The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-02-02
Copyright, Western Newspaper Union
WHY GOOD MEN DODGE

hSNiAtlANtAA NfOAh ~ EAANo " an AAl4AAAg
addressed to some forty of the leading
colleges and universities of the cOun-
try TO discover what class of men took
civil service examinations, whether
the number is decreasing and, if so,
the reasons, disclose wildly what the
training schools of technical and scien-
tific men think about the government
as an employer. They warn their
graduates against government service,
and the graduates heed the warning.
Carnegie Institute of Technology
at Pittsburgh, reports:
1t Is certainly true that the best of our
graduates are not interested in govern
ment employment because they feel that,
first of all, It does not pay adequate sal
aries nor does it offer opportunity for
advancement that private enterprise does.
This spring 1 interviewed all the mem
beers of the graduating class. except the
women, and none of them would consider
government employment, although there
were many positions open There
are now about 1850 male graduates of the
institute, and l will venture to state that
not more than ten are employed by the
government.
Replies of similar tenor and import
were received from the University Of
Chicago, Leland Stanford university,
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology,
Princeton university, Indiana uniyer-
sity, and the University Of Wisconsin.
Inequality Of compensation is one
Of the chief reasons thar deter scien-
titic men from going into the govern
ment service. Congress fixes the sal
ares Oh most OF the government EN-
plOyeeS. | can give a concrete Illus
tration of ,,,,, If letny,,,frn. tho col
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q" - VI 9oiel''"- '"NiI'
Df. Leland .. Howard and Or. Ed
ward w. Nelson are two scientists in
tbe on,plo,, If tIln ,,o,.arp,,,,,+ ,,.l,o
- - "''O
nave "d'loAaI regulations.
Inc appropriation bill for the De
partmput OF Agriculture was under
1,,,..,+i,.-, g. 49,. f..... -.
So''''- ~ IN III 'i'S H'"'' U" ''"u"'5
oOlh, I5-O. Inc secretary OF agricuI-
ture had been recommending for five
or six wears that Doctor Howard's
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salary be increased from Si,'oo to So
900. He proposed it again in that
years bill. When the item was reached
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Al ii'e ols'uSsIon Oh Ile Hoof' llIS COL
iOquE ehsueu'
Mr.. Stahord-Miater Chairman, I re-
serve point Of order on the paragraph.
Is the entOmologist whose salary you
propose to increase the same person rec
commended for an increase last vear2
Mr.. Leyer-Ges; he has been in the gov
ernmeht service many, many years.
der nc -i''''- man i''''Ne '"e point Oh or
Mr.. Lever-I concede it,
Mr.. Mclaughlin Of Michigan-WiH the
gentleman reserve his point Of order?
~ SIAM viii reserve IT,
MI. Mcl%tuShIn-Ihe committee made
tne recommendation to increase the sal
airy ~ TOOK testimony on 1t and con
S1ueI Gu 1t very VaieIu4Iy' IN our JudS-
lIio5I [i'e me- easG II" salary ought 10 be
me- Ioi an o'4lC-dl VINO mas Deeh III the
HepaF tihehI' as the chairman says, for
long time at the head of this bureau. He
mas performed able and faithful services.
me sa-ary is less ihan That paid TO the
heads OF other bureaus. We felt, after
listening 10 all that was said, and with
knowledge OF the work he has been doing
and mas done, the salary proposed is not
zoo IaTse-
MI SLaHord-dow long has he been
there!
MI heFer-he mas peeh there torty-two
years
MI 9IalIoru-"Aat Is MS age?
MI LeNer-ONer sixty, perhaps nearer
seventy put ne is sun vigorous and able
10 90 sood WORK. lie is one of the
greatest entomologlsts IN the world.
me ChaFman-Ihe point OF order is
sustained
FIVE minutes later the matter of
Doctor Nelson's salary was reached
Tho secretary of aoricuI+,ro ,ooo,,
,,ordod ~, inorooso - 49, 80 I'm IN
60 200 r. $1,000 rbis bo.noI p ii'ii'
Mr. taaord -l,,star C ,,',tpn,,
serve the point of order on the nara
graph. Will the chairman of the COM
me- M bta MORN i inc mousse as 10 now long
of the eoyernment and how ,o lre BE Seiy voe
been receiving the present salary Of IS 500
on which you recommend an increase of
NJ Tever-N,istor cbairr,o, +,-,- o,
tIeman. whose name is Nelson, has been
in the service of the department since
H9selIloel, le'' ne , ilas served as chet
assistant in charge Of the bioIogicaI in9
vestigation, from 1878 to 1914. on August
rf a. t,,,-as,, 80 -, T,oo,,,,t,a tn,r