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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANTI-JAPONESE WAR
carried out a thorough survey, and because much new land was cultivated
during the year and production increased, it was able to exceed
the original collection target by several hundred tan in line
with the regulations.
A further point to consider is that for several years the figures
set for the grain collection have been achieved and exceeded, but
the work of putting the grain into the granaries has been too muddled.
Many cadres involved in grain collection think that they only have
to meet the target. They do not consider quality or investigate delayed
payments. As a result on one hand the quality is not good
enough with 15 to 20 per cent consisting of husks in some cases, and
on the other there are instances where the masses delay in paying
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their grain. There is a difference between the amount collected and
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the amount put into the granaries. In the 1941 collection, although
the quality was a bit better, there were still a lot of husks mixed
with the grain. The slogan “Grain to the Granary and Hay to the
Cellar” was put forward to overcome the problem of late payment
but there was still too much of it. In addition, because the 1941
collection was much bigger than any previous year, the difficulties
of getting it into the granaries were much greater. As a result over
3,900 tan of the grain collected did not go into the granaries. This
was nearly 2 per cent of the total. During the 1942 collection the
problem of getting the NOT grain into the FOR granaries was specially emphasized.
According to the latest examination this work has been
done a little better this year. However, the question of whether the
full total had been COMMERCIAL
put in the granaries or not awaits a final summary
before it can be answered.
Another point is that for several years the Finance Department
has assigned work groups to help the county and district governments
in the grain-levy DISTRIBUTION
work. Where county and district cadres are
too weak, this method is of great help. Its shortcoming is that it
easily creates dependency in the lower-levels of government, and
every time there is a mobilization, the upper levels have to send
people. The cadres have to go back and forth, spending much time
on the road, which leads to waste of manpower and of time. Since
collection in 1942 had the good foundation of work done in 1941,
the Finance Department adopted the principle of “fewer and better”
in its assignment of work teams. It sent fewer cadres to each county
and increased the responsibility of the county and district government.
In 1941, 150 people were sent down. On this basis they are
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