Show P W 19 m ROUND THE CAPITAL Inform information atio a and gossip picked up here and there in washington clerks declare that uncle sam Is stingy q X ta washington W ASHINGTON Is uncle sam po pe purlous in the allotment of sal aries 9 this question Is constantly being asbed asked by clerks and others in the em ploy of the government it Is recalled that at the last congress the salaries ot of the cabinet officers were increased from fa to fla per annum the government clerks contend that their salaries are too small and that as the cost of living has advanced they should be accorded the same con sider atlon given cabinet officials and congressmen the clerks are not the only ones who are grumbling at the apparent disinclination on the part ot of the gov eminent to increase salaries their superiors also are said to be in favor of increases many government ofil ceals who refrain from giving publicity to their utterances for obvious ra ma sons contend that the salary paid tiie we salary of consuls general and others 13 HIER 4 THE HE consuls general at london and 1 paris each receive 12 per an num in former years the consul general at london made as much as 20 and 30 a year from fees this practice was abolished however and a stated salary designated by the government the salaries of the con general at some of the leading posts are as follows canton china shanghai berlin havana cuba 8 athens rome 4 yokohama japan mexico city mexico st petersburg 5 cairo egypt the chief justice of 0 the united states supreme court receives 13 a year while the associated jus cices tices receive 12 BOO the united states judges of the he circuit and dis brict courts at the following cities re belve salaries varying dc according cording to the importance and amount of work to be transacted at new york the cadges receive 7 per annum boston 6 portland me 6 pitta pitts burg 6 president Is a disgrace to a country of this size and importance they aver that foreign nations of less size pay their monarchs and rulers a much larger sum than Is given mr air roose velt president roosevelt Roosevel ts s salary per annum is 50 it is conceded that this amount alone Is expended each year in necessary entertainments vice president fairbanks receives only 12 the same amount paid speak er cannon 0 of the house bouse ot of re presenta tives and the members of the cabinet this amount it Is said by those in a a position to know is spent by the re cip lents in about two or three month months la in entertainments theater parties and sundry functions necessary to maintain their position in ln social circles senators and representatives receive 7 a year before congress voted them an increase they received only 5 per annum the ambassadors to austria hungary brazil france germany great britain italy japan mexico russia and turkey re ro cele 7 per annum while those occupying diplomatic positions in the smaller and less important countries countr le receive a salary in proportion to the significance of the post to which they are assigned the united states district attorney at new york receives 10 a year while the district attorney at boston receives a the salaries ot of other federal district attorneys are as fol lows at newark N J 3 in N ermont in pennsylvania 4 in maryland 4 in north carolina 4 in florida 3 the united states marshals receive from 2 to to a per annum the marshals in new york receive 5 pennsylvania 4 maryland 3 the salaries ot of other imbor tant positions are public printer 3 secretary of the smithsonian institution 4 civil service corn com missioner miss loner 4 each interstate corn com merce mores commissioners each isthmian canal commissioners 14 each district commissioners 5 each director of the international bu reau of american republics william loeb jr receives 6 tor for his services as secretary to the prest dent while the assistant cabinet cers receive only 4 and 4 per annum the sergeant at arms of the senate gets 5 the first assistant postmaster een gen eral oral receives 5 per annum the second third and assistants 4 each the chief inspector ot of the post office department receives 4 the superintendent of division 4 the general superintendent grim reaper decreasing D pension roll ts ca V OT since 1893 has the total united estates NOT states pensioners been so low as it Is at present this fact is made known in a report by the commission er of pensions recently issued and the report shows that a steady decline has set in death cutting heavily into the ranks in the last year the 1908 total Is and it was said that in all probability this will shrink to within another year four years ago the high water mark in pensions was reached for a few days in august 1804 1904 there were more than 1000 persons on the rolls these figures however do not appear in the official reports as the official record of 1904 gives an average of only there u were ere pen signers on the average in 1905 and then started the downward movement which it Is expected will become more rapid from I 1 ear to year in 1906 there were pensioners and last year were mere on the lists from 1866 to 1904 the army of pensioners increased eightfold in the former year there were only pen in there were la in 1880 there were in 1830 1800 there were and in 1900 there were the average was practically at a standstill from 1900 until two years ago when there was a loss of 13 since 1866 uncle sam has paid out in pensions 8 this Is al at most four times the amo amount lilt of the in terest bearing debt within recent years the total pension payments haie bale been about more than the annual expense bill of the navy and enough to build a battleship fleet of 15 dreadnoughts only two persons are on the rolls as pensioners of the revolutionary war mar they are sarah C hurlbutt 90 bears ears old daughter of hiljah weeks who served with the massachusetts troops under washington and phoebe M delmeter Pe lmeter 8 years old daughter of jonathan wooley who fought with the new 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