Stability of Rice' and' Wheat Prices Shown.
2 Nanking, July. 23, 'Anxiety for' China's "food supply 45 me of crisis was allayed by Mr, Wu Ting-chang, Minister of Indus ries, in an interview. with the. Con- ness settles over-It every night from tral News Agency to-day. The tion's, present store of food, he said.
fully adequate for meeting: any: emergency demands which may arise the near future.
'Since the outbreak of the Lukouchiao incident, Mr. Wu revealed, the Chinese populace' in general'. had shown remarkable confidence in the food problem. This was of course attributable to, their knowledge, of the bounteous harvest-last" year in many paris of the country.
Only one or two big cities' showed anxiety about their food supply. This, Mr, Wu said was due to. un. founded rumours disseminated by unscrupulous elements, Rice Output Reviewing China's harvest: last year,.Mr. Wu. recalled that the total Sutpiit of rice reached 871,002,000 iis which was an: increase'
51000 piculs over the output of, the year before, 'The Increase of output. in' whos! uring! last. year was more remarkable.' The total output for 1936, Mr. Wu said, was 461,865,000 piculs, "an Increase of 35,503,000 piculs over the preceding year. fs ud"
On the above basis, Mr. Wu said. every Chinese people would be. able to secure two piculs of rice*and one stability of the rine price in various localities,.Mr. Wu quoted the following. table:
June Barly July Last week var picul per plout per picul cmngin "a ne a gam 2
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