In spite of quite a good harvest the price of rice keeps up to about seven thousand cash for the picul of about 160 catties. This is high for these parts, but the depreciation of the cash, now over 1,400 to the dollar, somewhat accounts for it.
Business is not good, for the unrest in the surrounding country dis-trieste must interfere with sales. Many shops have large stocks on hand which they cannot dispose of. The wine tax upset many firms, for they had bought forward against the maize harvest at good prices, but with the tax the amount needed by the distillers was much less than usual, hence the price of maize came tumbling down.
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