To the Editor of the "Nowrit-Ciuna Date News"
Sm—Let us hope that this attack upon the secretaries of the Pullers Mutual "Ald Association. will help to arouse the Council and public opinion to really achieve a proper reform of the rickshaw business. It may be pointed out, in the first place, that this is not the first time the PMAA, has met with opposition. Many times the General Secretary. has met with opposition of which the community has never heard. Where did that opposition come from? Mr. 'TI. Chang has done a fine piece of work—aimid most trying cireumstances, and his work would have borne more fruit if he had had more support Tels high time that the Council reduced the rental charge very considerably. It is common knowledge that owing to the depression the pullers are finding it so dificult to obtain business and earn a few dimes that they can often not earn enough to pay the rental charge. The owner is still enjoying a profit that is quite Jarge, whilst the puller's Jot is" becoming more miserable. Yet we are supposed to be having 'a satisfactory reform of the rickshaw business!
wish to support the conten advanced in this month's "Oriental cil will be fully Justiied upon a further" reduction charges. in the neat future, this "project were to materisilze It's. probable that the pullers in. the employ of the new er. cent, Situte-a iulwarie against Ue ebstr rs, who. Would. Tealize not fonly that threats to. withdraw their elites to eovree the community Into Tolerating. the old abuses would' be tite, Init that. they "would merely
hands o€ organizations that were ready the operate. their rickshaw upon Jous 8, Ban, Shanghai, Jan, 9.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.