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Show EXPERTS MB FEDERALSERVIGE Efficiency of Geological Survey Sur-vey Threatened by Loss of High Class Men. WASHINGTON. D. C. I:. '22.-11: f:n:t t.h.'it. tit-:r h-are b;en Mv;nty-seven r':-HKnHrioriH from the cii;r.t.:r'l: force of Mifj I "nli.ci f-Wates geolrjiuid i&u rvey, l;tri.an;nt of the iuti-ior, during tna laat yf.tr 11 p.;r o-.ut of the force sus.sis In.'nJ.jqujicy of citinpunhation, and the p;r-.':if;it'. p;r-.':if;it'. of r'::iii.atlont; in the nif-r.'-al and nourti:linrlfic fof-n was evtu iarijf-r. Tlii.1; :.i;t i.:in'-nr., of i 'f)ijr-:, v-s nor I n rl ud i.':'ii"j.f.KriH to inter ntilirary srvicf. Tho Lir-cr inroad ijpm the zoological tcirv.jy o:f lrif-iK" iTiuira from tin olJ .mriianl:.:; liio fin.'it r'-ilr oT the pion'-T " rk of i hn ft-deral Kl'tr:a.tsi in apply-V apply-V g'-olr,!.: nirsi.liodrt to tue f.earii for nil ami that a lar-.- proportion of ihft i.'.'i'Jin oil --ohj;ihX.t; tnft world over are United StaUfs t,'-flut:;r-al survey gradu-;it-s. i.i.j:-i, tho future d.-.ellue iu popularity popu-larity of tiift tffeolngif.'al Bur ey as a re-' re-' i-ruiiiri station for oil company per&on-1 per&on-1 I will h cJ ua sim pi v to the faot that the expri'-nrf-d oil geologists who remain in the government, service are from per-.onal per-.onal prciercn'-o Immune to outuide of- t.TH. Tho relation between government sal-ariva sal-ariva find ontsido ;;;iIarloa of gcologlsla hh Virin definitely determined In a compilation com-pilation of Uirt rf'-ordrf of twenty-nine i-'t-oloKistH who left government service -tftor reviving an averatfft salary of JL'JTl. The avi.:rago Initial salary of these men in private employ was $5121, and after two yf.ars of average sorvico thia oom-pi'.nsaLion oom-pi'.nsaLion averaged $7804. and eight of t m.;o Koolo-ists receive $10,000 or more. Tne disparity in even greater if consideration consid-eration la given to the large financial return from tn vent men t h made by the private- geologists in connection with their professional work, a privilege properly denied by statute to tho official geologist. That the value of these- men at. specialists spe-cialists and consulting geologists ta far greatrtr to tho country at large than to private corpora t.ions is undeniable. Fur-l.hermore. Fur-l.hermore. It id important to note that, most of these geologists had persisted to tho limit, of endurance with a magnifl- ! cent fpirit based on their love of scion- tine research and their desire to con- i Tribute to the kuiii of geologic knowledge. "Most of them have been forced out of the service by sheer financial necessity. Un- J less adequate measures arc taken to ameliorate the situation, the geologic staff is destined to suffer far greater deterioration deteriora-tion of morale and depletion in its ablest, most rfsponsible, most experienced and most a 1 liable members. The geological hurvev is passing into a stage wnen. with greater nerd t han ever for s stoma tic geologic work In tho country, it is ceasine: to bu attractive to the young men of greatest ability, training and promise. Tli is si tun M"n deserves prompt and effective ef-fective remedy,' for It threatens most seriously seri-ously to cripple this branch of the public service. |