To the Editor of the "Wormu-Cana Dancy News"
Sin—A preliminary reading of the Telephone Report prompis one oF Gro queries which T-hope may be answered before the experts leave Shanghai Hew does an expenditure of $40,- 948.215 for equipment, etc. to operate 0,600" Shanghai telephones compare with similar figures for other repre Sentative cities in England, Germany, Sopan, and USA? We can. better Understand what the experts regard "reasonable" it we have compar tive figures.
apparent that the cost per unit for' Shanghai Is grossly' in ex: fess of that of other eilles, why should Shanghai subscribers be asked to pay in perpetuity for $6,608,000 of "unfavourable exchange" and. addi anal unknown millions "for con-suction. extravagances' due - to urgency" mentioned in the report?
When the famous Anson formula of "3 per cent, plus 2 per cent" return ig mentioned, is #t clear that the er cent" is'@ special Telephone Tax amounting to $820,000 per annum, ald coly by Telephone subscribers [and which goes directly to the SMC, and TALC. respectively? - What other Fepresentative cities levy Teleptone May we not ask for the rates charged in Osake, Nagoya. Kyoto and Yokohama. These probably would be better gauges of value than the come posite rate for Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and Liveryool, 'The report will be found to be quite interesting, unique in many respec, highly. Ingenious in phrasing. and certainly worthy of detailed study' By fait Telephone subscribers.
The many phases of the Telephone situation not covered should be kept in mind.
Rooter L. Srewant, Shanghai, Oct. 26. with England and the United States "America would have have neces: Sitated "much" adjustment to produce approximated to that of the ational Settlement,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.