Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-06-02

II the salary Of the President OF the
United states seems ridiculously smal'
COR the chief magistrate Of the riehes'
nation In the world. the salary PAID 10
some European rulers seems ridiculous
w large. Think OF the car OF Russia
--ttlng 1000 900 year while his ma
On has a debt nearly double ours and
d population about one-half more than
ours and the boy king OF poor poverty
stricken Spain receiving a salary Of 81
OOO The salary first fixed for the
President was $4,000 This was by act
az Congress passed on september a.
1883. The salary Of the Vice President
~ the same time was fixed at $1,000 a
wear Ii was not until 1873 that the
salary OF the President was raised TO
its present amount of 100000 The sal
ary of the Vice President was raised 10
lbs present amount OF $4,000 In 1893.
Considering the buying power OF money
In 1859 and al this time and the state OF
the countrys finances then and now,
the earlier salaries were more liberal
than those now.
When Washington took office the pop
ulation Of the United states was less
than 100000. the national debt approx
mated $4,000 900 or about $3.50 per
capita. including slaves. while the en-
tire valuation of property In the mir
teen States was only 00,O0O,OOO, an
amount less than the present annual
revenue OF the Republic our pOpula-
lion now is over 100000. and the debt
per capita In 1880 had fallen TO Sl4.bj.
In the same year England's debt per
capita was SS779 Her indebtedness Is
more than double ours and her pOpula-
lion less than half ours The national
debt of France Is four times as large
as ours and her population less than
half ours. In 1890 the French debt per
capita was Sll63j and that Of Russia
S30.7g. Germany's national debt Is near
lv a billion dollars more than ours. and
her population one-third less than ours.
a committee 0f the New York Repub-
Hcan club. which has been making some
investigations regarding the compare
tive salaries paid by the United States
and European nations 10 their chief
officials says In its report
"MulhaI. the eminent English stalls
tician. estimated the wealth OF the
United States az the close Of 1896 at
ISL $50 100000. with an annual earning
capacity OF $ljjS0OO00C0, II these fig
ures prove correct the census Of the
present year will show our national
wealth TO exceed one hundred thousand
millions Of dollars The same high au-
thority estimated the wealth Of Eng
land at the same time al $50 03O 900 600
France az $3.50 600 900. Germany al
$40 260 900 COO Russia at 1872 1926 600 900
Austria al s22 500 900 900. italy az Slt-
500 600. 900 and Spain at Sll. 900, 900 600. IL
these figures are correct thev prove that
the United States is by far the wealth
lest nation in the world and increasing
much faster than any other our wealth
is nearly equal Co The combined wealth
of England and Russia. OF England and
Germany. and exceeds that Of France
and Russia, or of Germany and Russia.
and nearly equals that Of Russia. Aus
trla. italy and Spain combined
As 90 comparison Of salaries Of the
higher officials the American list Is as
follows. President $4,000. Vice Presl-
dent $1,000; cabinet officers. s. 000 chief
justice of the supreme court. Sl050Q.
associate Justices. $4,000; ambassadors
1880 Contrast this with the salaries
given IN the pay table Of foreign ma
tons here appended.
SALARIES PAID BY FOREIGN Ma
TONS.
England-Oueen. 81 g25 900: cabinet