A correspondent writing from Talho, Klangsi- reveals that the price of rice in that famous rice-producing province is now $60 per picul. which ig-a record, since in the pre-war days the price was between $4 and $5. Tt 4s said that prices quoted in Shanghat are often published in Klangst newspapers. On Tuesday. a big rice riot occurred in Sungkiung, says a Sunglelang correspondent writing for the "Central China Daily News." There the price was quoted at $135, fon Wedneéday. In other words. rice profiteers in that district were fol-owing Shanghai prices s0 closely that they quoted almost exactly the same price on the same day. Great
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