LABOUR LEADERS' PERQUISITES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1472, 21 June 1912, Page 4

LABOUR LEADERS' PERQUISITES.

The balancc-sheet■^.6^^th6^l ! ; i ES&6}h■:'. Federation, were published is an illuminating;i.:4dcument : ..:-..;;Tho; gentlemen who cqritrbli;'th£"destinies! of the Federatio£wpuldJse2nv ? tdlafe sorb a very substantiaF.'proportiori'' of the funds ions associated tion, in the way of own salaries and ifcrarelling.expenses;: l These total up and make it : s\icryj- ;icjear';o tliat? Labour no&ialtdgpthcri: unprofitable a week, of cours.e ) "".is'. > , 'aiat,-.fa , n\v;csy travagant wage to: quite a modest sum ; ::;cbmpared;:;with'; what some of th'pVfbrganiser^ : ':a'ric!i union secretaries : >;are ; —but the travelHiig' : <pXpeiisl;s)'SWcll : : tho total to : ai\'^really;.v'irespect-': able figure. IC&tfsVv hot</difn-:; cult to understand,: v ;iir.."view; of the facts by:v'lithe* payments recorde'd;;;i.hrtheCbala'nce';< sheet, why these:XabpuVi;leaders'disv; play such country and particigatih'gaiv.'or'sfir-' ring up industrial;;strife?r,.Jlitv^ ; 'Ri : Seiiple, for tralia on bchalf£pf 4Kb. and, accordingf-'to, statement, was 'Vabserit-iaboiifc ■,;six : . weeks. The costupf;:his, irip;'td: : Federation of Lab6u.K;\vas ; ;£lilfj;. eluding steameri:andv : ; ifa'ricsy' Mr.. Sejiple's expenses, .in 'Australia'! would seem to tf> : the quite respectable: suntoof .:£jr>.m : week or \The : r¥ : may have been expense's : 4'n .■■tho-case/*)?' Mr. Semple whichV'thfeprdinary iti-av--oiler does not thing over two guineas:: days included, »i& : Icbm'fdr't-' able allowance ■foror anyone clseVtb;. live':, oil, '''Mr-.'' Seiiple may notyhay^^jeeWsb : ?fbrtuiiV ate as his co-workei-i:lI : R, : :BENI.;TjLjET.,:i who, while the famil.tes:.-;df : rffrc : .--rank; and file of thei'ddcK-Strikers'' ■w'e'r'c.' ; starving, foundii:a':sympatheftc-ladr admirer ready with : a champagne cannot eomplain;that':.i.thcsFe'dera'tioji of Labour stinted;hiihSii:;thei:ihftter - of funds to make: their behalf a conifb'rfab'le.-.o : ne."