Evening star., 1933-09-02
7 L MATIN, Paris.-Economies
Economics! This has long been
the cry OF assemblies. both
4 communal and departmental.

1t still remains, however, for
these deliberative bodies to give wise
and practical demonstration pointing
toward any savings Of the public cash.
They were able, it is true, to achieve
some important economies" which,
while they relieved to some extent the
demands of taxation upon the nation
generally. increased yet more pondera-
bly, the amercements which had already
been weighing heavily upon selected
contributors to state and local reve-
nueS. Two examples follow:
One OF cur readers in Meudon
(Seine- ct -Oise department) informs US
that the taxes on his personal prop
erty alone have increased from 2l6
francs tsll.88 at current exchange). in
1925, to 6l6 francs rs centimes
ts3382), in 1888
Another reader in Fresnes (Seine
department) reports that his assess
ments have been increased 10 times over,
or from II francs 76 centimes in 1925
(98 cents, to 180 francs AZ centimes
ts9.92). in 1888
When will such inordinate exactions
be stopped? The time has long since
passed when expediency should have
called a halt. Instead, it seems that
the trend continues in the direction of
pecuniary eclipse rather than preserya-
tive economy.
DIRTY" Milk Evil
Scored in Cork City.
Irish Independent. Dublin. - Cork
City seems to be particularly un-
fortunate in the matter of the greater
part of its milk supply. When the med
ical officers monthly report came up
for discussion at the corporation meet
ing this week, Alderman OLeary drew
attention to the fact that the milk
tested for cleanliness during the period
had beaten all records" for dirt.
That certainly reveals a state of
affairs which we hope the corporation
will take every possible action to have
remedied But with the best will in
the world, our local authorities-
whether in Cork, Dublin or elsewhere-
can do but little to eliminate the dirty
milk evil as long as the Legislature
evades its obvious duty to bring in
measure defining, amongst other things.
the standards of cleanliness and purity
to be observed by all milk purveyors
Dirty, low-quality milk is a prolific
source of disease. For infants, con-
taminated milk may actually prove
poisonous.
Time and again the Irish Independ-
ent has called upon the government to
give the country a clean milk act, but
so far without result. Surely the re-
sponsible minister must be aware of
the vital necessity Of dealing with the
dirty milk menace. Why, then, does
he not take action?
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Understanding Urged
With Missionaries.
Egyptian Gazette. Alexandria
Daily Telegraph published yesterday
morning an article by its diplomatic
correspondent on the situation Of for
eign missionaries in Egypt. The article
has been cabled to Cairo by the cor
respondents Of local newspapers, in
cluding AL Mokattam.
The correspondent states that it is
probable that there will shortly be an
exchange of views between the British
government and the governments of
other foreign powers. any of whose
nationals are engaged In missionary
work in Egypt. The object of the ex-
change of views will be to reach an
tiles of missions in Egypt.
= The need for the creation of friendly
arrangemen in this connection has
been made evident, says the correspond
ent. by recent happenings, which have
embarrassed the Egyptian government
and disturbed the British government.
Although the incidents which led to
the present anti-missionary agitation
were insignificant and have been dis
gracefully exaggerated for political ends
by the Liberal Constitutional and Dissi-
dent Wafdist newspapers, it must be
admitted that there have been a few
cases in which missionaries have been
references to the prophet and to Islam
or, in a few exceptional instances,
bringing pressure to bear on Moslem
youths in attempts to convert them to
Christianity. English missions, happily.
have net been c.Ece..ci II e..:y such
incidents.