the Editor of the "Norra-Cutna Dairy News."
Sin,—In your leader to-day municipal salaries you rightly said that the Counci] were more readily able to comprehend the Salaries Commissions report than the majority of the ratepayers to whom the conditions of municipal service are not known in detail. This is the point that all who take their responsibilities as rate-payers seriously complain of. Why are they kept in ignorance of matters for which they are held responsible to the public and, if they are not responsible, why a Ratepayers' Meeting? I would remind you that your paper of May 17 gave the public the assurance that the Council would not proceed with "the question of salaries without first getting the consent of tha ratepayers. Were you also kept in ignorance? You are supposed to be the official organ. Again, an inquiry addressed to the Secretary of the Council asking if bonuses \were being paid to the children of municipal employees who were out earning good salaries themselves acknowledged. was not answered or even the letter
We all sympathize deeply with
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