The request of ihe Chinese merchants along the Peking-Suiyuan Railway for the abolition of the Likin tax offices has been rejected by the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Communications ro that the merchants, especially railway transportation companies, are going to declare a boycott refusing to transport merchandise along that line to Peking and other places. Not only this, the transportation companies have made agreements with the farmers and coa] sellers who will refuse to send vegetables and coal to the capital when the boycott is once declared by the transportation companies The promoters of the boycott against the railway are the chambers of commerce of Suiyuan, Feng-chen, Kalgan, Fengtai and other districts and it is believed that iv will cause serious hardships to the residents in the Capital when once the boycott is started. On account of the lack of funds, the Government authorities are also going to establish Likin tax offices along the Peking-Mukden Railway shortly.—"N.C. Standard."
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