Omaha daily bee., 1907-11-30
EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT
Census Register Showing Distribution
of Patronage.
THIRTY.ONE MILLIONS SALARIES
Nearly Thirty ThOuS in This
Army, Average q Being
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THIRTY-oNE MILLIONS SALARIES

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w NS.,SNN Nov 29.-(Special. )--The
diI census has sent to press the
frL, % of the official register of the
Unite States for 1907. This volume will
be completed and delivered TO each senator
and representative at the opening Of con-
gress.
OF the $4,000 persons employed in the
federal service, the official register shows
more than 125OOO employed in the various
departments and bureaus of the govern
ment outside Of the postal service, and the
diversity of employment indicated by the
register is one Of the most noteworthy
characteristics Of this interesting volume,
there being about l,1OO callings specified
Volume 1 consists principally Of the direc-
tory, which occupies coo pages, and is pre-
ceded by a list of the authorizations en-
ployed. Tho following list sugge SITS the di-
versity in tho official duties performed by
employees Of tho government: Car conduc-
tors, dredge captains, oakum spinners, cell
lar sweepers cemetery caretenders, bullion
gtampers, armature winders, icemen,
anatomists, law clerks, forelad,es druggists,
picklers, spudmen, tea examiners, water
boys, boiler sCalers, cashiers, BARRIERS, cor
oners dish washers, herders, lockmakers,
oilers, pile drivers, laundresses, vaccina-
tors, scale adJusters, magnetic observers,
pathologtsts, ferrymen. game wardens, dog
corral bosses, darners horticulturists. yard
masters, weavers, upholsterers, rope maxi
ers assayers, band masters, cabin boys,
cataloguers. bath house keepers, diettians
coffee roasters, chambermaids, cheese
makers, tick eradicators. fence riders, hair
spinners, photographers, loggers timers.
local forecasters, polishers, rodmen, farm
hands, overcoat makers, plumbers, teachers,
taxidermists, scowmen, hotel managers,
meat cutters, butchers. pantrymen, physl-
clans, scientific assistants, choristers civil
engineers, dining room girls disciplinarlans,
house boys, forest guards, embalmers, Jail
ers, interpreters, money clerks, proof read
ers storekeepers, bull drivers, brick layers,
dentists, camp cooks, dynamo tenders,
hearse drivers, hod carriers. marblers,
plasterers, music teachers, scrubbers,
poultrymen, clock regulators, calkers, pro
fessors scouts, shoemakers, chauYeurs,
constables, book binders, barrel turner's.
astronomers, bobbin winders, housekeepers,
coal beavers, balers, aXmen, and entomolo-
gists
Hue Book Statistics.
Statistics of the civil service were first
collected in 1903 and published as census
bulletin 12. This publication was prepared
by the director of tho census at the request
OF the civil service commission, and was
based upon information secured by execu-
tive order from the various departments OF
the government. Under the law of 1906 It
was possible TO ask for information re-
CURED by statute In such form as to also
supply tho material necessary for the
statictical tables. the continued publication
of which has been generally approved. II
was originally planned TO include this
material in volume /, as a statistical sec
tion. Accordingly a large force OF clerks,
together with the mechanical facilities of
the bureau, were utilized and these tables
were completed practically within the al
lotted time. AS the work progressed how
ever, II seemed more appropriate and
economical TO reserve this exclusively
statistical matter for separate publication
as census bulletin, TO be issued after the
publication Of the register.
In accordance with the law which re-
quires that the editor OF the official regis
ter shall present in tabular form, in each
Official register. the amount OF money
accruing to each state from the compensa-
tion received by residents OF these states
holding official positions in Washington, the
register for 1907 presents a table showing
the aggregate compensation received by
employees Of the federal government in the
District of Columbia to be $31, ,54l, ,225 re-
ceived by &.si7 persons.
Distribution OF Patronage.
The amount thus accruing through the
citizens of the different states to each Of
the states and territories is follows ar
Number Aggregate
of M