Members of the hemp sack trade held a meeting in their guild house on Sunday afternoon to consider measures as to the boycott of American goods. Sentiment was unanimous that the boycott should be strongly and firmly supported to the end. 'A meeting of those engaged in the grain trade was held with the same object yes terday afternoon im the bean and rice trade guild house inside the native city. It was resolved to support the boycott and give every support to the members of the Committee in charge of the movement. A meeting of sugar merchants and dealers of sea-borne goods is to be held in their respective guild houses to-morrow afternoon. It may be stated here that in the meetings noted above it was unanimously decided that members should buy their kerosene oil from Messrs. Meyer Ca., who are agents for the Royal Dutch Petroleum Ca., Langkat, and the Asiatic Petroleum Ca., Ld., of London, and shall abstain from purchasing Standard Oil. As to cigarettes, members were at liberty to smoke any cigarettes but the universally used Pinhead cigarettes.
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