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0262 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000231
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organisations the pay is generally fair and con-
stant. The corruption here is due to two causes:
example of the aldermen, and extraordinary power
over public women, saloon-keepers, and gamblers,
due to our crude methods of dealing with the three
irrepressible evils. The same explanation may be
given as to the occasional lapses of our police ju-
diciary, though a reasonably high pay has largely
reduced the evils in this direction. It may thus
broadly be seen that when we fail to give a stated,
regular, and reasonable compensation for public
service, we find bribery taking the place of honour-
able reward.
We must recognise that we cannot be governed
without paying, on the average, nearly as much for
the talents employed as would be gained by the
same talents engaged in private effort. The rule is
somewhat obscured by the value put upon celebrity,
more easily attained in public than in private service,
and the varying degree of security in employment,
—sometimes greater, sometimes less, for the office-
holder than for the private citizen. These ex-
ceptions are more readily understood than those
supposed to be offered by such great non-salaried
legislative bodies as the English Parliament. The
exception, however, is much more in appearance
than in reality. First, the hard work of Parliament
is done by comparatively few among the more
than six hundred members, and most of these few
are holders of salaried offices; and, second, as nearly
all members of the House, and all members of the
Lords, are drawn from the wealthy class; and again,
chiefly from the class of inherited wealth, the nation