The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

o man. in favorable conditions, would be
earning In London. he said. the equivalent
of from $500 TO S625 year.
From other sources equally reliable, we
learned that In many London banks boys
are taken in at sixteen or seventeen. with
the stipulation that for five years OF serv-
ice they shall receive In annual install.
ments . total sum; o FOR the whole d period.
but afterwards. when their apprenticeship
is finished. these young fellows get about
$3.50 year. Then. by an annual increase
Of $50. they rise gradually. until. when the
what is here deemed a fair sal airy. We are
positively assured, however, that for q man
under tbirty-hve TO be receiving as much
as $50 per annum Is q rare thing In even
that the average run of payins and receiv-
ing tellers In Londons big banks arc not
paid more than 81 900 year.
FEW EXAMPLES.
And, if this is the situation in the best
circles, what may we not look for in the
worst, and in those lying between these
EXTREMIST To find ont what salaries are
common in business firms of the second
and third grade we need only glance ut the
advertising columns of the daily press.
Here are few examples:
Clerk 0unior) wanted in a merchants office
Must write good hand and be quick at figures.
Salary. $40 for first year. Apply -.
This shows upon what humble stipend
the English clerk 10 expected TO begin, and
that which follows will show TO what q
dizzy eminence the young climber of am
bltlon's ladder, II be Is not SO unfortuna To
rs to starve to death in the mean time. may
raise himself in the houses of tins kind at
some happy period IN the dim and distant
future. Here IL is: s.-
Clerk SALARY 800 per annum.l-wanted by
firm OF merchants and bankers, clerk, TO act as
cashier. Must have general knowledge OF bust
ness, understand book keeping and write short
hand None without first-class references need
apply. Applications In ov. II handwriting. stat
ing age and experience. to -.
This man is to be at once clerk to q
merchant and n cashier of q bank, and for
the work of the two offices com bin ed he
will pocket, Tor q whole years service, less
than $500. Another advertisements which
has caught our eye, and which We are sure
Will interest large class in America, Is as
follows:
stenographer and Type-writer-A gentleman
Dos.
Here is an offer of $3.50 week for one who
has mastered two special accomplishments.
But let not applicants be too rash. These
Englshmen are not going TO give away
plum of that kind to any ordinary mortal;
mark tho stipulation in regard to ~ gen.
tleman of frst-ciass abiIIties."
10 show that these low salaries are not
exceptional, but are the rule rather, and
that there are any quantity of men
over here who arc moro than willing
20 try and exc out o subsst nee upon
them. we cite in evidence u recent
article from Tit-Bits on Clerks Out
Of Collar The article AYERS that to re-
rent advertisement In q London paper for
ledger clerk at p shiliings &c. 25l q week, II @
less than $40 answers were received. and
that many of these came from men who
had been in their present situation-so they
szid-soine four, some six and aOme eight
ana nine years. and whose only reason for
seeking o change. according TO their own
statements, was. that they wished to bet
ter themselves"
To those unfamiliar with the situation.
the idea that in q country like England
any man who had served several years at
desk could better himself by seeking work
at % shillings q week, will be hard to be-
lieve. Those. however. who have investi-
gated the wage problem over here suii-
Gent length of time To find out how hard
10 10 for young men In almost any capacity
to get themselves remunerated for weeks
work In any sum beyond the convenient
pound or guinea, Will not be at all Incred-
ulous. but will look upon such disclosures
as being simply In harmony with the usual
order of things. HENRY TCCKLEY.