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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-11-19


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Evening star., 1915-06-13
GEORGE b. McGINTY.
Secretary of Interstate commerce communications

the determination for example, of the
query. What is a fair rate to be
charged?'
"This work of valuing will stretch
over several years and will require a
large force. After the basic figures
are obtained lesser force will be re-
auired to keep the values up to date,
for values change from day to day. but
that work will be simple by compari-
son with the task of obtaining the
basic figures. Engineers, accountants
and other technically skilled men of
many sorts are being drawn into this
work, all entering by civil service ex-
animation. However excellent their
equipment when they enter. they will
here obtain an experience and an op-
portunity that will enhance their
earning capacity outside of the govern
ment service.
$50 far I have discussed the question.
is there a future in government work
for the average man. from the stand
point of the interstate commerce COM
mission. Viewing it more broadly, and
looking back to my own experience as
a clerk in the Department of Agrtcul-
ture. before ] came to the commission.
] would say that IL man Is going to
work on salary there is no better
business for him In the United States
Evening star., 1915-06-13

surroundings. We are here on the edge
of the tropics. and there are all sorts
Of palm trees and tropical plants. One
beautiful tree is the Cape Jasemine.
There are gorgeous flowers everywhere
and a luxuriance of vegetation such as
few capitals have. The finest residence
street of the city is the Avenida de
Asuncion 1t runs from the city about
four miles into the country, being lined
with fine homes all the way. Its width
is nearly 120 feet and it is paved with
broken stones. 1t leads out to the ceme-
of the cruel verse:
Rattle his bones over the stones!
He is only pauper whom nobody owns.
dead of Asuncion. The bones of the
rich are ratified as well as those of
the poor. l judge this from the ceme-
terry. 1t consists of miniature palaces
own vaults 1t is built after the style
of the Ricoleta, the great cemetery of
Buenos Aires.
Leaving the cemetery l went to the
the heart of the city. 1t consists of a
shed of galvanized iron with floor
space of about an acre. This is filled
with women who sell meat, vegetables.
also hundreds of peddlers seated on the
cobb1estones outside the shed, and on
a busy day the market is frequented
by thousands. The most of the buyers
and sellers are women, and in the
early morning the square is covered
with them. Nearly all are barearmed
and bareheaded and many barefooted.
Some of them wear black shawls
which fall down over their bright
colored dresses. hiding everything but
their chocolate-coloredf faces and arms.
The most of the peddlers are in their
bare feet. and some sit fat on the
hnir
basket containing the goods they are
selling. They are mostly common wom-
en-, and l doubt whether the people Of
the better classes go to the markets
Evening star., 1915-06-13
ures Of Life and Work i'm Paraguay's Capital

have automobiles. and the score or
more. owned by the rich, keep up d
continual footing as they go bouncing
along over the broken stone streets.
Most of the roads are as rough as a
washboard, and there are many sharp
corners which injure the tires. Never
theless the six chauffeurs go flying
along, jolting their masters to jelly.
and eating up tires at the rate of a set
once a month. There will be no open
ing for automobiles here until the
streets are improved. Paraguay has no
good roads to speak of. and the only
wheeled vehicles are large carts drawn
by four or five mules. One mule goes
in the shafts, two others are harnessed
to each side of the cart bed, and a
fourth goes ahead as the leader, his
tugs being fastened to the end of the
tongue. There are also OK carts,
pushed by the heads of the animals. the
yokes being tied to the horns. There
sometimes four or more oxen to
one cart. The driver uses a goad to
prod them along.
The OK cart and the automobile are
typical of the 4Asuncion of today. The
town is one of the old and the new 1t
was founded seventy years before John
Smith started jamestown: and Spanish
Indian babies had grown up in it and
become gray-haired men before Boston
sprang into being. II was for years the
capital of the culture. civilization and
wealth of this part of the world; and
civil war that it got into a death strus-
gle with its neighbors something like
that which Germany now has with the
allies. That war killed off all the men
of Paraguay and ruined the country.
The fight was Paraguay against Brazil.
Uruguay and Argentina. Nearly every
male over twelve years of age was killed
during the struggle and it has taken
until now for the nation To regain the
population it had at the beginning of
that terrible five years of war. The
total number of Paraguayans is now
less than million, of whom about one
tenth have their home in Asrlncion. The
bulk of the citizens are Paraguayans,
although there are many Argentines and
Italians and a sprinkling OF Spanards,
Germans and French.
The city has half dozen hotels and
some of them are said to be good.
have struck one of the bad ones. 1t is
the Hispano-Americana, pretentious
building on the main street. 1t has three
stories. surrounding a patio which is
rooted over with glass. The patio. or
central court. is the main dining room,
and adjoining it is the kitchen, where
native cooks spoil white folks victuais'
three times a day. Did | say three
timeso l should say twice. for you get
Evening star., 1915-06-13
Half Million in His Civilian Ar

came a rate expert. thus broadening his
railway knowledge.
Overwork and adverse climate shat
tered his health. The doctor told him he
would have to go away The McGinty
purse would not permit a life of lollinS
ease at Palm Beach. He had to work.
Here he turned to the civil service.
passed an examina tion and got g posi-
tion as clerk in the bureau of animal
industry in the Department of Agricul-
ture at Washington. in that division
having to do with the regulations af-
fecting the interstate shipment of meats
and cattle. He, after several years'
work. had been promoted to the $1,000
class. when voluntarily he surrendered
that position to go with the interstate
commerce commission as clerk at
s1.3so He wanted to become an ex
aminer under the commission, and he
had to start in low
Five months work brought him q
promotion to 81 800, and then Com
missioner Clements learned of his
quality. II want you for my conf
Dental clerk" said the commissioner.
and McGinty moved up to $1,000
Since the organization of the commits
sion in 1857 there had been but one sec
retary. Mr.. Edward A. Moseley OF
Massachusetts. Mr.. Moseley suffered
prolonged illness, which culnllilated IN ms
death. In the meantime, Commissioner
Clements had become chairman of the
commission, and the secretarys work fell
to his desk. Mr.. McGinty, with fond
ness for work. flew at it, and lifted
great part of the burden from the shoul-
ders of the chairman. AS consequence, he
was promoted to examiner AT $3.50
Subsequently John II. Marble of Cali
fornia was appointed secretary, and the
Office of assistant secretary was created.
Mr.. NIcGinty being ramed for it at $500
But Mr.. Marble. seing counsel for the
Senate committee sitting in the Lorimer
case. was delayed for months in taking
the secretaryship and when he finally
did take il he held it for only short
time. for, on the appointment of Commits
sioner Lane as Secretary of the Interior
in 1913. Mr.. Marble was appointed COM
missioner in his stead.
Inasmuch as Mr. NcGnty, In the time
he had been doing the work. had effected
complete reorganization of the secre
tary's office, had installed new and simple
systems, and had demonstrated that he
was obviously the man for the place. the
appointment as secretary naturally came
to him.
Is 1t a matter of wonder that he holds
that opportunity exists in the government
service? ASHMUN BROWN.
Evening star., 1915-06-13

bowl like bread bowl The wares ara
put into these bowls and carried of on
the head. I see some girls who are tot
ing bowls full of oranges and vegetables
with sheets OF raw meat on the top. They
walk quickly along with such loads bal.
anced on their heads. making their way,
In and out through the crowd
Asuncion has one Of the quaintest
post Offices l have ever seen. II 10 .
one-story building running around q
court, containing a quarter Of an aero,
with wide corridors facing the court.
Over the court IS a network Of wires
upon which vines have been trained.
so that the whole is rooted with
green The post offices are back OF the
corridor. and the boxes are set into the
walls. 1t is delightfully."- cool and
forms a promenade or possiping place
for the people. Postage stamps here
are priced according to the value
OF the money of the country. II now
costs ~ cents Paraguayan TO send
letter and - cents to send a post card
10 the United States
This is so Notwithstanding Paraguay
is in the postal union II has about four
hundred post offices. and il handles
something like six million pieces Of mail
every year. The country has telegraph
lines to the extent of about two thou
sand miles. and the number OF telegrams
sent is about 900. COO per annum
This city. in the heart OF South Amer
lea. has = good telephone service. II is
owned by n stock company. which paws
fat dividends. and that Notwithstanding
the charges are reasonable. ! wish 7
could show you the central station. The
he'lo-gir!s are often cutie pretty They
have sHeeter voices than our hello girls
and TO nasal twang. They wear low
necked dresses Of white. and most of
them work with bare heads and bare
feet. There are orange trees Just back
of the office, and I noticed that some Of
the girls had orange blossoms in their
hair. I asked as to salaries and was
told that each girl gets about two dol
lars week.
During my stay here I have taken a
walk along the banks of the Paraguay.
The business Of the port has outgrown
its landing arrangements and improve
ments are contemplated which will in
vove an expenditure of millions OF dol
lars An espanade is TO be formed
which will he four or five miles in length.
and the bank of the river is to be turned
into beautiful park This esplanade
will be one of the finest drives of the
world. 1t will have views of the Para
quay and of the Chaco on the opposite
side Back OF it will be the great public
buildings. and at one end will be large
park. FRANK 6. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1915-06-13

than position in the government as
a civil service employe.
III a man has an ambition-and the
qualifications-to engage in business
for himself. and particularly If he has
little capital. 1 would say that ne
should keep out of the government
service.
But for the average salaried man
there is nothing better. Although, as
1 have said, the government does not
pay adequate salaries in the higher
ranks, it 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.
1T has been said repeatedly that the
civil service man who gets UP to
three-thousand, four-thousand or five
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 such sal
aries who, measured by industrial ano
commercial standards. are underpaio
Evening star., 1915-06-13

only two meals a day in Asuncion. Your
first breakfast is not a meal. 1t con-
sists of a little black coffee and bread
You may have that when rising. but
a noon This begins with bologna sau-
sage and some green stuff as appetizers,
soup which is half macaroni or alpha
bet dough. and puchero, which consists
of the boiled beef out of which the soup
is made. The puchero is often half
bones. and the bones look like those of
the neck. After that come the entrees
entradas. including sometimes
a salad and dessert. The dinner is
about the same as the luncheon The
menus look well and seem satisfying
but the food is bad. The cooking is
awful and my stomach cries for the
fieshpots of home.
And what do you think we pay at the
hotels here I have fairly good rooms
for myself and stenographer. and the
charges are made on the American plan
that is, both board and room for a
fixed sum inclusive. The price is just
500 per day. The sum seems extrava-
giant until YOU figure the actual value
in Parasuayan dollars worth less than
six cents Then the amount is under
Sc in gold day. or about 50 a person.
cashed some English gold this morning.
It was in sovereigns. which will bring
s4S6 each at our American banks I
received $50 for each of my gold pieces.
changing five pounds and getting in re-
turn s445 in paper.
And still the paper money looks good!
1t was made in New York and engraved
by the American Bank Note Company.
One of the hundred dollar bills has the
Niagara of South America on one side of
it: and as I looked at it l wondered
whether this was to indicate the great
fall in the value OF the currency. That
hundred dollar bill was worth less than
Sc American. This ma kes it so that one
has to be always calculating to keep
track of his expenses. You must not
be surprised that a cab fare costs SIS,
and that the ordinary jitney, if hired
Evening star., 1915-06-13
A PARAGUAYAN BANK

organization has no pensioners Of that
class.
present enlarged condition. is too young
to have many traditions. In other
branches of the government service the
tendencies so apparent here also find
their reflection. The demand of the day
is for efficiency. and the government
executive wants it no less than the bust
ness executive.
A study of the career of Mr.. Nc
Ginty throws light on the reasons be-
hind the opinions he has thus eX-
pressed His story is neither remarkable
nor distinctive. There are number
of similar stories in the government.
Perhaps with him may be found a finer
attunement of his ears to catch the
first faint tap of opportunity at his
door: perhaps greater inherent talent
and native executive ability. pro-
digious memory and a keen knowledge
of human nature, too, are numbered
among his assets.
1t is said in the commission that he
tions, habits. character and mental
bent of every employe in the organi-
zation. These are all qualities that
make for success as an executive. and
he is the executive officer of the COM
mission. They all prepare one for that
final test of executive ability, pick
ing out the right men to do the work.
Mr.. McGinty did not start out in life
to be a government employe. In fact,
he started out to be a lawyer. Born
in a little country town in Georgia
in 1873, when he had completed his
common school education he studied
law and was ready for admission to
the bar before he had attained his
majority. But his father, who was on
the bench, sternly forbade. since the
Georgia law, like the law of other
states. forbids the admission to the
bar of any cne under the age of twen-
ty-one. Restless, eager to earn his
own living, McMcGinty hunted out
railroad job to fill 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 clerk
tracing lost freight shipments. While
there he studied stenography and per-
fected himself. He became enamored
of railroad employment. Before long
he had passed through nearly every
Job in the office, and then he went over
to the Atlanta Office Of the Atiantlc
Coast Line. soliciting freight: 6oay- 5oin
all the manifold things required OF
competent traf1c man.
But this was not sufficiently varied.
and so he went to the maintenance OF
way department of the Southern
railway. and dipped into engineer
ing and bridge building and tne
like. F. s. Cannon. then vice presi-
dent and general manager of the
Southern railway. hunting in the rank
and file for competent private secre-
tary, found him and took him to the
Washington Office.
Thereafter. for 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 airfly
plucking a. a typewriter while the en-
vious gazed through the window. But.
by and bye. Mr.. Gannon's health gave
out and he resigned. Young McGinty
promptly returned to the south, and. In
the traffic department at Montgomery.
Ala, began to handle that maddening,
complex and never-ending problem
called freight rates. and presently be-
Evening star., 1915-06-13

outright, would be worth at least SIS
an hour. l have just refused to buy a
knit hamnlock for which a woman asked
me $3.50, although I was tempted to pay
5000 for lace collar and cuffs. The
regular price of this newspaper, were it
sold here. would be about 81 Paraguayan
That is what certain journals cost here
In connection with the money the gov
ernment officials here seem to get ex-
travagant salaries, although in reality
they receive far less than our near
statesmen at home The president has
$4,000 a. month; abinet ministers re-
ceive $4,000 month and the congress-
men get half as much. In actual values
the president has little over $1,000
year. the cabinet less than So 900, and
the congressman only little over $1,000
a year.
Notwithstanding this shrinkage of the
currency. Asuncion is prosperous. There
are many banks and cambios and they
are all doing well. The Bank of the
Republic has a capital of s6,o0o.o00 in
gold, and it's business last year amount
ed to more than s200,000,000 in real
money. The bank pays a ~ per cent
dividend. The Banco Mercantile has a
capital of s20,000,000 in paper. 1t has
been in existence a long time and has
usually paid big dividends. The rate is
now in the neishborhood of 10 per cent.
The Agricultural Bank, which was or
ganized to help the farmers. has a capi-
tai of s14,500,000 in currency, and there
are a number of other banks as well.
| wish / could show you this town of
Asuncion. 1t lies here in the heart of
the continent halfway between the
Caribbean sea and the Strait of Ma :
gellan. 1t is about as far east from
the Atlantic as the distance between
New York and Cleveland. and about as
far from the Pacific as from New York
to Detroit. The country is in the grea
Parana basin, which at this place is
only two or three hundred feet above
the sea. 1t lies on the east bank of the
river, which is here more than a half
mile in width. The houses skirt the
Evening star., 1915-06-13

as our women do Such work fs left
to the servants.
was interested in watching the mar
ket women. The most Of them have In
dian blood in their veins Nearly all have
their arms bare to their elbows and many
wear shirt waists Of bright colors filled in
with lace work. This is a land of fine
laces and even the common people have
lace dresses. 1t seems strange to wear a
dress made of lace. and at the same time
go barefoot.
Let me give you some pictures I saw
here this morning. Take this woman ped
ding cigars She sits on the stones with
piles of tobacco about her. Her cigars
are homemade. Many OF them are
as long as your finger and tied up in bun
dies l ask the price of a bundle which
contains twenty-five. She tells me it is
$3.50 Paraguayan. which means less than
Is cents OF our money. Think of getting
twenty-five good cigars for Is cents. l
pick up another package of poorer
grade and am told the price is S cents.
The woman peddler wraps up the cigars
for me and ties them with a thread. a sup
ply of which she keeps inside her bosom.
AS she reaches for it | observe that her
waist is of lace and that she has gold
about a girl unintentionally puffs some
smoke in my face. She has cigar in her
mouth and lays in cents worth of to-
bacco as 1 look on. All of the common
women of Paraguay smoke and I see
many who are putting away at cigars as
thick as my thumb.
But let US go into the great central
shed. AS we stand in the main aisle we
can look down through a long line of
chocolate-colored. harearmed girls, who
are chopping off meat for their customers.
This is great cattle country and beef
sells for one-sixth what it brings in the
United States. The carcasses are cut up
into long strips which are hung up on
racks. and much of 1t is cut off in strips
or sheets customers order A great
deal Is sold by guess, although there are
scales and some goes by weight. Here a
girl is sharpening her knife on a steel
Over there one is handling a cleaver,
chopping a great roast into shape, and
further down I see butcher woman saw
ing bone.
Going on. I ask as to the price of eggs
and am told they are bringing 30 cents
a dozen. 1 stop at the vegetable stalls
Here everything is sold in piles. Peas are
bought by the handful. onions by the pile
or bunch. and tomatoes in piles of half
dozen or SO. But few of the market
women furnish paper or string for their
customers. The most common market
basket is the dishpan. or wickerwork
Evening star., 1915-06-13

river for four or five miles, and run far
back into the country.
The principal buildings face the Para
quay. Coming up on the boat, you see
the great red palace of the govern
ment, which was built by the Dicta tor
Lopez when he and Nine. Lynch were
carrying on their carnival of tyranny,
bloodshed and destruction. 1t is now
occupied by the state, war, public
works and other departments little
further on are the houses of Congress,
which are being repaired. and still fur
ther is the great theater which Lopez
started, but did not complete. 1t is now
used as tobacco warehouse by the
government. all of the tobacco passing
through it for revision and grading be-
fore being exported
Back of these great buildings is the
city proper. The houses are mostly of
one story. Their roofs are fiat. They
are made of red tiles or galvanized
iron. but you can see this only by look
ing down on them from above, for the
front wall of each house runs up lit
tie higher than the roof. hiding it from
the street The most of the houses are
built close to the sidewalk in solid
blocks. forming one-story wall along
the streets, with here and there a door
or iron barred window. You can tell
where house begins and ends by it's
color. 1t may be rose red, sky blue,
blood red. bilious yellow or a jealous
green. The market house is painted
rose pink. the cathedral is the color
of rich Jersey cream and the palace is
red. The houses of congress are lilac,
while of the newspapers is printed
in monasterylike structure of Indian
red.
On tho o,tskirts of the cjty there ara
many fine houses surrounded by gar
dens, They are chiefly of Spanish archi-
lecture, consisting of one-story build
ings of these same bright colors.
villa may be of sky blue, rose PINK or
golden yellow, but notwithstanding
this it seems to harmonic WIFE its