Not long after, however, the paper ran into financial troubles. Not only was his own salary under the gun, but he also had to fight to come up with transportation and miscellaneous expenses of the reporters under him.
但其後不久，公論報經營出現危機，不但薪水沒著落，身為採訪主任的袁方，還得為旗下記者張羅採訪時的車費、餐費等。