.___.l v-- ~

trtutvn (itiartli tiua rtllam

and Taxation.

y GR/tTTAN ULEARY

(iii Altman's Matlillillfi)

his ttrtittle l sliitl! try toshow a tn tvttste. ttxtravztgance. na- tit-iit. ., debt anti sitper-iax- l$11811t1l1lllt)li>ll‘iil\‘. l think. liotviagz: -

’l‘h:it the ilitittifit‘ in the h atitl cost til tht- (‘ivil Ser~ s out of all proportion to the

so in the nation's population oits titlltiilii>ll‘ttit\'t‘ require-

at tit-spit tin» vital ncetl oiioiiiy. tht- [twl-dtiliiUi oi tlie ' and ~_i [i751 are prac» == tiit-y were

' t: at toil e heal: oi tilt‘

That "arm-tit. _ every gov- eht tit-paitiao. in (Jtttnva is itllllNi,tt\'t'i\\ltfiiillit‘ti.([1111 lin- rkrtl: lilill iii-i‘ it: tivt-rltip- h" ‘i1'lill'iiiiIili>~ anti tittplittti- l rlloit: that tiiillititis of tlol- urt- it»; to tit~ t-tatiitry tacit tliro lt a l" iiotia s . till-o

hour l‘ivii

this coiuhitizttittii oi‘ ‘evils t4 not tiily for \\tt.~tt’-. btit for titvitttltiv and cross- huifficl.

'i'li:tt ll a iititttit» r of particu- Pitttrtti» its‘ ovt riitttniting anti . n: ;;|..1,.,_.q"l.1_‘. ("v

' 1'1"" '11" 1"'1t11I‘--iiit-itts of the

which 1h ->\- 111'] NHL 1111‘ 11H ttl' the (livil nit-ztstire to

‘It the illtlitttl‘ of " it" tn effic-

71r%*‘% . . ., __ I v ' I I amassed he

. f enniatonn. h9g1 }§t"l§|,f,“"$t- grenhdier‘ I iumarrietiitheeCouelfteexrlbtn ":11;- mdttagrmgf ties dig- . “i” n Luolfiaglah

ltitioii of the t‘i\ii Service of ‘

itivii Service-A Sink ilole ior MilIions-tither Extravagances Ex- posed and a Telling. Indictment Against the Reckless Expenditure That is Loadingzitatiada With liebt

iency and economy as to be little

short of a national disgrace. 'i.—'l‘hat despite prontlses and

pledges of politicians. no real effort

has been matte either to reorganize

on the contrary, the sittiatiop has gone from bnti to worse, anti will continue its evil progress tiiitii a public tiprising compels some gov» eminent. action. ‘ v

As exhibit "A" in proof of the foregoing assertion. let nie stibniit an official government return, tab- led in Parliament last year tits title is Sessional Paper Nos. 12 and 121Ai anti giving the uttniber of civil servants anti the total amount of their salzwies each year

more per your.

4.-—~'l‘hat in the three peace yenrspngmont repress-n

an‘ . "Qftw

or to reduce the service; btit that,

1.1g.

following the close of the war the number of elvii servants anti their‘ cost to the country, instead of show- ing a decline, showed a steady in- crease; this tie-spite tile fact that more than $1,500,000 was texpeutleti in an attcniptctl reclassifit-zttion and re-orgttnization; anti that the (flvil Service (Yointuisslon. which as to entl patronage in appoint: nients and inattgtirate a regime oi efficiency, was in full force.

Let me give a few illustrations of the overmsnning of departments. Canada has a permanent militia force of 2.500 men. She has no Air Force worthy of the name. A1111 she has a three trawler fleet. Yet according to the return supplied to Mr. Crerar in the House last ses- sion (a return which quite clearly erred on tits side of conservatism) it took 253 permanent Ottawa of- ficials to look after these 2.500 soldiers and to administer that three trawler fleet; anti for their services the country paid them tapart altogether from the expendi- ture on rentals anti fuel and all other ovcrheatii no less than S403,-

fi

ced from the realities of the needs of Canadian trade; that. in a word it is of little or no service to the development of Canada's coin- nierce. Well, if that be so. it is not because the Deparment of 'i‘ratle and Commerce is tintlernian~ neti. Let the business iiien of Can- ada glance at this table of its per-

Startiing Revelations From 0iiicial Sources Explain the Recent Increase in National Debt and in Burdens oi the s People-Prepared by Gratian 0’l.eary From Oiiicial information and Data.

$54. 111 011101‘ \\'0l‘l1$. 1119"‘- Wfl“ 9119 sonnel- and salaries each vent‘ since official Oi‘ CF11 507111111! m!‘ (‘YQYYII 12, the figtires again 1 being of- ten soldiers and the Sflillflffi <11f§gittl:— _ titese officials averaged about T0111] $1.000 a year. Twenty years ago, Yem- "F" ~- S11E33; i when we were. just as ititteh pre- 1912

‘pared for war as wo are today, the 191;; _ 141, 155455

iDepttrtnient of Defence contained 191.1 _

1015 .

110,781 yL-al-S 106319 with annual salarie

l'. h‘. A. 54.50

.__¢

; 4w- - __. “~\‘*.\‘§t\\ The People's Paper Read by 1 Everybody (‘OVER-S Plil.\t'l-f i-Ii)\\’.~\lt~D I. LAND LIKE THE DEW CHARLOTTETOltWi. t'.t;~;ADA_ SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2, i924 -_-__ _.___ _ _ ly - a . ‘tuttttlit

ravagance

‘ .

futility. They say that it is divor- uhleuqhree officials and we" gab

arise totalled $50,000 a year; today it has 108 officials who get $246,000 a year. Ten years ago the Depart. merit 0t (Yustonis employed 102 O1. tawa officials (this (log-st 719p“; clutle tht- tiutsitie officials of wiiich 111m are about 11.000) anti the au- “1101 $41 111')‘ ilayinent was 8261.000: 1011111’ i1 91113111" so: offici: s and the iunual s larv t 111 -

ssszmott. rm years 1111:6111)? tmrtmcnt. of ;lit- Secretary oi" State (ontaineti thirty nine officials who

3"""""1"1‘11 3515111111 in salaries‘ todn . 1* .' a ~ - -v 1* ----- -~ s 11110-1 i.”.....i.i.r-.~i-;-::

élliftlflj-s with trun- uai salaries twitching $203 01in '11-“ ago it took ninety-two officials

s totalling $100,.

men who Will tell

ts nothing but Depttflment o! Labor employed

bttt thirt -six officials and cost the tiuring the [inst twenty years. it ishmutitry 1111i 845110011 year. In 1014 191g _ 33 _ _ _ ‘ _ N 109 042 000 _ a startling tloctiiuent, for 11115 1511i contained but 130 officials anti 101'.‘ . 1 13121-176 - 110 1mm.‘ we .g°v“r11‘11"111 51"‘ what it shows: mat $147.00“ qvodayl 11.35pm; the 1018 . 5 1421:1117 it toolk. 20o of. Na of T0181 fact that this is one of the tlopart- 1010 .. 150 _ zittixtilflftttlt) to '10 fir: .1, f": ieaciitig ~‘_2i1,' .- —. .- .,_. k .- .1 ‘lllGlltS that is stipposod to have 192i) H {g1 Jgsznylx‘ >_ e t sainc J01». rllgggfaxh"_Llfiy11g11i(_fi s 3?:;l:]§1()lg11111lt3l§l1' rcorgztniztatl. and 1101071111: 1931 __ 1 339 1 - _ nihflfnd 5" 11’ 111° @114 "1 1111‘ "1171? loos-t . 40o: 3.SS0,.\‘T21~“1'*111‘11111"1 E111’- 11‘1'11“’1'1‘1°1 1"“.‘..‘1 P‘ 19$ 1 - 221121. Tim Cm S, .- . . 19015 _ __ 45,90 ,1_11;;_311;;\'t>i'y' tiouhiftil whether otir niiiitary 193,, (9 nun“) G02 My“ i-HUY i IotViIHCQ hlommt. im 19054; __ __ 51195 475251161itifgtllliltitltlii is any greater or ‘note ‘ mm.‘ 1-11": to itiil pttirttdoge 1000-7 . BIZSO 4.3341151{efficient than in 1014, titer-z aw hffljw i1li-‘13f‘[1Ft‘l_li‘OSti0 not give rtllisppvplt, 1 n -X_1 irwiiiittiiiiing lxli the 19018 _ 6133 5‘3_t11‘1_17 twice the uiiiniboi‘ of ‘(lflitiit-S‘ ‘and 1H1.‘ Lilliilolyettis oi the ileparinent oi‘ i, HIQUEFWI yz"‘:'tl_‘1’1l1l11yksl it!‘ ltttftrgti 100841 072a 20,031 1111f $1111‘ 1“ “"1" 111"“ “m” a“ in‘1rl(l(1lll'lé;on ""112"“‘:;_nd““’1‘f tt-i. iiit\tl1r'iiit1_ ' in 1101112111.“ 11*‘ .0- l"‘-‘-‘“'“ I.‘ ' ‘ . " 11'7" " '1 _ 7'1 '51:“ 'i‘ht-.rt* is the Department of Rtiil- ablitittti. Last year, intiet-tl. the“ ‘w? n Ml ‘ 1W“ 191-142 __ S577 S033UG5t\\':tys anti Canals. This lifiltilflillvlli l0 11111111111] ot 'lratle _antl (‘uni-Wm them u y‘ i.‘ tic ottit-ia 1012-12.... s70!» 1 siiozzlaoiih“ "1 “'11s 1“'111\=*"11' 1"°11""1"“"1 f."f.'°f,°1t“°“f,1“ “m. *1?" .““‘1 111<‘»1"}:oisi it its thl-i‘.§ltt"ithii- '11ifJ"‘"'.““ B1’ 1913-11 ' " 1003s ' ' ' 1010721611"1111ilf1]lil11?1‘h11)1‘0l11i'liI“ \\t‘11te‘lloll(illfidl~l\)l?lli1ril- “T111111? 511112111011‘sltvififiiigifivlli tht 11m‘! 111111 “:1 -1"111‘-11 llllyroli 1014-15. .. 0017 1011111131421 , . _ _, .. ._ , _f' ftttoo. in 1:12,.» 1;, ~,~ .. . . ‘ 191647 10324 12_791_71,||t1it& atlniinistlnlnitinto ".1111 V.“ "m! rmn“. ‘hm. “W; ‘l . til-MW Wan . . , 11 1917411 _ H 12841 u-b5mhg3tpysaiitis 0t. . nil o 11111111.‘; “Hp mull-of $014 mmt’ btylprti-lth ntoltht- l." m 121mm “my. Yeah w" Cm. 191349" '1' 12112 111'3116'61111\vh0l] he‘ 111ml“ ‘Mil 5111-11 tint-it irt; lht» ntitnbc-i‘ (if nfflic1i‘ 11' ll ' I y‘ "Mfw-A ' v 1 h 1 1919'21)"" H619 ' 21's 6'60‘)‘1115isizoilftihtftghtihnhiuh:rhnst-otitiii- iv tloitbletl anti satanic: (Continued on Page S1)V_‘~- 1920-21....1~i512 ..22til£i9S1 11 ' ‘ 1 1 ‘ ' - 1'1 '1' ' '11 l t 1' ' ieiititl anti the Quebec iirttige, a stth- t-tl $382,000: anti thereafter" there. stantinlklefilitiielnt hotlgagf lvffltrtifllia “in? a Win33‘. dolufis ‘,1 no“. 0H1} _ ' ' wnii tin out e1 y re i et. t‘ c a s expeu ure. ‘ ins: ‘The figures for 1022-23 were ‘YWM1km“111111111Yrejhlgfigiiinhhtihi‘ No of Total give: 1111 a 291111111119 18111111111119“ 11111111111011?‘ nt-staixllshiilitlent of the Year Etnlthlyvfi‘?! 511111111111 or y on. . . rertir. ‘toy n- ' j , - ‘ _ _ _ _ _ “.1141 _ _ _ _ __ 411377 clutie both the inside anti Otitsitle 1310111111,“?122121111111111sgllwgjgsifnii1it: .. . 1 .. s 514.712 service, nuti are not. coitiplete 111111;‘ ‘nmmnou m. n“ Kbv'm.n"“,_nt 1901) __ _ 679397 either case. As n consequence it isfuvm l‘. 11w.‘ s 1o 1m hukvpendpnl 1910 .. 773.025 impossible to 55y piT-Eilififilyflyliili. m‘) lzgrannnpl mm w“ 'nf 1911 __ 511775.11 the number of inside Civil Servants m: Bgpuflnmnt m. hallway WW1“ 1913 __ _ 720 3521123 at the present time. The total iittni~ he rwmvpfl mums! to ML yet what 1913 __ _ spit _ 5139,5135 her 0t 11010111111191“ en1ploy11esfinv are K110110013" The facts are that 11114 . .. 000 .. 1.032.127 though vuryyitig $10111 111011111 m iho Dfllifilfilllttili of ltailwttvt: anti 1915- -- 9711 -- 1-1131555 momh’ a"erflg"s around 551m"; ("tirili-i is now costing the ctitintry 1916 1058 .. 1.247.375 anti the annual cost is uittch great‘ m‘m_;_ “"1"- evm, mfmmh "p". “n, 1917 1on0 , 1,257,972 or than the total shown in the 1'1" the official figures given to Ptirlia- 11113 -- ~ 1191 ~ 1-"1633110 mm 811131111011 Mr‘ Cram“ int-tit last year in ll govt-rniiioiit re~ - - - Some Remarkable Examples 1111'“: N". of “WM 1521 1533 Now what are the salient points Year Official Salaries 11122 -~ - 13142 » ~ 13112-11311 in the foregoing figures? The sol- 111113 - - - - - - ~11" - ~ - - - -» 3131-319 1923 (9 1111113113211 M91188 lent points are these:—- 11113 -- 117 * ' 1.10117 ls interior Overmanncd? 1.—~it is shown that although the 11114 1311 ~ 11111115 ~ 111°Pi1fl$15 1n 111B 11091111111011 0f 11111 .1915 " 127 " 161427 No one will seriously argue that Dominion between 1012 and 1022 1010 112 .. 1011111161110 udlnmistrmive reqlflrfllnenls of W115 1111111011111111101)‘ twenty-five I101‘ 11117 ~~ 11111 " 12152?‘ the interior are any greater today c0111.. the increase in the pnpula- 1919 ~ ~- 1'12 ~ 1'1"?‘ than they were in 1011i; yet the tion of the Civil Service during the 1919 - ~< 1'17 ~ 2011111 act remains~as these figures show some period was more than eighty 11120 - - 105 - 21°41‘?! -—~that tho Department has incrcas nor cent. and the atlvailw m m 1921 H 1m ‘ 2265M ed its staff between that time anti cost nearly 250 percent. 11122 1111 1- 211F522 the resent by more than 500 oi- 2.—’I‘hat whereas the British 19m - 111'“ 208322 ficlahs. 111:1‘ hrltls atlivatiaeilzgtosogoost Government had. b the be innin _ ' , to t e pu c y aiout . . 1! of 1928. brought ith civil iervicg T119“ 1111111811“ iao1l1rl‘lerln!fo1|g‘:ltyear. And this, be it remembered, (tlblllite enormous new hdminiatra- 1:2‘: 322118112311‘ ow"; rzfivuys an doen not include officials and sal- t1.":.;'"""“" "‘“'“’ti”“c"°"it°t“" =1» tiifsiltiiii m’: ‘Z§‘.i“i.'i‘;°if..i.'l Pawns-p» -1-- 5mm» Cw“ swam“- wul‘ 1 e “m 1m tion is simple. it is that while civil h t t d ’ I h u] 1 b Laura 595m,“ d, Monte“; ervice at the end of 1922 was t u s die ‘he EFL iniz w a ever o o w t e tepai- _ _ apprgxhnggqly gmy pg|uceut great. “111111111 5 1'11"?!“ me I ' y ment of Immigration. Taken all in, of Hennoliiio, Sonora. Mexi- er than in 1914. 110m n! 1e or m! 8m "11 11 1' °11° °1 111° "W" 9111111111119" co. who ha: ‘uat been chosen fin-That in 1922 the Canadian 7,“, ‘m; 305mm‘, F151,", of overmanning in the Government “an for t a’; 1924 Mud] Civil Service was greater by almost epoportcvflbvl ‘I ‘F- JTWFI 9°1"1°°- a". 1am,“ in u“; city Th; 2,000 than at. the date of the Arm- There is the Department of Trade Yet almost every department l b , _ f h ‘ ' istlco and was costing 9,000,000 and Commerce. There are business that may be picked at random tails ‘if ¢ "h"! l‘ °n° Q Q e m” ' you that this de- the some story. Ten years ago the important of Mexico a fete: