The ce-operative services of our opticians, optometrists and ophthalmologists with the newest refracting Control of Cotton In North China Peiping, Dec. 4. The Ministry of Industries of the Provisional Government will soon publish orders concerning control of the export of cotton, states the Chinese press.
The North China authorities will soon establish purchasing centres in Tientsin, Tsinan and Shihchiachwang to collect cotton produced in this region. The Tientsin office will buy all cotton grown in East Hopei and along the Tientsin-Pukow railway in Hopei; the Tsinan office that produced in Shantung; and Shihchiachuang that produced along the Kinhan and Chengtai railways. After meeting the needs of the Japanese army, according to Chinese reports, "cotton will be distributed to different places to meet the demands of the general public."—Reuter.
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