Much has been beand of the high freight rates on the Lung-Hai and bad these have been. In the past sear they have been accepted as accompaniment of the con immense relief was ago when traffic was in mea-ure resumed although the rates were still very high. The distance from the river terminal of the Lung-Mai to Hsuchowfu is in October it wax costing a grand total of $340 por 20-ton car between these points. Rates have - lately} been given another boost and {am formed by one of the largest shipping companies here that it costs less than $510 to move a car over this short distance!
The principal cargoes moving into the interior are Kerosene oil and cigarettes and it is a simple matter for the dealers to boost prices in onder to cover the extra shipping Ht the heavy rates are more than the general traffic can bear and. it is diffenlt to see how any export trade can he conducted at all.
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