El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-02-04

One Difference Between q Republic and a
NIonnrchy-UncIe sam Pays Small Wages,
and He Wants the Best TaIent-Needs
of the Department.
WASHINGTON, Feb. L. Special There
is great pressure for an increase of the
number of departments into which the
business of Our government is divided.
The chances are that before the expiration
of President McI[inlCy's term there will
be nine cabinet Offices instead of eight.
There may even be ten. The propositions
most in favor are to create department of
commerce and IL department of science. To
the former could be assigned such bureaus
as the public buildings, the lighthouses,
the life saving service, the marine hOspi-
tails, navigation affairs, immigration,
steamboat inspection, the patent office,
railway statistics, general statistics
a department. of science could have
charge of such important branches of the
government service as the coast and geo
dctic survey, the geological survey, the
scientific work of the agricultural depart
mCnt, including forestry, botany, agrOStOl-
ogy, pOmOlogy, chemistry, etc, the ma
tional observatory and many minor bu-
reaus of Il scientific nature. In all there
are % scientific bureaus of our govern
ment, costing S. 600, 900 year and EN-
ploying more than 5000 persons. 1t is
argued, and reasonably, too, tina: all this
and better results be achieved if all We're
brought under one head.
Pay of Minister'S.
1t is difficult for some people to realize
how the United States has grown and to
understand that the government Irachin-
cry, which was adequate so years ago, is
now insufficient properly to care for the
business of the nation. In this connection
it is worth while to inquire how the gov
CrnmCnt of Great Britain has been special
lied into Il great number of departments.
That is an old country and one of the best
governed nations in the world. Expert
cnce has taught them the use of the most
cf1icacious methods. Compare the cabinet
or ministries of Great Britain and the
United States. In this country the minis
try is composed as follows:
Secretary Of state, salary Observation-Disclosures. 5000
Secretary of the treasury. 5000
Secretary of war. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
secretary OF III NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. SOOO
Secretary of the interior. 5000
Postmaster general. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 5000
Attorney general. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5000
Secretary of agriculture. 5000
The British cabinet consists of 20 mem
bers, as follows:
Prime minister, foreign affairs, salary. .S25 900
o . .
Lord president of council. 10000
Lord privy seal. Observation-Disclosures. p 600
Chancellor of the eXchequer- p, coo
Secretary Of state, home Department.. p, 900
Secretary of state foreign department.. p, coo
Secretary of state, colonial department. p. 900
Secretary Of state, war departlncnt..... 5000
Secretary Of state, Indian department.. 25,O0O
Secretary for Scotland. 10, 600
First lord of the admiralty. -, 800
First lord Of the treasury. % 600
Lord lieutenant of ireland 100000
Lord chancellor of Ireland. 10000
President board of trade. 1O,COO
Chancellor GUcEy of Lancaster. .......... 10000
President local government board. $500. 10000
President board of agriculture...........1 1900
Works and public buildings. 10.OOO
British LiberaIity.
1t will be seen that salaries of govern
mcnt officials in the United States are in
significant compared with the compcnsa-
tons given government officers in Great
Britain. Our state department costs, all
told Sl35, 600 Il year, including the salaries
of secretaries and clerks and all expenses.
The British foreign office costs $3.50. 900 a
year. Our secretary of state draws IS, 900
Il year against S25, 900 by Lord Salisbury.
Our assistant secretary is paid 81, 500.
while the chief assistant secretary in Eng
land is paid so, 900, or more than Mr.. Oh
ney gets. Two other UNDERGRADUATES in
London draw 81. 800 each, or almost as
much as our chief of foreign affairs There
arc half dozen ''SCniOr clerks in the
British foreign office, each of whom is paid
So, 900 a year.
The cost of the British foreign office as
given above is exclusive of the Indian of
flee. The latter calls for $3.50, 900 u year.
In addition to the chiefs salary of S25, 900
a year, there is Il secretary at $4,000, an
undcrsCcrctary at $500, and Il large num-
Der of minor officials at from 81, 800 to
81 600 each.
The United States navy department costs
Sill, 900 year. This includes many bu-
rcaus which in England are charged to the
navy proper, and yet the admiralty or ma
val Office in London requires an annual
of 81, $50, 900. Look at this
of official salaries in the two
I-nitcd S+ntcS