To the Editor of the "Nomru-Cimwa Darcy News"
Suy—Your leader of May 8 on this subject was read by mie in a similar /gense to that which has been put on it by Mr, Parvor, with whose letter I entirely sympathize, Tt is a terrible hardship on the members of the Fire Brigade who fare being axed in order to effect] economies, and this hardship is made none the easier to bear by the knowledge that the "high-ups" in. the Municipality are not having their pay} reduced.
'A ten per cent. reduction from everyone who is getting $1,000 a month or more, would not be a ous hardship on the people concerned, but the saving would probably. be much mere than enough to keep the Fire Brigade running as at present, With reference {0 your comment! that it is necessary for the employes! to have enough pay to safeguard against corruption, it would be interesting to know how much the junters of the Finance Dept, who handle directly very large sums of money, are paid. Probably these are bonded and if it is thought that the "high-ups" need high salaries in order: to assure their Integrity, could not, the same end be achieved much more cheaply by bonding them as is done the case of the low-paid Chinese employees?
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.