PAYMENT OF MEMBERS.
[TO THE EDITOR OF TUB " SPECTATOR: '1
SIB.,—One of the many evils which are bound to follow if the Payment of Members Bill becomes law has been strikingly brought to my notice a few days ago. At a meeting of rate- payers held in one of our largest cities for the purpose of adopt- ing candidates at the forthcoming election of Guardians for the poor, a retiring Guardian showed some reluctance to being again nominated. On being asked his reason, he stated that it was because the meetings now lasted so much longer than they formerly did, the reason being that the Labour Party had now several representatives on the Board whom the various trade organisations paid, the system adopted being that of time, with the result that these Guardians worked to spin out the
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