To the Editor of the "Nownit-Cmnx Dh News"
Sm—So much has been heard—and written—recently about the outrageous charges made by truck owtlers for their services in bringing out cargo from Hongkew and beyond that perhaps, in fairness to these gentry, a little light may be shown on the other side of the picture, Nothing, of course, is to be said for those opportunists who are reported to have demanded $150 to $300 per trip, but there is a case for the apparently exorbitant charge of $8 to $10 per hour which was the rate energic charged by the large transportation firms.
The standard charge for a 4-ton lorry at the present time is $6 per hour, For the journey into Hongkew it, is necessary to replace the regular Chinese driver, who Knows his vehicle, by a Russian picked up at a moment's notice, who may be, but generally is not, a careful driver. At "Let. the. re a be s suspended and the principle be saved.
"Preserving in totality immaculate neutrality, Y To this one concrete reality we hold.
through thick and thin. enliven the correspondence columns of your valuable newspaper in the good old days of yote, but which have been conspicuous by heir abséice in more recent years, he always as the champion of the ordinary foreign Shanghai resi-
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ORT each faction, on your, newspaper of September 29, and This corny e, a victory in-On [bt amen 1 am proud to say I was an ardent supporter, believing, as I do that. the Shanghai International The US committee very cordially te adictery, Settlement needs ahd should Have some such public institution. Incidentally, T am more convinced than An gave publicity to Eden's ever of this now thàt tle Japánese Aleving proposals could be have destroyed the fine Civic Centre established at Kiangwan by the harmlessly enforced.
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