The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1905-08-22
UNCLE SANS SCIENCE
CHAPS POOR GRAFTERS

lefNWehk PRINT ONap. bNfnie %
Iehlny weather comes Il VII be we'll
to look for aVhange In the office Of
Ipuhlic printer
/ Most recent and fresh Ia tho pub
/ lie mind alN tho scandals IN the
agricultural department. bureau
|af crop statistics
inrideutalIF. there Is very sim
pie remedy FOR any trouble over cob
ton figures leaking. toswli3 90 have
IeVerythluE relative to the collecting.
compiling and publication Of the
/ data open To the public al any aud
Iall stages There II no occasion FOR
secrecy. aud no use Tor IL except To
! Jolt the market
n o. pity Co bring dlscredlt ON
real graft Investigations by raising
a cry against n lot % underpald
government scientists AS matter
+ of fact most uf these scientists
haven't business sense enough to
keep car fare tn their pockets. and
II charge thomas a class with
+ hilkng the government d as alb
surd as the Thought Of a child In a
pinafnre brow beating the standard
oil company In these scientific
departments 81 government are
graduates % American and foreign
universities who are pursuing lines
OF original research such as we're
pursued hy Darwin. lamarck. Dana
Sir Wyviiie Thompson. Str Arehi-
zittel all Of whom. hy The way
made their great discoveries and
wrote their famous works while
government employees
The nitro culture process which
was invented By Professor Moore.
working for 81 200 a year. IL admit
ted 20 be worth 10 tho farmers OF
the United States $40 900 900 year,
as a fertilizer for retaining nitro
genless lands II Professor Moore
had done what less scrupuiuus
man might have done resigned be-
fore making the final announce
meui of hts discovery and then or
gained a company to pnt his prod
net on the market he would today
be a millionaire. Instead OF a Job
less and cursed ex-employe Of the
government
The case % Professor Moore
ought 90 be pat alongside some
cases Ia The ordnance bureaus Of
the army and navy departments.
There are officers in bath branches
of the service who today are rich.
and there are others retired who are
richer. who have acquired wealth
on patented inventions pertaining 10
the mechanism % the guns used ON
land aud Rsa These men are
working with sduestianR given them
By the government they are work
inK on government time. they are
employing government materials.
and they are sworn 20 give their
services and life II need be for
the government. which in turn
and pensions them when they are
old And UT such an officer does
not even resign from the service
before connecting himself with
some ordnance company. and there
are one or two fairly authenticated
instances IN which officers have
even sold their patents 20 foreign
governments
Something similar should be said
concerning the establishment Of the
weather station AZ Bluemont. In
Virginia Whatever graft IL here
Wa passed upon and approved by
the committees ~ congress.
The promoting spirit back Of The
Biuemont station Is Professor Big
slow. a scientist IN the weather bu-
reau Professor BtKeioN "a a grad
aase OF Harvard and Is assistant
rector Of Sc Johns Episcopal
church lie is a good enough buSi-
ness man 70 hand hts salary over -
bis wife. who gives him car fare
every morning n Professor Bige-
low Is in the grating Business then
John Rockefeller Il in danger Of ay-
Inc uoTr