Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-05-28
"Extras" in the Cuban Service
Amount to Many thousands
SYSTEM OF EXTRAyAGANCE.
Time Director General Rathbcne was
Removed for Less Wasteiul
Public OnlciaL
fEarly Dispatched

IkNIIN hAnNANNiA' .'N
New York. May 2S.-A special 20 the
Tribune from Washington says;
one interesting and important branch
Of the Cuban investigation VIII be- that
relating TO the perquisites enjoyed by
the officials and clerks employed there
By virtue OF their official and clerical
status. and also that relating 60 mis-
celaneous expenditures
I'm the accounts OF Director General
Rathbone. for example, the sum Of Slt-
33l3g Is charged to per diem' That
was the total for the year 1922. This,
Ct appears. was not expended 10 that
year for day wages, but for allow
ances' or "perQulstes' enjoyed by
himself and members Of his official aud
clerical staff. which was a large aud
very expensive one. resembling in those
respects that Of governor of an IN
dian or an African province rather
than that OF a governor of territory
like New Mexico or Oklahoma. II Is
reported that in addition TO his salary
OF So. 800 a year. the director general re-
ceived per diem allowance
amounting TO s., or Ns2j year. ana
that the head OF each Of the ten on eleN-
en- OF the bureaus. which constituted
the department OF posts. received
similar allowance al the rate of ~
day The regular yearly salaries
ranged from $1,000 TO $1,000 There was
also a force Of inspectors and clerks
"a
ranging from $i2j for a $1,000 clerk 20
81 on more for inspectors and clerks OF
the higher grades There was no eXer-
else of parsimony I'm that branch Of the
director general official establishment.
II is also said that the director gem
eral himself enjoyed other large person.
al "perqulsites," that the large palace
occupied by him as a residence IN
which he set up a court riyalling IN
magnifcence and splendor that Of the
military governor of Havana, was paid
out Of the postal revenues OF cuba.
that expensive alterations and repairs
OF the palace We're also paid out OF
the Cuban revenues. A member OF the
Senate committee has also been in
formed that among other large items Of
expenditure charged under the head OF
miscellaneous in the director gener-
ais account IN the last year was one
amounting 10 $1,000 for upholsterlng,
dry goods etc, purchased az a single
establishment In the United States.
This and many other equally
questionable expenditures were borne
by the revenues OF Cuba, The heading
Miscellaneous covered q total OF S49,-
j449S. the heading building and re-
pairs covered a total of S5j,gilsO; the
heading rent covered a total Of SILL
O0s1A
The four totals under the headings
per diem. miscellaneous" buildings
and repairs nd rent make an ag-
gregate OF Sl.J30S.7g. Besides these
there is a charge Of $I44973 for trans
portation' distinguishing IL from mail
transportation and star route service"
The amount OF $l4703. therefore. was
evidently not expended in payment for
carrying the mails. II Il be added 20
the totals. Nl3S0S7s. the grand total
Will amount 20 Sl2i 1851. To this
should be added S3.l0j26 for carriage,
harness and equipment another per
quisite' Of the director general--makiug
an aggregate Of 1924 SG3.77. This was
sac. 4Al43 in excess OF TO the total eg-
penditures on account of star route
service mail transportation. letter
carriers railway postal clerks. mail
messengers, mail wagons and mail bags.
which amounted 10 only S7S422.34. The
total per diem allowances alone
amounted 10 more than % per cent Of
that total and that in turn amounted 10
less than 36 per cent Of the total amount
paid as salaries 90 Director General
Rathbone and his official and clerical
stan az the headquarters Of the Cuban
postal service.