396 HEARINGS BEFORE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE. 
Mr. Homes. It will terminate shortly. His present appointment 
will terminate shortly, as soon as he has completed that work.. 
The Cuarrman. Who paid him that $10,000? 
Mr. Houmes. It was paid by the Phillipine government through 
the Bureau of Insular Affairs. This gentleman is Mr. Victor H. 
Olmstead. He was formerly our assistant statistician. 
Mr. Bowrs. How much of this increase is due to a transfer from 
some other bureau? 
Mr. Hotmes. Nota bit. This is all due to additional business. 
Mr. Bowrk. Additional work? 
Mr. Houmes. Every cent of it is additional work—an additional 
amount. 
Mr. Burueson. The purpose of creating this place for Mr. Olmstead 
is to relieve Mr. Hyde of the details of the work in the monthly com- 
pilation of statistics? 
Mr. Hormes. Yes, sir. 
The Cnarrman. How did you arrive at that sum of $2,800? 
Mr. Hotmes. I asked the Secretary what was the most he would 
pay him. He has been offered $3,000 I know, and we fixed on $2,800, 
and asked him if he would take that if he could get it, and he said he 
would. 
The Caarrman. Why would he take $2,800 under the Government 
if he was offered $3,000 elsewhere? 
Mr. Hotmes. You undoubtedly know that the speculative element 
of this country—the cotton speculators and the grain speculators—are 
_ always looking for good men to make crop reports for them, and they 
are continually after our men and offering higher salaries than they 
get. I received two offers myself this year at larger salaries than 
I get. 
"The Cuareman. In all frankness, why did you refuse it—unless it is 
a private reason? 
Mr. Hotmes. I was offered a considerable increase on my salary 
about three years ago; I stipulated for a year contract, and the gen- 
tleman who made me the offer did not want to do it, and while we were 
dickering—before we came together—he failed. There is always an 
element of uncertainty in going with a speculative house, and that is 
one reason. 
The Cuarrman. Your argument, then, is really, broadly, that a 
ee ought to work a little less for the Government than for an out- 
sider? ‘ 
Mr. Hormss. I think so; particularly in statistical work. Most 
men who are interested in statistics want to make a reputation for 
themselves. 
Mr. Apams. I do not think Government salaries are as high in a 
higher class of work. 
Mr. Homes (continuing). And they can make it to better advanta 
under the Government. A young man can afford to work for the 
Government along work of this kind or along scientific lines, because 
he has a chance to publish his original ideas at different times. He 
gets before the public and makes a reputation. 
The Cuarrman. Is he publishing the bulletins under his own name? 
Mr. Hotmgs. Yes, sir. 
The Cuarrman. What I want to bring out is why, when the Gov- 
