Sunday morning globe., 1901-12-15

iu otter words they are. if not supcriorly,
avsagely endowed with acquired abilities
as a clerical force such as no other similar
number Of government clerks possess, who
have been only required TO perform the
ordinary docketiug and writing 10 the
several dep rlmeuts
gl twill not be advanced by any ex.
perieuccd person that applicants on the
eligible lists of the Civil Service Commits.
sioners. however high their rating loo the exc
amiuauous they have taken for clerical po.
siuous. are their equals iu efficiency and
practical knowledge of the duties involved
BOO a clerical position .u the government ser.
vice, hence the Census clerk. who has cost
the government more OF less Zoo making him
the present efficient employe me is should
not now be discharged from the service of
the government that trained him. but &c.
tanned iu preference to- the appointment of
inexperienced applicants for government
Clerk-hip- on the eligible civil service lists.
In other words President Roosevelt. as he
did recently In the Rural Free Delivery
matter should Immediately place the
present census force of clerks In the classi-
fed service and empower the Director of
the Census to transfer, from time 20 time,
AS they are required the census clerks not
actually required in tine completion of lhe
twelfth census TO the several departments
of the government.
President Roosevelt is probably aware of
the fact that there are thousands of clerks
and employees of the government credited
t8 states they never even put their feet iu.
Cleyeauds blanket civil service order is
mainly responsible for this And we have
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having double heir quota 100 the govern
meut service while other states have not
oue.third their proper representation. As
stated the census clerks actually represent
the states and territories of the Union and
are citizens and voters loo their several Con.
gressi0ual districts throughout the Re.
public.
I5J AS emigration is added wealth to
/ the country by reason Of the fact that the
fuu growu adult who lands on our shores
/ has cost Us nothing for his raising and Is
already equipped iu physic aud muscle to
. be a producer, SO the census clerk Is now
fully trained and scientifically, So 20 speak.
equipped TO render without further outlay
/ or expense on his instruction clerical SER
vice of any kiud demanded by the several
/ departments of the government, while on
/ the contrary the eligibles of the Civil
/ Service list might be Hkeued unto minors
who have 20 be developed by training and
/ instruction. involving the outlay and ex.
penditures which the census clerk has al
/ ready c0st--iato competent and qualified
/ servants Of the government
So much 100 regard to this phase of the
] subject Of a permanent ceusu, and the
classification under the Civil Service law OF
the present clerical force
The elaborate and expensive preliminary
work involved IN each recurring decennial
service the loss to the government of ex.
pert stnsucians of ACKNOWLEDGED ability
the sacrifice of the equipments machinery
etc., and the scattering Of a large and val
liable force of experienced clerks which
have been the results so far of 0lr present
system are but one phase of th gbiect.
There 7 the absolute necessity confront.
ing u- now of Immediately preparing for
the thirteenth census Of the United States
and the enumeration Of over ..lll. 900 of