The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-01-13

Fontanet Courts, Washington, j. c.,
Jan. 1O.-If l had had time to hin
carefully over q possible list of New
Years. resolutions this year with the
Idea OF picking out the best one of
all, l hin 1 should have resolved not
To write so much about jobs. But I
was moving New Years eve, and wheE
you are moving you. are thankful If
you can displace enough chairs and
pictures from the middle of the bed
to climb In yourself. Anyway, / hard
ly tuTne over when the New Year
whistles were blowing. and I'm sure
i missed the wireless wave from Ar.
lington.
Not to write about Jobs and at
the same time to keep on writing is
harder than moving. One finds that
out during the holidays when very
thing is in full blast, but to the news
gatherer dry as a.bone. Government
clerks stream out Of government
building and choke the street cars at
4:3O jus>as they have been doing for
the last few months. Som Of the
politicians are back on the job and
not more than 1000 out. Of a popula-
tion Of SOC, 900 are away from Wash
tngton, but it makes all the differ
ence. In the world to the 800 CORE
epondentS here when they stop the
wheels at Capitol Hill. r
Anyone h cares to thrust his
memory back over the months fol-
lowing the inauguration will have
trouble in recalling everything in the
special correspondence In North Car
Olina newspapers from Washington
which has not had to do with jobs.
A disinterested person reading the
6les for the last ten months would
conclude that q Washington CORE
Spondent's sole duty is to hunt jobs
fow nnaD1a ~ OH av1 %Lox -,
State in as great a turmoil as posi-
BILE over the probability that. all Of
them will vanish in the night.
a Grand Little Picnic.
To illustrate: When the Demo
Gratis came in there was a great sour
Tying to find what slices OF Federal
patronage North Carolina would get.
This took up speculation, assertion
denial and backing and filling for sew.
eral weeks. Then came the period
when certain men were being men
toned" for certain jobs. This was g
grand little picnic. Everybody had
a candidate up his sleeve and a Ger
tain pick for the winner. Every whis-
per was only recorded in the State
cause OF speculation and positive as.
Sertion.
Then comes the recommendation
OF tne representative 0 rthe senator
h controls the patronage, preceded
by the delegations. officials or candi.
OATS who sought to influence this rec.
ommending power. Then came the
tive or senator that he would recon-
mend MI. -, who is, etc.. etc. Their
the actual recommendation, the nom
nation. the confirmation. the commits
sion and all the rest, each il. sepa.
rate stories on different days. Ado
to this the uncertainty whether o.
not John Smith, who has been recon-
mended will land or will be kept GU
by charges.
A Brief Not Brief.
Summing UP the progress Of a sin
gle candidate for anything over {
$4,000 Job. simply q brief OF his case
would consume more space h tn
newspaper accounts Of his. death
With thu same amount OF publicit.
and money equal to the telegraph
tolls spent of this class Of news, tn
government could by demonstrate
double the agricultural yield Of an.
county in North Carolina This woul,
be worth in one year more than tn
salary Of the government positio,
would. total In a dozen years. Mort,
Carolina newspapers in the last tel
months have spent a small forum
all expenses considered, In speculat
ing OF whether John Smith will o
will not LAM IL government job. job
smith, in the meantime. probably ha
"a better job than he is after. wOrl
which ia more pleasant and vaStl
more Independent than that which h
G seeking.
But there's something about job
smith that causes him TO go afte
that JOB Hike Il chorus girl after
lobster. the stomach ache in bot!
cases being about tho same after