Pooting, Oct. 23.
result of an enormotis export as general rise in the price of Feodstufta in_North China hes. been witnessed. The price of four here has jumped from $2.€0 to $395 per bale during the last two weeks, and that of rice from §10.20 to $13 pet picul. The price of cotton in the Province also has risen, from $15.50 fo $10 per pid, during the last few Tha provincial authorities and the local. Chamber of Commerce jointly are devising measures for checking the manipulations of unscrupulous merchants, According {o a message from Loyang, the capital of Honan, the price of flour tas risen by $1 per bale during the last few days, and that of wheat by 60 cents per' "tu." A report from Tsingtao states that the prices of foodstuffs there also are soaring—Central News.
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