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Mr. Wheatley was compelled to assume that the house owners

can afford to be penalized. That as a general proposition is untrue. If further expense is to be borne on behalf of the unemployed, it must be borne by the community. If the unemployed are to be helped at the expense of any section, why stop at house owners ? Why should not the grocer, the milkman or the to- bacconist help, too ? Mr. Wheatley's proposal, which is utterly undemocratic, does not bear examination. It is not a question at all of failing in sympathy for the unemployed ; sympathy is very deep in all parties. But it is wrong to try to undo tragedy by injustice. In the end the Bill was talked out. There are hints that a new Bill may be introduced. * *

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