The Study Of The1920s And1930s Southern Hebei Province Nitrate Wave

Nitrate salt, as one of private salt, because of at the time of the Hebei Province has production nitrate good natural condition and social condition, nitrate salt began to get mass production, Especially in Hebei Province in the southern region has hundreds of thousands or even millions of civilian fall, especially south, Quzhou, Jize and other places people in order to produce nitrate for their life. The sale of salt income as their only source of income of family life. Around the salt production, circulation and sales, caused a society the interests of all parties involved. Nitrate problem is no longer just a simple salt problem, it involves all aspects of social interests, became a contradictory combination, develop into a very serious social problem. Civilian fall and government staff confrontation caused nitrate agitation occurs, became shocked Hebei Province and the country’s major events, often seen in" Ta Kung Pao nitrate agitation"," Declaration" and other newspapers, to at that time social effect remarkable.Salty tax is the main source of national finance income, with nitrate production continues to expand, the salty tax received a great extent. Based on this, the government and related departments have to salt nitrate production make answer measures. On one hand, the relevant government departments to strengthen the legislation, from the law to the official salt production, sales regulations, and also make the production of salt laws punishing measures. Strengthening of the salt revenue departments, improve the salt tax police quality, to strengthen the salt tax police anti-smuggling efforts and team. On the other hand, the government departments have been aware of governance Nitrate at the root of the problem, is fundamentally improve the soil properties, strengthen irrigation and water conservancy facilities construction, make a large number of deserted land to resume production, civilian fall have land to plant. But due to various aspects of the condition is insufficient, mainly the construction of water conservancy needs much capital support, the government is not willing to pay huge sums to control nitrate, coupled with the at the time of the war, nitrate problem is not possible to fundamentally solve. But we should also see Nanjing national government in the management of nitrate problems on the subjective efforts. Until1937after the Anti-Japanese War broke out, the main contradiction of society change, nitrate problem is not so attractive.