To the Editor of the "Normi-Cutxa Dany News"
'Suj—This morning as usual your [paper came to my house accompanied bby "an envelope on which was writ ten "Remember the rickshaw' coolie this Christmas": "a dollar or two will go Tong way toward feeding few of the "thousands of hungry. rickshaw coolies this Christmas" 1 am so glad that such an important] agency as yours is taking an interest in the rickshaw coolies, calling their situation to the public conscience.
seems to me that rlckshawmen are among those most worthy of respect seeing they are among the hardest workers in Shanghai. Why should they be hungry?" Why. should they need charity? They work twelve hours a day in rain or in snow, under hot summer sun or cold winter storm with little complaint. Why should they receive a wage so small that they can scarcely keep body and soul together? People and Christians cannot fool themselves any more by giving a little Christmas gift as a charity for the poor hard workers and comfort their superstitious consciences thereby.
T have talked to rickshaw men who! fell me that the rent of rickshaws is still much too high: after paying this they still have Little left after a day's work. And again, the fine of $0] cents at the police station to get back license which has been taken away too much. One puller asked. me "why the drivers of cars are never beaten when they violate the trafic regulations while we riekshawmen Feceive kicking and. slapping" To speak the truth, policemen have no Judicial right to punish anyone on the Streets. Their duty should be to re-ort to their superiors.
In stead of putting one or two! dollars into an envelope as I" have: been asked, 1 think it would be more: SEES OSL get wear raat a Sbeced the Nicci 8
"2. Cannot your anal your, paper he in Fecciving punishment ea te ticers from the police?
If you can do this the public and the Fiskshawmen both will be happier by Christmas of 1836, and the' expression of Christianity' can be more satisfactory. I hope you do mind my speaking frankly. in this matter.
Shanghai, Dee. 16.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.