Show S 5 WISDOM I IN DECISION HE decision of the thc state board or oC examiners T to salary salan increases to more than forty for for- ty tr state cl is a reflection of ti rhe Flie board also put its foot do n on Oil changing titles of capitol workers in order to nehie c the same purpose er increases arc hereafter r fun full investigation gation g of the thc merits of each cach case is to be made The came before the bo ril when the state budget director presented the names of the more than individuals Tile The wholesale wholesale whole whole- sale request followed reluctant action l by the hoard board several weeks s ago in voting pay PY boosts when in ill n a n m. of eases cases had been given gi added duties of the decision of the board must be based on the fact that conditions in inthe III the state do 10 not at this t time l Jle permit n i increasing the thc load upon the ta taxpayers pa ers It is not to say sar that there is a disposition anywhere in tile the state to be niggardly ill iii tile thc matter The public pub pub- lie lic is willing to pay a competent and diligent servant 11 Ins is fun full due only in return conscientious performance of duty But while the taxpayers of tile thc state are arc on short rations it is only fair for state to he willing willingto to go along with them the coming of bet bet- ter tunes times The assertion is often orten made at a time when government business to put nore people eople at work at better wages and and salaries that the tho government gO itself should set the example by br i increasing creasing the PH pay of its its' es There is a a. a d difference between private ate vate and pu public that must be into account Business its own monc Government handles the monc of the people Efficiency md and econom- econom must characterize good government and prudent handling of public I money is one of tile Ule prime tests of honest and like business The board of examiners takes these things into account and eanlS commendation |