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The Washington times., 1910-12-24
But Not the Clerk

But the poor devil Of Government
clerk, without the power to make any
body fear hin-he works away under the
same wage schedule that was established
in 1853.
The cost of living has doubled in that
time. Salaries in other occupations have
approximately kept pace.
Suppose somebody would discover a
big trust that had not raised wages since
1883, that had recently been trying to in
crease the working hours Of employees.
and that absolutely refused to allow them
to ORGANIZED
Suppose it should be shown that that
trusts employes-tens of thousands Of
them-were gradually being pushed near
or and nearer the subsistence line, al
though the trust was rich, prosperous, and
constantly increasing dividends and sal
aries of its genera officersE
How long would it be before the De
partment Of Justice would be sicked on .
to that wicked trust by a Congressional
resolution
Congress would boil with indigna-
ton So would the country.
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
The Coming of Santa Claus
Is At Hand

7 OW long has been the day, and what lag
gard has been the sun But at last the
shadows gather on frosty woods and helds;
the cheerful lights begin to blaze from coy homes
and the dull old world, my masters, settles back
for its merriest Christmas Eve The infectious Joy
Of childhood is in the very air
The treasures Of ToyIand are stored away in
all their tinseI spendcr- The fairy brood TO whom
the world Of chill realities has granted brief IN
diligence have gathered for their efn minuet OF the
gossamer web Of Sleep And over all hover the
awe and mystery, the wrinked miTth and pa
triarchal bounty, Of an unsuppIanted Santa Claus
The indwelling spirit Of this generous season is
possessed Of subtle alchemy which transmutes
every selfish thought and low desire into mintage
Of kindly deeds universal in their currency II
eoaxes reluctant smile from Scrooge and shame
faced gift from TimOn- 1t relaxes the rule Of
CFadgrhd and the tyranny Of commercialism- II
foods the moldy vacancy Of whitening Eearts with
wholesome memories Of sunny youth. Il brings
happiness and health 10 the widow and the father
less and a reflected blessing 10 Lady Bountiful
It is the season Of ives hael-"be Of health.-
We are yet Of the blood OF those who dragged the
Yule log from the Saxon forests and crowned the
feast with the garnished boars head n the
feebler fellowship of a nicer age there remains
something more than dry tradition of the robust
mirth which shook the great raters Of old English
rosy vintage summed by Lusitanian summers
The Master OF the ReyeIs and his grOtesQue
mummers have changed in little but their COS
tunes and in ali its old essentials the Christmas
spirit still prevails as among our Iusty ancestors
whose jolIity reached its climax in c1medy
devised by my Lord Keeper o. Md VII Shake
speare for the enlivenment of Twelfth Night" IN
toasts and strange tipples. still drink
yves hael."
Already in the rid-PaCifc. where adventurous
eyangelsts have carried the story Of the Nazarene,
the day begins to break and a ware Of light and
melody herads the encircling course Of the worlds
Christmas morning From the islands OF the sea
the joy and spIendor Of the festival spread over
the drowsy East and awaken the inquiry Of Asian
fatalists.
The nuezzn's call and the tinkIe Of pagOda
bells melt into the organ notes and cathedral chimes
OF Christian Europe, where Hans and Gretchen
come Ieaping from the Land Of Counterpart to
greet the good Kriss Kringle. In a few more hours
the mirth and radiance viii break upon our own
impatient shores, and millions OF happy boys ard
girls viii greet the Christmas morning
In all the old Saxon heaTtiness, Yves haelt~
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
The Why of 1t

The Government clerks don't get
their. pay increased because they are not
organized, or permitted to organize and
because they have no political pull 5"
The very fact that they are under the
civil service act makes it impossi lie for
them to retain any political powe. that
anybody fears.
1t pays to have a pull. Yes, indeed.
Go through the bill files of the last three
sessions of Congress and see how many
members introduced bills providing for
increases of salary or shorter hours or
some others benefit for rural mail carriers
There were scores upon scores of them.
And the rural carriers have been getting
their wages advanced faster than anybody
else in the whole Government service.
Why9
Because Mr.. Rural Carrier Is fright
up next" to every farmer on his route.
He can ''put IN plug" where it VIII do
the most good-or harm. And he is or
gained
Any time the rural carriers in an
average district join together to acquire
the scalp of their Congressman, they get
it. Yes, there are rules against their par
ticipating in politics; and right at this
point you get one of your best laughs,
That's what such rules are generally for
to be laughed at when they ought to
be enforced
There isn't Congressman IN the
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
Andrew and Imogene
By ROE FULKERSON

notices of quarter Of million dollars saved The
list OF reductions is read Seven hundred and forty
seven reductions Of two and twO-thirds per cent
take place in the Postofce Department and Merritt
Chance is recommended for thousand dollars in
crease and up pops Robert Bruce Macon Of Arkan-
sassnd asked if Merritt wasn't one Of the committee
making the recommendation He is; and I object
rings TO the rafters. and the people in the Post
Office Department stuff mail BAGS in their mouths
to drown their satanic laughter,
The Treasury list appears and Sid Jacobs is
down for raise and again the inquisitive gentle
man from Arkansas asks fmpudent questions and
soon as he finds that Sid was on the committee
once more object rings out over the halls Of
Congress, and the two women who were reduced
from paper soTters TO char women pound each
other over ths heads with their mops in fendish
glee!
They get to the Bureau Of Engraving and
Ralph's raise comes up and when the Arkansas
man finds he was also on the committee Bing,
Over goes Ralph's apple cart and the wicked plate
printers smear their assistants zcfb green ink in
sheer joy!
Mr.. Roberts, director of the mint and million
aire comes next for his raise, and there is a snip
ping sound and away scars his toy balloon, the
thread cut close his hand, and he stands staring
upward in disgust and dismay!
~SchoheId OF the War Department IS next to
DaL, anu ATkdlSdS great pitCneI Ad4uo L4ltii III e
high ones up around his neck and the Umpire
yelIs: You are OUT And so he is-Out the raise
ne recommended for himself, and up in his depart
ment the relics of the late ehortle with unholy
gleeI
Just to show that he is not playing favoTites
Macon hands Uckert, of the Interior. and Gien, of
the Navy, an uppercut and a right cross and sits
down well satisfied with his days work
Its enough TO shake mans faith in humanity!
IF fellow can not recommend himself Tor Q raise
whom is he to recommend, want TO know? What's
the use TO bring Norton here from Chicago at
great expense and heavy personal loss If our Cwn
brave boys can not profit By the lessons he teaches
It's enough to turn man into socialist ike
Charlie Nesbit.
What's the use to save a nation GUAR
ter of million if you cant set I+le slice for
YOURSELF
The whole thing is sorry mess and 7, for
one. insist that we should have moral awakening
in this town Let US grid up our Ioins! Let Us
take Of our coats, Let Us roll up our sleeves
Let Us bare our strong right arms. Let
~Andrevst~ Interrupted Ilogene. III You take
OF another. thing / vii leave the ro0m-"
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soldiers, but nothing for the clerks. Think
of this showing:
Ia the military establishment, 1915
people got increases aggregating $780,
888.
But among the 1854 civil service
workers, exclusive of the postal service,
the increases aggregated $158,OOO!
Everybody in the army got his. Three
in every thousand in the civil service got
something
We are all mighty proud of our navy.
We read the statistical stuff from time to
time that shows that we are the second
sea power, and our breasts swell with
pride. Then somebody comes along with
a bearish story that tells how Germany is
about to pass US, and we get mad. Our
ideas about the exact utility Of navy
may be a bit vague, but we don't want
anybody TO have better one.
Well, we are standing by the navy
right royalty. 1t seems that 81, 573 people
liz the naval establishment got their wages
raised In the FIVE years we have been talk
ing about That's the entire navy-from
Secretary Meyer down to the recruity
that signed up yesterday. They got
So, 338,720 aggregate annual increases in
pay-oYer 500 apiece.
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
It's Time To Boil

Why not do some boiling right now,
in behalf of the Government workers
There ism t any trust in America that has
dreamed or would dare TO treat its people
so badly as the classified civil service
workers have been treated.
We hear a lot of buncombe, these
times, about human rights, and putting
the man above the dollar, and all that sort
of thing
It comes mainly from the men who
are responsible for continuing these scan
Government S own employment.
Why not, for once, make good on
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

the wages of everybody IN his army; per
haps he used it all on the army. and had
none left for The civil service people.
No, you are wrong. He had plenty
of money to distribute in increases of
wages for the navy people, too. Within
five years he has given increases t" 51,573
people In the naval establishment. That
is, everybody In the navy active or re
tired-got an increase of wages.
But III the classified civil service out
side the Postofice Department, let it be
repeated, where 1854 people are en-
ployed, just $50 had their pay raised in
that same FIVE years.
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

House who doesn't regard his rural car
riers-if he has a country district one
of his most valuable political assets. Mr.
Rural Carrier has to be respected, and you
know it, Mr.. Congressman. That's why
you hustle so hard to get his wages raised
every session or two
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How Army Has Fared

Let it be stated in another way. The
case Is so raw, so rank, so unbelievable,
that it needs to be viewed from every pos
sible angle before the average person viii
be willing to believe the facts can possibly
be as stated
There are now about II 900 people in
the army establishment of the Govern
ment. Within the last five years 1915
positions in the military establishment
have had their salaries raised.
Can the meaning of that statement
be missedl It means that everybody con-
neeted with the army has had his pay
raised officers privates, "non-coms, -
and all the rest.
But in tie classified civil service,
where 1854 people are employed, only
$50 have had 5heir wages raised in the
last FIVE years
Dear, economical old Uncle Sam, you
viii observe, had money enough TO boost
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
These Figures Talk

This statement may seem extreme,
but the figures viii prove it. They will
not be the kind of figures. either, calcu-
lated to superinduce headache. To the
contrary, they will fairly TEEN with in
terest to every one of the undergrad en-
ployes Of the Government living In Wash
ingtnn, and to every member of Congress.
Just about half a million people draw
salaries from Uncle Sam. Almost every
one Of them outside the civil service has
had his compensation raised in the last
five years
But in the classified civil service, ex-
elusive of the postal service, only three
tenths of 1 per cent have had advances in
that period
Do you realize what that means! 1t
means that if, five years ago, you were IN
the army, the navy, the legislative estab-
lishl1ent, the consular service anywhere
except IN the civil service you had al
most 100 per cent of chances to get your
ages raised before this time
But if you were In the classified civil
aervice, you had three chances In 1000 Of
letting raise unless employed in the
postal service
That is the sort of discrimination
that has been practiced against the civil
service employees.
That is the sort OF discrimination that
has brought this question of decent, liv-
ing, body-and-soul wages for Government
clerks to the crisis that it has now
reached
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The Clerks Claim to
Living Wages

IN the last five years Congress has IN
creased the salaries of 1851 posi-
lions in the Government service.
That doesn't sound as if Uncle Sam
were scandalously penurious with ms
nephews and nieceS, does it2
These lucky 147 ,547 holders of Gov
eminent jobs have had ST., 1906
added to their annual payroll. 1t looks
rather generous, doesn't it,
Well, it Is fact that Uncle Sam in
recent years has been generous with
everybody in his employ-except those
who are IN the classified civil service.
1t IS proposed IN this article to dem
onstrate that the classified civil service
of the United States is, from the stand
point of the employers consideration of
the workers interest, the worst employ
ment field In the United States, If not IN
the world
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

and then ask
ed: Are you
going TO make
love TO me or
go down stairs
10 the deCant-
err You never
quote poetry
&c ept on
those two oc-
casions.
Love, you
wTOn & me,
said Andrew.
7 am simply
growing pessi-
miStic- Some
wis e gazabO
has said that a
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

= NDREw gazed reaeetiveIy up toward the cell
. ing through the blue haze from his cigar
and quoted
The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon
Turns Ashes, or it prospers; and anon,
Like Snow upon the Deserts dusty Face,
Lighting a little hour or two-is gone"
Iraogene looked at him closely for moment
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

some Of these fine sentimentss Why not ,
shock the Government employees half to
death by giving them a raise?
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tired-got an increase of wages.
But III the classified civil service, out
side the Postoffice Department, let it be
repeated, where 1854 people are en-
ployed, just $50 had their pay raised in
that same FIVE years.
Against Civil Service People
Seems as if there were some discrim-
ination in favor of the army and navy,
doesn't it, Yet there was not. The dis
elimination was AGAINST THE EX-
.ECUTIVE CIVIL SERVICE EN-
PLOYES.
Take the railway mail clerks. No
less than 1922 of them have had their
wages substantially raised. That is, all
Of them have been increased.
But while ALL THE RAILWAY
NAIL CLERKS Were raised, just $50 of
the other 1857 people in executive civil
service positions were raisedl
You might think, maybe, that Con
gress felt deicacy about doing so much
for its civil service pets. If so, you would
be gravely in error. Congress has no
eOmpunetiOns about being kind to It's pets.
Look at these figures:
Within the same ive-year period, 800
people on the payroll of the United States
Senate have had their wages raised. The
aggregate increase was 1851 a year
that Is, the increase was over $1,000 per
capita.
Looks as if the Senate had been
fairly generous with the folks on It's pay
roll-with the secretaries and clerks and
janitors and engineers and elevator ten
ders and all the rest who hold their jobs
by political pull, work few months each
year, and take it easr- the rest of the time
House Employees Looked After
Yet the Senate really was not so con
siderate as the House. The figures show
that IN this five-year period under our ex-
animation, the House raised the salaries
of 618 positions on its payroll, and that
the aggregate raise was $1,060,734- an
average of over $1,7OO per capita per
annUm.
In the consular and diplomatic ser
vice, 324 positions have received increases
aggregating 1888, considerably over
s., 600 each.
But of the 1854 people In the ex-
ecutive civil service, mentioned, just $50
got any increase at all 1t is worth while.
as we go into these studies of Uncle Sam s
generosity, to get those figures fixed in
mind.
Do you suppose there is any other
employment in the country, in which so
vast an army of workers have not received
any general increase, In wages in the last
five years.
What Private Employers Do
Railroad employees have received one
increase after everybody knows
about that because the newspapers tell
about it every few days.
Take the employees of the Steel Trust
It may be bold, bad, grinding monopoly,
but it has been raising its employees
wages from time to time.
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

The total circulation The Washington
Times daily during the month Of November was
94sz13, all copies left and returned being elm
mated This number when divided by 20, the number
% days OF publication. shows the net daily
for November 10 have been 1910
circulation The Washington
Tines (Sundays) during the month Of November was
122,961 all copies left and returned by agents
being eliminated This number when divided by Q. the
number Of Sundays during November shows the
Sunday avera ge for November TO have been 30740.
In each issue Of The Times the circulation figures
for previous day plainly printed the head
OF the first page at the left of the date line
a POstOffice a Washington D. c.,
S second class matter
The Washington times., 1910-12-24
What Private Employers Do

Railroad employees have received one
increase after everybody knows
about that because the newspapers tell
about it every few days.
Take the employees of the Steel Trust.
It may be bold, bad, grinding monopoly,
but it has been raising its employees
wages from time to time.
Or the Standard Oil Company. The
Government is trying to dissolve it as
conspiracy IN restraint of trade; but in all
its history the Standard Oil Company
never treated its employees, It's compel
itors, or the public with such cold, cynical
heartIessness as the National Government
has displayed toward its civil service en-
ployes in recent years.
Who hasn't had his wages raised In
the last few yearsl Have you, Mr.. Read
er, who read this? You have if you are a
carpenter, or a printer, or a plumber, or a
mason, or a farm laborer, or a textile mill
operative, or a shoemaker, or a street car
conductor anything else except an en-
ploye of the Government civil service:
But the Government Of the United
States = the -billion-dollars- a-year
Government-can't pay decent, living
wages TO Its employees.
1t has It's millions for increases TO the
The Washington times., 1910-12-24

7 \ the last five years Congress has IN
creased the salaries of IA, 547 posi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
ST. Louis Livestock.

g o...s ..ts 4-Caatle-ENtdmaf
receipts for today. 3,5oo;opened steady
to Is cents higher.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
WIRELESS MEN INDICTED.
Now York Grand Jury HoIds, Them on
Two Counts.

Now York Grand Jury HoIds, Thorn on
Two Counts.
New York. Aug. s4.-Seven, officers Of
the United States Wireless Telegraph
Company, most Of whom had been pre-
viously arrested, were indicted by
federal grand jury on two counts-one
charging conspiracy to defraud by the
use of the United States malls, the
other charging conspiracy in devising
a scheme to induce investors to buy
worthless stocks.
Those indicted are President Chris
topher Columbus Wilson. Vice, Presi-
dent Bogart, Secretary Eompkinss F1s-
cal Agent George II. Parker, General
Manager c. C. Galbraith, Treasurer w.
A. Diboll and Francis x. Butler. sCoun-
sci and director OF the company. All
except Parker were arraigned before
Judge Hough in the United States dis
trict court and pleaded not guilty. Par
ker is understood to be on the way
here from Seattle to surrender him
sell
President Wilson was held in $4,000
bail, Tompkins and Bogart in $4,000
each, and the others in $4,000 each. On
the first charges all were paroled for
one week and on the second charge
they were given two days In which to
find bail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
TO TEACH POSTAL BANK PLAN.
Postmasters to Receive Instructions
From Experts at Conference.

Washington, Aug. 4.-The postmas-
tiers who in October are to be entrusted
with the introduction of postal savings
banks will be called to Washington
this fall for conference and will be
given full instructions and schooling
by the mem bers of the government
board of experts who are assisting the
board Of trustees.
1t may be decided to dispense with
the cards which congress has provided
to encourage uae saving habit. Until
further explanation is obtained. how
ever. the cards will be used, being sold
to depositors. Stamps representing
savings are to be attached to these
cards until n1ultiples OF 81 are obtained.
when upon the surrender of the card
the accounts will be duly credited.
central clearinghouse in each
state to set e ali matters connected
with the payment of interest and the
care of accounts IL a feature of the
postal savings bank system adopted
by the committee OF officials that will
make recommends tions to the board of
trustees. For a long time the commit
tee faced the necessity of providing
some method for the settlement of ac-
counts of depositors in the postal
banks that would avoid delay incident
TO the transmission of all such matters
to this city.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-04
CHOICE STOCK MAKES 10 AND Is
CENT GAINS AND COMMON
SORTS SELL HIGHER.
GOOD HOGS ARE STEADY
OTHERS SLOW AND WEAK
Pigs Sell as High As Ss-Lambs Make
Good Gain Over Yesterdays Figure
and Sheep Maintain Steady Prices
Strong Demand For Western Lambs.
Market Review.

Chicago, Aug. 4.-Choice steers sold
higher, making gains of 1905 cents
and even the medium and common
sorts We're better sellers, and finished
strong as compared with the close OF
Yesterday Prime steers reached $3.50
and distillery sold as high as sS.25.
Butchers stuff closed slow. and dull,
after early speculative activity
The country showed its hand at the
price ere gulating game "Wednesday and
won out by a wide margin. Instead OF
the 1900 to 10000 cattle expected
run OF 1900 showed up and when the
buyers had gathered in this crop their
purchases stood them anywhere from
10 cents to % cents higher than on
Monday, and the biggest share of the
days business was a zoo % cents gan.
1t was almost as easy for sellers TO get
this advance as it was for buyers to
pound the prices last week. The bal
ance of trade was with the sellers, and
Trey took every advantage of the fort
innate situation which confronted them.
s. me good rains have hit the west and
the tendency TO liquidate owing to
short feed crop is checked temporarily
al least
Ii was simply a natural reaction from
a price basis which has ruled too low.
Last week the prices came down hur-
riedly because OF an overfed market,
ard Wednesday the upshoot was en-
tirely the result of an undersupply,
which fell at least a third smaller than
the trade had expected. Three days
run this week stands only $4,000, a de-
crease of $500 from a week ago, but
still 800 larger than a year ago.
Hogs.
Hogs We're steady on good sorts and
slow and weak on heavy mixed and
packing stuff One lot of high grade
light sold at $3.50. Pigs went as high
as $500.
Subsistence of the run causes no sur
prise altho the cut in receipts has been
more severe than expected. The break
from last Thursday TO Monday put
hundreds of country shippers out of
trading humor and that always means
reduced supply.
Sheep.
Lambs made 10G15 cent gains,
while sheep went at about stead>
prices Strong demand for western
lambs sent prices to $500, while feed
ers went at $3.50.
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paIIbearers in Runaway.

Waterloo, Aug. Awhile returning
from the Calvary cemetery where the
body Of Thomas Fatz, who was
drowned Sunday, was buried Wednes-
day, the team hitched to the wagonette
in which We're ali the pail bearers and
the undertaken took fright, ran seven
blocks. tore rear wheel off the wagon
in crossing a street car track and con-
tinued in this condition two blocks
further before the horses were finally
stopped One man was slightly !.
jured.
The horses started to run at the top
of the hill on Falls avenue near Sun
nyside street, becoming frightened
when the double tree struck their
heels. The driver, Ned Walsh, saw
that he could not stop them and SO
put forth his efforts to keep them in
the middle of the street.