The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-07-29
RIG PAY OF PREACHERS.
soMr EXTRAORDINARY SALARIES Re-
cEvEp BY AMERICAN oiviNES. y


go. stinends Earned I'm Other ProIes-
.,ons-Enormous Fees Charged ny ony
Lawyers - The Pay OF Metropo'"
+. Editors and Physicians.
Tn Offering DIR. Emil g. Hlrscn Slo,'
400 wear for fifteen years to remain
"a it's pastor, Sinai congregation OF
! Chicago will pay him as large a salary
( Is is received by any clergyman IN tne
limited Ssstes, writes William Il. Cur.
us. in the Chicago Record. IL is the
,ame that is paid Bishop Potter, OF
New York. who, however, has
retory furnished, heated and lighted
free Of cost. and is provided with
nr;yate secretary. The late Rev DIR,
Hall Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, Of New York, during the last
wears Of his life, received the largest
salary ever paid to clergyman IN the
-f5n;ted States, which vas S20, 0oo a
year with a manse. Mr. Beeeher re-
ceiysd $40. 600, without the Ilanse;
! DIR. Halls salary proper was 2io,ovo,
and $4,000 additional was contrlbuted
nv Robert Bonner and two otnef
wealthy members of the congregation.
His successor, MIR. Connell, VINO
comes from Regents Park Presby,
terrain Church of London, is offered
sf(,. 0Oo and residence. That is the
salary paid to DIR. Gregory, Dean OF
Westminster Abbey, Lor don. Dean
Farrar receives $1,000 year. The
hierarchy of the Church Of England
enjoy enormous salaries which are
necessary to maintain the large estao-
lishments required of them. The
Archbishop of Canterbury receives
$50. 900 year, but he needs every
cant OF it to meet his social and
ecclesiastical obligations at Lambeth
Palace, the home of the Primate OF
q Church of England. The salary
of the Archbishop of York and that OF
the Archbishop of London is $50, 600
q year. The Archbishop of Ireland
receives So, 500. The other Bishops
sof the Church of England are paid
from $4,000 to $4,000 year. The
average pay OF Vicar III England is
$4,000 outside the large cities. In the
cities the salary varies according to
the wealth of the parish, from S25OC
to $4,000.
The Episcopalians and Presbyterian
pay larger salaries than any Other
5 denominations, but the pulpits mos
sanyied in the United States are those
Of tho Collegiate Reformed Dutcl
Church, of New York City. There arr
seven or eight churches OF tina
denomination under the same manage
ment aud supported from on endow
ment that is exceedingly'rich. It's in
come is next to that of Trinity Church
and amounts to several hundred thou
sand dollars year. The pastors
the Collegiate churches are'paid $40,
s 900 for life and are allowed to retir
81 from active pastoral work when the
reach the age of sixty-fve years.
Trinity parish is the richest in tn
world, and has an income of abou
$500, 900 from buildings and othe
Investments. 1t supports five or ST
- churches, several schools, hospital
and other charitable institutions AM
pays the manager of it's business
salary of $40, 600 year. The recto
Of Trinity Church receives $12, SOC
The same salary is paid by ST
rhomas's and st. Bartholomew
was informed by good authority tina
five clergymeR IN New York City re
ceived that salary and at least twelv
received $40, year. The averag
pay of clergyman in New York City
excepting the pastors of missio
churches, is probably $4,000.
The editorial profession is not s
we'll paid. There are probably six
teen editors in New York, not pre-
prietors of newspapers, who receiv
$4,000 a year or over. The Journf
and World have four each, the Heral
two, the Times, Post and Brookly
Eagle one each. The highest ed
torsIzs'sssa,e-- ,aid in the United State
~ .yflal writers of recognize
4 lefty editors, news editors an
ling editors on the large dali
- ~ sers are paid from $4,000 to $1,000
't,sr.
A few physicians in New York max
very large fees. There are two c
three specialists whose incomes wi
exceed $4,000 year, perhaps tie
make .$25, 900 and perhaps twent
make from S15, 900 to $40, 1000. TIE
. thousand dollars year is considere
Tfrge practice.
The salaries of our college profe
.sors do not compare with those of FL
rope, although public school teacher
in the United States are paid two {
three times as much. The teacher
an ordinary school in England, Franc
or Germany, who makes $25 mont
Is doing very we'll, but several chat
at Oxford. Cambridge, Edinburg
Glasgow and Aberdeen universiti
are worth from $4,000 to S12, 900
year. The same difference is foul
in the Government service. His
officials are paid two or three times
much. in Europe as in this countr
but ordinary clerks enjoy not mo
than one-third or one-fourth the col
pensation that is received for corr
spending services in the United State
The university professors in Euro
rften eniov hereditary grants and du