The latest article to come under state control is flour. This is apparently for adjusting supply and demand and the former high price irom sending the prices of other commodities upwards along with It, The preliminary to this was the lifting of import duty on this article from May 26 though the control does. not come into force until June 5.
The act which covers this is under the anti-profiteering measure. The price for flour has now been fixed. for all the large towns in the country. jand any merchant who is found violating the law is to be drastically. punished.
To adjust the supply and demand the Manchoukuo Government has ordered 1,500,000 bags of flour from Japan, which, under arrangements with the Tokyo Government will arrive at a low price.
Tt has been further ordered that} domestically produced four (mainly in Harbin) will be used for all towns. north of Changchun while the im-Ported goods will be used south of the capital, The price of wheat has also been fixed for Harbin. The law leaves. a loophole, however as it says that under special circumstances the price may be altered.
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