The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-03-16

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Mr.. DARYL hastens to avert possible mis-
understanding by showing that 1T is not dim.
cult for . publlcist OF real merit to gain .
livelihood. or. to speak more definitely. to earn
the thousand pounds sterling which In London
are positively requisite for q modest house
hold. But 1t is quite exceptional for him to
double or triple that income. and II he ever
attains to that marvellous result he mas won
his Marshal's stan. Yet this Of course. 10 not
the quarter pert Of what q painter. barrister.
or surgeon reaching tho same rung Of the lad
der In their respective professions can hope to
realize. And why? Because. in the first place.
newspapers In Great Britain arc unqualified
monopolies. managed. like all other great busi-
ness concerns. on principles OF rigorous econo-
N.Y. In spite OF an ostenslble prodigality In tho
matter Of obtaining news. or rather. perhaps.
by reason Of this extravagant employment OF
their resources. Because. secondly. the guam
tity OF average literary talent constantly OBJ
tainable ia more considerable than In any
other country. The same great newspa-
per which never hesitates to risk ten
or twenty thousand pounds on . good
advertising stroke. will willingly jew
down the honoraria OF Its editorial corps You
would be surprised to learn to what ridiculous
figures are often reduced the stlpends Of writ
ers OF the frat order regularly attached to the
stan Of the most powerful organs. As q gen.
eral rule. the editor alone is libcrally paid. and
next to him rank certain famous correspond
ents. whose exclusive services must DO secured
at any cost. Tho rest THE writer hero loses
sight OF the salaried staff writersl receive a
modest guerdon at the rate OF . guinea. or even
half q guinea. a page In the case Of review.
and OF two or three guineas column In the
case Of great daily"
discriminating as the largest OF these sti-
ponds are. regarded "a tho prizes OF hard
working life. It used to be assumed that they
were considerably larger than could be earned
by journalists in Paris UnQuestiopably the
Times the Telegraph the Standard. or the DAILY
Ne,cs could afford to nay much higher salaries
than any Paris newspaper. for the reason that
they possess an unsuitable monopoly Of the
reading public. 1t is no longer true.
however. that they do pay their leader
writer's more handsomely. We are not
now taking into consideration the fact
that $4,000 francs will go much further in
Paris than will q thousand pounds In London.
nor have we in view the many collateral ad-
vantages resulting from writer's identified
ton with his work. which in France open a
wide range to his social and political ambition.
but from which in England he is utterly
cut of. We mean. what Mr.. Daryl had in
mind when he penned the lines just quoted.
viz that In actuaI cosb received tba p. r,e,on
journalist OF high grade is beginning
to have, marked advantage over
MS LONDON cohlrere. NO EnShsn news
paper. for instance. can show on its pay roll
items comparable with some Of those which at
present figure In the schedule Of the Paris
Figaro. The edtor-in chief receives the equiv
alent In francs Of $500 year. and the man
aging editor whose duties are more compre.
hensive than those OF the correspondipo
funcrionary in an English office nearly s5O()O
More than ono memhor ~ tho .t.fy r.oaiv..
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o "'i' VI s"ion"ues VI spoci8i or'i'
cies'. VIM are p6lo ny spaco. earn
much larger sum. for they receive franc per