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Ü FU, declared:-
By the Chairman.--Mr. Ü Fu, you are one of the members of the Kuso ON firm of contractors?
A-Yes.
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Q-How long have you been a contractor?
A-Between ten and twenty years.
Q-You have done a good deal of Government and private work, have you not?
A-Yes.
Q-How does the work you do for Government compare with that you do for private persons? Is it the same quality, or is one better than the other?
A-About the same quality.
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Q--And how does the cost compare?
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A-The cost is the same according to my calculations.
Q-You do not charge Government more for its work than you charge private individuals ?
A-Just the same charge.
Q-And the quality of the work is, you say, the same too?
A-Yes.
3 Q-Yon mean to say that private individuals do not get you to do cheaper work ? A-For building Chinese houses and so on the charges are much cheaper because the materials required are not of first-class quality.
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Q-And if the quality is the same, then the price is the same?
A-Yes.
Q-Do private individuals, as a rule, insist upon having the best materials on a big job, just like the Government does ?
A-Well, there are different prices. If it is first class work, it will be paid for at first class prices, and so on.
Q-Of what nature is the Government work? Is it first class or second class?
A-First class.
Q-Always first class?
A Yes, always first class.
Q-And you charge first class prices, of course ?
A-Certainly.
Q-Do you ever do work for a private person of the same quality as you do for the Government and charge that person less than you charge the Government?
A-Well, I would charge according to my calculations. If I was engaged to do first class work, I would charge first class rate, the same as the Government is charged. Q-Then do you do work more quickly for a private individual than you do it for the Government ?
A-It requires the same length of time to complete.
Q-Is it not more quickly done?
A-No.
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