The authorities are keeping a sharp watch to ensure proper observance of the anti-profiteering regulations, and the Central Price Policy Commissiorr of the Ministry of Finance has enforced many cuts.
The latest of these is a reduction in both the price of coal and ice by 10 per cent. Maxirhum prices have also been fixed for material used in the making of summer clothes, The major Japanese breweries have voluntarily decided not to enforce the increase of one sen a bottle of beer previously authorized by the Ministry of Finance, They will, however, discontinue the long-established custom of allowing rebates to wholesalers, who, in turn, are expected to stop rebates to retailers,
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