THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES.
LOOKING FOR TRADE. There seems to he a fimdament.il difference between the British and the American business temperament. Atony rate, a very shrewd German publicist, who lias watched both Britain and the United States closely, declares that where as tho Hritish trader will always compromise the American will generally fight. He uses as an illustratiim the tendency of the two nations in the matter of the new competition in transport.' The British railway compaies, faced with road transport competition, go to Parliament for permission to engage in the bus business. 'Fhe American railroad, oil the other hand, goes out to persuade the public that railway travelling is the better way.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 April 1929, Page 4
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