Authorities May Cooperate With Chamber of Commerce Some responsible people are reported by the "Shing Sheng News Agency" to have suggested to official quarters concerned the starting anew of a collective rice-purchasing movement. Authorities of the two foreign areas here may cooperate with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce here in urging employers of big commercial houses to buy rice in large quantities for storage purposes. Another suggestion is to continue the cheap sale of rice while preventing merchants from doing business outside the Shanghai Rice Market.
It is stated that there is no reason that prices of rice should have gone vp during the past few days after following a downward trend for some time. It is explained that there are about 800.000 bags or about 1,000,000 piculs of rice stored in Shanghai at present enough for three months' consumption. Several reasons are given for the increase of prices, the chief ones being the It was further decided to write to the Lord Mayor's Fund expressing the wish that contributions to hospitals be allocated if possible to a particular hospital with the fortunes of which it is hoped Shanghai subscribers will thus be able to associate themselves The plan decided upon at a previous meeting to place Red Cross Collection Boxes in British Hotels has receive warm support from the Management of the Hotels and with the near completion of the Boxes will shortly be carried out. It is also hoped that the cooperation of a few British shops may be enlisted for.an extension of this collection box scheme. uncertainty of shipping schedules, which makes rice merchants hesitant to sell their cargo, and the stringency prevailing in the foreign exchange market.
To cope with the situation the collective purchasing plan is again suggested, it is stated. The rice crop in Wuhu is said to be ready for the market very soon. Merchants will have to secure "transportation" permits first, however, before going to that Anhwei district to buy rice. Reduction of the price of flour is predicted by the "Central China Daily News," it being asserted that a settlement has been reached for transporting wheat fo Shanghai from occupied districts, 95 Benjamin Alary, tigua, Rene Mr. and hai Municipal Police, Mr.
Their demands, at the time, were im" [based on the following points: increase in temporary and rice allowances, jobez, crease in pay and several other points. Two days later, the strikers forced Chinese office clerks and coolies to go on strike in sympathy with their cause. The strike started at the Vu Ya Ching Road Gas plant and spread to the Yangtszepoo branch.
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