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“...exceptions such as
clothing, bedding, rags, &c.
"With the removal of quarantine restrictions in April, trade
revived in some measure, but heavy rains in the autumn, which
damaged the crops in the north-western part of the province of
Shantung, adversely affected the purchasing power of the people, who
were obliged to spend their surplus cash in supplying the shortage of
food-stuffs. To this may be attributed the poor trade in piece-goods
and the large import of flour, principally from Shanghai mills, as
shown in the table of imports. .
In November trade received another setback, the full effect of
which will, however, not be felt until 1912, as it was the forward
contract business which was chiefly affected. The revolution which
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