Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-03-03 | Page 8 | Working for the Pubic

j Jr f W Working orI ng for forthe the P Public I r EFFORTS are being made to bring the Salt Lake City and county commissions t together gether for a discussion of standardized d salary schedules t kij brief it t is planned to to determine adequate i. i Ws for the various classes of work v rk performed ed by iy y city and county Generally the tiie id idea a is commendable si sin since e t there there 1 ri is is h no good g d re reason son why one public office or department should should pay more than another another for t the e sa same class of work j p The adoption of the schedules ules would have havea a t tendency to io discourage the spoils system which now prevails if the schedules w were re consistently and nd conscientiously arranged Men in the public service ervice are entitled to io reco record d progress the same sames as s men in the employ of private enterprises A Aman man man working for a private corporation receives a ai i c certain amount of recognition for foi services rendered ren ren- deredI dered I Briefly he is promoted as ability and application application application cation merit Under existing conditions m men n inthe in inthe inthe the public service do not have this opportunity They are given employment at stipulated salaries and the award is usually made for political ser- ser From the fhe time of appointment fo 10 0 a change of administration the public records little advancement The a are e changed an ed d with each succeeding change of admin 7 stratton ana and public service suffers t r The public will be better served when len and Q women working for for- forthe the various gO governmental t 1 l nits may expect to be promoted as their services become c me more valuable The main difficulty in p public offices today is that there are too many men nen being paid for past political al service rather than for present public service If the movement movement move move- movement ment for standardized salaries takes takes' merit into I t consideration some some progress s may be made If f it provide Jov something o hing iJ for public e ir f p V f 9 J 1 2 r L i-L- to work to and e gives the 1 politician preference over t the tl e who h has s earned arned advancement by faithful and loyal service then it cannot produce produce pro pro- duce uce tangible results Under existing conditions the the man mane man who enters the public service in a cl clerical cler- cler r- r ical capacity wastes so many many years of his life because honesty loyalty and faithfulness will not nol save ve him when the political winds change Standardization tion of salaries cannot be successful I unless nl ss it gives some consideration t to t the interests of f the men who work for the public