Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-04-25
PAY CT EDITORS AND PREACHERS
IN NEW YnRK.

St. Louis Globes New York Letter.
There is mistaken idea abroad that the
press centeTs Of the metropolis are BETTE
paid than any profession except the Law,
yeTs. l have recently investigated the
matter, and | find that there is more money
in prayer than in the editOIial quill and
paste pot. Take, for instance, the mana
| ging edito,s of the leading dailies and CON-
pare their salaries with those Of the "Chief
! engineers Of our fashionable churches.
and we will find religion pa-s much bstter
! than journalism. The salary of Mr.. Jen-
nings. Of the Times, is only $4,000; that Of
Whitelsw Reid, Of the Tribune, only
$500; that of Sta'sOn, Of the World
but 5000; that Of CouneTy, Of the
Herald, but $500; that of CrOley, of the
Graphic, but $500. Then the 'heavy
writer's come in for salaries as follows:
John L. Young, Of the Herald, $50 per
week; Chamberlain. OF the Herald, So
per week; HUTlbIIt, Of the World, S45 per
week. Dana, Of the sun, $50 per week;
Lovein, Of the Herald, $40; Seithamer, Of
.ahe Herald, SIS; Cole, Of The Times, $50:
Oliver Dyer. Cf the Sun, $40; DR.. Wallace,
Cf the Herald, S3j; join Hay, Of the Tri-
buue, so, and Mr.. Hazard, Of the Tri-
b4l4Es T1Os Nphs 4NG Us LuA u " IuE EuuIGls
and We will see that it is far ahead of the
sanctum. The salaries Of some of our
leading diyines exclusive of the parsOn-
age in many cases) are as follows:
Rev. DR.. Tying, $4,000; Rev. Stephen ].
Tying, Jr., $1,000. Rev. Morgan Dix, S10,-
900; DR.. John COston Smith, 5000; DR..
Cook, 5000; DR.. Bellows, 5000; Rev.
Mr.. HepwOrth, S. 500; DR.. John Hall, SlO,-
900, in gold; Rev. DIS. Thompson and Has
tings, $1,000 each; Drs. NOrthrup. Bar
chard, Hitchcock and Paxton, 5000 each.
DR.. Elder, of the Baptist ch.Tcb, receives
the largest salary in that denomination,
viz: $4,000 Drs. Armitage, Kendriyk and
Kinnard, of the Baptist chnrch, re-
ceive 5 700 each, and six others receive as
low as $1,000 each. Drs. CLEANERS.
Ormestten ard De Witt Of the Reform
Dutch church, receive $4,000 each DIS.
Rodgers md Thompson, Of the same de-
nomination, $4,000 zach, and DIS. Mande-
vile and Hutton, $500 each. DIR. Chaplin
Umivsrsaist) receives 5000. DIS.
SReitzer and Pollman (UniversalisD
$ 600 each. DR.. Deems Wander
bits parson) re elves 5000, aud Rev.
CLANCY Gil $ (SEe ieubJrgiau) $500
Only one Methodist preacher receives
5000; two are paid 5000 each, and ten
more S2,nG0. The entire salary list of the
Epis opal Csurch is S31,nJ0, that of the
Presbyterian ABOUT S2JO,CJ0, tho Methodist
about $4,000. the Reformed Dutch Church
about $4,000, the Lutheran Church about
$4,000. The highest salary paid By the
latter denomination is $4,000. These sta
tistics are not as full as they might be- made
had l the time 10 make further investiga-
tion. They will show, however, that re-
ligiOn in this city pays better than any
profession, if ! except law and per
haps civil engineering. Ministers general
ly grow rich, or at least acquire property,
while the poor journalist, on $50 to $50 per
week, usually dies and leaves poverty and
q good name as the only legacy for his