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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANTI-JAPANESE WAR
their agricultural production and will also promote unity between
the troops and the people.
(6) In 1943 the Liberian Daily and Border Region Masses Dally
should widely promote the Wu Manyou production movement so that
many more Wu Manyous will be created within the five sub-regions.
(7) The primary and secondary schools of the Border Region
should run general agricultural knowledge classes and edit textbooks
for winter-study containing practical information on Border Region
agriculture with the aim of improving agriculture and increasing
production.
(8) the Reconstruction Department should call a meeting of experts
to get down to research on the “willow-root” water which flows
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from the hilltops, so as to deal with it in a scientific manner and to
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prevent people from contracting “limping sickness” after drinking
it. If this problem can be salved then much fertile land in the neighborhood
of the hills can be put under the plough and become good
arable land.
Our eighth agricultural policy is to implement progressive agricultural
taxation.
In the past agricultural taxation was in the form of national salvation
grain tax. Although it was levied on progressive principles,
the amount levied each year was not standard. The amount levied
per family varied from NOT year to year. FOR In 1941 there were cases of
taxes being apportioned out [tanpai]. Although an assessment
method [pinquizhi] was instituted in 1942 as being more equitable,
there were still inequalities COMMERCIAL
. The most important failing was that
the amount of tax was not fixed. This dampened the enthusiasm of
the peasants for production. We propose that in 1943 the government
should examine and register the land held by the people, and
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a simple progressive agricultural tax. The amount
of tax should be decided according to the amount of land, its quality,
and so forth. In this way the peasant will be able to calculate
the amount of tax themselves according to the amount and quality
of the land they farm. Once the peasants can do this, they can work
out the ratio between income and expenditure for the family for the
entire year. They can then set-to and produce with greater enthusiasm
for production. This will guarantee an increase in the production
of grain. Moreover, inequalities will not arise when the government
levies the tax. After carrying out the preparatory work in
1943, we can implement progressive taxation in 1944. Counties
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