Military Demanding $1: Butchers Only Willing to Pay 30 Cents Considerable agitation exists in [Chinese circles in connexion with the domestic tax which the native authorities propose to levy to meet fexpensos incurred by the upkeep of the Chinese Police.
Apart from taxing dome animals in general, Gen. Yen Chun yang, the Commissioner of Police and Martial Law, proposes to place a tax of $1 on each pig: slaughtered, The butchers at first offered to pay 20 cents, but later, at a conference held at the Chinese General Chamber. of Commerce, they agreed, to inevease this amount by 10 cents hut no more." This was not safi factory tg, the authorities. 'The matter has reachied a deadlock,' but it is expected that an early settlement will be reached.
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