"Trifling," Economies To, the Editor of the "NontH-Diva Dairy News."
SmI am, not vor ever have been an employee of the S.M.C. I write without prejudice oF "any bias when I attempt a counterblast against those who enter your columns with suggestions of econ: amy' on the lines of reductions of salary or restricting home leave to periods with "a minimum of 10 to 15 yours servi am afraid that such correspondents must be of thet mean employers class which docy not like the 14 Teave employing body the 8.3
Reductions in salary ave nothing etleet. if mot in income tax have a level of exempt tion and be in every way similar to thie tax. in England as regards for the family man graduated to bring the weight to the shoulders of those able to Dear it, Ag to home leave {have worked under contract for a Shanghai firm and salaried home Teave with passage paid both ways was an integral part of my. con-take it that the S.M. employees are protected by similar contract provisions and therefore ho effect would be seen in tax re. duction until the present contracts expire by which time we hope that Letter times will "have arrived. Another point which seems always to be neglected by public advocates fof this kind of economy ix to find out and tell us how much reducti fof rates will) ensure from the schemes. Let us take the concrete ease above and put it in this form, leave is restricted to once in 15 the rates. will be reduced How much ig X?_ Perhaps statistician ug access to the Council's books, give us the result To me it xcems as though too many people are willing to, sacrifice hundreds of dollars of other peo: ples incomes in order to save triting sums per annum Lives
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