The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-04-13

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officer is estimated to have been IS
cents a mile. or $2l5.47 for each pro-
motion or transfer"
Transfers Not Popular.
Officials of the state department and
consular officers themselves intimate
that man in the service does not
look forward with any great amount Of
pleasure to transfer from one post
to another. even if the new post pays
a little better than the one last held.
The consular agents and consuls Of
the United States government get
small salaries and so when a man has
to give up two or three hundred dol.
lars every year or two because Uncle
Sam has seen fit to move him from
place to place, he thinks that he ought
to be given travel pay.
Once on a time diplomatic and con
sular officers Of the Government did
comparatively little for the home gov.
eminent except to attend to the needs
of American citizens who happened to
get into trouble in the countries or the
cities to which the officials were &C.
credited. 1t is a fact that some men,
bers of congress seem to think that
the foreign service of the United
States is conduct ed on the same lines
that it was 40 years ago. The truth ls
that the state department demands
and gets from the foreign service re
ports on business conditions, on open.
ings for American trade, suggestions
for Improvement of affairs in America
based on conditions i'll other coun-
tries, and for scores of other kinds OF
work which once a foreign-service man
looked upon as alien to his duties.
Cannot Live on Salary.
Several of Uncle Sans toreign-serv-
ice men already have resigned be
cause under existing conditions they
cannot live on their salaries. Others
have reported that unless they are
paid more money or unless some
allowance is made for travel and Nv
ing expenses they cannot continue to
hold their places without running up
debts which they cannot see their way
clear to pay. The state department
has told congress something about the
conditions in these words:
The cost of living has increased in
Europe and many other countries and
consular officers of the lower classes
are finding their salaries inadequate
to enable them to maintain themselves
in a proper manner. The few
consuls having private Incomes are
drawing upon their own funds to sup
plement their salaries. lnasmuch as
the living expenses will not decrease,
and as there is good reason for the be-
lief that they will continue to increase,
it is of the utmost Importance that pro
vision be made at once to supplement
the regular salaries of consular ON.
GERS wherever it shall be found upon
investigation to be necessary
The government is trying to induce
a high class of young men to enter
the consular service OF the govern.
ment, to begin, of course, in the lower
grades where the salaries are small.
est. The officials say that they are
handicapped in getting men OF high
ability because of the neagerness OF
the sums paid and because at some
must have money OF his own or else
he cannot live. III other words, the
government wants to be able TO ap.
point poor men of ability to office and
not to be forced always to give tho
Jobs to rich men who may or may
not have ability.
Red Men in Warrington.
An Indian chief, Prairie Wolf. OF
the Blackfoot ribe. who came To
Washington from the West day or
two ago to try to fix up some
tribal matters with the commissioner
of Indian AFFAIRS. called ut the Office OF
Gen. Hugh l.. Scott. chief OF staff Of
the United States army, TO pay his
respects. The Indian spoke no Eng
fish. and while General Scott under.
stood something OF the language Of hir
caller. the latter preferred TO carry on
the conversation In the sign language
For fully fifteen minutes the chief OF
stan and the chief OF the Blackfeei
talked together. Then the general
turned to some visitors who were In
the Office and explained what the
plansman had said. C,yiously enough.
Buffalo BIZ dropped into the office II,
the time that Prairie Bear was present
The scout and the chief talked Ia tho
sign language and the first thing that
the red man said In sign words after
Buffalo BIN had removed hiH hat wac
that the scout did not hay. as much +.
hair as In the days when ho was fol |
lowing the western trails.
Indians are coming 10 Washington
constantly. aud as most Of the visitors /.
are old men who cling to the old dress !
and the old customs they arrive ar. |
rayod In all the feathers and other .
iinory OF days that arc gone. Thoy /
make n picturosqu" showing on tho +.
broad avenues aud IN the parks. where I.
they attract instant and general atten. .
ton. There In n boarding house IN .
Washington exclusively for Indian Wis. .
Itors. and there the rcd men are made .
more comfortable, perhaps, than they .