Representations on Income Tax and Smuggling Nanking, July 24.
Representations concerning income tax and the smuggling situation in North China were made to-day by delegates from Chambers of Commerce In 21 provinces, who called st the Executive Yuan, Legislative Yuan, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Industries.
Tt was pointed out that smugsting not only affected Chinese merchants, but also international legitimate trade in China. The difference in Customs duties collected at Tientsin and Chinwanglao on goods from Manchuria, as compared with the levies collected at other places, also was questioned.
The business tax, it was declared, was not yet being collected in the International Settlement and French foreign settlements, Chinese merchants within and outside these settlements would be treated equally.
'A Government spokesman promised to give careful consideration to the
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