antime it 1= a-s.-urrd that t.hf profit* ri thr firm an' not c^m^ , to Hanover. Not so. howpvj-r. with the D H. ;in<i r.G., whosr HharrhnWer? arr 111 Hamhurj:. ari ar. prfnum.ihly. rffiunp tiicir fivu per .-rnt <Ir»idrnd« mmc ri.'ijtral Whpn tr:.-- war romwirai , pffr.rt *"aji apparrnt.lv mads by th<> Nfw Zeaiand Gnvfrnmrnt to ropo vihh Ule position. inaßDiurh as a German firm in Auckland, tnotn to actiiy. , a; apent for this island monor«oly. wa* informed that no further phipmrjiis out of thr country would b<- allou-cd. The local finn but it i.« po?iLively known Uiat their orders havo l«-o n filled by other firms. a.nd dispatched to thr island l>y 1 nsori < ompany boats. That restriction, placvi on thp operations of tbr Itfrman firm in Auckland, *" Ftihsrqiicntly lifted, aixi it nonr again openly tradrp with the D.H. and Afc it iiai. more tban once ><n>n stated, that the D.Ff. and PC* ehipmenus have. npon carr.p-i in iaj-gp quaniitiee to and rrom AuckUn,j by thp Union St«a.m«h;p I ompany.' island steamej*, a ""Star"' representative *-»» Mr. Irvine, the Auckland mana r ;«T and asked if it were corr»>ot that thp I'ojnpanv's Kteaniprs were usiui bj the Geroaa Arm. •■~\Ke ar o public carnem, anl w<? miiht carry io- all alikp unlc&e thr i.ovrmmrjit plaor-s a restriction ;ir>on or upon the operation.- of i-ppi-ifii-d firms," repJird Mr. Mine. «nd l.p added that prkir to the outbreak o: war. thp IXrL and P.O. sr Pre thp Union Company's agent* at Apia, but immediately hretiliiacc. enm-siem-pd the arrHjagp.inpnt was. canctlied, and the Company established it- o.rn office in the ijland. FEELTSG IS" TO.Vi.A. The position «-a» inter&stni(.'lv r«ferred to this morning by a. British res^ dent -ii Tunea a: present on a visit to Auckland. "Thf fact thai nothing has been dour to rPsrrr-t the operations of the German [irni is pornptnlnjr that every Britisher in the pronp ffwla very »ora i about." hr >.u.i. -Thp Cormaas'monoi poli«c the trade in both Samoa and j Tonga, an.l they hare a!so secured a big looting in Pago Pago. They aro arrogant .md aabitioiis. and are going tbo way to complctciy oust all British compotiti'in. In the various islands thpy ha-vp probahiy 30 tradic™ stations, ami at iamna they control big planta-tion areas. Brtiish. residents in Tonga cannot -.;.iderstanii why eomething is not done. Tbfy know tiat. the British Tonsul therp hap no direct power. f>ut the Imppnal Oavcrroneni. ha*. They quit© understand that If Awtdand Tnrrchant* rpfused to i,upt>ry the Gprman firm, thp husines* would" all into the hands of thp Sydney tnerohants. But they are at a !.-*- to know trhy Australia and Now Zealand not combine in making rpprp>e n tationn to the Imperial Oovemment uinch vov arlminbtery Samoe and protects Tornza. If thp German firm ■«- s.iprcxsed, British firms couM qiite Mtiefartorirr carry on tr-» trade." ,