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Mr. Wuitwey. I was just saying that 1 thought his salary was 
$3,000, and he gotin addition a house and garden and certain perquisites. 
The Cuairman. Up there? 
Mr. Wuitney. Yes. 
The Cuarrman. He is not getting much inerease then, at $4,000 a 
year here, is he? 
Mr. Wurtney. I do not think he is. 
The CuarrMan. He has no Government house here? 
Mr. Wuiryey. No. 
The Cuatrman. And with the difference in the cost of living there 
is absolutely no increase. 
Mr. Wuitney. | think the reason he canie is that it offered him a 
wider field of research than he was able to command there. 
The Cuarrman. In this note here there is one assistant at $2,500. 
Have you the bill before you, Professor ? 
Mr. Wuitney. Yes, sir. 7 
The CuarrMan. Right after one expert at $4,000 there is ‘‘One 
assistant at $2,500.” 
Mr. Wuitney. That is our soil physicist, a man who has been with 
us about six or seven years, Doctor Briggs. He has charge of our 
physical laboratory. 
The Cuarrman. There is an assistant to him at $1,600; 2 assistants 
at $1,400 each; 2 assistants at $1,200 each; 8 assistants at $1,000 
each; 3 assistants at $840 each; 1 foremanat $840; 1 foreman at $720; 
2 laborers at $720 each; 3 laborers at $600 each; 2 laborers at $480 
each; 1 laborer at $300; 1 laborer at $60 per month; 1 laborer at $50 
per month. What is their general character? Take them according 
to their salaries. 
Mr. Wurryvey. Most of these are assistants in the soil survey. You 
see, we have 42 men in the soil survey, most of them on the miscel- 
laneous roll, and this includes the tobacco experts or tobacco men. I 
have a list here of the employees of the Bureau, Mr. Chairman, if you 
wish to see it. We havea total of 118 on the rolls now, 30 of them 
clerks in the general office, 42 in the soil survey, 12 in tobacco inves- 
tigation, 9 in soil chemistry, 6 in soil physics, 9 in soil management, 6 
in the alkali reclamation work, and 4 in demonstration experiments. 
I have a statement also of the number who are in Washington and 
who are outside. The total in Washington is 52, and those that are 
outside most of the time, 66. Rather more than half are outside, and 
this note covers all of these positions. 
The Cuarrman. Just leave that list with the stenographer. 
Mr. Wuitney. Very well. I have here also a statement of the 
extent of the soil survey. 
The papers referred to are as follows: 
Number Out of 
of em- a ee Washing- 
ployees. ston. | ‘ton. 
General OMCE wise aisiaisisteielastoisa Wael ateidiseeisclemancinek memck cmeiaemaciemeemcnsd 30 30 0 
DS OUISURVIOY ie: sixokeve asec aerate ata taia xe htncteralrne dears eresd avai Nederarmiela ts aislessans aia 42 1 41 
Tobacco investigations.........-......-. 2-222 e ee eee ee eee eee ste 12 ah 11 
Soll chemistry: - sscc0cihewicn ceesecesecsae eideeek as aesare sade 9 9 0 
» Soil physics ........ 6 6 0 
Soil management ..... 9 3 6 
Reclamation..work: vacesicascasereetaaad Fas osetnd wesacodeanses 6 0 6 
Demonstration experiments 4 2 2 
POtA vou sees estes ose seis nates sie yates ceca cewras dict sekicibeiuleena cea 118 52 66 
