Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-21

to more than 800, 900 a year, and more
than a score who make a larger amount Of
money in twelve months than is paid to
the president Of the United States during
the same period for governing a nation
with a population OF more than $4,000. 900
Of people-not to mention the many more
millions in our new possessions.
Corporations. as a matter OF course, pay
immense salaries. It has not always been
possible to obtain the exact figures, but
those given approximate the amount paid.
Alexander johnson Cassatt. president OF
the Pennsylvania railroad, receives $50, 900
a year for his services as the chief ex-
ecutive Of hat great corporation. Incl
d~entally 1t is said that he receives smaller
salaries from many Of the branch railroads
which are part and parcel of the great
system over which he has charge.
Presidents Of the big distinctly Philadel-
phia insurance companies get all the way
from 500, 900 to $40, 900 a year. The presi-
dents OF the various trust companies re-
ceive not less than $40, 900 a year, and in
some few cases a much larger amount than
that.
The prominent lawyers OF the city are big
money makers. John G. Johnson, for In
stance, who is regarded as one Of the best
corporation lawyers in the United States,
has not for many years made less than
500, 900 per year from his law practice. He
Is kept so busy that he scarcely has time
to eat a MONDAY luncheon, and those who
know him best frequently find him trying
to satisfy his appetite with a hurried
luncheon Of pie and milk. Samuel Dick
son, Thomas Hart and George Tucker Bis
pham are lawyers who have an extensive
practice among the corporations. Some Of
these men, and others as we'll, are retained
by corporations, receiving as high as s25,
600 a year and being paid for their serv-
ices besides. Many Of the great corpora.
tions regard 1t as a matter Of prudence
and economy to secure the services Of big
lawyers by paying them handsome retain
ing fees by the year. In this way II is not
possible for the other side Of the case to
obtain the services Of these lawyers.
Physicians, as we'll as lawyers and other
professional men, sometimes make enor-
nous sums of money from their practice.
In Philadelphia a doctors fees run all the
way from nothing a year to $3.50, 900 for the
same period of time. The charges of the
best physicians are always guided by the
size of the pocketbooks Of their patients.
Some individual fees are tremendous.
1t has been said, but never admitted or
denied, that P. A. B.. Widener once paid
his attending physician 800, 900. When
Dr.. d. Hayes Agnew. an eminent surgeon,
was to attend President Garfield,
after the chief executive had been laid low
by the bullet Of the assassin, he gave no
thought to the question of money, but
summoned all his skill in a supreme effort
to save the life of the stricken ruler. When
the bills came up to be settled his fee
amounted to the modest sum Of SIS, 900.
Among the surgeons and physicians of
Philadelphia who enjoy an especially lu-
c~rative practice may be mentioned Drs. La
Place, DeCosta, Beaver, Van Lennep, Hare
and Tyson. Some Of these men. It can be
confidently asserted, receive more in fees
in the course Of a year than President
Roosevelt will receive as salary for twelve
months work in the White House.