Nanking, Sept. 24.
A report on the causes of the recent stagnation in the sale—of home-grown wheat at well as the remedies therefor has been submitted to the Executive Yuan by the various Ministries concerned, includ. ing the Ministries of dustry and Railways, tives of which have ing the question, Among the causes enumerated in the report are (1) increase of production and consequent—drop. in Prices, (2) dumping of forei wheat' and flour, (3) exaggerated propaganda about the American wheat loan, (4) intentional maniulation by unscrupulous merchan' (5), prevalence of miscellanea) and exorbitant taxes in the various Provinces, (6) lack of convenient means of transportation, (7) the low River flood, (8) increase of, lit charges on' certain railways: and (9) scarcity of flour mills in the vicinity of wheat-growing cen-res.
As remedies for this situation, the of the price of wheat, encouragement of the transportation of surplus wheat from the interior to the various seaports, reduction lof freight charges both by land and by water, reduction or abolition taxes on food stuffs, imposition of] an anti-dumping tax on foreign flour, improvement of transport} facilities, establishment of farmers' banks, and establishment of experi mental farms for the improvement) in the quality of home-grown wheat
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