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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1922
Page
24
The United States government stands as the nation’s largest employer with about 650,000 civil service workers, plus historical counts showing growth during wartime and gradual postwar reductions. It handles defense, health, education, transportation, finance, and forges a complex national system, raising questions about worker satisfaction and treatment.
The article urges readers to boost the old town paper, school, and town itself. It warns that knocker attitudes harm the community and business, while enthusiastic boosters keep Bessemer lively and prosperous through collective pride and support.
Lund and Rainey press toward an island in the Karluk while a blizzard rages. Lund pursues a romance with Pengy as Rainey fears for her safety. The crew nears a gold island as storms and peril test George and the Cree Chief amid harsh Arctic odds.
The Karluk rides a weakening current toward land as crew prepare for rescue and salvage. Captain Tord directs work while Rainey and Lund organize duties and secure mercury for ore concentration. Ice floes loom with risk as the ship nears a broken shore and the crew braces for rough weather.
The Bessemer Herald led by Charles J. Womastek is published Fridays by The Herald Publishing Co in Bessemer Michigan. Volume 37 number 6 issued February 10 1922 with second class matter status dated April 20 1921 and 2.00 annual subscription in advance.
The article notes average compensation near 1.1M and that the federal civil service payroll exceeds 700 million dollars annually. The War department leads civilian staffing with over 125000 employees, Navy about 604, Treasury around 600, with no other branch over 26000. It argues that one in seventy three workers is employed by the government, demanding public scrutiny of such expenditure.
The state and city tax levy rose from 35 710 310 in 1910 to 110 439 982 in 1920 an increase of 298 percent. The 1920 levy implies a tax of 38 29 per person. Figures exclude special assessments and other specific fees not included in these totals.
A humorous note from Dunn's Kidney Pul directory claims there is one editor in heaven. It jokes that the editor slipped in posing as a minister and remains in place after others search for a lawyer to eject him.
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