"Foreign cigarette combat in the province have voiced the following'
"We, foreign cigarette companies ince doing business in Chi have ys had fri ly connexions with Chinese cigarette companies. We are incorporated in fg! anything that is detrimental to our terests, and we prefer to have competi min in an open way. 'We do not like to control business illegal method. 'Thi policy, which we think, is known to the' public.
Now there is a proposal by the! Chekiang authorities to install the! system of official sale of cigarettes jin that province. There such system in other countries.
Also the proposal, once in operation, wi limit the sale of cigarettes, and ce trol the market price. contrary to our policy, we have determined to fight against the official sale of cigarettes in Ché- Kiang, in ce-operation with Chinese cigarette companies.
We hope that the public will read this with
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