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Show that even if in the,j~idgmento f their superior offieera their contiuuailce in the work hl1o111da 1)pear to be prejudicial to the servicesoc~hr t~~uovnl can uot be made without dii3icultv and iavolred t)rocesses oi luw, whicl~ mould nati~rnllyrl iaeo~lrngei ts ~ . e i : o u l ~ ~ ~ e l ~ dTl:~~etsiepo e~r~su. ~ns '~l~oul(l reruembertl~ntt he rivil.r;ervice law wan fr:lorerl for the ~~rotectioonf t l ~ e service and 11ot for the nrotection of incumbents in office. and that if through lack of tliligriic6, tailing iutercst in their work, u~;eo~~ge~~inlit~ oiteu!l)er, attd otl~crtousesth eir et i i r i r~~itr1s t l~amorks l~ouldfi ll1 belo~v reasodabie expectations it would becomethe duty of their superiors in office to request their removal and of the Indian Office to grant such - request. On the other hand, it is pleasing to note that among the better and more consoieatious elements of the school service a healthy seutiment is beginning to assert itself whioh frowns upon this practice, aud which may in due time formulate itself into a tenet of "professional ethics" more effective even than administrative decrees. PAY OF PUPILS FOE INSTITUTIONAL WORK. Under date of April 20,1886, ,the Indian Office, in a general letter to superintendents of Indian training schools on the subject of employing Indian labor, made the following remarks: Carofnl ~~unsidaratiohna s bran given 139 t h i ~Ot Bve to tlte matter of paying Indian ~'opilsa t tntinillg srl~uolsf ur at~rviaear bndc~od,a nd upon tho rerommrrtdsli,,!~u i t h ~S.u poriatcndttnt bf Isdian Prlluula tlm tiillowing C O U P I I IL~8v~e <188,2~11~ r~ ilcllnd: All lndiul~l ~ul,ilsa Luntl<lu uduratand that whtn rhcy an, fed, clothed, rind tau.'I~t by t lw (iv\erllt!l~.ntt l l ? *v~n n h3'10 no,i!lhl rlainl to nny co!llpeu*atlun fill their l..ltur, I,ur tL;tt. ISII tllu lvontmrv. fllrr uwt. tlnr U o r o r ~ ~ t ~ul~l ethue~ ~ urvicvrw hiclt the\. vsu ~ C L ~ ~ UAP .t tI1e W : ~ # O $ U t&u, i i unler tltat thug muj. Lanru hlnw to use xnd to'a.,r,, money, aud i n order that tlroy luily I I C C U I I I U ~ L ) Iu~ little with which to ltl:$lt" i t d t : ~ ~ t on tltoir return Lome, it m.ts ahvn br. udvisahls to utfer slnall wage< tisr tiithiul. capable service, and to gredd the pay according to the experience <f the workmen: It is desirable that at thevarious Government sobols the rates should be uniform, and they are therefore established as follows, the figures given being the maximum. Of course, careless and faiihful work should not be equally compensated, and good work should be insisted on. For regular apprentices at trades: For the first four months, nothing; they will be considered as probationary. For the first year, 8 cents per day of ei ht hours. For the second year, 12 cents er day of eight hours. For the third year end after, $4 osnts per day of eight hours. For farm lisnds: Dnriug the first three mouths, nothing. Aftor that, 12 ceutn per day of eight hourq exoept during harvest, when 25 cents per day of 10 hours shall he paid. For other labor whioh the superintendent may oonsidar it wise to remunerate: 8 to 12 cents per day of 8 hours, aocording to his judgment. In all eases payments must be made at the above rates only for the time during whioh the pup118 are actually employed. The reckoning must be uocurate andstrict. Indians need to 1eal.n the value of minutes. It is the duty of every training school which pay8 its pupils for labor tosupervise the expenditures of the pupils, and before money is given them they should bo reqnired to st:rte the expenditures whioh they wish to make and afterwards to show the purchases made. This will involve some extra, labor on the part of the o6iaers of the school, but will protect the intoreats of the pupils. In no case must the pupils he allowad to go into debt or runup accounts at stores. Somesort of savings. bauk aystem should be carried out, and the pupils trained to save thoir earnings for future necds. Unfortnnately the latter clauses of these directions were not properly followed by the snperintendents of a number of schools. They failed properly to supervise the expenditures of the pupils,.and even allowed them <'to go into debt or to run up accounts at stores," so that the |