Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-30
NOT GENERALLY KNOWN.
some Curiosities or Our National
Government Brought to Light.

[Washingt N L tier to New York SUM
Next to the president of the United
States the best paid federal o.fcial is
the clerk OF the supreme court.
Pennsylvania has larger number Of
postoifices than any other state.
lightly years ago North Carolina had
as many representatives in congress as
New York. North Carolina now has
nine, or less than it had in 1900, while
New York has thirty-four.
Estimating congress to be in session
200 DAYS year, the salaries OF senators
and rel rasentatives amount to about
$4,000 day.
The state of Nevada, which has two
senators and one repre- sentative in
COZ, ress, has not so large population
by Oh souls rs the city of New Haven,
Conn.
A number of the United States SEN
ate's employees are put down on the
records as Skilled laborers," and draw
pay at $1,000 year, while those who
are merely "unskilled labo rers get $40
a year. The distinction between the
two is the kinl of brOoms thev manipu-
late. The skilled laborer uses com
mon broom to sweep stone tagging
while the "unskilled" laborer Yields a
coars, broom in sweeping carriage
WAYS.
During the past ten years the gov
ernment has expended nearly S7O,000,-
OJO in caring for the Indians. The
total number of Indians attached to
AGENCIES IS only 2i6,0O0, and OF these
$1,000 in Indian TERRITORY, 100 in
Visions H. and 5000 in New York are
supposed to lie partially self-sunport
ing.
The five states of Delaware, Color
ado, florid., Ne:aia and Orego' ), COM
bined have not so great popula' ion by
about 100000 souls as the city of New
York. Yet New York city has no.
eight representa- es in cong ess, while
the five states have sixteen, besides
their ten senator's.
vice fifteen clerks who draw the salary
OF So year each.
From the five states of New York
Pennsylvania, Illinois, Massachusetts
and Ii O. the government deri es one
half OF all its postal revenues.
1t Its $4,000 q year to light the
capitol and grounds.
More than one-half of the internal
revenue receipts OF the government
comes from the four states Of Illinois
New York, Ohio and Kentucky.
TO wait upon seventy-six senators
there are 2i9 employees. not counting
police, watchmen, and librarians.
Virginia now has the sane number oil
congressman she had in 1870, wher
there we're only sixty-fi members d
the house.
There are several postoffi, es in thu
country at which the annual salary o.
the postmaster is only 81.
Postal cards cost the government "a
cents and mills thousand.
The pension ofce expends more
than $4,000 a year investigating al
legged pension iauds.
The postoffice departm; mt Il. es $780,.
600 worth of wrapping tw.ne year.
The thirteen states of Arkansas, Cali
fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Della
ware. I lorida, Nebraska, Neva la, New
Hampshire. Oregon. Rhode island,
Vermont, and West Virginia, with ar
aggregate population which does moi
exceed that of New York alone have
twenty-six United States senators t.
New York's two.
California, with less than half the
population of Indiana, pays to the gov
eminent more money for postal service
1t costs the government $lS7, 600 {
year to maintain lights and buoys or
the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri
rivers.
Two-fifths Of all the newspapers and
periodicals sent throu IN the mails b.
publishers at pound rates are mailed Of
New York city.
Nineteen thousand seven hundred and
eighty eight dollars of the public fund.
was recently expended for IN ,chinery
and experiments in the manufacture Of
sugar."
To supply public buildings through
ont the country with fuel, light ant
water requires an expenditure of 81, co
day.
Seven hundred and fifty persons ar
constantly employed by the two hous -
of congress while in session. in ant
about the capitol.
The government has sod more thar
5000, 100000 worth of public lands il
eighty years.
In the last twenty years the govern
ment has pad for H. tsrest on the publ,
debt the enormous sum of g., OS J, 900, 0OJ
q sum which woald defray all the ex
penses of the government. excepting in
terest on the public debt, for nearl,
nine years to come, at the present rate
of expenditure; and for nearly thirty
five years if expenses could be limited
to what they were in 1850.