The shops were never so empty of foreign goods as they are now. The boycott on Japanese goods is Luchowfs, Any Apr. 10, In Central Antiwei after ex-polling. the: red army, the overs: one hundred per cent. effective in thi font ae roed ie attention Daring the regime of Chen Tiao-suppression of opium growing. many sections. A few days ago the writer talked with an inspector of Yuen as. provincial governor there one of the volunteer boycott organi-rasa tremendous increase tu oppor satidns and he declared. that. not rodiction in the province, in' some one box or barrel of Japanese goods ins as much as one fourth of had come under his notice for many) the good. land. was" devoted months, A. glance "at the stores eufture, "Last year Hotel tsien and confirms, this statement.
Chap. Hsien were' especially "heavy 'As yet no one has been found to producers. "This yes the. water ly provided figs not seen a peepy. growing' any-the English and' German manufac urers. Are there; and reports come. in that Has been' destroyed over a wide turers and importers so. polite. that they wil not presume fo' enter this stand ack of the wreenment apaers tre pear government army "appear to market formerly supplied by the Japanese, or do they feel market that may be taken. farmers have rooted tp' the plants Them by a boyeot? is not worth hav fon heating' "of the proclamations, ug thers have been persuaded of the 'A comparison of local prices with feisdom" of such a course. by. the the. price fortised in American orshright methods: adopted by the and English catalogues indicates that either of these countries could; This eradication of the supply the market at a good profit, in some cases for the cheaper pera" tobe. a comparatney Trutter ence the powers which cons grades of cloth even when allowtrol the district desire to have ance is made for the high rate of gold exchange, the price in for slowing opium production isthe done "apoarentiy the, only "rsson Tocat shops is three times as, high desire of the raters to get the huge as it is in America, and yet Amer-pio soppression qaxts It th jean prices are usually considered the policy" of the Nan high as compared with other counfrovernment actualy to stop he tse opium in" China, it is evidently by Japanese goods are now being} few articles formerly, supplied supplied by Chinese factories, would seem that the Japanese burning of the factory "area The bandit, suppression camp ai Shanghai did not effectively dispose is also bearing good fruit in. of the Chinese powers to produce establishment of peaceful conditions. goods to supplant Japan's manufac The miscellaneous type of bandit orres. are now being cleaned Kinds of Goods Needed Yesterday a bandit was There is a notable need for cer-executed, and the disposal of one tain imported goods in the markets head man is of more value than the of interior cities and country towns. disposal of a dozen of the common The cheaper lines of hardware, knivfry. To-day two more men were es, tools fancy-goods, children 4 toys, [taken to the execution and capable tooking ornaments, etc., find a ready market {nthe thousands of markets towns of These are men who have taken {3 this dan-
Jokao, APE, 16.
A decided revival in the' Chinese religion is evident at one passes through the streets of Jukao, Ae lent "rites, Kept, im. check tem forarity bythe authorities, are now asian eces ope ore ented. and incense shops are busy.
been dstriguted throughout the city suspended in conspicuous places fevcaege waste paper with Chinese characters writen' on "them ARs cotter worship seaps, to receive Tostienton The ancestral Exiisere berne repaired and repaler enterings are Male. Beggars gather et the sates showing that the ume ber ut "worshippers is sufficient to Sunrantee them a fair income, "Aimecting. was recently held of the various deportments of the city Fovornment to discuss the leprosy Control problem thet controots the Seinty. "The "meeting was oscar oned by the ening of Sir. TE. Wu''ot" the' Ghinese "Mission" to Lepers from Shanghai, 'The. meet {ig was attended by all the depart: ments of the goveroment. and farleus' doctors' "The result of the tneeting ras highly satisfactory, all being af'one mind that something Bas to\ be, done. to prevent the farther spread' of the "disease. committee "was appointed: to work uta plan and present the same meeting to be held. again in the fear future: Jokao helen is esta Tited fo have over one thousand Tepers_and the disease. seems sprending. "Local hospitals all come in contact with the disease daily.
Russian oil is coming into town in large quantities and "the price placed "s0' low that. the. other of Companies cannot compete. The difference in price is so great that even those who would prefer the other oil are buying the Russian oil because of the price.
the' price of eggs have' been fs, nom ake heve sent open-cir shops here and consequent-
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