To the Editor of the "Nonri-Cina Dany News"
fim—The undersigned Association has Joarnt with intense satisfaction, that the Rickshaw Board Intends to reduce the rental charge for rickshaws to seventy-seven cents, thus aking a further step towards the betterment of earnings of the rickshaw coolies, Irrespective of nationality or ereed, the Rickshaw Board can be assured of the whole-hearted support of all humane people and the knowledge this fact should materially contribute to the strengthening of the Board's hands in dealing with the opposition of the Rickshaw Owners with which, In all probability, it will have to contend, The progress so far, in improving the lot of the Rickshaw coolie 1s, we think, only a part of the road which has stilt got to be covered before the ultimate goat has been reached und its to be hoped, that the process of freeing the coolies from the oppress sive conditions under which they are still working, at present, will Proceed at a much accelerated pace. Max, President, Danube Women's Countries Association, Shanghai Mar, 30,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.