$400,000 Allotted to Committee By National Economic Council is hardly a part of the whole vast territory where the sign "Made in USSR fs unknown.
In Sinkiang the Soviet Trader is virtually without a rival. The Government of India has always encour aged trade between India and Sinkiang, but has been handicapped by the routes through the Karakorums which make transport dangerous and expensive. The Japantse have als) made a bid for the Sinkiang market, but for geographical reasons have not been able to compete with the Russians; while in' addition, the Soviet has cut prices to such an extent that its possible to buy goods of Russian manufacture cheaper in Sinkiang than on Russian sell, Nanking, Jan. 20.
'A. sum of $400,000 has been fixed by the National Economic Council as the expenses for its Sericultural Improvement Committee for the #iscal year (July, 1934-June, 1935).
{$100,000 will be allotted as expenses for silk-worm breeding in the provinces of Kiangsu, Szechuan, Chekiang, Shantung, Kwangtung, Hupen and Anhwei; $90,000 as current ex-[penses of the committee; $120,000 for the Sericultural Experimental [Stations in Nanking and Hangchow; and $100,000 for other purposes, including assistance to the proposed /Riangsu-Chekiang joint Filature and research work—Kuo Min
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