The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1901-12-02

De regulated by the law of supply and
demand. There was pointed out to me
the other day one of the most eminent
and learned scholars in the world. whose
compensation for the last eight or ten
years has been $50 a month, and the
good man seems to be satisfied with his
income, Another of the most famous
pundits in Germany has been living on
$50 month since he can remember, with
an occasional honorarium from some
magazine for an article. We have heard
how much Mr.. Aston pays his cook and
Mr.. Whitney the jockey that rides his
horses at the races, and the profits de-
rived by the authors of sensational
novels are enough to hire whole faculty
of the best and most learned German
professors.
AS rule salaries are much lower in
this country than in the United States,
except in a few official positions. The
ministers of the empire receive three or
four times the amount paid to our cab
met ministers in Washington, and they
all have handsome houses to live in free
of cost and servants paid by the govern
ment, but their subordinates have about
one-third of the salaries paid to men oc-
cupying similar positions in the execu-
tive department of the United States.
The greatest differences in salaries,
however, is among the learned profess
sons. A tutor in a German university
will do we'll if he gets $25 or $50 month
and professor is fortunate if he gets
500 a month. Some of the professors
who are dependent upon their fees do
not make more than 5000 or $500 a year.
Their compensation depends largely upon
their ability and popularity, be-
cause, as a rule, it depends upon the
number of students attending their lee
lures. Several specialists in law, medi-
cine, chemistry and other sciences are
handsomely paid; that is, their incomes
are nearly as large as that of Mr.. AstOr's
cook, and if they have reached de-
gree Of eminence which causes them to
be regarded as authority upon certain
subjects they sometimes receive retain
ers as counsel for manufacturing COM
panies or other corporations which can
make good use of their brains. One pro-
fessor in the Berlin university is said
to make $4,000 a year, most of it as fees
for giving his advice to corporations
that are working in the line Of his
special ability.
University professors, however, are not
permitted to enter into the active prac-
tice of any profession. Law lecturers
often write opinions which have great
weight and are sometimes filed as argu-
ments in the court, or give advice to
regular practicing lawyers. Formerly
litigants could appeal to the law faculty
of the university instead of to The SUI
preme court, but that is no longer
| authorized. Lecturers In the medical
| department are often called upon for
consultation in serious cases of sickness.
Chemists and specialists in other lines
| receive fees for laboratory work, or
for giving opinions upon the value of in
4 yentions or discoveries. Just now a GER
i tain eminent professor in the university
\ has been employed to give an opinion
upon the value of recently invented
electrical appliance. for which he will
receive thousand marks. But it is
1 only the select few who enjoy these pc
/ cuniary advantages. AS rule the fac
ulties of the universities in Germany are
/ not paid more than ordinary public
school teachers in the United States.
! and there are 1868 regular professor