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PAGE 4 --â€"'wâ€" mh'eofim $530,106. The grand total of Sir Beury’s expense account was 31,962,189. To the most of as this is “some account” and the public cannot be blamed very much in these times for dananding knowledge of where it all nere are a lot of people who condemn Sir Henry and his staff for being too extravagant, but not being on the inside we feel that we can scarcely offer any criticism for something about which we are not informed. In their posi- that with the Truthâ€"WA TSON. tions as managers of the C.N.R. there is un- doubtedly a lot of entertaining to do, and if it is done in the interests of the railway system little fault can be found. If the expense ac- counts contain too many “personal” items, then the investigation now going on should see to it hotels and lodging, $133,130 for duping cars, $10,724 for railway fares, $12,585 for tele- ma. mud an item under “other expenses” that this is returned to the country. On the other hand, it is quite possible that a full ex- planation can be given the investigating com- mittee, and if this is done and it is proven the expenditures were justified, then we have had our excitement for nothing. Until something further turns up, we can- not see that there is anything to worry about. Not only our railway systems but our bigger business firms have huge “entertainment” ac- counts which they would gladly dispense with, but it seems they must entertain if they hOpe to continue doing business. Sir Henry Thornton’s personal expense ac- count amounted to some 340,000, and this, too, may have been justified and wholly above board. Until something further turns up the only thing we can see that would give an argument against the C. N. R. head is that he reeeives too much salary. This, it is said, runs close to the $150,000 mark when everything is consid- ered, and is too, a debatable question. Sir Hen- ry may not be worth that amount of money. Then how, and why, did he get it? No doubt there would be a good many railroad men de- sirous of taking over the presidency of the Canadian National lines when the position was open, and with this opposition, one would think the salary question would be the first one to he considered and the managing head engaged at the lowest possible salary in a competitive market, having regard, of course, to the abil- ity of the man. Personally, we don’t know what Sir Henry is worth to the C. N. 11., nor do we know within many thousands of dollars how much the “en- Wu " fund for this railway should be. We do say, though, that it is hardly possible to jufie whether a man receives too much salary from the amount of his pay cheque. One might be cheap at $75,000 a year and another a mill- atoue at $750; the high-salaried man might pull a business out of a slump and put it on a pay- in. basis, while another low-priced man might be entrusted with the managership of a paying business and run it into the ground in a few There are people who say that no man is worth $50,000 a year. We don’t agree with that statement, for the reason that the man who is not worth the $50,000 never gets it. Perhaps that is the reason so many of us are “down” on the men with the his salaryâ€"we are not eepshle of earning it ourselves and we hate to see the other fellow getting it. uniting the result. 1n the meantime, the investigation into thoC.N.R.mnseaecountxoesonmda they are much too discerning, as the editor of the Canadian Magazine found out when, in the March issue the cover page contained a maple N o, sir, the Canadian reading public is anything but “dumb.” If you don’t think so just try running a newspaper or a magazine and make a few mistakes. You’ll find out then how dumb they are. just the same. No man from Adam's time ever held an axe in the manner in which the Can- adian Magazine artist made the fellow on the March cover hold his. And don’t ever think the magazine got away with it, either. The issue was of! the press only a few days when the letters commenced to arrive! sugar making scene in which the man in the case was chopping the wood for boiling down. Another story of “Canada’s Earliest Transport,” and for which the editor was not wholly responsible, said: “The only implements necessary to the constructing of these all-wood carts were an axe, a saw, a screwdriver and a draw knife.” A reader wants to know the use of a screwdriver in an “all-wood" cart, and “how did they mortise the holes in the hubs and felloes for the spokes without an anger and a chisel?” DOESN'T LIKE MAGAZINE TARIFF Leslie Roberts, the well-known Canadian, writer, doesn’t like the Bennett tariff as it af-l 1 fects Canadian writers and Canadian magaq zines. Writing in the Fourth Column of the Mail and Empire the other day he points out that ‘the periodicals which offer the most ser- ious opposition to the home product are those which continue to enter Canada without any great let or hindrance. He thinks the Govern- ment would have done a better job if it had protected the magazines instead of the print- ing plants. He suggests that a better idea would have been to ascertain the percentage of total circulation of American magazines in Canada and make them include that percentage of the work of Canadian writers, domiciled in Canada, in their publications. Mr. Roberts is frank enough to suggest that his idea may be a silly one, but without going that far, we cannot see that it would be feasible. In the first place, the Bennett tariff has excluded a lot of the cheaper magazines from this country, although on the other hand sev- eral of them have established plants in Canada or are being published by Canadian publishing houses. This, in itself, must be a good thing for many Canadian printing plants, and in the case where new plants have been erected, has supplied work for Canadian printers which was formerly done in the United States. As the number of Canadian printers employed must greatly exceed the number of Canadian writ- ers, the Bennett tariff therefore must be given credit for having done the greatest good for the greatest number. It would be rather presumptuous, on the other hand, for the Canadian Government to in- sist that a fifteen per cent. circulation in Can- ada of American magazines called for a fifteen percent. patronage of Canadian writers. Per- haps they could not supply it. Perhaps the ex- ecutives of these magazines would not be able to obtain the material they wanted, and which would be acceptable to the big majority of their readers. And it is satisfied readers that sell magazines. Intervention by the Canadian Gov- ernment might also mean that fifteen per cent. of the circulation of these same magazines, in- stead of being controlled by the men who owned the plants, and who are vitally interested in the success of their publications, would pass to the control of a body that was not particularly in- terested financially. ‘ We have a great respect for Mr. Roberts. We like his stories and pay tribute to his abil- ity. But we cannot see that his plan is at all workable. Mr. Roberts’ contribution to the Mail and Empire was the result of an article by the conductor of the column, J. V. McAree, who charged that Canadian editors were discrimin- ating against Canadian writers. Mr. Roberts disagrees wholly with this phase or the article, says that Canadian editors have been buying nearly as much from Canadian writers as in good times, while the American market, to use Mr. Roberts’ own words, is “almost as extinct as the dado.” The difficulties under which most Canadian writers are laboring under present conditions, is the falling oil of the American market, not the Canadian. We are not prepared to say that the pres- of expenditures in the civil aemce. ent tarifi, or whatever one my care to call it, . m magma-9934““ uthelutword,butit certainlyhuprmm {mwm..mmmdmm.u- work for a considerable number of printers. coped with . .mpam reaper-tar. havingthuemnupflhtedinthetlni mum..m'm - m»uw.mmr WWW” ”'3‘“WW.MWW gmgqm'oWI-uwfl: THE DURHAM CHRONICLE money by the change. We can agree with Mr. Roberta that far too many American magazines, even those now being printed in Canada, belong to the “poorer that very much an be done about it. THE MODERATION LEAGUE The Mount Forest Confederate says the forces of temperance appear to be facing a serious attempt to bring in the sale of beer and wine in hotels and thus re-introduee the bar room and -re-establish 'the treating system. It quotes the Moderation League as favoring this, for the reason that this will increase the tourist trade from the United States. It also quotes Rev. Dr. Irwin as authority for the statement that this is not so, and that of the tourists who visit Ontario through the port of Detroit not 20 per cent. are drawn to the province of Que- bee, where wine and beer at restaurants is fav- If a recent statement of Premier. Henry the same reasonâ€"there Will be no wine or beer licenses in the Province of Ontario. No matter what any one of us may believe, or advocate, the fact is it is considered in official circles that the people of Ontario, and by this we mean the people who repudiated the Ontario Temper- ance Act, are not favorably disposed to grant- ing these licenses. As the people’s representa- tives, Premier Henry has stated that his party will not introduce any such legislation. Judging from events past and present, neio ther the Moderation League nor Dr. Irwin have very much influence with the temperance ele- ment in Ontario, who believe in true temper- ance, and not in some of the fantastical theor- ies advanced by people who see only their own side and believe in only their own views. Next Monday’s the day the old fishpole gets its first legal exercise of the season. There’s one thing to be thankful for any- way. The Toronto Maple Leafs can’t sink any lower. New Zealand has given Canada full pref- erence on all exports but six. It’s now Canada's move. We’ll get this old Empire trade policy working yet! “Personal Element Retards Success” says a newspaper heading. Yes, it’s hard for a bow- legged man to persuade the coach he would make a good goal keeper. The C. N. R. has for years been known as Canada’s bankrupt railway. After the investi- gation and the Parliamentry special committee makes its report it may be known as Canada’s Banquet Railway. Britain, Greece, Chile and some others who have gone off the gold standard have nothing on US. We went off it years ago, only lately it has become worse. Our only worry now is that we may eventually have to go off the sil- ver standard. Things are as one looks at them. For in- stance, the words of the song: “When the blue of the night meets the gold of the day, some- one waits for me,” appear twice as sweet to the lovesick swain as they do to the married man trying to sneak in at 3 am. Sweet mammal And now the latest! There is to be a cam- paign started against the use of tobacco in Ontario! We fear us men are in for a tough time if all the good resolutions carry. Hope they won’t pass any legislation against knit- ting and crochet work. It is charged that motorists are smuggling gasoline into Canada from the United States. In return for Canada’s assistance in prevent- ing the smuggling of liquor into the United States, the States should “reciprocate." In cases of this kind, the definition of the word is rather vague, if not misunderstood altogether. Hon. E. B. Ryckmsn, Minister of National Revenue, and also president of the Dunlop Tire and Rubber Co., has charged that the civil ser- vice spends too much money on day rate tele- grams that should be night letters and pro- longed telephone calls that were unimportant. “No business in the world would put up with this policy,” Mr. Ryckmsn told the House of Commons. In common with other depsrtments of the government, there is to be e curtailment of expenditures in the civil service. m not www.mm mnreturntothehmotaod. 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