'To the Editor of the "Nowrmt-Cauxa Dany News.'
It would appear that this hat only the Public Utility Companies will survive as they will We-without question the fittest, as; the Council have increased ' 1 salaries of their employees very appreciably and now we have the Waterworks calmly telling us that they intend putting om a surcharge of 25 per cent. in 1031. common knowledge that the Waterwork given their employees. allowances out of all proportion to the high cost of living—in fact, they are far better off to-day than before othe exchange dropped. So, as is always the case, the ordinary middle-class man pays—the consumer who has had no say in the matter and who, although his expenses may go sky-high, has no hope of rece! ing extra pay to meet them but must stand by and pay additional water rates in order that the Waterworks dividends do not fail them—sarely Waterworks shareholders must make ther best of bad years, the rest of the community sept Municipal employees, Tele ne, oF Gas companies employees.
What ave the Council doing? I contend—nay, demand—that mat ters. of this sort should be put to the and that no public pany should be allowed their rates until it has: een put before the ratepayers th an estimated balance sheet wing what their profits or losses night be.
1 suppose that it is useless to eet that the ratepayers shoald ard together and make a deter-sained stand against this surcharge.
would that a troop man right Bexr & Neamy Broxe.
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