To the Editor of the "NontH-CHINA Day New:
Sim—In your leading article of the 27th ultimo you were good enough to refer to my letter on this, subject, and I should be glad if you would allow me to comment on certain statements made in your editorial, cil employment. be determined accurately as the value of a typewriting machine or of a calculating. machine to a business, because the solution of our Municipal problems confronting us to-day lies chiefly in the remuneration to its employees, pho work for the Community and for the businessmen in gene: not otherwise, And they' il intelligent, loyal, just and industrious in their respective jobs.
The increase in salary and further allowances to our Municipal employees are fixed entirely by what. one does, individually, in his respective job, In fact they are scien-tically 0 fixed, But the unedueated seem to think that the recommendations have no basis except in the wants of our men in the Shang-Municipal Council. And they will yet have to learn that cannot pull themselves up by pull ing others down, especially our Municipal servants, who are serving the Community' and are, there-
In submitting that no serious effort is made to sell British cars in China, with the exception of the Mons and Austin models, I had not intended to call into question the skill of the local salesman, Admittedly, the policy of the Home manufacturer denies him the ophe "effort to sell" must from the factory and unless it is found there the subsequent Jinks in the chain from factory to consumer axe of small concern, There are, however, ents now being produced in England which, except for the price factor alone, are very. suitable for this market and the tendency is for the difference in cost. steadily to grow less. I mentioned in my previous letter that, inter Humbers, Hillmans and Rovers. differential potential bu; sive looking models, It" seems to ratepayer therefore vitally interested in see-that every man in the Municipal employment gets. just compels for his labour; in order, for one thing, that he may be encouraged to work for the Community; in order, for another thing, that he may be correct to refer to the "small" except in camp:
Jong wheel-based and unwieldly models that are not really suitable for driving in a congested city with many narrow roads like Shanghai, Moreover running expenses and cost of upkeep of British cai their American rivals are considerably "Tess—facts that should be driven home by good salesmanship, been found necessary Municipal employee should adequate rewards. That he may be spt at top efficiency for the commn as well as the individual good.
And we must not disregard the fact that the recommendations were made by competent judges who can always give an expert opinion of sal officials in the executive and administrative duties, and of all men of various de-those qualities which assary for work of this character, fand who have hard sense and ability jcerity, fairness and straightforwardness of conduct in making such frank recommendations should never be discussed.
Mans.
Shanghai Sept. 1.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.