The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-06
NJ enOgrapiIers.

To THE EDITOR or The SrS-Sir. Referring
TO your editorial in this mornings issue
headed our Stenonra piers, | beg respect
fully TO submit for your information that ia
my Opinion the reason that more applications
Tor posi- ions IN the Government service are
not received from stenogra piers who are
CITIZENS OF the United States is due tothe fact
that any sf"rograp'e r capable OF fIliug
position In tie depart ments at Was ington
or In t'e Federal service generally, II :. il at
all competent. can receive about twice the
salary that our generous Uncle sam offers for
LIS serNI es In u commerce POSITION.
Tie idea OF Offering salary OF tl.O 600 a year
TO man for work " ich. If properly per-
formed. should granting that he has tie
necessary push" and proper credentials as
to reputation, ac.-bfMg I'm az least s25
"A week. and la many Instances go and sSj
week, /, ridiculous. and thank you for this
opportunity Of expressing myself on the
subject As for an explanation, II Ia my
belief q at too many persons, Including q osc
responsible for tie regulation OF tie scale
OF remuneration In the Government service.
do not Apr. 81 {, tie fact that u competent
stenograp 81 must toe capa bic OF doiL q some
I ing besides writing pot ooks 10 prop
catiou-not necessarily book-learrins- an
education that will enable him to turn out
letter or paper properly punctuated' and that
would not make our era nmar1ns or rheto-
ricilns cry out 20. Lord, deliver u.s."
=, az course, incii'ntally, ] mig : w:r'ton
service there are they who are responsible
for the selection Of stenographers who them
selye; are hardy cqmpetent T." iIaee between
pointed without any regard to whether or
not such i the case
my remarks. but as a stenographer OF ten
year, experience. you will understand that !
appreciate yogr sentimentsS u
BRookLfN. Nov. 4. j. w "iLLlcoMBE.
To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sr: Your
editorial ent tiled our Stenographers" has
come to my not ice and am pleased to see
you call attention TO cond tion that is troub-
ling employers OF shorthand writer's.
The Government has experienced dif1culty
for some time in getti'g CROUCH male
stenographers, and. although the Civil Service
Commissioners have persistently drawn at
tention to the shortage. barely enough have
taken the examinations TO meet the calls
The typewriter manufacturers conduct en-
ployment departments in which no charge
Is made for their services. They freque ntly
are unable 20 find young men for applicants
and one OF these companies reports that,
while they nut several thousand stenog-
raphers in places last year. there were two
thousand situations demanding males that
they could not I'll.
have been teaching stenoeraphy for over
fifteen wears in probably the Oldest short
hand school In the United States. and II re-
c.ives more applicat ions for its boys than II
can meet. The business men are sat isned,
in many instances. TO take the boys before
they have finished their courses IN which case
they usually cont niue their studies evenings.
What j. the cause of the scarcity The
answer Is simple small number Of young
men prepare themselves a. stenographers.
Their lack of interest Is not plain. unless
they consider II wonen's work II was not
women work when stenograrhers were first
employed to any extent, about Twenty-Five
years ago. and II il not and cannot be monop-
oli2ed by them now. In fact, there are many
places where women Will not be taken. and
many Others where men are preferred could
they be readily found
Stenography should be very tempting TO
young men a. -tepplns-stone he pron-
nent men in Washington that YOU ment on
are good examples to which should be added
George II. Cortelyou Secretary TO the Presi-
dent with whose career | am familiar. he
having been first a pupil and afterHard a
teacher In our school ] have recently seen
list OF railroad officials leaders In finance
and manufacturers. SC., who began as stem
ographer- that should be an inspiration to
boys who are looking for a start
q SHASKLASD WALworTH.
NEW YORK, Nov. T.