RETRENCHMENT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 687, 11 December 1909, Page 13

RETRENCHMENT.

• Sir,—Many of tho Departments- have had - vcry -coiisKlerably 'reduoed, and- : naturally- thinJc'that :as-'there mustbe loss jvork to do thd salaries of the heads . of Departments would not be, .'at all' events, ■ .. . increased.Now, ' what do we. find in some iri- ■ viVj;.^nt^,i;andv:glaring t on«a;'at/that.;,'Mr. T.. E,- : V' nu ®. at,a. heavily increased v? h S^' :•h^ve^^;t6:dd 4 •* < the. same. it'did not require a Vspecial ■ onicer . froni' 'Dominion -at va: high-' ■ -.. *9 accounts . of 'the;High'-Cojpiiixs-sioner s office.' : Another, ofllccr, now the head ■ ' o J, , ,^ ; ;^ c P al '^ 5 r eceived avery conP lf! <srablQ.lnci:en,s«,; ainl some* unfortunate olerks '. have been\«ackedi • I a'ski 'is .this just?• It is ""^sl^^ >irisiste<:l r;ilpontheii- -. their duty. . Is -it not ,f, > :: ,thaf-; ; sUqb .-uiojistro&s vjobs:. as•' ■ tho ;v ;:Lands 1 Com-' ■ i?S°'}' ■ »;'.f l . tlle outrageous. payment .< to tho vhi6i' Jusace/,wertf iaone away with ?> •" j : ;7 li.vonte f> v-if. ; itpwenf:- .tp-; t]id fcbimtry::oa, ; the'.'Jahil ana but;-of (»urse, ;> thcywould not resign..if beaten. There is great ..talk about-the cutting \ddwn of' the Estimates . .-. I®? 'tho.-. Agricultural • and . Tourist Dopcrt AgyiqulturarDepartmen t in - whole, and oii« i..; 8 ? jthiii.;aj£pohdifufe''' was / "fioi-. .. -wasteful,-should: have a perfectly freo'.hand. "° : / ,ak 9 s v/.'!l®V ; prosperify- of r-■■;-t'Jisingj^tliat.v.ivord.'-in:■'■ its; widest ~yj:( 6 Mi^«v^v|a'TOtog.^l^;r^aiJoCali: . tii«'-pro.'. :^ssis.ance - couutry cah'cive theiu ond j iio'reduction should bo mndo in'the ex'' V.;:':f^S.^; nr °- . a! ; ~ r ? n ll j7; g ppd practical', re-:. ,;, suits, can-.be.obtained/ I plead '.also .-for., tho".' : enooQ r agement of' the. tourist :trafGc so. lone as jV ? js-.fair-and/reasonable, but T' do'obicct.to. such"inoustroiisly■ lavish expend:t.: - i, r ® a!> the ,f20,000 bath-house, at Rotorua and v.:-,:-:^ ore :.?™iuon.:nnder ; the Jato-regime!! x. Let'; the. . famqanti.Sßent ; upon _it,be." «ir;larg« -as you; like,: thi: beheilt of ...tho country.;boheve., reductions could- 1 be ;... : ■;. ■nioney.'. saved' .'could LiO: ' " to°travei a!) ;<!< < ' 1G u^UCClllQn^s ' il h0 "Sh a r >maU'.one,' is. the" awful small:Arulj-. of; " a SP e ?J-A o^i'? o r.v,nlwaj , s. rushing through ''' - 1 J t ßO i'. put . the; first-class' ca r-'" r-fi! 1 ®: u. tho ; - .' lav . o - 0111 }" bird-cage cars v',® n -^h®/'\^® i l^-;-rrunk, vliD6s > * norifi "and. south.—l am, etc, REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM.