Supreme Court yesterday, as stated "in this morning's issue of your journal, made a very true remark when he said "most things have a bad smell in this city," and I am sure many hundreds of ratepayers will heartily agree with the learned
7. Just to enumerate a few of the judge. most pressing items which come under this heading I would mention the tollowing:—The increase of.50 cents per meter on the old ones at that which has been levied by the Gas Company, and Which the S. M. C. has given its kind approval. Taking a small estimate of say 250,000 meters in use, an extra.50 cents on each per month jeans $125,000 income monthly to the as Company, sufficient to meet their monthly wages bill no doubt Another Bad Smell is the increase of the Shanghai Power Co's rates.
While the coal racket can also be added to the above list. The large firms need not give any reasons, for we know the whole story, and no argument will carry water by them.
Finally the ratepayers would be glad to clear up this really awful smell, namely, an explanation from the Japanese as to who are to blame for supplying the so-called terrorists with pistols bought from the S. M. P. 1 what has happened to the French-Chinese detectives who loaned their automatics for an armed robbery just lately, and would the District Court give the name of the party responsible for giving out pistols confiscated by that court to armed robbers, which were later again captured by the S. M. P. in another robbery.
Ye brethren this city smells, and smells badly, and when are. the members of the S. M. C. going to take their shirts off and get a move on. They were appointed by the ratepayers to do more than look pretty at the Council Meetings.
Must I bring out a few more smells to waken them up?
A RATEPAYER, Shanghai, Sept. 22.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.