To' the Editor of the "Nonru-Cinxa Dany News wet, don't think they Will have any 0 per cent: increase on coat balls A Reader's Complaint, To the Editor of the "Nontit-Cla Datty News Smw—It Is high time that taxpayers wake up to the fact that the time is fast approaching when living Shanghai will be entirely impossible to the greatest majority of us who earn our living in local dollars. The increases in taxes, licence fees, etc, ete, are all borne by the taxpayer in one form or another. This year another few millions are required that, as sure as Fate, are only a forerunner of what is (o come. Any further drop in exchange, then up gain, with the taxes, fees, ete—and for what purpose?
Surely the Council must, realize hat it is Impossible to keep on with their present plans of operation with regard to their "pivot-boys" who, as they are brought from home, must receive their earnings based on Ster" Jing, also their superannuation, home leave, te, No'man is indispensable and 1 sug~ gest that unless reason can brought to prevail, our "pivot-boys" should be allowed to go back home where they belong, and the Council should be ready to employ local men who can, without a doubt, step into the shoes of a good many of Sterling employees at a third of their salaries, these days it is imperative that the' Council should operate on a pur'
Jocal dollar basis, with allowances from time to time, or else Jet realize that the end is fast Discusren TaxsPAvER.
Shanghai, Jan, 17.
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