مجموعة ١١١/٢٨ "بلاد فارس. كرمانشاه - يوميّات سياسية." [و‎‎٧‎٣] (٧٥١/١٤٦)

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The authorities then pretended tu iix the priMKaf frep
auear st X8C rinls, hut the only rebultijuyfl .^JfWMiEeJ
selling completely, and salee are now going on in aedret
at 800 rials per batman ^aeren anil Lings per lb* ) • Poor
quality tea costs twice this amount. ohee also has
been hoardea Ter months past and continually riocu in
^ric •. The principal hoaruers are «sll«-haom 9 but
aro untouched month after month, duoh ham iu also aone
by a eculntorc who have.' notlitBLg, tG v do>with u..ucl;
as doctors and prole as ion&i. men, who buy and hold xui*
a prorlt, which under present doncxitions they OiUinot
help ma^iiig at the *xp€nae of the ill-led and iiapovur^
ished public. The known eoorcity of transport aloo
absisto in causing uervoti6fie&&, minor hoaruiiig and a
oontinuuuo ri-»e Lu prices.
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i«i. These nre aiinoat entirely bound up these lays
Aith foodstuffs, as there is little other trade, except
some amuggling in foreign pious-*,ocas. There arc
uadw iO telly large stocks of foodstuffs hidden dv.ay in
the town, chan^in^ hanue evci’y few any s at ever increased
prices. 7he baa s have rtnitrietaa creait, but without
niuch success# as the leading cierchants have mude such
huge profits that they can act without the ban a* They
are Known to send large anus to -*«im ana Tehra*i for a re oh
supplies, transport permittiiig# dately there seems
to be a movement for buying up anything of value, and
there are stories being put about thut the present Iranian
paper-money i*» valueless or will became Vf*l;..elwSo, v.hich
helps to create an Inflationary atmosphere and dearer
prices.
16. Poverty is of course becoming wopbe in the
town, at a moment when snow and bitter cold have arrived*
Tht; spasmoaic oil art at providing a pcor-houet hae. iaued
a^ay con sic. crab iy, although the fUEttdS are beino i* cd .
The »iiiuuifc—clneefes. simply decline to lace the problem,
partly out ox leek of sympathy with the poor and partly
because thc^ have no xaith whatever in each other’s will
ingness or henesty. H.M^Uons ilate has jaia for a
certain amount oi medical relief to the very poor, anu
has recently opened a soup-kitchen for bJO meals a day
which will shortly be trebled. The oakera however ere
orton unwlH In^ to Mil u. the (iuantitl.. ol brea^
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