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394 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
STATEMENT OF MR. E. S. HOLMES, ASSOCIATE STATISTICIAN OF 
THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- 
CULTURE. 
The CHarrMan. You want a chief clerk? 
Mr. Hotmes. That man has been acting as chief clerk for two or 
three years, and he is our financial man and looks after our appropria- 
tions, and sees if we are running ahead—he has been paid $1,900 a 
year. The reason that I recommended two thousand was that he is a 
good man, and that is the customary salary for that position. He is 
one of the best men we have. 
The Cuarrman. ‘‘Four clerks of class 4,” is the next. Last year 
you submitted 3. 
Mr. Houmes. You will notice we have reduced the lump appropria- 
tion accordingly there. No; thatis one of the clerks from the ‘‘ foreign 
markets” who has been added. The chief clerk is the only addition 
to that roll. 
Mr. Apams. What compensation do the State agents get? 
Mr. Hoimes. Well, from $300 to $800 a year. It depends on the 
size of the State and the amount of the work they have to do. 
ae Apams. No one agent has more than one State in his territory, 
has he? 
Mr. Houmess. No, we have a special agent who this year has done 
the State agent’s work on the Pacific coast for us, simply because we 
had no agents out there. : 
Mr. Lever. What is the duty of that State agent? 
The Cuarrman. There was no statutory roll in the division of 
foreign markets last year? 
Mr. Hotmss. Yes, sir; there was a roll of $8,500 there for salaries, 
and I think $7,500 for supplies, etc. 
In reply to Mr. Lever’s question, I will say that the State agents 
maintain a corps of correspondents and report to us monthly. 
Now, I think Iam correct in the statement 1 have made that we 
have no other addition to the statutory roll. If we have, we have cut 
them off of the lump sum. 
The Cuartrman. There was a statutory roll last year for ‘‘ foreign 
markets”—1 chief of division, $2,500; 1 chief of division, $1,800; and 
: assistant at $1,600. Is that the man you transferred—1 assistant at 
1,600 ¢ 
Mr. Houmes. No; it is that $1,800. That is class 4. The $2,500 
we have named specifically there. 
The Cuarrman. Now, you have added + clerks of class 4; you state 
that one of those was transferred from the-—— 
Mr. Houmes. That one is the assistant chief of the Division of For- 
eign Markets, 1 clerk of class 4, $1,800—that is the salary. You find 
he is not provided for there in any other way. 
The Cuarrman. Oh, yes, sir; I see. Now, going on, vou say ‘5 
clerks, class 3;” that is an increase of 1? 
Mr. Hormgs. That is also a foreign-market clerk; we simply put 
those foreign-market clerks on our roll in the proper place. 
The CnatrMan. That is the $1,600 man? 
Mr. Hotmss. Yes, sir. 
