The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-02-08

sions are made for those incapacltated
from service BY accident. severe Ill
ness and similar causes. The state re-
tairs fve per cent. of the salary each
month. and also one-twelfth of the
first year's salary. and of each supse-
qucnt augmentation toward the pen
sion fund. The amount-of the pension
Is calculated at one-siXtieth of the
mean salary of the last six years for
each year of service. rating when
gives as II maximum annual pension
one-half of the mean annual salary.
The general reGula tions in Prussia re-
spccting pensions FOR teachers are
summed up by Mr.. Smith as follows;
Twenty-Five per cent. of salary after
90 years service; so per cent. after 30
years: IS per cent. after 40 years. and
the fun salary after so years. The state
requires all teachers to pay an annual
premium into the pension fund. rated
at per cent. of salary of s400, at y.
per cent of salaries from $400 to $1,000,
and per cent. of all higher salaries.
It frequently happens that the city or
commune pays the premium for the
teachers, ard also adds to the amount
of the legal pension.
In both France and Germany the
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least. may be continued after his death
TO his widow and minor children. In
the other German states. and also in
Holland. Belgium. Denmark, Austria
and Russia, where the pension usually
ranges between $500 and $500, the PEN
sion is a feature OF the educational
system. Turning to the scandinavian
peninsula, Mr.. Smith finds the office
of teacher held in high esteem.
The average salary of adult workmen Is
placed at l2.iS crowns week, whi1h
would give an annual wage Tor steau!
work al $7SGS. Agains. this We ma the
lowest annual salary for regular teach'
ers to be Sl65jO. beside house, hre, gar
den and feed for a COW. After nse yeatS
this salary must be raised TO S'9l.1o. IN
large towns annual salaries range from
S3SS TO $5l9 for men. and from $3.50 for wo-
men. rising In Stockholm as high as
sj6j50 for men and Siil.lO Tor womei'
The state co-operates with the commuri'
ties to maintain Il pension fund when Sc
cures TO retired teachers after thir'y
years OF service an annual income OF
about thrce-fOurthS or Inc mean sdiuiN
In Japan the directors and regular teach
ers in normal. public secondary schools
and the teachers who have been In Of
flee more than fifteen years receive lie
pensions when they nave been oraere" 10 10
retire after having attained G0 years or
have retired owing to physical disability
or because OF the closing or reorsanizins
of schools.
1t is proposed by the teachers of Phil
adelphia to establish a pension fund
Independent of state legislation. by
taking small percentage from the
salary of each annually and placing it
in a fund under the control of a board
of trustees composed, say, of repre-
sentation from the board of education,
from councils and from the teachers
themselves. The fact is cited that in
Detroit such a system is already in
successful one. alton. BY law of the
state of Michigan, a deduction from the
annual salary equivalent to one per
cent. may be made from the teachers
salaries, and to this may be added the
sums deducted from the teachers sala-
iies because of absence from any cause
The teachers, after twenty-five years
of service, may be retired on a pension,
which is not to exceed $500. While this
sum is not a bonanza, and is almost
ridiculously small as compared with
the state pension proposed for judges
it is an agreeable lift toward pecuniary
independence after the limit of wage
earning capacity shall have been
passed