Arizona republican., 1899-05-04
BIG SALARIES OF BIG MEN.

In offering to Dr. Emil c. Rirsc1 | $l5, 900 a year for fifteen years to re-
 main as it's pastor, Sinai congregation Of Chicago will pay him as large a sal ary as is received by any clergyman in the Uni,e5 States It is the same that is paid Bishop Potter of New York. who, however, has rectory fuTniGhed, haated and lighted free Of cost, and is provided with a private secretary. The late Rev. Dr. Hall of tae Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church Of New York, during the Iast years Of his life, received the largest salary ever paid to a clergyman in the United States, which was $20000 year. with 2 Llanse. Mr. Beecher received $20 .000 without the manse. Dr. Halls salary prCp-r was $15,0G0, and $5.000 aGEi- tional was contributed icy Robert Bon ne~ and two ether wealthy members of the congregation. His successor. MT. C0nnen who comes from Regents Park Presbyterian church of London, is offer5d $10,000 and a residence. That is the salary paid to Dr. Gregory. dean Of St. Pauls cathedral, and Dr. Bradley, dean Of Westminster abbey. LGndCn. Dean Farrar receives S7 eco
 
 Cf England enjoy enormous ~ salaries, wfich are necessary to maintain the large establishments required of them. The archbishop of Canterbury receives $G0, ,900 a year, but he needs every cent of it to meet his social and ecclesias- Jical obligations St Lambeth palace, the home Of the primate of the church Of England. The salary of the arch bishop Of York and that of the arch bishop of Lcndoa ts $50, COO q year. The arch bishop Of Ireland receives $f2, 800. The other bishops Of the Church Of England are paid from e2,000 to $ 5000 year. Ths average pay of a vicar n England is S3,500 outside the large cities h the cities the salary varies according to the wealth of the parish, from $2.5Q0 to $10,00O.
 The E2iscopalians and Presbyter- ians pay larger salaries than any other denominations, but the pulpits most enviedl in the United States are those Of the collegiate reformed Dutch i church of New York city. Thsre are seven or eight churches of that de i nomination under the same manage ment and supported from an endc7w ment that is exec 5dingIy rich. It's in- 1 come is next to that Of Trinity church | and amounts 10 several hundred thou | sand dollars 3 year. The pastors Of l the collegiate churches are paid S10,- ! 900 fcr life and are allowed to retire | from active pastoriaI work when they | reach the age Of 65 years
 Trinity parish is the richest in tho | woTld, and has an income of about | S3G0,000 from buildings and other in vestments. It supports five or six church5s, several schools, hospitals ! and other charitable institutions, and | pays the manager Of is business 9 sal : ary Of $10,000 c year. The rector Of | Trinity church receives $12, ,5G0. The | same salary is paid by St. Thomas and l St. Bartholomew fxas informed by i good authority that five clsr5ymen in i New York city received that sa lary and at least twelve received S10,000 . year. The average pay of a clergyman ln New York city, excepting the pas tors of mission churcLes, is brabably 5000
 The editorial profession is not so vel paid. There are probably six zen editors in New York, not proprie- -ors of newspapers, who receive $1Q,- )00 q year or oVsr. The Journal and World have four each, the Herald two, .he Times, Post and Brooklyn Eagle 1ne each. The highest editorial sal ny paid in the United States is $15,- poo.
 Editorial writers Of recognized abi,- ty, city editors. news editors and man. tging editors on the large daily news papers are raid fran s5000 to $7,500 ! year.
 i few physicians in New York make -ery large fess. There are two CT hree specialists whose incomes will exceed $50 600 6 year, perhaps ten 1ake S25, eco and perhaps twsnty make rom $15 600 to $20 000 Ten thousand -ollars is considered a large practice.
 The salaries of our college professors 10 not compare with those Of Europe, public school teachers in the United States are paid two or three ines as much. The teacher Of an or .inary school in England, France or Germany who makes $25 month is .oing very well, but several chairs at Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Glas-