The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-09
CAN'T SEE THE BOOKS
RAMSEY WILL ALLOW NO PRO
FAME EYES TO SEE THE
RECORDS.
RAMSEY WRITES ANOTHER LETTER
As Long as he can Get Salary he will Endorse
and Approve Any Old Thing the Re-
publ cans Want Approved.

Some days ago Il note was addressed to
what SALARY was paid TO Jim Young
while he acted as fertilizer inspector,
what was paid to the other inspectors,
the names of such inspectors and the
date of their appointments. AS Il reply
to this note Mr. Ramsey sent word
that the information asked for had
been published already and might be had
by reference to the files of the News
and Observer.
Failing to get the information desired
over Secretary Ramscy's signature Il
member of the staff called upon him to
secure it. He was welcomed with Mr..
Ramsey's usual cordiaity. In justice to
Mr.. Ramsey it must be said that he
showed no desire to rush into print. On
the contrary he seemed to shun news
paper notoriety with acute modesty.
viii you please state what salary
was paid James III. Young while fcrtili-
ger INSPECTOR" he was asked. After a
moments hesitation Mr.. Ramsey re-
piled ''S1 900 year. What was paid
the other INSPECTOR" "Kelley gets 81 900
year and the others get $40 per month. !"
why are Kelley and Young paid more
than the others?"
'They are employed by the year and
the others by the month, being used only
when needed
The reason why man who has steady
employment should be paid more for the
same work than the man who is COM
PEELED to be idle part of the time is not
apparent, but there, that is Mr. Ramsey's
affair
did Young and Kelley get their ex-
penses in addition to the ST 900 a YEAR,"
young never travelled any; Kelley got
his expenses when he travelled
Jim Young wasted his abilities it APP
pears on the shipment of tags and the
compiling of reports. In short he was
an inspector who did not inspect.
Could / see the minutes of the meet
ing which Jim Young was electeda''
was asked This reused the blooming
anger of the secretary and he exploded in
an emphatic no" He seemed panied
that there should he desire on the
part of surious public to know what
was done by public boards. He had Il
regulation not to let anybody see his
reports of meetings.
What title was given Young and
Keley?" he was soothingly asked.
Chief inspectors" said Mr.. Ramsey,
then he corrected himself. No not chief.
just regular inspectors. There are no
chief inspectors" The fragrance of the
rose seemed dependent on its title.
When do these $40 month inspec-
tors work." ''They all work in the
spring. Only two worked last fall,
Kelley and Shoaf."
.'Who are the inspectors now and
when were they appointcd?"
1.-THE inspectors are J. l.. Kelley w. b.
Henderson, (colored), ID. A. Shoaf. W.
Il. Trogdon and Fletcher Bobbitt. They
were all appointed June -. 1897
How men appointed June -, 1897
could inspect fertilizers in the spring
of the same year or what need of in
spcction there could be when the farm
ers had been through with the fertilizer
part of crop planting for month and
a half Mr.. Ramsey did not explain
The greed of pie was evidently too
strong to be withstood. 1t would also
be interesting to hear why it is that an
additional force of fertilizer inspectors
are needed in the fall of 1898 when
only two of those already employed
worked in the fall of 1891 Either the
board of Agriculture neglected its duty
and did not have fertilizers properly in
spected last year or it is putting up n
true Rep-Pop. fusion job this year.
Which is it?