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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL PROBLEMS IN THE ANTI-JAPONESE WAR
from Dongyang district was collected at the Majiapan granary which
is on the opposite side of the county near the Yellow River. As a
result it took an extra three days to transport the grain to Yanan.
Quite a few similar situations arose in other counties. Again, the
plan for the 1941 hay collection was not thoroughly researched. It
was decided everywhere to collect the hay after the grain and no
attention was paid to supply and demand. As a result some places
kept hay for which there was no use and it was allowed to go rotten
which dissatisfied the masses. In other places which needed a lot of
hay there was an exceptional shortage and supplies were only enough
for eight months. Another example was the 1941 grain collection in
Guanzhong. Millet was made the unit instead of wheat. The peas-
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ants had to go out of the Border Region tp sell wheat and buy millet
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in order to pay the tax. As a result too much millet was collected,
the troops were not used to eating it and there were many disputes.
After summer begins millet rots easily which added to the troubles.
Again in 1941 the relative proportion between regular and miscellaneous
grains was generalized, and not reckoned according to the
grain production circumstances or the relationship between supply
and demand in each place. As a result some places (such as the
special military area) collected a lot of miscellaneous grain which
could not be issued. Some places (such as Yanan) needed horse fodder
but could not get miscellaneous NOT FOR grains. The official organizations
had to lower the relative proportions and exchange hulled grain
for miscellaneous grain which in turn led to waste of grain. The
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illustrate that grain work is very concrete and
meticulous, practical work. If it is done crudely and in a way divorced
from reality then the results will disturb the people and disrupt
the government. In 1942 after the grain collection work was
handed over to the DISTRIBUTION
Grain Office, the management of grain collection
and supplying was united. At the same time, as a means of
balancing resources, it was decided to accept a money substitute for
the hay tax according to the different supply-and-demand situation
in each place. As for the relative proportions of grains, the earlier
way of generalized application was changed into a system of deciding
according to the concrete situation in each place, thus overcoming
the previous shortcoming.
Next, from the winter of 1941 up to the present quite large successes
have been achieved in setting up and consolidating systems
for grain supply. As regards the budget system, for example, in 1942
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