Merchants Suffering from Too Much Taxation Canton, July 25.
Lack of unity among the Canton leaders themselves is impeding progress economically aswell politically in this part of China, and daily frequent arrests of so-called Reds"—really men and women unsympathetic with the present ruling clique—are discouraging the return to normal trade and life, so essential to the maintenance of Canton as the Heading port in" South China, The traders believe that the addition al 24 per cent. surtax on ordinary goods and 6 per cent. on luxe plus the regular Customs tariff been the chief cause of the prea business slump. In view of the already bad times suffered by mer, chants, the anti-Japanese boycott in Canton is not getting support from the people, Canton to; day has no strong political group' giving its chief attention to the constructive programme of the province, as the Chi in and more capable officials like General Li
Peking and Nanking attending to matters of national im-
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