Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-13
THE PAY OF CLERGYMEN.
CLAM THAT THEIR SALARIES ARE
COMPARATIVELY SMALL

Som. Interesting ssafsssies Csssai.ing The
sans Received - several Noted men
sou~ Pew Miaissers Get Large Salaries.
hat They Are Esr~ptionA
No man who adopts a ministerial ca
reer can bs justly charged with merce-
nary motives. for in no other profession
il the monetary reward 50 small. There
are. TO be sure. few instances Of preach
ers who are paid large salaries for their
services. but the rank and file OF the
clergy receive hardly enough to main
tain themselves respectfully. The aver
age salary paid to ministers In Protestant
churches is less than 81 900 per annum
Even in the large metropolitan parishes.
where men Of marked ability officiate,
the income awarded them is altogether
ipeommensurate with their talents.
Prominent lawyers ike Joseph IT,
Chos,te. Robert G. lngersoil and BenJa-
min F. Butler make all the way from
SIS, 900 to si25. 900 each year Among
physicians, DR.. Loomis earns from $50
900 TO $50 600. DR.. Polk from $4,000 to
SO, 900, DR.. Savre about S5o.U0, and a
dozen more might be named who earn
over so5 go annually. Compared 70 the
salaries Maid the managers of large finan-
cisi institutions. the reward OF the great
es, preachers in the land seems paltry,
The president OF the Mutual Life lnsur-
ance conpany receives $50. 900; Mr.. De
pew. as president of the New York Cen
trail railroad. gets so 600 and there are
a considerable number Of wealthy corpo-
rat;ons that nav their chief official,
from 90, ooO Ia so 900 for A wears
services The highest salary maid a cler
,vman in New York is $40 900. and Or.
John Hall is the fortunate individual.
SOME WEALTHY PLANTS"
There are perhaps a half dozen other
preachers xvI,n mt from $40 600 10 xl5
900 bur il shoali be remembered that
they raur.sent III. wealthjeSr marshes in
the citv and that they assume a, much
rasnonsihilitv as that derolving unou the
ba,ds of gra.t monavsd institutions
This will he apnare,t when we regard
the churches undar their direction from
a nurelv financial stasdnoint Trinity
Church CORPORATION owns millions upon
millions in real estate Its animal in.
come il nearly ssoo ooo The hnIk ~
tb;s v.s, SIM i ,.id ,u, in church work
aach xa.r and nr Mor,.,n Dx tho
rs.,n, presides orar IFS dis,rihn,;on
Or Halls church has a ulapt-if This
torn, may he aIl,,e,I--yalned a, 81 ooo
ooo H.. incona from n.w r..nts and
contributions auo,n,. tn nearly 500 ono
n,;..;o,arv ,ynrL I, 1854 tb. c,,,,,r.e,..
,,on.I .x.,.,.o. ;n,l,d;r,, rho na.,or..
Ia, H.. ,,ns;r .rJ au incidental
;,.,,. fn,,,aJ ~. "a, ssI I'll. h.iarco
~ o,ar so,a otl ,,.. ,,,l;aj ., d,uas,;.
and forai,,p missions the relief fund of
the p,e.l,ytnri.., .hu,el and to ,p;scel
I.na,,,s ,.l,,,,,;a. H., low ,.f III -.
markahle sh,xi,g i, cannot he 5oub,ea
that Dr HAN aar,,s lis salary
Grace church Cas an andowmsp, If
so,o ono It's nronertv is worth close Ia
81 ooo ooo ari H. annual income from
r.w ra,ts md contr;hu,ious AVERAGES
300 900 The nron.rtv of Ascension
church Fifth ava,,,.. and Tanth stree,
r..,r..s.rt. On i,,...t,nn, If ss,o ooo
Jts revenue is about $40 ooo eorb wear
s. Thomas churc, and pronertv ia val.
nod -, S,5o MN t.n,a,rs ,lono rent e.,
<,o onn .,ch ,.o.r Qua tho combinations
amont IN from $40 coo To $40 600 more
81 (;4ory.'s church X SUMMARIZED entirely
hv voI,ntarv combinations All the
news arc fra,. u, R,insford the roc.
tor cots a pom;,.l salary If $40 GAO no,