Dealers' Discontinuance of Bus-mess: Depression in Trade Generally Chefoo, Oct. 29, M. Pierre Henri, of the Inter= national Labour Office of the League of Nations, and Dr. Maitland, who is inspecting hygienic conditions of factories in China, a at present in Chefoo.
The tax on cigarettes levied by the Shantune Governor, which ix approximately 50 per cent. of the selling price, has caused consternation among local tobacco dealers, All cigarettes retailed in Chiness Shops are subject' to this levy and many dealers have refused to-continue business unless the tax is abolished or at least reduced Chefoo continues to be under martial law and the streets are deserted after 10 p.m, The city is patrolled by armed police all night and any wanderer is immediately arrested, Native shops have been hard hit through the continued depression in trade. It is estimated that over 1,600 Chinese shops have closed their doors in the last month. The number of unemployed has considerably increased and the consequent poverty has resulted in many eases The U. 8. $. Huron returned to Chefoo yesterday morning and will stay indefinitely. Admiral Thomas Washington and his stof are board. "The -Admiral's yacht, the General Alava, has left for Shanghai, where she will enter dry' dock for vepairs.—Reuter's Pacific SeroN
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