A Well Paid Ministry.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 30 July 1910, Page 4

A Well Paid Ministry.

koihtxatk kxgush potjTICIAXM. "Ox k rirxm?En pouxps a WIOI'JK." The I?i!l lo increase tho salary of the President of the Hoard <;f Trade l'ro ml'20l)0to I'olMIO a vear was carried through its stroml ic-ii:!i 11 <i - this week, after some vigorous pro'tests from the Labour members and the extreme Radicals. According to the terms of the draft it i.s not to, take effect during the lifetime of the presoiif Parliament; but it i.s Humoured that an amendment making it immediately operative will be moved and that Mr Churchill will then graciously consent to ha'vo his salary more than doubled. The Hill will not increase the Government's popularity with the proletariat, especially as it will be followed by the step necessary to give IN I r John Hums CoOOO a year also. When tens of thousands of men aro unemployed and millions can never hope to earn a hundred pounds a year, it does seem rather invidious to ho spending public money in order that a couple ol ! fortunate politicians may he receiving a hundred pounds a. week apiece, especially as one of those lucky individuals i.s a. young gentlemail of thirty-five, who was a subaltern of cavalry not many years ago and tlie other was himself a. work-ing-man. Query: What would Mr Churchill's present emoluments bo if he had stuck to his profession P Ho might be a captain on a couple of hundred a year; And Mr Burns, if he were still a working ongineer. might bo a foreman on the same income, or less. Politics in England is not at all a bad profession for the few who manage to "arrive." The .English Cabinet is by a long way the host-paid Ministry in the world. — Standard of Empire.