Some months ago I told of a boy-cot in Kueichow of Szechuan salt, fon account of an advance in prices. The boycott proved effectual and prices have been reduced.
The provincial authorities have instituted a Bureau for. making reparations with a view to intro dueing local self-government in all the hsiens of the province and exhortations to prepare for this by taking thought for the public welfare are posted up everywhere. One can only hope that success will attend the movement, but it is dificult to see how real good of Permanent value is to be brought about without a radical change of heart and of purpose. Our Chinese friends are past masters when it comes to "'talked-talked" and yet their lives may be directly contrary to the good sentiments uttered.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.