People Ground Down with Taxes and Government Short of Revenue: Officials Who Help Themselves with Both Hands Thrift and economy were points: dealt with next. As already stated, the latent wealth of Chiao -is still to be developed and its products are insufficient for general distribution, therefore the' supervision of ox. penditure should go hand in hand with the development of natural resources, said General Feng. Increased expenditure may at times be mecensary, but assuredly not in hi haa suffered enough both internally and externally, internally from corrupt government and incessant civil strife and externally from the extraordinary economic domination of foreign Powers ax a result of the restrictions imposed by' the unequal treaties, so that, with agriculture neglected, and floods and famines frequently recurring, China to-day both impecunious and im-
"Therefore," General Feng said, who occupy positions of re-ale Saunt frank manner,
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