The Archive · 1930

Cost of Living in China

Doubled Since 1913: Slump Silver Chief Factor Peking, Aug. 6.

Once again China has demon3- trated her tendency to move in an Jopposite direction from the rest of the world, While the cost of liv ing has been dropping rapidly in es, in China it has been rising with equal rapidity.

The authority for this condi tim is Dr. Franklin Ho, director of the economic research bureau of Nan kai university in Tientsin, which provides the most reliable statistics jin China, Dr. Ho shows that eve! coolie in China is suffering fron: rising price The sensational drop in commodity prices has attracted the atten-

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