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| s N en uid ' | 6 | | \ . Hon. Thomas Crawford Has' -i «_ Little Hope Britain | ; i\Ask for Higher Salaries Now + | Will Remove It _ | | _ Bonus Has Been on mmmnnsammme cce mmmmetmam | @1 NTIONED' | Removed BEAVERBROOK ME | | _--_._--_ | | s ; us ieanimoesitebemnaeirrciromn » C onl "CITE MEMBERS' INDEMNITY * In his speech on the discussion | | | o rnnabien tcnnly ues amenimenfhoree + i the § Yos: gisittzt(:aza:?letheenl:ss.sglgtur}e{oonn A ' ' !th(')mano civil servants, meeting in » * * 4 | ~jas 5 ~a s Howard Terguson, Conservative ' | the };:nw'gte Bills (,Ao.mr.mttee room of l Leader, said that a remarkable fea-- P( *28." arliament Buildings yesterday ture of the whole thing was$ that \| to discuss their grievance over the Lord Beaverbrook and hfis:'ress ;\t'ere | Aiscontihuance of salary bonus, Ap-- used by the Minister of Agricuiture | plaude fs: ap~ . in his campaign in Britain. Beaver-- 'l:h d to t'he echo a point made in brook, said Mr. Ferguson, who had * | e resolution adopted, that even | \ been at the head of the cement com-- l' \ members of the Legislature had ' | bine in this country, wa? sfi)le tol:ink } " found it necessary to bonus them--| ' i o i 0 riculture | o * y y | ':gd"'}g&' t'ltll: ;iiir:\'em:ilme theg Govern-\ 'Seives Over and above their sessional | !Ement decides not to go into the ce--| indemnity. ] \ ment business in this Province." | | In the resolution carried by the | | Mr. Ferguson was caretui. }t\otv}:'-'. | meeting, which was attended by | | ever, to make no charge aga ns e | || h i aae $ Government, because when the Pre--| | und're('is of (;'0' ernment er.nplog ces, mier said something about the "al-- thc;uvxl Service sets forth its claims leged bargain" to which Mr. Fergu--| and urges the Government to give | 'isoi had referred, th; Po;xszrvati\"g "immediate consideration." Presi-- ' Leader replied that he NA said | sA s | o \ nothing about a bargain, but an "al-- | , dent -"J- v. Don.l}e"y advised the | #> d leged coincidence." | gathering that if they approached | * [ --. The whole discussion arose on a ' * \ the Government in the proper spirit, 2 3q'ue'stion hlg' "f f:. Eilsk:(.mCopséz\;gz' I without bombast, they would receive | |§:1'ge :legr"e:; rc('epnr't t'gr:om ' overseas || fair hearing. Generally speaking, he ( * | that Canada would be satisfied with +| ?ald.tlh'e civil servants had recei've'd -- | the removal of the stigma that | | fair treatment from the Drury Gm-{ J Canadian cattle were diseased. Pre-- | ;gernm_et;l.' It wa§ al:o stated that * mier Drury, in a short speech, said || general increases | t roughout the{ & that it would be unfortunate if the service were likely following the| d session. | a impression -- got about that the \~ 'After calling attention to the fin--| § Legislature was mhdlfferent ;'egfa{g- 'ancial difficulties under which the| , m%nthe mba:lt_;"; Of('ta:agea,mhoa':'latghav:' }coivil servant('ls of Ontario labored in cattle em +. K | Ontario, an export trade, and, At AnY rate, it with l;):Qmai.lxr;mv.xlr(;x (t)kfle$3%lt;ag:g ag(r'\?x'rl:: € wanted t:\e altermtitii"e tmaré{:ctl.u;g subseqdu%ntl,\i] granted, the resolution Great Britain wan e 0 | i| carrie y the meeting it goes on to cattle as a matter of protection, they | || deal with the 1920 classification, | had no complaint. He regrettedl " involving a. general .incre'ase 1n" anything said in the House tl'mt~l : salaries. The classification, it points| cofild be construed in Great Britain | | out, granted 25 per cent. increases to | as indifference regarding the: re-- | the outside services and only '14 per moval of the cattle embargo. l cent. to the inside services over the | Hon. Manning Doherty said he} 1914 scale, according to statistics al--| o us a te of | ready submitted to the Government. | always had been &A firm advocate | £ 1 s -- o i hat | Continuing, it calls attention to the the adoption of trade policies t | l 101 a to the building up of | Premier's statement that living cost ~ would ?ga nh Empire 1 | reductions made the continuance of tra}(;e "E;'gionm;se(:r:\'vpforci save the ' | tlt;% bonus uk:mecessary after April 30, on. | 21; to the repeated unsuccessful House the story of the famous shlg; | |\ efforts to obtain an interview with | it ment of cattle in 1892 that broug the Premier; the Premier's decla,ra-!l f about the embargo, and said he was | |tion of opinion that no further bonus | still doubtful that it would hbe re-- ' ] | was now necessary; failure to put in-- \ moved. | 'to effect last year the provisions of ; \ the classification for annual in-- | l creases; the $600 session bonus voted | a !| by the Legislature, and the continu-- 'ance of the Civil Service bonus by the Federal Government. A [ ~It adds:, "'It is therefore resolved |that this meeting of civil servants respectfully submits that the service s is justly entitled to the increases ; '\ in salary provided by the classifica-- | s c tion for the years 1921 and 1922, | es * ||and that such salaries should be | [3 \| supplemented by such bonus as will C \ compensate the civil servants for the 5m " difference between their salaries h and the present continued inflated | | cost of living, and would therefore \ respectfully urge that this matter be ® ¢ * '\ given immediate consideration by * ' the Government and that a sum suft-- N ficient to meet these requirements | . i -- \, be submitted to the Legisiature for ~as \| their approval. | *3 j \| "And, whereas misapprehensions| ® | as to the remuneration of civil ser--| p * vants undoubtedly exist and it is in \' the public 'interest that euch mis-- N \ apprehensions should be corrected." ' ___-_-_______-----------------------__--- A