Remedies Urged in Nanking for State Adoption, Nanking, Jan. 1
The following five measures of to ensure adequate food supples for the country were formulat= ed at a meeting of the Central Food Control Committee yesterday and immediately submitted to the State Council for adoption:—
1.—Probibit hoarding of foodstuffs in any locality.
2,—Reduee transportation charges, for food products, 3.—Abolish all levies on food sup=
4.—Ponish unscrupulous mer~ chants found guilty of profiteering.
5.—Restrict consumption of wine or similar luxuries derived from fe rain and other necessaries, With a view to providing employ ment for the thousands of destitute people who are being cared for by the Nanking Special Municipality in conjunction with various charitable institutions in the Capital, the Nanking Winter Relief Committee is, naw ce-operating with the Municipal Authorities to employ all al bodied destitutes in road-building within the city.—Kuo Min.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.