A CITIZEN'S PROTEST.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 508, 15 May 1909, Page 13

A CITIZEN'S PROTEST.

" Sir,—As the Primo Minister is doing such a lot of talk about'too much State help and , not ..enough- self, help, it. is. time the. people were told that Sir Joseph;.)Vard has been, receiving State help for' som'o years; .from" the timo he uas working in ..the Post . Office as #•' cadot almost until ho'becairib a niembor of the Cabinet.' , Now; lie is Prime. Minister, or "Boss", of the servants of the people/ drawing an eiiormous salary, a free noiye, travelling expenses, etc., all paid by. the State, or peoplo, whoso food and wants arc taxed, to 'the: hilt to provido their' servants comforts. Of course, you could not drum it into Sir J. G. "Ward that ho is a servant of the peoplo, ■nor would you think so; 'It would rather seem that he was New Zealand's ruler, with the liberties ho takes with his employers' otherwise the State's ' interests, by.' offering Dreadnoughts,' and placing .a man in the ■Ministry who was not and never has been a member of Parliament.' ■ Now,.sir, don't you think the people ought to "tako a tumble" .to these, members of, Parliament.and professional law-makers, 1 and, as Sir Joseph Ward says, thero is tco much ■Stato help, let us, ,tho poople, ; cut down .some •0f,,, it' by, lowering.. MinistrrsV wages, niid shortening tlio staff, of -i r.reUod-hcadcd ."serl-ant^ 1 ; also doinpr. r.- . v .i ; ith tho Legislative Council; instead, o: ~ 'Honing hands amongst tho smaller , paid servants, f Sir, I, ns a colonial-born citizen of New Zealand, think that the' Primo' Minister and other, members of Parllament'aro made too much fuss of. As they are in reality only well-paid servants'of the people; they, ought not' to. be given 'so much latitude as they have been given in tho past and then things would go smoother.—l am, eto., .;' .• ■■ . '. A CITIZEN. . May 11.