Government as Employer Shapes Labor Debate
The article outlines the U S government as the nation’s largest employer with about 650 000 workers in the executive civil service a figure reflecting census estimates. It notes fluctuations after World War I and questions how well the public sector treats its employees while highlighting the lack of precise payroll data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Executive Civil Service
Army
Navy
Bureau of the Census
Executive Service
Pri Ie
National Defense
Weath Tal
Abela
Inventon
United Stases
Treasury Department
Appropriations Committee of Congress
Be a Booster for Bessemer and Its Paper
The piece urges residents to stop knocker attitudes and boost the old home town, school, and local paper. It argues a live community depends on boosting pride and spirit, with special call to support Bessemer and its booster effort to spur business and vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Home
Old Town Paper
Bessemer
Courage of a Coward amid a Arctic Trek
George drags the unconscious Cree Chief through a brutal blizzard, fighting wind, snow, and freezing cold. He staggers under his burden as trees crash and the gale bites, finally reaching a cliffside opening where tepee forms hint at safety and a perilous escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Icebound schooner faces peril on shifting sea
Deck crew and captain Lund rally aboard the schooner as ice floes crown the shore and a dangerous current drags them toward land. Rainey and the men brace for hard labor, planning to extract payoff from pay dirt while bracing for the worst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lund Caine
Rainey
Wall
Enny
Liane Son
Chersbie
Dig
Sedde
Beale
Beate
Mercury
Lund
Ratoey
Kainey
Owy Lund
Federal civil service payroll tops seven million annually
The average compensation is about 1.1 million and the civil service payroll exceeds seven million dollars yearly. The Post Office leads with nearly 50,000 workers, the War department has over 125,000 civilian employees, the Navy about 01.000, and Treasury around 0aAo. No other branch reaches 25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Civil Service
Post Office Department
War Department
Navy Department
Treasury Department
Glone
State and City Taxes Rise Sharply in Michigan 1920 Levy
The 1920 state and city tax levy in Michigan totaled 110,439,982 dollars, up from 35,710,310 dollars in 1910, an increase of 298 percent over eleven years. The 1920 levy implies about 38.29 dollars per person, excluding special assessments and various fees not included in these figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
University of Michigan
There is but one editor in heaven
A humorous note cites Down's Kidney directory to claim an editor alone sits in heaven. It jokes that the editor may have passed as a minister and landed there, while searches for a lawyer to eject him failed and left the editor “holding the fort.”
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The
Herald
Eagle Eye
Lund
Stirf
Nazes
South Seas
Nome
Cape Hope
Cape Barry
Rainey
Mebbe
Down's Kidney
America
Horse show pair compare equine adventures and wit
Two men at a horse show trade tall tales about a horse running off and years spent away. A Tribby hat man recalls a two month absence after a runaway. The bowler hat man counters with a longer tale as Frank notes that labels and clothes mislead age.
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Uncle Sam
Ruth
Little Homer Brew
John
Mayanye
Joe
Carlsen
Pengy
Ratner
Coast Range
Redwools
Tell
Peggy Simms
Eaid
Leeks
Simertan
Sam
Sic
Este
Tonger
Enen
Det
Ratney
Ji Allen Duns Illustrations
By Erwin Myers
Bobbs Merrill Co
Edward G. Lowry
Washington
Banke and Financial Systems
Western Newspaper Union
Pers
Theo
Frank
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