A correspondent writing from Taiho, Kiangsi, reveals that the price of rice in that famous rice-producing province is now $60 per picul. which 1s a record, since in the pre-war days the price was between $4 and $5. It is said that prices quoted in Shanghai are often published in Kiang: newspapers, On Tuesday. a big rice riot occurred in Sungkiang. says a Sungkiang correspondent writing f the "Central China Daily News." There the price was quoted at $135, on Wednesday. In other words. rice profiteers in that district were fo lowing Shanghai prices so closely that they quoted almost exactly the same rice on the same day. Great uneasiness is said to be prevailing in that rice district It is revealed by another correspondent writing from Wusih that the Magistrate there has had to issue an official notice forbidding the merchants to increase the price of rice beyond the $110 mark. This is exactly the same price as the Hon, kong rice which the Settlement authorities are shipping to Shanghai. Recent reports indicated that profiteers in Wusih were as bad as those in Shanghai. necessitating the Magi trate to take such a step, Severe punishment has been promised for those who sell rice beyond the official price.
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