Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1920-05-18

the discussion OF the amendment IIidt
was finally adopted that there has
been tendency in some places to
make the farm loan associations close
corporations. 1t was pointed out that
men who have or got their loans have
no great inducements TO go out and
get others to join them, and the rec
ords show some counties where there
are two or three associations, new as
sOciations having been organized with
in the county because it was not easy
10 get into the old association.
The federal farm loan board, which
maintains headquarters here and
which has general supervision over the
farm loan banks and also over the
farm loan associations, proposes to
use most Of the money derived from
this initial charge for making a loan
il paying the secretary-treasurers of
the farm loan associations sufficient
compensation TO make them alive at
all times 10 the credit needs of a farm
community. Heretofore these secre-
tary-treasurerS have for the most part
served without pay. The federal board
says that if the government does not
make ii worth while for the secretary
treasurer Of an association to go after
business. the existing associations
will in due time cease TO operate eX-
cept perhaps in the most limited way.
Only three of the twelve land bank
fct-f r+c
the federal board expresses the Opin-
ion that all of them will pay dividends
in the near future. The system as a
whole, so congress is Informed by the
hoard. has proved a great benefit -
farmers. The u federal land banks
are located as follows: Springfield.
Mass; Baltimore. Nd; Columbia, s.
c.; Louisville, Ky; New Orleans.
La: st. Louis, Mo-; St Paul, Mimi :;
Omaha. Neb Wichita, Kan; Hous-
ton. Tex; Berkeley, Cal, and Spo-
kane. Wash. These u banks now
have gross loans to farmers in force
aggregating 1926. fs2.176. The borrow
ers number 11S,45 The average loan
for the entire country is S2.735.61.
St. Paul Bank Leads.
The land bank at ST. Paul leads all
others in the amount of its gross loans.
1t has put out to farmers on mort
cages $44 10000. The bank ut
Omaha is a close second. having put
out $40, 674 $40. and the bank at Spo-
kane is third with loans aggregating
$40, 202320. The hank at Springfield.
Mass, has done the smallest amount
of business of the twelve. It's loans ag-
gregate only $12,55S,79 The house
of representatives has recently passed
a bill which with the approval of the
senate will give the farmers of Porto
Rico the advantages of the farm loan
act, and that measure provides that
the Porto Kican business shall be
transacted through the Springfield
bank. 1t is represented that the land
owners of Porto Rico are greatly in
need of cash with which to develop
their land holdings.
Uncle Sans Big Pay Roll.
United States today number 726.369
Of this number 102.126 are EMPLOYED
in the District of Columbia. The
great government machine is con
Stantly calling for the services of more
men and women and the. civil service
commission is ct the opinion that it
Will not be many wears until a million
persons are on the government pay
roll. At every session of congress
within recent years this subject of the
steadily increasing pay roll of Uncle
Sam is considered and many plans for
reducing the number of employees are
proposed, but as regularly as the sub
iect is taken up the outcome is more
employees.
The 726,369 men and women that are
now drawing pay from the United
States are distributed among various
government departments and activities
as follows: Department of labor, p
ia; department OF interior, 5.454 war
department. 100000: department of
justice, 5S3; Unite! States civil serv-
ice commission, BIB public printer,
5.097; department Of commerce, 12,-
755; department of agriculture, 20
1874; department of state, 79S; federal
trade commission. 1913: navy depart
ment. 1O4, 422 poStoffice department,
POI .234 treasury department. Il 070 ;
federal reserve board, 400; interstate
commerce commission. 1,7S5: Smith
sonian institution. 462 shipping board,
2.5C0: Panama canal. 40: members
of congress. secretaries, clerks help
about capitol justices of the supreme
court, United States circuit court of
appeals and United States district
judges, clerks. marShalS, United States
attorneys, ambassadors. and others in
the diplomatic and consular service.
staff Of congressional library, ETC.,
5000. BE it understood that men who
wear the uniform of the army. navy
and marine corps are not included in
this tabulatiOn
1t will he observed that the post
office establishment now requires the
services of more than a quarter of a
million employees. There are now Al
645 fourth class postmasters, 7.S49
third class potmasters. 2.538 second
class potmaSters and 666 postmasters
of the first class. Clerks in first and
second class postoffices now aggregate
47.447; 1900 in third class offices and
1920 in fourth class offices. The
service Of 35.939 city letter carriers
are now required to deliver the mail,
and there are 1892 persons, mostly
men, engaged in delivering the mail
10 the rural districts.
The employees in every branch of
the federal service are asking for
more pay. and they are also pleading
for legislation under which they may
he retired under certain conditions
and in some instances for legislation
that will improve working conditions.