The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-06-14
HOW MORE OF
YOUR MONEY GOES.
* CONGRESSMAN TON WATSON GIVES
THE FACTS AND FIGURES.
TIE AGRICULTURAL LDErAETMTST--
WHAT II COSTS AND WHAT II DoE>-
More Money that Is Both Legally and IL
legally Wasted.

More Money that Is Both Legally and IL
legally Wasted.
Occasionally one citizen ont of Il
hundred gets = package Of seed from
his congressman. To this extent said
citizens knows there is such "a
thing as the Agricultural Depart
ment.
Another citizen out Of a thousand
gets copy of the governments val
liable work on the Diseases of the
Horse, and to that extent feels
kindly to tine whole establish
ment.
But it is a safe assertion that so far
as the average taxpayer Is concerned
the Agricultural Department is "a
myth, except as to its rayenous appe-
tite for money.
ind that for the fiscal year end
| ing June 30, 1892, they spent one
hundred thousand dollars for seeds,
vines, trees and bulbs to be distribute
ed among the people, while for the
same period the office holders of
the department drew two hun
dred and ffty-six thousand dollars
salaries
a more costly lot Of seed this world
never saw.
10 give you some idea of the way
Offices are multiplied and salaries piled
up will state that the Secretary OF
Agriculture draws $4,000 per year;
his assistant $500; chief clerk,
| $500; private secretary, $4,000;
stenographtr. ST. 400 private secretary
to the assistant secretary, 81, 600: lib
rarian, 81 800; assistant librarian ST.
400; stationery clerk, $1,000; two
CLERKS of class four, $4,000; four
clerks of class two, $500, three
clerks of class three, $4,000; seven
clerks of class one IS, 400; eight clerks
(class not given $4,000; six clerks.
s. ctJ. Engineer, 81 500; fireman.
So; assistant fireman, 912O; anoth-
er at 5000; two night watchmen, ST.,
40: carpenters, laborers, messen.
gers, painters and charmen, ST..
500.
, This batch Of salaries in the of
fee of the Secretary of Agrl
culture amounts to $S0,5O0. pc
year.
Then comes the Division of ac
: counts and Disbursements.
L. The salaries in this branch of tn
: Department of Agriculture amount
to $4,000.
: Ineu comes che Division Of Stats
l tics with salaries to the melody 0
: $50, 100.
The salaries in the Division of Bot
5 any reach $500.
/ The Division of Entomolog
carries salaries of $4,000.
:, Entomology means the science G
t natural history of insects.
}, Then comes the Division of Orn
: thologv, Mammology, and Biology
cal Survey, and the salaries are s.
J. $50.
! Biology means the science of lif'
r ornithology relates to birds: an
r mammology relates to animals whic
e suckle their young.
e Then comes the Division Of Pom
ology, in which the salaries are $G
: 800. Pomology is the science {
d fruits.
is Then comes $4,700 as annual sa
y aries for the Division of Micrascop
D s.. 500 for the Division Of NegetaD
y Pathology; $500 for the Diyisic
g of Forestry; $17,100 for the Divisic
!, of Chemistry;$6, 300 for the Divislc
is of Records and Editing; $4,000 f
or the Division on Illustration and +
c. cravings; $13, $50 for the Division
Of Seeds; s., 400 for the Document al
n Folding Rooms; $500 for the s
a. perintendent of the Experiment
ne Garden aud Grounds, s., $40 for t
ne Curator of the Museum and his {
lie sistants.
ed The grand total, as before state
ke is $25G,SO0.
More than a quarter million dc
r. lars in salaries alone.
I'll For the collection of Agricultul
a S atistics $lO2,500 was spent durlI
ITS that year; for Botanical Experlmen
It's $40, 900. CThis item has already be
90 mentioned.)
nd For investigating the History a
Habits of Insec S, S21.S00; for B
ie- logical Investigations, $4,000;
he Pathological information, for inv
at tigation with the microscope, 800
Vegetable Pathological investi!
tic tions and experiments. $4,000;
60 Ch5 5mcol experiment, and investij
les tions, $l9, 400; Fiber investigatio
ws $4,000: for investigation Forest
S15,O5O; for Illustration materi;
nit $4,000; for the purchase of See
wo $1O5, 400, material for folding roc
led $4,000; for materials, labor and
But provement in the Experimen
lie" grounds and gardens, $28,5O0; mt
i've UNI supplies, $4,000; for furnitl
at casses and repairs, $4,000; books
/. Library, $4,000; postage, $500; C
tingent expenses, $4,000; sala
ory and expenses of the Bureau of 4
NAL Industry, 100000.
This branch of the service is CT
H. ged with the inspection of meats