Nanking, Apr. 8.
Further undermining her, economic structure, Hankow's industries and Agriculture have been on the decline during the past three years, Amoni the principal trades of the city. are the cotton, flour, and tea industries. Previously, there were six big cotton, milly In Hankow, the Tiyl, Yuhuoy Chenhuan, Minsheng, and Hsinhsini fil Chinese, and the Taian, which {3 run by Japanese capital, ' The Chi-hose mills havea total of 270,000 indies, and prior to 1931 the aver~ toge annual output of yarn was 149, which mostly were di 14 sold in Hupeh, Szechuan, Hunan, Honan, and Shensi.
Since 1032, the cotton industry has been grade Thus. was in 1088 1082, the total export of cotton yarn This. wag reduced to. $14,700,000, and 1934 it further shrunk to $0,800,- 00. Hit by the business depression, three of the Chinese cotton (iyi, Chonhuan, and Minsheng) recently closed.
Flour Mitls Threatened Next to cotton in importance is the our Industry, "There are five prin cipal flour mills in the city, namely, Fuhsin, Hsinhsin, Yulung, ' Wuteng, land Chinlung, with an aggregate tolaloutput of about 300,000 bales of flour monthly, About 60 per cent. of the product is distributed and' gold sin Hlupeh and the other 60 per cent, in Hunan "and Kiangsi, While other industries in Hankow have suffered setback during the past three years, the flour mills have enjoyed a better market, but even this seeming pro: Sperity is being threatened by the excessive imports of flour from Hankow has always been noted as an Important tea market in Central China, There are two principal tea factories in the city, the Hsing Shang fand Tal Ping. Both black and green tea are produced. The principal market of Hankow's tea tradi Russia, but, on account of Rus @emand for higher quality tea in Fecent Years, there has Deen a gradual Gecline of trade in this ity.
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