The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-24
PUBLIC SALARIES.

The Republican has repe4teost c4At- ,
ed attention to the very high salaries
Maid 10 ali Office holders in this Ter I
ritory. Notwithstanding the cost OF
living in Hawaii the salaries paid
clerks and others in the employ OF the
Territory are out Of all proportion TO
the services rendered. The pay OF the
great majority of clerks and account
ants in the various business houses OF
Honolulu range from $500 to $500
per year. The clerk or accountant In
receipt Of a salary of $500 per year IS
the rare exception
In the public Offices the clerk who |
receives less than $500 per year is
the rare exception. Take the Cover
uor's estimate right through. and in
every department it calls for salaries
Of from $4,000 per year down 10 $1,000
for nearly ali clerks. There are few
set down at $500 per year, but the
average salary is $500 per month or
81 400 per year. In considering these
salaries II is well to compare them
with the salaries paid in the various
deparments at Washington Wash
ington as every one knows, is one OF
| the dearest cities to live in in the
| United States. High as is the cost OF
| living in Hawaii it is safe TO say that
it is no higher than it is in the Dis
trict of Columbia
/ There has just been prepared, under
official auspices, a statement showing
the average of salaries paid in the
various executive departments and
certain of their bureaus in Washing
ton. The information is from official
sources and in arriving at the average
there we're taken into the calculation
the salaries of all employees below the
heads of departments.
The chief of the bureau of appoint
ment of the State Department reports
the average of salaries in that depart.
ment to be s1,1SS.50.
1
| ment in the Treasury Department re
ports that there are in the office force
| of that department 1887 employees, the
average Of whose salaries is s962.5s
This report contains separate state
ment of the number of employees anc
the average of salaries received IL
| each division, the highest average be
ing S1,513.91, in the division OF book
keeping and warrants. The average
, in the Treasury Department is some
:. | what reduced by reason of the fac
:, that it includes nearly one THOUSAND
persons employed in the bureau of en-
! craving and printing, who receiv
less than $500 per annum.
The average of salaries in the Wa
Department was estimated in the blu
d book. pursuant to the suggestion
:. the appointment clerk of that depart
a ment. This estimate does not includ
v the temporary employees. Their nun
s Der varies from time to time and [
!? include them. so Mr.. Ford, the al
q pointment clerk, thinks, would make
material variance in the average. Tn
average of the salaries of the perm;
nent clerks is s1,03S.se.
The average of salaries paid in tn
Department of Justice is s1.06S.54.
! According to a report made by th
appointment clerk of the Post Ofic
Department. there are 69S employe
!. on the permanent roll of the ofio
!, force. the average of whose salarie
is s1.OS5.5S. The average of salarie
including the temporary force. is s.
r. O75.95.
~ The average of the salaries of Il
~ AIS employees in the Navy Departmel
Il is s1.0SS.16.
or The average Of the Interior Depal
IL ment. exclusive OF the census office,
of s1.lS4.52. the highest average beiI
st 1882 in the office of the assista
attorney general
The average of salaries paid in Il
NJ Department of Agriculture is Sl,026.1
of The average of the salaries paid
k the census Office is $916- This do
lis not include the limited appointment
al. The salary of the chief clerk Of al
Mt of the various bureaus in Washingt'
er is $500 per annum. The averal
Of salaries of all clerks in all the depsl
ar ments as viii be seen from the abo
he is about Sl100 per annum. What va
ks reason is there for this financially {
Mt. tressed little Territory paying
or clerks nearly double what the natl
ost pays.
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