resolution passed by the joint committee of the Association and the Chinese Rickshaw Owners' As~ sociation in the Chinese districts at a meeting on Sunday. The nature of the punishment was not revealed by the meeting in its defiance of the Shanghai Municipal Council.
In its circular to rickshaw pullers, the Association pointed out the plans of the Rickshaw Board of collecting ten cents small money por vehicle for relief funds. "Should the ten cents be used to buy cakes at two or three coppers each, a rickshaw coolie could satisfy his hunger with the eight or twelve cakes u day which his contribution of ten cents should have purchased.'
Continuing, the Association alleged that the Rickshaw Board had intended no actual relief for the pullers. "In other words, the Board is plan: ing to force rickshaw cooller forsake rickshaw pulling."
More Suppost from Pullers Supporting the reduction of the rickshaw hire fee as provided in the new rickshaw regulations, six representatives of rickshaw coolies have sent out the following letter to fellow rickshaw pullers through the Chinese "Dear fellow workers! There now a ray of hope for us. Do you know that since last autumn, the SMC. has been making preparations afford relief to rickshaw coolies.
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