The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-12

those engaged In It, due partly 10 the fact that
moro than other mon the Journalist IL behind
tho scenes In the drama Of the world. and knows
the actors and sees the springs OF their action
moro directly and intimately than tho members
Of other professions can Imagine.
or the pay Of journalistic work no ilca can
he conveyed unless figures are given, dull though
this process may seem to tho reader The aver.
age remuneration for journalistic mot report
ing) work, is In America a. well ~ in England
between five and ak cents line. Ten dollais
paid fer column Of about two hundred line.
In this country are equal to the two guineas per
column paid in England. when al ircs are paid,
the WORK hetterbut only little batter,paid for
George Augustus S,ia gets, Tor instance, on the
Telegraph. q thousand auineas a year, for witch
he has to write Eve leaders and Ave sub-caders
week. amounting altogether to little less than
fifteen hundred lines, for hundred dollars a
week. In other words, he IL paid at the same
average Of about six cents line, with tho only
privilege Of not a line Of his WORK being lost to
HIN, even II his article Ia not used. The neces.
s'ry result OF this draught upon ono mans head
OF 1000 lines u week Ia, that the writer IA grad
ual'y killed. MIR. Sala Is powerful writer, n
man of amazing memory, nm excellent llnguist,
who has visited nearly every part Of the globe,
and II not scholarly man, at all events man
OF extensive reading; yet he has never written
anything tnat has a chance TO survive him. Blu,
Mr.. Low, the proprietor of the Tclel,dph, always
gets his moneys worth out Of him. This Is some
thing, II not for the world at largs or for Mr.
Snn, AZ all events for VT. Levi.
The Stdndtrd Ia feputcd to be the hiyhcst
paying penny newspaper In London, pay
ing fjr piece work NJ the rate OF three
euincas per column; but these columns ara 50
much wider. longer and closer than those OF
any other paper, that tho pay amounts subatan-
TALLY to aUout the same thing
The Times IL much moro liberal. II pays
five guineas per column for leadinr and
special articles. There arc rumors that oc-
casonally tho Times has paid ~ much a. one
hundred guineas for one article of especial
importance - but these are exceptional cases.
which cannot be taken into consider ton. The
general arrangement OF the Times consists, be.
heVe, In the writers engaged on II, outside Of
the regular sllari.d staf, receiving a retaining
fee OF from two hundred and nfty to I've hun
dred guineas year, for which they are bound
to oe always at the service OF the paper, not to
write for any other daily publication, and TO fur
ush such work "a Is required at the rate Of five
guineis 4 col IWn.
The French press ia as peculiar in the reruu-
nerition II It's writer's As II ~ in the cna.4c..r
OF Its publications. All the articles b,ln.
s'-hei' the Writers hatur'lI reap AL the fruits
oil tueif laoor. AsIons AZ a man has not m lie
na'he' ne - condemned TO misery Toe hardest
workers on even the best paving p'pers' Ike the
fl8dIo' the Ifmps' and the JoTnh d,' D''rts,
10 not get more than three or four hundred doll
lars year unth they maze nit OF some sort
nut the moment their reputation begins to
grow they are paid better than IN any Other
country. franclsque sArcey and Albert Wolr
reeo''e ~ francs 's5O Tor every article they send
10 any Oh 'ne fils papers-articles hat seldom
eAeeeu huhlred lines OF large, omen type.
LOUIS h.ahe worked at tn'i rate on the Temps
uu''ng DIS lonR eAhs IN England His four vol
un'e' OF LettreS 81" FA"g1ettTe originated IN
TINS way Inc same sum was paid for
years anu years Tor all the contributions of
lneophHe uau'ier and H. 'rite-Beuve. A re-
hoWhed JOURNALIST engaged per nanently on the