Gentlemen: I have now finished my explanation. I want now. to make a demand. The citizen of a model city, who wishes eventually become a citizen of a frst class nation, can only acquire both pos tions by paying for it. it Jimit "ourselves. to."Nantay "an Chapei, $1,000,000 a year is, hope limit ourselves to Nantao Jessly Insufclent, Besides, we wand money to develop the port of Woo Sung, we want money" to create n new "municipality of Pootang;. we want money to take over the extrsthusiastic, however sincere a man may be, without money his task impossible. th China, whenever People talk about the development of 4 new port, facy immediately thin who is going to pay for the interes! and amortization if the citizens do not do Therefore, hencefor!'s, wherever municipalities exist, the taxation must be properly collected and new taxes must be impose Wherever there has been municipal government, the people must pay taxes as is being done in Chapei and Nantao. know that rome of you will say: We are quite willing to pay but we must first of all see some results; but the Directorate may say in yeply: If you do not pay first, how can we any result? This kind of vicious circle must be broken. And the only way of doing so is to ask the people of Shanghai to pay taxes first, If after having paid taxe. you find that there is no improve: mention the Government, then and then only, you will have the right to Protest.
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