Precautions Being Taken by Merchants' Committee Aside from taking strict measures to prevent foodstuffs from being sent to quarters unfriendly to China, local food merchants have. now organized an "Arrival and Consumption Committee" as a means to ensure the local food supply in order to cope with the present national predicament.
Active work has been started by the committee in making daily investigations of the stocks held by all wholesale and retail provisions merchants in the city. The present total stock of rice in Shanghai, it is reliably learned, amounts to more than 400,000 piculs.
The committee also keeps a record of the daily arrivals of foodstuffs from the neighbouring districts from the interior, The shipments unloaded daily are reported to average ound 10,000 piculs.
Inasmuch as the requirements the city are less than this amount, t is stated that no anxiety is felt for shortage of food.
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