The evening world., 1912-11-09
THE PUBLIC SERVANT PROBLEM.

lf1E + O0klN DEN NANl INODLENAs
f<A TOT less than twenty thousand city employees arc tn
ing portion of their wages to salary loan compar
every pay day."
The significance of this from a report Of the Ases
DISTRICT Attorney showing that municipal employees make up
ys class of workers who borrow from money lenders the
~ II this column Do city employees live beyo
A because they undergrad? Do glarng injustice
in the duties and Of fellow workers act with pecu
to goad tempt those who have the right to regard the
their bo Iaborers who got their money daily among
Arsst workers. Would it be better to fix municipal pay
vsskiy instead Of monthly?
These questions suggested to Comptroller Prendergast
ng the inquiry conducting into the discrepancies
aes and salary raises which seemed to be based at present
SIGH old text To him that hath shall be given
Herewith The Evening World submits the following letter. viii
psals for Itself
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evening regarding the number Of city
poyss who are the tolls Of :he money lenders interested me
because Of Us remarkable point Of view Never before have
expressed any newspaper sentiment other than that such
yieyss ovspad and sinecure So going write
something about myself because Just now feel that would
Hks 70 w shout myself Perhaps when have read
0h you wM understand Why
IN service employee doing lawyers
~ uenes whss employed Just what my salary
Sseaos don't TO identify myself to that extent The work
doing the time appointment and for several
ys thereafter done by appotees of the head o this
ea vho were not In the civil service The lowest paid Of these
Aas always received twice much receive Others have
pa marty three times much This technical careful and I'm
pustnt word DO sufficiently WE'LL that there criticism
NtAsss bster paid than hA Of other clerk In the
sa No snvk mako entries In books And there clerks Of
~ d nue better paid than because Of pleasanter persooai
~ - poleai influence Often have had to 70 the
aoo q sons q the eisrs pponees Of double salary
- ~ xan 81 Of ns'.s they have got Into
NsvusAaess I live the salary here. I have
~ - d win Msr Incidental bills have had supple
sA NJ asy VA ossssAs WORK every the week.
SoAV hd.AA md many nights . I get outside Jobs
a sAsa ANA ana seldom smote end don't spend much on
asinE ~ hk havs spent a the theatre and $50
q IL MsRopean opsn House have Inc insurance policy
- taFuan unanA u
~ - ea NJ Wiz b - careful she be, although
ea W. ssbs person owing to health and training Neverthe
~ = Nv bins eacA month find each month 4 smaller
~ for - nsd month. II has going thus years.
pssoaA ppoiusea Of ne salary
would b perfectly useless to ask him to raise have
soasiA Hs money lenders Nor hau l. When comes
iooks II soon say 4 year or So when
ts 10 money len the beginning Of the month after all my
Bills are PAID expect to leave hs earth quietly and decenly
n can accomplish H. th, my lie insurance may 60 my
end she cn 20 back to her parents with II.
am too old to leave this Job II given hostages to
Fortune eoaid easily things are There
Time when believed that capable
poso might get recognition from his .uperiors In this d,y
md Sneioo Of poAic but looking this seeing
the best most efficient paid less than the politicians
incompetence am that former belief unfounded
wonder these conditions would prevail under
Of Government During time In this office
70 ss this city quite bit Of by certain changes ys
tens havs made and caused to be installed eliminated
1t the same time opportunities for smpd
much that involved and cumtrous have
Of that kind Of mind queer himself in public by
doing The who get the money he povd.
two obs for doing the man used
to Do The other kind OF feared by his employees
let he should invent services would no
longer Be required And where employment his EN-
Voys would value him for those qualities public holder
~aues MN not ALL DlSllLUSlONED.
There lies Of the greatest problems of civil service
would seem that approach to perfect organization Justice
and due ecompense should be among public servants
WA any body Of prvste workers That everybody n
Who will point out to make civil service only protect
props not merely provide security hut compel ece
not seek 10 grow two jobs where only before but see
hat every job real job whole job and the worker therein
foe and no less than what he does?
Forty years to-day Nov g. 1872 broke great fire
swept of city and DESTROYED
property worth GS.OO0OO0