Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-05-17
SALARIES IN THE PHILIPPINES.


The salaries proposed by the Philip
pine commission, for various offices in
the Islands, appear TO be exceedingly
liberal The secretary Of the commits
sion Is given $500 a year. The treas
urer Of the archipelago is to have Sc, 600
and his chief clerk 81, 900. Then there is
a collector Of customs with $4,000;
deputy collector and captain of the port
with $4,000 each. Other officials and
their salaries are as follows: Custom
house cashier $1,000; collector Of inter-
nal revenue, $4,000; deputy collector,
$1,000, director general Of posts $4,000
and his chief clerk, $4,000; postmaster
Of Manila, $500, and his assistant. ST.
25O; members Of the civil service board
each $500; superintendent Of public
instruction, So 900; collectors of customs
at lloilo and Cebu, $500 each; Jolo
Zarnboanga and SLASH, $4,000 each; chief
of the bureau Of statistics. sS,5OO
1t is further given out that the Of
flee Of military governor Is provided
with i6 clerks, private secretary and
law clerk; the Philippine commission
with private secretary for each mem
Der, an assistant secretary to the COM
mission l recorder, II clerks, and in
terpreter the treasurer with clerks,
auditor, 30 clerks; collector OF customs,
with chiefs Of divisions clerks, 1899
inspectors and 2O3 employees; the col
lector OF Internal revenue with in
spectors, Il employees and 70 clerks; de-
partment Of posts, l chief clerk, dis
bursting officer, postofiice Inspector,
clerks and coachman. In the Manila
postofilce there are 81 clerks and 10
drivers.
The salaries Of Philippine officers have
been compared TO those paid at home,
and this comparison is not without its
interest The cabinet officers receive
$1,000 a year or $500 more than the sec
rotary Of the Philippine commission.
The treasurer OF the islands is to draw
a salary equal to that of the United
States treasurer The chief treasury
clerk over there Is to have $500 more
than our assistant treasurer at home.
The superintendent of public instruc.
tlon there is TO have $1,000 year, while
the national commissioner OF education
here is satisfied with $4,000. The MEM
bers Of the civil service board are 10
enjoy the same salary in both places,
If 1t is a fact that 1t Is cheaper 10
live in the orient than at home-that
money goes much farther there than
here, the public servants in the archi-
pelago are really paid much higher
salaries, than officials at home, and
this is rather remarkable. The money
it must be presumed. is ultimately to
be contributed by the Filiplnos them
selves, IN the form of taxes. Is It rea-
sonabe to suppose that the islanders
can afford to pay as high salaries as the
| people OF the United States?
OF course, It viii be urged that the
salaries must be high in order to at
tract efficient service but the fact IL
that every vacant office. no matter
what is its nature and the compensa
ton, is eagerly sought for by scores
ofice-hunters, and In the competition
! efficiency cuts much less a figure than
pull. Everybody knows this to be a
fact
II was the Just complaint Of inteu-
gent Fillpluos during Spanish rule
that the country was made the dumping
ground for Spanish officials who. as a
reward for services rendered the crown
were sent there to make the most the,
could out Of the natives. That sys
tenn should be forever abolished tn,
people should be provided with popular
government. at cost proporConato I,
the resources Of the country. The adj
ministration should first OF all b,
planned on the most economic prlnci
plies. The salary list ought to be re-
vised. in the interest both OF the gov
erned and those whose duty 1t Is 10 leat
the government. for with exorbtan