The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-04-30
Big SALARIES or BIG MEN.


IN onerins DR. Emii @. Hirsch $4,000 a
year Tor hfteen years 10 remain as its pastor.
sinai consregation Of Chicago viii pay him
a. large salary rs 10 received by any clergy
man 10 the United States. II Is tho same
mat Is paid Bishop Potter OF New York. who,
however. has rectory furnished, heated and
lighted free OF cost. and Is provided with a
private secretary. The late Rev. Or. Hall
of the Firth Avenue Presbyterian church Of
New York. during the last years OF his life,
received the largest salary ever paid to 4
eleisyman In the United states which was
10000 year, with manse. Mr.. Beeoher
received 10000, without the manse Dr. Halls
salary proper was $4,000. and $1,000 add
tional was contributed by Robert Bonner
ard two other wealthy members Of the con-
sNsatlon- His successor. Mr.. Conneil, who
comes from Regents Park Presbyterian
church OF London, is offered $4,000 and a res
irence' That is the salary paid to mr.
Gregory. dean OF ST. Pants cathedral, and
lr. Bradley, dean OF Westminster abbey,
London. Dean Farrar receives 81 900 year.
1 The hierarchy OF the church OF England en-
| icy enormous salaries, which are necessary
TO maintain the large establishments re-
CURED OF them. The archbishop Of Cantor
bury received 100000 a year, but he needs
every cent Of II TO meet his social and ecclesl-
astical obligations at Lambeth palace the
home Of the prlmate OF the church OF Eng
land The salary OF the archbishop OF York
and that Of the archbishop OF London is
600 year The archbishop OF Ireland
receives sias0o. The other bishops OF the
Church Of England are paid from $4,000
TO $1,000 year. The average nay OF
wear in England Is $500 outside the large
cities In the cities the salary varies &C.
cording to the wealth OF the parish, from
$500 TO $4,000.
The episoopalians and presbyterlans pay
larger salaries than any other denominations.
but the pulpits most onvicd In the United
States are those of the collegiate reformed
Dutch church of New York city. There are
seven or eight churches Of that dcnomna-
ten under the same management and sup
ported from an endowment that is exceeding
ly rich. Its income is next to that OF Trinity
church, and amounts to several hundred
thousand dollars year The pastors OF the
collegiate churches are paid $4,000 for life
ari are allowed to retire from active PASTORAL
work when they reach the age OF 6s years.
Trinity parish Is the richest IN the world.
end has an income Of about $4,000 from
buildings and other investments 1t supports
fiye or six churches, several schools hos
pitfalls and other charitable institutions. and
rays the manager OF It's business a salary of
$40, 0OO year. The rector of Trinity church
receives $4,000, The same salary is paid by
ST. Thomas and St Bartholomew was
II formed by good authority that FIVE clergy.
mon In New York city received that salary
and at least twelve received s1o.Ooo a year.
The average pay Of a clergyman IN New
YORK city, executing the pastors OF mission
churches. is probably $1,000
Tho editorial profession Is not so well paid.
There are probably sixteen editors In New
Ycik. not proprIetors OF newsnapers who
receive $4,000 a year or over The Journal
aud World have four ench. the Herald two,
the Times Post and Brooklyn Eagle one
etch The highest editorial salary naid In
the United States ia SIS, 900
Editorial writer's of recognized ability. city
editors. news editors and managing editors
on the large daily papers are paid from 5000
to $1,000 a year.
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"A few PHYSICIANS In New lOrk MAKE very
large fees There are Two or thrse speoiai.
ist. whose incomes viii exceed $50
wear p,rhaps ten max, $4,000 and perhaps
twent, make from $4,000 TO $4,000. Ten
thousand dollars a year Is considered a large
rr.c,lc,
This salaries Of our college professors do not
compare with those of Europe, although
public school teachers In the United states
are paid two or three times as much. The
teacher OF an ordinary school IN England,
France or Germany, who makes S25 a month
is doing very we'll but several chairs at Ok
ford Cambridge. Edinburgh, Glasgow aud
Aberdeen universities are worth from $4,000
TO $4,000 a year. The same difference is
found In the government service. High Off
ciala arc paid two or three times as much In
Europe as in this country, but ordinary clerks
enjoy not more than one-third or one-fourth
the compensation that is received for CORE
spending services in the United States. The
university professors in Europe often enjoy
hereditary grants and dues from students
Iich are not customary In the United States
The chair OF anatomy in Edinburgh medical
faculty il probably the most valuable OF any
professorship In the world, being worth about
SOS 900 a year. One of the professorships in
the University Of Berlin is worth $4,000, but
there the popularity of professor has a great