has accepted the chairmanship of the Chekiang Silk Control Commission, In succession to Mr. Tseng Yang-tu, former Reconstruction Commissioner of the province, who resigned to become Mayor of Canton.
The silk season in Chekiang is now fon in, full_ swing and, according to the "Sin Wen Pao," recent provincial regulations have filed the standard price for all first grade reformed cocoons at $44 a market picul; 2nd grade at $37; and 3rd grade at $32; first. grade, Jocal, $31; 2nd_ grade, local, $27; and 3rd grade, local, $23.
Tnstructions have been issued to, all silky merchants not to dispose of their products at prices below the standards fixed by the control commission.
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