Show D DV V I I CUSTOMS SERVICE There are so many lines tines of employment connected with this branch of Uncle Sams Sam's official service that thata a wide choice Is offered your boy In the choice of his his' life work It Is a career in which h promotion Is Is slow but sure and the outcome is sa satisfactory satis satis- factory factory u It Is also excellent training for many lucrative out I side positions By C. C W. W JENNINGS NE of ef the tho most interesting 1 opportunities to start on a successful business career offered by Uncle Sam to the persevering American boy is to be found in the customs service It Is true that adVancement ad- ad is a n little slow at the beginning beginning be be- ginning but it t Is certain to come with time and Increased capability One of tho the best things connected with it itIs itis is 18 that it affords those engaged In Itan Itan it itan an excellent e chance to prepare themselves themselves themselves them them- selves for any lucrative outside employment employment em em- which may offer One who ho hohas has served an apprenticeship in some division of or the customs service serice is far better prepared to conduct many kinds of r business requiring an expert knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge dge of ot such matters than Is the man man who is Is' Is is' is without this valuable ence nce As a stone stepping-stone to something some some- s some something me- me thing really worth while an early training In the customs service has hns often been of the greatest value When your boy is making remaking his start however he will of oC course have to begin begin be be- gin at the very bottom unless I be-I he should have had special training In some one line and Is ready to start In Ina ina a hl posItion In this event he would have to be at least 21 years rears o old d for tor only beginners can be under that age This his article however is written for tor tho the boy and not the man We shall therefore assume that your boy is JS 16 or a little over Is in good health and knows how to read and write rite and do a a. little HUle figuring He will have to take taIce a civil service examInation examination examination ex ex- before beCore the commission but Its scope will not be more than ordinary ordinary ordinary nary and after he has gone through h haU all aU the formal requirements specified by toy Uncle Sam will be added to the list of oC and after a few weeks or months he he will be notified to report for dut Fe may learn all he has to do 1 to ro he Civil Service ervice tEdo Co fission at Washington h ready leady a lot of printed cu- cu men co ng information and In- In s c coons ons V His first work will be that of or messenger messenger mes meso boy for which he was examined examined exam exam- ined and his Ids pay a year or 30 a month rather month rather more than messenger boys hays are paid In civil life lire He cannot advance above this grade till he Is 20 20 when hen he will be eligible to take the examination for regular messenger But during this time he be will be mak- mak g Himself capable in his his' own line Une and ana that Immediately ahead of him so that he can pass the comparatively simple examination with flying colors sand land be rated one of or the best in the division with which he Is c connected This examination known as the third grade Is on the following subjects sub Spelling arithmetic letter writing penmanship and copying from plain copy It Is not an advanced exon ex ex- p mL rn Nation on these topics only the f Xe problems and as to pro- pro y As soon as he passes It and andis ts is promoted to the formal position of or messenger his pay will be Increased In one Jump to a year or 70 a month and Tie lie will be set to doing ore important duties In the same ne he has been following This work Je e must pursue for a year for Cor he be roust be 21 before he can take talC the further lurther promotion to the position of sub sub-cIerI Now he ho will be s started arted on a regular line of or orad ad advancement vaI rising from clerkship clerk- clerk I ship shipp to clerkship each of more Importance Im- Im Port anca than the one before and each ach promotion which is made every six months carrying an Increase of a year In pay This goes on till be lie Is chief clerk of tho the division In which ho he is working and Is dray drav lug from to annually It Is a comps comparatively long Jong step b i a tore fote he finally becomes chief clerk generally requiring from 15 15 to 30 y ars rB from the the- time the time he began so that be he comes into this Important position I about the time he be Is 35 If Ir he should have e chosen what is known as ag the the drawback the bond and j I warehouse or the pa passenger bL ba bagaco ga o division as chief clerk he will bo be an I noting acting deputy collector which means that In n the ab absence ence of ot the real rear deputy collector he will be bead head of the divi- divi eton alon and will have o the direction of ot from to employees and will willbe WIry will be to next to tn tJ the collector In authority authority j The itself Is a political position aid ard pay pays In New 1 2000 annually T promotion in regular ord r l' tithe the r regulations into Isto the theOf Of r f the divisions un un- ralser's raisers the v. t the TI to t J 0 as I I 1 4 IJ deputies are not governed by tho the promotion promotion pro pro- promotion motion regulations of the civil service but are appointed by the head hend of ot the division and are generally chosen from among those who wIlo have made the greatest advancement Thus it la is possible for Cor one to become the chief special deputy chosen by the collector of customs the man at the head atthe of at the customs work of or any port a position post post- tion which In New York carries a salary of or or a 8 month Advancement from this on Is dependent dependent dent upon the proficiency attained by your boy Has his business ability attracted attracted at at- attracted the tho attention of or outside firms The government is one of or the best best deve developers developers de de- ve of or business In the country and men who have attained eminence in their work under Its supervision ar are In demand Iemand outside This condition condition condi condl tion exists In practically all lines of government work so that ones one's future future fu tu ture If laid on the foundation of ot Uncle Uncle Un Un- cle Sams Sam's tuition is assured Thus chief clerks and deputies from tho the various divisions under the control control con con- of ot the Treasury Department are ara araIn In demand as cashiers auditors buyers buy ers ems appraisers or other important positions positions positions po po- with leading firms especially those engaged In the importing or exporting exporting ex porting business and generally become become become be be- come strong factors In the prosperity of the companies with which h they are ara connected The writer mows knows one man for Cor instance In Instance in- in stance who was engaged by a big importing importing im porting house as Its chief foreign buyer at a salary of r a year and went to Europe with a force ofa of ofa ofa a dozen experts to conduct that end endor of or the firms firm's business His training In n the government appraisers appraiser's department depart depart- merit ment had given him Intimate knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of values of or goods Imported into the United States and his services were in demand Many of the largest firms engaged In customs brokerage a a prominent business In ports of entry throughout the United States are composed at least In part by former employees of the government customs service and there is not a successful one of or them who does not make malee thousands of or dollars dollars dol dol- lars a y year ar l Finally the Treasury Department which Is at the head of all things pertaining pertaining per per- taming to the customs service contains contains con con- many men of or great ability who have grown tired tiled of or the strain of or competitive com callings and have taken e. e examinations examinations exam exam- am that admit them to Uncle UncIa Sams Sam's big family of official workers These men enjoy all lf the comforts ofa of ofa ofa a certain and easy job at a regal regular f salary unaffected by Industrial rota coira- coira I. I and at the th-e same time mat taro taroa a standing in the com at is most most desirable he hours of or work work n the customs service are comparatively brief In New irk k the the largest largest port of entry Inthe in inthe inthe the cou country bi try y they are to 4 4 and and- besides the besides the employees are re g given ven two weeks' weeks vacation with full pay every year v Co Copyright 1910 by the Associated Literary Literary Literary Lit Lit- Press |