The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1904-01-08
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SOME BIG sAIARIsss
Enornous Sums Paid. H.ut Merit
Always Counts.
Salaries paid to public dtflcialsS in
the richest countries often compare
poorly With those which public fnnce
rionarieS receive In the REALMS nearest
bankruptcy The Turkish minister
of finance has $40, 900 81 YEAR. Even
he, however, is less we'll paid than
|ltbe Official who sis: In char a,e OF I the
admiralty. His salary Is $4,000 a
year, and the piokings are $50 plenti.
ful that the present holder is said te,
have piled up the neat little fortune
lofss12 ,000, 900. =,
Without doubt, however,ssthe best
T paid statesman ON ear th is the grand
yizier Of Morocco Ben HaImed, the
recently deceased holder of} The viz.
Iierate, left sum equal to neilrly S2O,- :
100000. 1t was stored in lgold bull
lion in9the cellars Of his palace at
Marakesh. 80 SESs IS \, ~ .ts
Compared with riches6ucllja jas those
of these eastern statesmen, the $780,,
900 wflich.the President of the Uuited
States receives Is poor sum, even
though 1t Is backed by free Sresidcnce
in the White House, and a handsome
allowance for entertaining foreigners
of distinction.
I "A fnty yfhhNtyrnof In,
comes of state officials were looked
upon with envy as quite unapproach-
able by salaried workers lin private
life. Today there are number of
the latter whose emoluments absolute
| ly dwarf even such q salary rs that of
the President of the United States.
There is man who received an
offer Of the large salary OF 100000
a year, and, incredible as it may seem,
refused 1t. This Is Herr BALM, the
gifted German, who is managing
director Of the Hamburg American
! line of steamers.
a dozen years ago the public had
never heard Of Clinton Dawkins of
London. Then he became MIR. Co
ischen's private secretary, and in 1895
secretary OF finance In Egypt. There,
and later on In India, he made great
name as financial expert. His fame
attracted the notice Of j. p. Morgan
& Company. He now draws 5000, 900
d year in their service. His is said
to be the biggest salary paid by any
bank. There are not more than three
bank managers in England who get
one-fifth of Mr.. Dawkins' salary.
The great life insurance companies
pay very high figures to the men who
control their investments. The two
largest in the world each allow their
presidents Sl50,000 year.
The richest corporation in the
world is said to be the Standard Oil
Trust. John D. Rockefeller is it's
president. But the $4,000, 600 which
forms his yearly income from the oil
holdings III not salarly, hut interest.
His vice president, however, Alexan-
] der Mcdonald, 4 Scot with a marvel
Gus head for finances, receives reg.
ulartsalary Of 5000, 900 year,.pnd has
his fare paid to Russia or Burmah
whenever he wishes to inspect the oil
fields of rival companies.
Railway companies are not stingy
j. Pierpont Morgan paid Samuel
Spencer 300, 900 year to give expert
opinions on the railway properties
he was buying up.
AS managing director &C the Con-
Soldated Goldfields OF SnS hlAfrica.
Limited, Mr.. Rhodes used about
1926, 900 year.
The suguar trust pays its officials
well. a notable instance is the S5O,.
600 Il year which their chemist, j. 0.
Donner, GETS But Mr.. Donner has
to work hard for his money. Sugar
from every part of the world, cane
and beet. comes before him. and he
has to exercise expert opinion on it.
,.dhe great experts in ALI Of the
principal commercial lines jre we'll
paid. Fifteen Thousand dollars a
year is the salary of the chief tea-tas-
ter and blcnder of one great British
tea firm. This gentleman has all the
expenses Of three months holiday
paid yearly. He needs it. badly, FOR
tea-tasting is most trying to the
nerves and heltb.
Twenty thousand dollars year is
the remuneration of a laborer, A. j.
Day, who is employed as roller at
the Pittsburg mills of the Steel Trust.
He is the best man at his special
work-the rolling OF steel rails-and
is paid accordingly. E.a
Great singers like Patti have made
the astonishing record If $4,000
night. This she did at New Orleans.
But neither she nor any other prima
donna ever kept up that sort OF thing
at a steady income.
The amounts to be made by lee
turing rival the salaries of prima
donnas. Ian Maclaren once made $780,
coo In six weeks. Sir III. NJ. Stanley
did even better.
MISSIONARIES MAssACRED.
Grucsome Tale Tells of Crime Com
united Three Years Ago.