The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-08
OFFICES MADE
WHILE YOU WAIT
And a Good Salary Attached
on Short Notice.
DIFFERENCE REQUIRED
A-FEW. SAMPLES ARE SUBMITTED.
list ENOUGH WORK TO FOOL
THE "DEAR PEOPLE"
But There are Others and They Will be Put
on ExhibitionsSoon--A Select Bouquet
PIucked From the Agricultural
Department.


Department.
..Economyl Economy!!' was the cry
of the Populsts during the carry oass
of their existence. Reduce the salaries
of nnblic officers and abolish all ofhces
~ absolutely necessary was their de-
-,ana-nntil they get into office them
selves.
u,b;s was the burden Of their calamity
song. and. with its variations, furnlsheo
gvmnasum ON which ofhce-huntlng
pon,l;sts exercised their vocal plant for
some four years or more. linen py the
;nscrutable ways of an even more IN
sartable Providence they were given the
ra;ns of government conformity with the
Republicans: and now what 90 we see
Roth what was to be expected ana
what was not. The Republicans are
by open profession spoilsmen. Ihey are
I'M nol;tics for what there is in 1t. Ihey
believe in taking all the offices IN slgnt'
making more and paying big salaries u
everybody. They make no denial OF TINS.
Rut the Populist office-seeker shuuuers
at tho declaration of such doctrine,
holds up his hands in holy horror-uiftii
he gets into office, and the he out-loots
the most ardent Republican looter.
Take for example the Agricultural De
nartment. New offices have been Great
ed. high salaries paid and the money
is being wasted at rate never peloie
dreamed Of. :.
For instance, one little cierksnlp a'
500 a month, in the office OF the Direc-
tor of the Experiment Station, mas peeh
divided up into three parts at comnn
Cd salary of $3,4OO year. Mr.. +. A.
Pouon was secretary to the Experiment
Station and chief fertilizer clerk under
Or. Battle. at $720 a year. Mr. ). M.
Felix. of Alamance, is now secretary 10
the Experiment Station at $500 year,
with an assistant, Mr.. Sam Moore, or
Dublin, at a salary of 5000 year. MI.
Hill q. King, of Onslow, is CHIEF Ter
tilizer clerk at a salary of 81, 900 year,
with an assistant, Mr.. +. q. Kelly, at
a salary of $500 year.
This is a fair sample of the Juggling
that has been done to reward nencn-
men and heelers for their party services
and at the same time fool the dear
people" ~. hoa
though it goes little higher up in the
scale of Offices: Mr.. Burners work as
secretary, at a salary of $1,SOO year,
has been divided up into three offices at
a combined salary Of $4,000 a year. >.
L. Ramsey, as secretary to the ComHis-
sioners of Agriculture. gets Sl,5OO
year; "Prof" E. G. Butler. as secretary
of the Board Of Trustees OF the a; ana
NJ. College, gets $1,4OO, ana iroI.
]. J. Britt, as auditor OF the Expe e
Station, receives salary OF Sl,4oV.
Of course in some instances another
little slice is taken off some other mans
duty and given to these sinecure-holders
in order that they may at least seem to
have something to do.
But certainly in the case of Mr.. James
Allen this cannot be said to be true. "A
brand new office-mailing clerk-was
created for him at a salary OF Sl,OUU
wear and he performs about the same du-
ties heretofore performed by a little
negro boy working four days in month
at 25 cents day, under the direction ana
with the aid of the two fertlilzer IN
spectors. Now there are practically no
other duties at this time OF the year,
for these inspectors to perform, except
mail the Bulletin once a month ana
tabulate the crop returns once a month.
And vet SO onerous are these duties
to these strong, healthy men that the
Board took compassion on them and MR.
ed Mr.. Allen to mail the Bulletin at
salary of 81 900. His work during the
month"; it consists. as it is supposed
to do, only mailing the Bulletin
amounts to little more during the month
AZ hot nf ha ms
News and Observer every day.
Rut then Mr.. Allen holds a public of
iceland the taxes OF the farmers Of.
Norm ftarUifna pay his salary. w hat
matters il whether he has any duties at
all or not? Is he not true Reformer
and good party man, and ought not all
such to be rewarded!
Then there's little Ned Shore, for
whose appointment his uncle INTRODUCED
a resolution in the Board and followed
it up with a pitiful plea. He's httie
boy in knee pants, and good enough
boy, too, they say. But he's hardly the
man for usher at the Museum. What
can he explain to visitors? He seems
to think his duties consist principally
in turning through the register and ex-
amining things for his own satisfaction,
leaving visitors to take care Of them
selves. He succeeds a most worthy
young man named Smith. who has a
widowed mother. Smith received SIS
month and was a most capable and
Industrious young man. Shore gets $50
and up to date has been almost wholly
economy. If they do not suit, others can
These are few samples of Radical
economy. TX they do not suit others can
be furnished on short notice.
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