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Mr.. McGinty did not star. out in life
to be a Government EMPLOYEE. In
fact, he started out to 10 a lawyer.
Born in n little country town in
Georgia in 1878. when he had com
pleted his common school education he
studied Jaw and was ready for ad-
mission 10 the bar before he had at
tained his majority. But his father.
who was on the bench, sternly for
babe II, since the Georgia law, Ike the
law OF other States. forbids the ad-
mission To the bar of any one under
tho 3 Of 81. Restless. eager to earn
his W living. Mr.. NCGinty hunted
out a railroad job TO I'LL in the time
until he was of age.
This first Job was secured in 1897
in the local freight Office OF the
Georgia Railroad In Atlanta, as n CORK
tracing lost freight shipments. While
there he studied stcnoEraphy and per-
feCted himself. He became enamourad
of railroad employment. Before long
he had passed through nearly every
Job IN the office, and then he went
Over to tho Atlanta office OF the At
lantic Coast Line, soliciting freight,
"hodys"atchinG' passenger traffic and
doing all tho manifold things required
# a competent traffic man.
But this was not sufficiently varied.
and so he went to tho maintenance of
way department Of the Southern Rail-
a and dipped into engineering
and bridge building and tho like. f.. s.
Cannon. then vice-president ana gem
oral manager of the southern Rail-
way h1lpfFny lN tha yn,,, ,,1 al -
n competent private secretary. found
him and took him to the Washington
office.
Thereafter for n period Mr.. McGinty
was that proud character, envied OF all
the youngsters along the line, who in
the general managers private car set
out In the yard gracefully and airily
pIuckod at "A typewriter while the en-
Nious ga2cd through the window. But
by and by Mr.. G1rnon's health gave
out and ho resigned. Young MCGinty
promptly returned &c the South, and IN
the traffic department of MONTGOMERY
Ala" began to handle that madlcnlng
complex and never ending problem
called freight rates, and presently he
came n rate expert, thus h~roadenins
his railway knowledge.
overwork and adver7c climate shat
tered his health. The doctor told him
he would have to go away. The Nc
G.nty purs> would not p..mlt q life
OF loltng ease at Palm Beach. He had
to work. Here lie turned to tho cty,'
service, passed an examination anC
got n position as a clerk in the bureau
of animal industry IN the Department
Of Agriculture at Washington. in thai
division having to do with the rogula,
tions affecting the interstate shipmcn,
of meats and cattle. He, after severa
years work, had been promoted to III,
81 500 Glars, when voluntarily he sur,
rendered that position to go with tn,
Interstate Commerce Commission as 8
clerk at Sl,SS0. He wanted to hccom,
an examiner under the commission
and he had to start IN low,
Five months work brought him
promotion to 81 500, ana then Commits
sioner Clements learned Of his DUAL
ity, 81 want YOU for my c~onndentin
clerk" SAID the Commissioner. an,
McGlnty moved up to So. 100.
His advancement to the secretary
ship under Commissioner Lane cam,
naturally after that.
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yNCLE SAM BIGGEST BOSS OF LABOR, ALSO THE BEST

health and demonstrates his efficiency.
liz certain to reach the grade of colo
mel, while no such certainty exists for
the civil employee.
Further. In both the army n navy
old age and disability retirement pay
is provided, while in the civil service
there Is no retirement pay whatever.
SIN, as Mr.. McGinty points out, OPP
portunity-that Is. the broader oppor-
tuIity OF l,fe-is actually more limited
in the military than in the civil
service.
Tell me- said the interviewer one
day recently to a high officer OF the
Government, n man who has survived
through many Administrations in
Washington and who has studied all
aspects q Uncle Sans labor problems
tell me Of n typica, instance of a
Civil service employee who. In his
! career. demonstrates that there Is a
future in the service for the right sort
OF man"
"McG!nty OF the Interstate Com
merce Commission" was the instant
reply. He Is typica. of the new civil
service, for, you know. the civil SER
vice to-day is vastly different from
lli' ' VI "'hNN 'N'l WI
years ago. McGlnty. without political
assistance, purely on his own merits.
has worked his way up through the
grades to his present permanent posi-
ton. Moreover, he is handing the
employment problem OF the growing
Interstate Commerce Commission. See
him. he can tell you more than any
one I happen to think OF offhand,
although there are a number who have
mounted high"
Hence the journey to Mr.. McGinty's
office.
yes said this youthful appearing
secretary. there is opportunity In the
civil service OF the Government. But
1t all depends on the man. just ex-
actly rs 1t does In business life out
side of the Government.
"Uncle Sam" he went on, "is a curl
Gus employer. He has his little eccen-
trlcities, just as many other employers
have theirs. Our uncle's eccentriclty
IL in the character of his pay schedule.
For the very high positions. those
apart from the permanent civil SER
vice, he pays less than private bust
ness pays, while for ordinary clerical
labor he pays rather more. AS n on
crete instance, here is the membership
of the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, seven gentlemen, appointed by
the President for fixed terms, charged
with tremendous regulative power
over the transportation business of
the country. Each If them draws
10000 a year; this amount conced-
IDLY Is very much less than men of
such ability would command in pri-
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The war machines advance on Libau, Russia.
German cavalry and infantry taking up sheltered position Ito avail orders for the adv,o.

Neither in France nor in Russia
was universal consCriptlon born OF
necessity. as II was the case in Ger
many. Rather 1t was introduced in
order to line IN the equilibrium OF
Powers against Germany. In Russia
as well as in France. however. this
increase in strength very soon as
sumed an aggressive character. In
France preparations were carried on
for years with the n thought to de-
feat Germany and to r%econquer Al
sacc-Lorralne-a though; which also
has been the guiding motive Of the
French policy. Russia. on the other
hand, has carried on n continuous ag-
gress.vc expansion policy-in the Far
East. TO acquire there free access TO
tho sea, with Ice free ports. and in the
neal Orient, in order TO realize the
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century old dream OF the conquest of
Constnntinople and the domination OF
the Balkan peninsula.
Here Austria stood in her ORus-
sia's) way. 30 the Cars plans Of late
were concentrated upon the destruc-
ton OF that country and the crushing
OF Austria's ally. Germany. In this
direction the French and Russian
wishes met. Thus we have been. dur
ing the years past. witnesses OF tre-
mendous ornaments and war prepa-
rations which both countries carried
through according to mutual plans
and agreements. with the unmistak-
able object to attack Austria and it's
ally Germany "a oor as IN oppor-
tunity promising success would turn
up.
Thus not German militarism but
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able sacrifices. 10 maintain peace. and
at the outbreak Of the present world
war endeavored TO the utmost limit
Of possibilities and at its own risk to
spare the world from this terrible
conflict.
The assertion. therefore, that Ger
man milltarisn" has been n to
Europe Ia perfectly untcrable and
can be proved by nothing. Germany
and the Triple Alliance. IN the con-
trary, have for long years been the
guardians OF peace in Europe. and in
1914 Kaiser Wilhelm drew tho sword
only because he had been attacked by
numerically superior enemies and
forced into sclf-Gefence.
But how do things stand with the
militarism OF the other European
countries?
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.tol.'S the part OF her opponents.
wn,en Aown by the fact alone that
e,on ul''ei be latest military law not
a.. aoie pooIs men could be drawn,
WINE IN fraho all who could carry
arms were eaile. to tho colors and
Russia maintained =. army in peace
which by far outnumb,red all armies
Of Europe. Moreover. II. Ina, coun-
try the military service was exactly
that which u enemies now mali.
c!ously assert OF Germany: a train
ing to blind, machlnel!ke obedience
which can eve result In in~delendent.
conscious achievement in war. 90 tho
hrainless Russian warfare in .he
Russo-Japanese war proved sun.
cicntly and a II proves II again to.
day.
Despite the threatening aspect O.
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French and Russian militarism grew
into n European n because, with
admittedly aggressive inteut!ons, they
carried preparations 10 the extreme.
In France this became evident
through the reintrofuction OF the
three years service term. II also evil
dences itself In the fact hat In that
country the military burden per rap
tia amounts to s791. while In Ger
many It Is only s4.54. In Russia, on
the other hand. the same tendency
showed itself in the creation OF more
and more army corps, in the accumu-
lation of tremendous war material In
Poland and in the proposed building
mp Of strategic railroads against the
Austro-Germnn frontier.
Germany always found herself on
tho defensive against these gigantic
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"This work OF valu!ng will stretch
over several years n will require a
large force.
80 far I have discussed the ques-
ton, Is there n future IN Govern
ment work for the average man from
the standpoint OF tho Interstate Com
merce Commission. Viewing It moro
broadly IND looking back TO my own
experience as a clerk In the Depart
ment OF Agriculture before l came 10
! the commission. ! would say that II a
man IS going to work on a salary there
Is no better business for him In the
United States than a position in the
Government as a civil service en-
employee.
III a man has an ambition-and the
qualilcat!ons-to engage In business
FOR himself, and particularly II he has
n little capital, | would say that he
should keep out OF the Government
service.
"I}ut for the average salaried man
there is nothing better, Although. as
| have said, the Government does not
pay adequate salaries in the higher
ranks, II does pay above the average
for ordinary clerical work, and In ordi-
nary clerical work the man has an eX-
cellent opportunity TO develop and TO
mount to the top.
at has been said repeatedly that the
civil service a who gets VI to II
three thousand, four thousand or Ave
thousand dollar position in reality Is
not adequately paid for the high char
acter Of services required OF him. We
all know that there are many highly
trained technical and scientific men in
Government employ drawing sucn
salaries who, measured by Industrial
and commercial standards, are under
paid, Granting this, in most Instances
the nan never would have had the
opportunity to demonstrate his capac-
ity outside the Government service.
1t is the Government service which has
given him the opportunity. But, hav-
ing demonstrated II, the field OF pri-
vate employ is open to him at vastly
greater remuneration.
This is what ! mean by saying that
the Government service is. in a meas
ure, II training school.
"Stop to think for a moment. Where
else is there a greater training school
for executives? What is the cry of
the business world to-day but for ex-
c%cutives, men who can organize and
efficiently direct other men? business
has found that no salary is too high
to n 10 the efficient executive. Never
Ia the supply OF such men equal tC
the demand. And nowhere outside OF
ths Government service Is there bet
ter opportunity for a man 20 develop
skill as an executive.
More and more the business world
not alone the transportation world
with which | am more familiar-is
turning to the Government service foi
its executives, its technologis.s, is
scientific assistants. No training
school in the country can do the work
the Government is doing IN this
direction.
IAN who arc familiar with the Gov
eminent service know that in the past
every unit of organization worked fal
below the maximum of efficiency bS
reason of being encountered with wha'
amounted to pensioners, employees
who either had outiiv"l tl,,lr usvful
ness or who never had any u wer,
retained rs an act of charity. an
thankful to say that our organization
has no pensioners of that class"
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oc,yr,gh. By Underwood = Underwood

the tremendous Franco-Russian prep
arations, however, war would hardly
have resulted from them If England
had not Joined the war alliance OF the
two Continental countries. thus en-
couraging them to throw the gaun,-
let at Germany's feet. Allied with
the sea powerful England. they
felt sure of the victory. Their own
land forces were considerably stronger
than those OF their opponents. Eng
land. however. dominated the seas and
could cut the central European alli-
ance from all communication with the
outside world.
The Franco-Russian militarism. de-
veloped to the very extreme. found q
welcome aid In the British.
In British navalism there really
lies a menace to the world, in quite a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-01
MOST COMPACT EMPIRE IN THE WORLD


mead OF the general stan: III the Ger
mans still retain the upper hand, II Is
because OF their technical superioritv
ana because their army follows their
artillery. while our artillery follows the
army" II Is even desired that .he Ger
mans should advance another hundred
miles deeper into Russia, until Germany
~ drained of her last reserves Of men in
her efforts to keep up the pressure on
the Russian tide. The moment the
pressure relaxes the tide will turn. an
no one knows better than the Germans
the msclves. Meanwhile II is announced
with some show OF authority that all
necessary measures have been taken for
the full development Of Russ!a's techni-
cal resources and the increase Of her
output OF munitions of war. 1t is de-
clared that as soon as the requirements
OF the army in this respect have been
satisfied the Russian advance and the
German retreat will begin. However
TINS may be. nothing can be more GER
tain than the existence OF enormous re-
serves Of men which the Russian com
mander- in chief can draw upon long
after Germany has placed her last CT
fective lighting force In the field Even
II the war on tho eastern front should
reduce itself to a mere test of endur-
ancc. II Is plain that Russia occupies bv
1ar the stronger position. The barren
ness of the German victories must be
realized even by the men who win them
ana the dire results that would attend
German revcrses must even in tho full
TIDE OF victory cause the Kaiser's gen
erals some very disquieting reflections.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-01
News Of Fifty Years Ago

NUS. Isabel Guild. who. in tit OF dcsperat ion
on friday night last shot and desperately
has\ since been held in Castle Thunder. gave
pan yesterday in tho of $1,000. She shot
meade. she said. because he had failed to comply
WIN ms promise to marry her. and was
ported 70 be preparing to we'd beautiful young
lady Of Manchester
Henry ESal. the wel-known architect, mar
rowlE escaped being killed in the bank
ing house of Lancaster & Co, on Main Street
yesterday Mr.. EXai supcrint ending the
cAi'inihiiE me locks on one of the heavy doors
the door fell over him: but luckily one cor
ner struck upon large block of wood. which
prevented us crushing the architect. AS 1t was
he was severely bruised.
In the Wirz trial yesterday witnesses for the
defense testified that Captain Wrz did all IN
at Andcrsonvlle and Mr. Baker, his counsel
announced that he woulC be able to prove that
me aou,hcrn Confectionery itself was in n state
or starvation at the time of the existence OF
the Andersonrillc prison, and that the Union
prisoners We're well better fed than tho
confederate soldiers in tho field
There in tho Fair Ground HospitaI
near Petersburg. far from friends and home. ten
Confederate soldiers who were wounded In the
last hghting around Petersburg They arc
treated kindly by the United States soldiers In
charge. but they want TO home and have
no money. They are tho last of their kind In
the hospitals and it seems that the small
amount of money needed to take them home
ought to be raised i'm Richmond and Petersburg
James Gait. of Fluvanna County has been
nominated for the Sta:e Senate, and SO far has
opposition
Erasmus Cofman. Henry r. HarnsberEer and
William g. Thompson have been nominated for
the House OF Representatives in Rocking ham
County.
Tho New York Times, Henry Raymond's paper
says: The disbandmcnt OF the negro troops in
the South is looked uron as the final abandon
ment of the foolish IDEA OF n negro army in
a white mans country"
Among tho curious results OF the late war "a
the cultivation of acco in considerable ouan
titles in the States OF New York, Connecticut
Massachusetts and Vermont
The Concord National Bank, at Concord Mas
sachusctts, was robbed few DAYS ago OF s3oO
600 in cash and United States bonds The rob
berry, which is said to he the biggest of its
broad open daylight. while the cashier was at
dinner. "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-01
san Ernnciscn,s rhirst

c AN FRANCISCO mas tasted blood and longs
~ Tor the meat. For the last two wears Il
has been in the sun. II filed the air with
its peculiar qualifications as a place for the
Panama Exposition, until It convinced tho
country that it the only site. II got
the award and il bulded well II &c CON
cedr'i that the buildings erected for the nur-
poses OF exhibits are the last word In oyposi
ton structure The great show has been
worthy il has surpassed all other exposi
tions that have been held The Europcan
war hasn't dctracled from what has been
given, ana the natural site has been The
theme Of painters, poets and descriptive
writer's.
Now they want the Republican National
Convention next year. The city cannot think
OF getting back into the humdrum of busi
ness. !, has come 10 love the praise of men
and the throng Added to the city's desire
for convention hOnors is the wish OF Repubu
can leaders out there TO keep California in
the q Q y. column. This is probably The
father 10 the convention thought II is
doubtful ii il Will win The country is too
big for national conventions to be held on
either side Of It, Baltimore has been the ey-
ception, hut the tendency of the dominant
parties has been to tho middle OF the country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-01
Guide Take. n Shot at philosophy.

The guide of Capitol Square sitting on
the steps of the Clay paSoda making notes when
Newcomer found him in tho sunshine of yester-
day. THE neighbors asst why I didn't be a
philosopher. as I'd tried about cverthin else. and
hcres n few fust steps, to speak:
There is no innocent by-standcr at n snake
hunt or row twiXt n an his wife.
"A man with wheels is more the whole
machine than piece ~ Swiss cheese is tho
whole factory cause 1t is full of holes
"a good decd will hold the land. but It won't
raise anythn fit to unless you water the
ground and work the sile
ITS an i'll wind that don't blow you fer a
good time.
AN ad. in the I'D. is wortl, more than n hot
air meetin corner in town
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-01
Trying to Paint the Lily,

There arc lots of horribly unreasonable folks
in this town. said the Practical Politician. I'VE
have Il charter now that is nearly or quite ideal
1t provides almost enough Jobs go around
among the boys and fixes things SO that they
draw maximum pay for minimum toll. If any
thing goes wrong, nobody tell whose fault
it is particularly. and so nobody can be blamed
We have fine way OF swapping city improve
ments so that every time spend a dollar in
the West End we spend another on Church Hill
Those who have the influence get the
smooth DaVemcnts and the pretty lights and
other citizens have the privileSe--if they want
TO exercise it-of talking their heads Off II
they arc made unhappy. 1t is all because they
don't vote hard enough. Finally tho charter
now In effect assures me very superior article
of bread and meat and the privileges of the
floor whenever ! TO demonstrate the art
of talking without saying anything. Efforts to
change this situation arc not unkind merelv-
they positively Christian"
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SEEN ON THE SIDE
Ono Omission.

Ono Omission.
They've dug them up n city song
In Baltimore,
And they will shout it loud and long
! III Baltimore:
1t tells Of many a luckless chap
Who from misfortune got rap.
Including birth-Oh, dread mishnp,-
In Baltimore.
1t tells lot OF pleasant things
OF Baltimore,
OF carnival and voting kings
In Baltimore:
Yet. though at times exceeding frank,
1t skips, in claiming civic rank,
The tale of how they lost that bank
For Baltimore.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-10-01
National Forest Money!

The portion OF the national forest
receipts for the fiscal year 1915 TO go
TO the hencht OF the various States in
which the forests lie. according to the
computation OF the forest service Just
approved by the secretary of tho treas
ury, amounts all told TO more than
$4,000. Tho gross receipts for the
year ending June 80 were So.4Sl46935.
or which, under the law. % per cent
is paid over To tho States for county
school and road purposes and an addi-
tional 10 per cent is made available
for expenditure by the Secretary of
Agriculture in building roads and
trails for the benefit OF locaFcommuni-
ties. Montana gets the largest share,
having contributed the largest amount
of receipts FOR the sale of timber.
grazing and other uses OF the forests.
or more than $4,000. or this amount
Montana is TO receive s19.5S9.7S for
county school and road purposes. while
the Forest service will expend $3l,-
1881 for improvements of special
bencnt to local communities and not
included In the regular administrative
and protective improvements. Idaho
comes second, with % per cent al
lowance fund Of S30.260.46: California
is third. receiving % per cent allow
ance, or SG76li.S7 and a 10 per cent
fund of s27.o44.74. The total amount
to no expended under this system OF
sharing tho forest receipts with the
states to make UP for the loss of local
taxes due to public ownership OF the
land is about $4,000 greater than for
the previous fiscal year, as the receipts
for the year 1915 exceeded those OF the
previous fiscal year by about $4,000.
The provision of law under which a
portion of the receipts is turned over
to tho States dates from 1906, and the
total payments reach, with this years
allotment, nearly s4,500,000. The 10
per cent provision for government
built public roads has been in force
only since 1912, and has now made
available for this purpose an aggre-
cato of 6,00o.-Science.
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At the Pie Stnnd.


I'VE amt got emmy to-day, sub Dat sign nm
iar is fob next week"
Then why do YOU put it up to-day%'
II doan know. ! got nuthin' do wifi de sign
works oh dis shop. 1 reckon dat sign is like de
Jap butler who axed de tramp did he like fish
an when de tramp scd he did de Jan told him
10 clum loun Fliday. Eff you got emmy appetite
foh apple dnmplin, got some sauce dat am
de concentration oh dc analitical succumaex oh
pure-food dope. You doan hab to masticate II
al allies spread it dc du,nplin an shct
youh eyes, an de sauce do de rest Very popular
in RiChmon's uppah crust"