The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-11-17

script are of opinion that in recent years
he has received not less than SlJ, 600 as a
yearly income, and that upon several oc-
Casions he has been paid large lump sums.
When the manuscript Of Stevenson ;
latest novel was received by publishers in
this country, draft for IS, 600 was sent
TO the novelist and this paid only for tho
serial rights. Publishers who know some
thing of Stevenson earning capacity as
sert that since he has been in the Samoan
islands his income from his pen must have
been not less than $50, 600 a year.
six years ago Jerome X. Jerome was
unknown. Recently one Of the publishers
who have dealt with JerOme's manu-
scripts said that the author has been re
ceiving for some time steady income OF
as much as SO, coo year, and this did
not make any estimate OF the royalties
paid to him for his plays
These, however, are illustrations taken
from the experience Of those who have
gained very wide popularity as writers
Of fiction. 1t would scarcely be fair To
Judge of the value of the great market
that exists nowadays for popular writing
by the successes of those who have gained
fame in the field Of romance and fiction.
The writer upon general topics whose
name is not known TO the general public
finds vastly increasing market for his
work. A few years ago 800 a week was
regarded as a princcly salary for any
writer associated with "a newspaper eI
cepting those who had proprietary inter
ests. Horace Greeley himself until within
a few years OF his death received less than
that.
IL used to be spoken of as n wonderful
thing that the senior Bennett paid two OF
his editorial writers 500 week, and
these two men were spoken of as those
who had gained the highest prizes Of jour-
nalisTn excepting those which 20 with pro-
prietary interests. Yet the mum ber Of writ
ers connected with the Greater newspapers
who receive as much as that is now 80
large that il is no longer spoken Of as an
extraordinary salary. Some OF tho most
brilliant reporters at least in New York
city, find 1t possible to earn as much as
s.. 600 a year, and the earning capacity Of
one special correspondent was 50 great
that be was paid a salary Of 800 week
and required 70 give only six months CT
his time a year TO the newspaper which
thus employed him. The rest Of the time
~ was at liberty to accept commissions
from the magazines work which paid him
quite rs much as his newspaper salary.
one writer stin in the harness had for
q number OF years received payment at
the rate Of SIS column and furnished
some y columns a week under those
terms bat his work was in demand out
side, and at last the editGr OF the newspa-
per said 70 him that II he would furnish
10 the newspaper all " the matter which
be wrote he would be paid AS much a. be
could earn elsewheTs- a quick computa-
ton Of his total earnings for two or three
years was made. and it was found 20 aver
age some $500 week For THAI sum he
agreed 70 turn in n the newspaper every
thing he wrote. This salary has besn paid
him FOR four years and IL Is probably the
largest that j. now earned BY any journal
ist who l. not also an owner.
Many OF the general wriiers- men and
women, who study the taste al the read
ers find themselves earning CD the ave.
age a. much a. 500 r week, and tho mum
Der % those who can do this is Increasing
The truth * the unArSet--O Unsuitable =
the demand q the American people f0r
reading mater that entcrrains or in-
structs-Eerrs constantly ahead a. the
ability 10 supply II. and this new tenden-
c. i sToksn - by -0me Of TIE sblesr eci-
tors who hav watrted its growth a. one
G! tire encouraging indications q ths
great growth Of TIE American people III
literary taste and tire ovcrw hslsnluz de-
SIRE n . instructed or informed q al
inat goes CT IL tie great world
r : EDEAEns