Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-03
GOVERNMENT CLERKS HERE
AND In GREAT BRITAIN

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/ long as he keeps UP with his work he Will
be carried on the rolls, even though In
valided. and tha- IL he should die his
family will receive a years pay. quite
sufficient to prevent immediate catas-
trophe
There Is absolutely no comparison be-
tween the Brit sh and the American sys-
TENS. The former commands the loyalty
by insuring the continued service OF the
employees The United S ates offers its
department worker nothing but the as
surance that he will not be dismissed ex-
cept for cause. It guarantees him no reg
ular promotions. and thus he may remain
small salary at which he entered $500 or
900 year. He may be kept until he is
@ decrepit 0ct0genarfan at just enough OF
a pfttance to hold him within the SO-called
protection OF the civil service system.
But at any moment he may be dropped.
with perhaps a months pay. and the gov
eminent forthwith loses all interest in
him, even though he may step forth from
the doors of the office, where he has given
the best years Of his life, to state of
semi-starvation until death mercifully
closes his eyes
The approximation payments made to
English civil servants are regarded as
rights and not special privileges. They
the salaries and other allowances. being
carried by the estimates for the civil
, service" brought into the house of COM
mons hv the -inanc:a. re az
treasury as the governments fiscal pro-
posals for the year. For the current fis-
cal year these approximation approprfa-
tons amount to eta. 763. including pro-
visions for special compensation allow
ances aud miscellaneous amounts beyond
the strict approximation system. The
| departmental annuit es themselves COM
prising the administrative offices of the
government, amount for the current fiscal
year to E654, 5S1. These are paid to 4. 1853
individuals, thus giving an average of
9155. or $775 year.
The average amount paid on superan-
nuation account varies considerably in the
different offices according
Annual to the number Of high or
p..-4 low grade employees who
ASsS' may happen to be on the
retired list. Thu in ie hoard Of agr
culture there were at the beginning OF the
present nscal year twenty-three people
drawing approximation salaries :o.a'iny
1881. or an average of G275 each. or ap-
PAOAiuldSSly $1sOSO. Ill Tie UdAAIuPICy OC~
partment of the board of trade there were
sixteen people drawing approximation
pay to the total amount OF f4O76. or an
average Of E254. or s.. 80. In the charity
commission there were fifteen superan-,
.e45e or $3.50. an There is on ne government aa
chemist retired at E775. or $3,875.
OF Clvu service employees tnere were
twenty who have been retired. their
annuities totaling f6.0s1, an average o.
cxchequer and audit there are 81 retire
ments. calling Tor total appropriation
Of s11.517, an average Of f231. or $1.15j
a yean. In the local government board
there are Il approximations, costing the
government 1856. an average of 1881,
or $1,655. In the home office there are 46
superannuated clerks. including inspectors
of factories, ETC., drawing annually 914.-
s95. an average Of f315. or $3.50. The
thirty-cight employees of the foreign Of
Ell 800, precisely the same average as in
the home Office. Twentv-seven patent Of
Ace employees are retired. drawing
R5.769, an average Of E213. or 81. O85. In
ployes on the retired list whose aggre-
gate pay is f1O.276. or e445 on The aver
age, equal to about $2,225.
Naturally in the diplomatic service.
where the scale of pay. Is high, the an
Inufties paid to the government after re-
tirement are more liberal than in the
other branches Of the civil service. There
are present thirty-seven on the retired
list In this service at an average of colt
q year. or about a. 585.
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The largest number of approximation
allowances are paid to the employees OF
the prisons in England and
Various the colonies, there being 1.63s
nm Of these retired public serv-
VAS0S' ants at a total cost to the
government of sS4. 1872, little more than
g51 a year on the average, or about
$3.50 The next largest number are the
1873 retired from the public offices in
Ireland. costing annually e64.s94, about
E134 a year apiece on the average, or
approximately s67O. There are 295 en-
ployes Of the board of education now on
the retired list at an annual cost OF
e79.649, about f27O year each, or $l,Soo.
Naturally the approximation appropr1-
atoms grow from year to year as the
government services increase and more
workers are required. There has been
decided advance In the last few years
owing to the fact that under the liberal
administration there has been d ma.
to cope with the work entailed by projects
of semi-state socialism, such as the al
lotment of small holdings of land and
the maintenance Of labor exchanges. Not
all Of the government offices. however.
show such Increases. There may be a
fiuctuation up or down with a stable an
nual force according as deaths may occur
among the higher-priced or lower-paid
superannuanrs. Thus in the patent Of
flee there was q reduction Of f28 In the
annual allotment for the present fiscal
wear over the year previous, and the con
sular service opportunities totaIed &9S2
less this year than last.
It will be interesting. perhaps, to note
what it has cost the British government
during the past ten
approximation yeas for superannu-
Appropriations. The anu app apmaesn
for the ten past fiscal years have been
as follows:
1923 'A.s"0' 6Sas
00S-4 ...................... O1z.Oo9
l.N-S W oJS
1906 YOU &1S
1896 .......s......s.''.s. .s......'' Oao'oov
1908 V1S,tNV
1858 ..s..s.s...s.ss.. OOO'1ov
19OJ-lO yc0' 20
19lOell ............ ......'''"''''.' 1890
The average Of these ten fiscal years
has been an annual appropriation OF
It64, 968, the total being t6,649.6S3 The
increase in the ten years has been E1S4,-
5l5. of which near 81OOOOO has come In
the past two years.