Weighed Down by Military Exactions, Lack of Transport, Confiscations, Civil War and Political Impositions One of the worst advertisements for civil warfare China. to" be brought to the attention of the public is the statement that more than $50,000,000 Torses have been suffered by the Chinese coal mining industry during the past five or six years through incessant internecine warfare, and excessive taxation by the Central Government and provincial author! ties, and the constant commandeering of railway rolling stock by both. Northern and Southern military' Jenders.
Although the Chinese mines are capable of producing nearly 10,000} tons of coal daily, the greater part of this cannot ba brought away from the mine compounds on account of some pretext or another of the authorities, "Squeeze" is the main reason for many amine closing down, and civil warfare has been responsible for the suspension of work in others,
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