Canton, Oct, 7.
'The exemption' of taxes and custom duties on tobacco leaves is be-jing sought by the local merchants jtung's tobacco trade which is rapid:
s, relit measure for Kuang: ly declining.
In previous years over 30,000 bales of tobacco leaves were export~ Jed from Canton annually, but this year the figure has fallen consider-tably on account of the high selling price as a result of heavy tax bure A survey reveals that the merchants ave paying for each picul of tobacco leaves Production "Tax of $1.50, Educational Surtax $75 Special Tax $1, Export Duty $5 and Customs Duty $6, thus swelling the total to $16 approximately, The Jamount of tax paid on the com Imodity is estimated to" be. many times the actual cost of production.
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