212 ESSENTIALS OF VETERINARY LAW 
edge the fact that a good man is better worth his 
salary though large, than the poorly equipped 
man is his pittance. The penny-wise legislators 
are inclined to believe that so long as any one can 
be induced to take an office for small pay, the pay 
should not be raised. The consequence is that the 
office must be filled with incompetent men or those 
who seek to make up the deficiency through doubt- 
ful means. There are many ways of using a free 
office for the personal advantage of the holder, 
and low salaries in governmental work always 
put a premium upon dishonesty. 
169. Permanency of Office. Since governmental 
work demands qualifications for which there are 
small demands in private life, it follows that a 
competent departmental executive should hold 
his office so long as he proves efficient. He should 
not be subject to removal with every change in 
administration—that tends to attract his atten- 
tion from his executive business to politics. It 
often perverts his administration in order to 
secure or hold political support. A Canadian 
judge is not even permitted to vote at an elec- 
tion, in order thus to keep him clear of political 
entanglements. There should be no admixture of 
health administration with political party con- 
tests. It is true that sometimes a party may very 
properly make public health one of its party 
planks, but the man who holds an executive posi- 
tion in the government should be permitted to 
devote his full attention to health protection, if 
that be his particular field of operation. 
170. Veterinary Science and the Medical Pro- 
fession. The members of the general medical and 
