Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-10-08
%HE NORTH CHINA HERALD,
acknowledgements the
outcry against the import OF
Soviet goods, the Hardin grocery

outcry against the import OF
Soviet goods, the Hardin grocery
shops are at present flooded with
all kinds of provisions from Russia. Not
only are these provisions to be found IN
the C. E. r. cooperative stores and
other purely Soviet institutions, but
they are also to be found in stores of
every nationality. principally owing to
the constant demand for such goods.
1t is said that the reason of such a
great demand Is that all Soviet citizens
are compelled to buy only goods OF So
Wet manufacture, provided that these
may be obtained in the town. and on no
account are they permitted to buy goods
made in any other country If they can
find ?. similar article which has been
manufactured,in Soviet Russia. Whether
this statement, made by the white"
press of Hardin, is correct is very doubt
full as the prices at which Soviet goods
, are being sold are so low that they at
tract buyers, irrespective OF Soviet clti-
Zens.
In Hardin it is a custom to alter the
prices of all foreign goods every Gay,
according to the value OF the local dol
| lar, and there is no exception MADE 1oI
Soviet goods, which are also quoted
higher or lower. according 10 the Value
OF the local currency.
At the same time, it must not be for
gotten that such goods as cotton prints,
produced in Russia, are really OF better
quality than those produced In Japan,
| and thus at the present moment Japa-
nese-made cottons are not having such
q good sale as they had before. but to
very considerable extent Chinese
manufactured cottons hold their own
It may interest Shanghai readers to
learn that Soviet cotton prints are
/ = To- IYorkfVH al from Or tn AH
cents per yard, and the Hardin being
| IS per cent below the Shanghai dollar
| in value, this Is equal to 81 Shanghai
cents for low quality and So for the
lest lines. Cotton handkerchiefs are
sold at $50 local dollars per dozen and
linen handkerchiefs at 750 per dozen
The one and the only Soviet article
that does not seem to 60 SO well in
China Is that Of picture films, which
are SO hacked by the censors that they
lose all interest and do not draw the
public.
Library Books Held
| Barometer Of Unemployment.
The Bulletin, Sydney.-According to
sydney City Librarian BERTHE, the most
accurate of all barometers for register
ing hard times and unemployment Is
| that contained in the demand for books
lent books, not bought ones. In June
of last year the issue of books from the
municipal library suddenly jumped by
about 1000 a week, and apparently 1t
. has been on the upgrade ever since, and
whereas in the pre-depression days
there were five times as many women
| locking for books as men, the proper
ton is now exactly the reverse. Prob
! ably every free reading room and me.
clnanics' institute in the country could
supply corroborative evidence.
X y X \
Spain Experiences
| Difficulty in Readjustment.
A B C, Madrid.-Spain seems to be
having great difficulty in adjusting her.
| self to the new republican regime
| Either that or this period OF political
revolution, though inaugurated without
bloodshed, lends itself as a favorable
opportunity, during the complexities Of
| realignment, for all the indictments Of
4 the country to exercise their own pri-
vate and conflicting prerogativeS
| A record of the events OF the day L
| simply the chronicling OF a campaign
of agitation in all the provinces. In
| Valencia the labor unions are creating
grave disorders, in Seville government
/, troops are IN open conflict with rioterI
and Communists, in Murcia syndicatei
of workmen have voted strikes and er'
spending their time in meetings ant
disturbances, in Alicante certain mys
FERROUS strangers have been arrestet
ui1o turned out to be Communists ant
IN Tortosa and Amposta the debility Q