The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-01-20
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looking work entitled 1.-The Official Reg
lister of the United States" u more
| commonly known as the blue Book"
| Just why it is called a '.biue book" is not
quite clear. unless it is that so many peo-
| DIE are blu because they can not get
their names iuto 1t, and so many others
ar. blue over the prospect that their
names will soon disappear from IL. AL
any rate it is a popular volume just now.
Everybody VINO wants an office Is anxious
to get a chance to examine the Blue
| Book. for it contains a full list OF the
$50. 600 offices under the Government.
| And it. Is safe to estimate That for these
$50. 900 offices there are ABOUT l,oUU.OUU
| a%spirants. This would be an average OF
| ten aspirants for every Office, which IS
| undoubtedly a low estimate. AS the
| edition of the Blue Book Is limited, and
as every one of these /. SOC, 900 people want
to see it, the consequence is that, as
indicated above, 1t is an extremely popu-
lsr document and one not easy to be had.
| although it is distributed by the Govern
ment free Of charge, whers distributed at
all.
A LONG LIST OF EMPLOYEES.
Every two years. at the beginning OF O
new Cong ress, the official register makes
its appearance. 1t is prepared by an OH
| Ger of the Interior Department. and from
| a single thin volume Of O few hundred
OaXeS uOG mduy ySdlo dSO ~ AbS kAo"h ~
two ponderous volumes OF a thousand
pages each. And it is still growing.
| Every issue sees thousands OF names
added to it. A decade ago the umb Der OF
| employees was estimated at about l2O.Ol0;
now the Civil Service Commission puts
the figures at 10000. The umb has
| increased right along through Demo-
cratic and Republican administrations,
| aud seems likely to increase with the
| growth of the country. In postmaster5
alone there is an increase OF a Thousand
or Two every yea and in assistants In the
larger post offices of the country there IS
| also a steady Increase. Every week sees
| some raid on the Post Office Department
by some enthusiastic postmaster intent
| upon improving the service of his post
Office for the people of his city with de-
mands for more clerks, mora carriers or
mora employees of one sort or another.
| Every session of Congress sees legislation
enacied which in some way increases the
| list of employees, and salaries III far up
into the millions.
THE BIG SALARY ACCOUNT.
The amount of none paid out for sala-
ries OF government officials is, IN round
numbers, SOC, 1000. 600. This is an average
| of 81. SO apiece for each individual in the
| country; that makes it easy to IememSer.
There are go. 600, 00C people in this country.
| and they pay 800, 600, 900 in salaries to the
$50, 600 government officials. big and little.
Or course. the man who gets the largest
| salary is the President, who draws S50,0O0
| a year. The man who gets the smallest
| salary is the postmaster at PodunK or
| some other cross road, who is paid a GER
tain amount on each letter matted at his
! poStoffice, and in some cases gets less
| than 81 for the entire years services. Ihe
next highest salaries after the President
are those of the ministers to the hIst-class
| foreign powers, who get SIT. 500 each.
Navf offor the miDilf1rS whose salaries
range from SIT, 500 downward, comes the
| Collector of Customs at New York. who
gets $12. 900; Then the Supreme Justices
with II life jon of $l0.C 0 each; the wee
President and Cabinet officers, $500
| each; a few of the officers of the depart
to the Podunk postmaster. The average
| per capita salary of the Government Of
icials is about $500 per annum. There
| are, as indicated above, about loU,Oo0 GoV-
| ernmen employees, and their total salary
| amounts to about $50, 900, 600, which would
| give an average of about sou for each
one.
soME DEPARTMENT SALARIES.
The salaries of The Executive Depart
| ment of the Government, which includes
| the President and Vice President and his
assistants. amount to SILT, 900 per annum
those of the Department of Justice fall a
trife below ST. 00, 900 a year.; those OF
the State Department and its suoordi-
mates, INCLUDING ministers, consuls, etc.,
amount to q trihe over $1,000, 600 a year.
The Agricultural Department costs for
salaries alone q little over $1,000. 900 an
nually. Next comes the legislative
branch of the Government, which in
cludes House, Senate and their employees.
aud costs So, $3.50, 600 q year.. The Interior
Department, with its force of pension
agents, Indian agents, ETC., comes next
with II salary roll of considerably over
IS 900, 900 a year. The Navy Department
comes next in order, paying a little more
than $4,000. 900 per annum In salaries,
while The War Department. nearly doubles
tina amount, its salary Lists amounting
to over SIS, 900. 900 a year..
THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
The Treasury Department has a still
larger salary roll. as its internal
revenue service alone pays gu
service. The Treasury officials of
various grades and ranks receive over
Sc. 900, 900, the Bureau OF Engraving and
Printing nearly LOCO. 900. the Mint and
Assay officers nearly $1,000 600. and the
District of Columbia. which is tackled on
under the Treasury Department, $780,
COO. bringing the total salary list under
the Treasury Department mp to S12.SO5.-
4O4. The department paying out the
largest sum for salaries, however, is The
Post Office Department. 1t has. of
course ii much larger DumDtr OF employees,
the Postmasters alone numbering $4,000.
and the letter carriers, railway mail clerks
and others of that class running away up
into the thousands. The amount paid
out for salaries of Postmaster5 alone is
over SIS, 600, 900 per annum, for salaries OF
clerks In post offices over $0. .O0o. for
letter carriers nearly $1,000, 600. and for
railway post office clerks $6, 500, 900, max
ing the total salary list OF the Post Office
Department over S41. 000, 900 a year. II Is
not surprising, then, h a the Blue Book
Is a much-prized literary production just
now from the standpoint OF of1ce-seekers
and office geJiers.
IMPORTANT POSITIONS.
Here are a few of the most important
and Interesting positions which 1t offers
to the seeker after official suaps:
Minister to Great Britain. .......... 1850
Minister to Russia 1850
Minister to Austria Hungary. ............ 12,C00
Minister to Central American States..... 10000
Minister to Chili...... ................... l0.000
Minister to Germany. 1850
Minister to 1900
Minister to Japan. ....... .............. 12i0J0
Minister 70 Mexico. l2,U00
MlnlSCer 10 feru. 1UUUU
Minister to Spain. J20C0
Minister to..Argentine Republic. .......... $500
Minister to Belgium. .............. 1890. 1850
Minister to Greece. $500
Minister to Hayti. 5000
Consul to MuScat. 1880
Minister to Paraguay and Uruguay....... 1850
Minister to Persia 800
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