A(iliici'LTn:AL AiMMioiMtiATrnv f.tf I i-'; r»17 



We art' iiskiuj^ for wlmt wo coiiHidor to \w u vrry iii<><lt>rulo iiirrraJM' 



ill the mmihcr of tlirsr positions, with tin- i«l«'ii timt if ' ' 



ivcoj^iiition by ('oii;;rcss us tlio uctuul numhrr of po i 



!)(> liclpfiil (o us nt this tiiuf. It is not llu* oxart niiiuhcr of > 

 places, l)('<aius(> with ;{.()()() scientific w«»rk«Ts tin* %(\jAHi iAm'oh lio 

 not mean much in themselves, hut it is the re<-o;;nition of the fnrl 

 hy thos(» in charj^e that those places are neetleil tin<i (hut tfi.v iir.« 

 re(|uinMl. Thnt is more important. We have not liUeil 

 §(■».')()() place, hut those $(),.')()() places imve slren)4t!iene«| thr work of 

 the Department of A<;ricullure tremendously, hecuuse th<- ' ■ •• hei»n 

 to tlie scientilic people of tlu> country, as the Secn'tjiry h 1 you, 



an indication that scientific work is being n'cognized and that tlioro 

 may he hoj)e in the future that tlu> pay of scientilic workrrs in ihi* 

 department will a>;ain he put on a l(»vel with that of scienidi«- w«»rkerH 

 in other institutions. The scientific workers of the (h'partment <if 

 Ai^riculture were paid ei^ually witli the scientific workers in the lead- 

 ing educational institutions If) years aj^o. The departnicnt, until 

 last vear. had had no raises durinj^ all of the period in ul.i.l. ii... 

 mendous advances had been made in other lines. 



They were j^etting seriously di.sct)ura«^cd, and to the p(»int where 

 we could not attract from the institutions even the youn<; men at 

 very much hij^lier salaries than we were justified in payinj^ tt» men of 

 that character, because there was no future. To illustrate: We had 

 a maximum of $4.r)00 uj) until last July. We ofTered five well 

 trained and thorou<;hly i|ualilied youn;; men SI. .')()() last year to enter 

 the service of the department and take the leadership in dilferent 

 lines, but every one of those men refused to accept such a position 

 because S1..')00 was the maximum and there was no future for them. 

 They would rather stay in an institution at .S;i. .")()(), in which there 

 was an opportunity to work up to S-SOOO or SIO. ()()(). However, this 

 year a number of those same men have accepted those positions at 

 the same salary simj)ly because tlie Government had at least indi- 

 cated that there would be an oj)portunity, in the future for them. 

 The result of this work has been to help us materially in "^ettinj; gooti 

 material to start in the lower places and that, as you recognize, is 

 what will determine the success or failure of the work of the T)epnrt- 

 ment of Ajjricultuie in 10 or 20 ye!!r< fr<>ni n<>\v. 



(OMPAHI.SON OF SAl.AKIES WITH Ol TSJDK I.NSTITLTIOXS. 



During the war period we have hopelessly failed to get the right 

 type of men to enter our service, and this salary in( rease hius l>een of 

 great benefit in this respect. The small addition we are asking is 

 not at all what is necessary to meet the situation but will simply be 

 an indication of the sentiment and will be helpful to us. I ^ave vou 

 last year compari>.ons with a gootl many of the eilm-atiomil institu- 

 tions. I do not think it is necessary to repeat them except to say 

 that in the leading educational institutions, the endowed institutions 

 and State universities, the average salary of pnife.^sors is about $1,500 

 above what we can pay in the Department of Agriculture. 



Mr. Anderson. What is that averaged 



Doctor Ball. The average salaiv ( 



Mr. Andkksox. Yes. 



Doctor Ball. About So, 500, and we only have eight j>o>itions. you 

 see, at that. That average is mnde up of salaries that run from 



