On account of the, partial failures: of the cops last year the condition othe country people at this. time;-is. one... bordering on famine. The. rice deale: s, hoping to take advantage of the great. demand for rice: elsewhere, were buying up, what, remained from last year's crop for export, when the officials, fearing lest the scarcity of food would: provoke serious discontent among, the people, promptly' prohibited any traffic in grain or rice.: 'The move will be of great: benefit to the' masses, pending the- present, year's harvest.
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