New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-02

the United States government offer exceptional oppor
tunities for valuable public service along scientific lines
The COMPENSATION is great as pay tor the same
class of work outside the departments but departmental
work offers opportunities tor RAPID adVanSe'nclV 10
postions Of responsibility and good pay on the OUTSIDE
"The Geological Survey offers special opportunities
for high-class scientific employment. hope and be-
lievc the time is coming when expert men IN these Sce-
tifc lines will be paid better salaries our DeSt men
leave the service when they become really ehcien and
valuable When they become valuable 10 the govern
ment they readily command much better wages OUTSIDE
the service II. e.. 49,,
snccia opporunities for the really efficient young men
Of the country The pay and opportunities Tor advance
r1cnt are small compared to those IN inc
world This class Of employees should also nave more
paw or some sort of provision should be made Tor her
retirement when they become inefficient after long ser
vice . ,o.,o,,,
Under present conditions government employment
as compared to outside employment offers less oppor,,
trnitv for the Young men of real ability. hope 1t VIII
not always be this way. The young man VINO glve Eve
valuable service to the country does at great SiCCc
Many are willing and patriotic enough to 90 tniS.
MANI who could command much better pay outside
the service are giving their time and labor to the country
for the love OF 1t. . - A.
government at salaries far below the commercial stan
iii for ike services They choose 10 do 50 because
the public service satisfies their best and hghest IDEAS
of personal integrity and professional achievement.
sch mon are continually forced out OF the service by
tbn ncccss;tv Of making due provision for themselves
and their families before old age comes upon them II
the government would insure them against thS PEN,
il could continue to employ tncl AT SdIieS la ieS'
than private corporation would be compelled 10 pay.
Every consideration of economy and SOUND business
ocv requires that their services should be retained on
terms so favorable TO the government. he loss, taken
in the mass, IS rrcparablc Tor 'c SyslT GLc,&oeS %
a survival of the unfttcst by continually drawing OF
the more energetic and ADLER men, leaving larger ana
larger proportion Of the inefficient IN the public service
Mr. Fisher refers to the "od age OF the clerks NO
Il. ii nj he Ia
can look forward with any ease OF mind to the dSaDni-
Ties Of age This is true because his small salary has
been eaten up by his daily needs
I1FNRy /. STIMSON. Secretary of War, dcposcs,
IL "Thc purely monetary rewards and opportunities
Of the government will never be 50 great as those offered
in the business and professional world elsewhere; ana
e the Government service is be maintained upon
high and increasing level Of proficiency, 1t must meet
competition from other quarters by some compcnsatng
features that will attract the best talent to ITS service
and retain II.
AR NAGEL. Secretary Of Commerce and Labor,
lNl points out that there some advantages in the
government service; but he concludes with the en-
phac warning that a man. having once been gwen Such
position seldom finds the courage TO TcIlnqish 1t.
He says:
asst looks TO me. there is a considerable class Of po
sions 10 which ambitious Young person may well
aspire Take for illustration, the bureaus in which the
work Is more or less scientific. In such cases well
oou;nncd Young person may render the government
vice far beyond the compensation, and at the same time
receive return that perhaps no other experience can
give In other words the bureau Is, - all ntcnt' ana
r,rrDoscs a training school Of the highest order Fur
thcrmorc these bureaus may be- said % offer particular
induccmcnt for permanent employment. he "ppor
tunitics for promotion good, and the ultimate fc-
Enumeration is such that security which The civil SER
vice affords may well Dee accepted compensation by
anyone who is Interested 20 investigate and 20 develop
particular subjects
There are other bureaus whose work is more or less
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