THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 227, 25 September 1930, Page 6

THE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK.

Your correspondent Mr. C. E. Archibald is trying to saddle me with making comparisons between the government of a city and that of a nation. I have made no such comparison. I have made a comparison between tlie population of a second-class city and the population of our little nation. I have also pointed out the enormous expenditure of our general Government in the light of our small population, Of course, each little town has its own little municipal burden besides, and much might he written about that, too. There is no question whatever as to the consideration that Civil servants are entitled to. They are held in as high honour as any other section of the community. The situation might be illustrated by a picture. Before the days of the motor car I have sometimes seen a four-wheeled buggy being gulled by a pony. There could be 110 question' about the beauty and utility of the buggy, but the pony was too small. Many economies might be effected without touching the Civil Service, and many branches of the Civil Service are essential to any civilised community, but there are some branches of ours that can only be afforded by a large and wealthy community. J. FARQUHARSON-JONES.