To the Editor of the "Nonrit-Cinwa Dat News"
Sm—Regarding cheap rice sales, surely those responsible. for making {this possible are interested in its distribution, and to them my letter" ts primarily addressed, For the Inst three or four days a sale has been in progress at the cor~ ner of Rue Courbet and Tue Ratard The prospective buyers start to collect at 030 am—at 1 pin, the sale begins. "Hundreds of people wait un {ii then and many of these are women with small children in their orme, Numbering of the people is under-{taken by one man, whose job is no sinecure, 'Each individual ig marked with Tndion ink on the hand preparatory to taking an allotted place the queue. 'Picture the confusion this poot unfortunate man is pushed all over the' place by people. eager {o have their hands numbered. Tempers run high, and the police are not in-an enviable position.
This is a short sketch of what is taking place at one rice hong. There are similar sales all over the city.
Could "not unnecessary hardship and. confusion be obviated Perhaps the numbering of the people could be done the day before the sale takes place, by voluntary helpers "it necessary.
Then, to speed up sales, maybe the rice hongs could be persuaded to employ exten help, or fo accept the help of "voluntary workers. The filling fand weighing of each bag as presented by" the buyers necessarily entails much work: especially as the maximum sale Is only 4 1b, These are mere suggestions, Expert advice could be procured from Such sources as Mr. J, B, Baker of the International Famine Teliet Commission and the Salvation. Army. A system is urgently needed. use Rex. Shanghai, Jan. 13,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.