Omaha daily bee., 1905-11-19
MORE LIBERAL THAN REPUBLIC
The Superior Man Fares Much Better
in the Service of
Monarchy.

Richard A. McCurdy testified before the
insurance investigating committee that his
salary Of $4,000 as president of the Mutual
Life was awarded as an indication of
appreciation" Of his able management.
Really superior men in places OF public
honor are not so recompensed.
The president Of the United States has
a salary of $4,000 NJ. Ruchet, the distin-
guished president Of the Swiss federation,
draws 5000 a year. Thebaud, the common
place son-in-law Of McCurdy, drew $l47,6S7
In 1904 from the Mutual Life
Emerson lived upon an income of 81, 900
a year, eked out by lecturiI g, while writ
ing his poems and essays. John Hay, as
secretary of state, drew $1,000 year. The
late Senator Hoar, after a long career OF
distinguished public service, drew $1,000
year. Frederic Cromwell, treasurer vf the
Mutual Life, gets 10000 year.
Our fighting men fare better. Admiral
Dewey, a name world-renowned, receives
S13,5OO a year. General Chaffee, army chief
of staff, receives $1,000. A naval captain,
by selection and training a superior man,
receives s., 800 for an exacting responsibility
and for the possession of judgment upon
which the issue of peace or war might at
times depend. Robert H. McCurdy drew
in 1904 s121 ,766 from the Mutual Life.
Monarchies reward superior men more
literally. British admiral Of the feet
draws nearly $1,000. Roberts of Kandahar,
head of the army, receives $4,000 year.
Lord Curzon, the greatest viceroy Of India
since Lawrence, got $4,000 a year for pre-
siding over the government Of one-ffth OF
the worlds inhabitants. The trivial Hyde,
as sharp a contrast to Curzon rs can be
conceived was not satisfied with 100000
from the Equitable.
Most vitality important to society in a re-
public are it's educators. The pay of the
mass OF these builders OF character and
capacity varies between 500 and S1,5OO a
year. Professors in colleges small and
large average about 5000.
The upward limit is $500 in Dartmouth,
$4,000 in Cornell. 5000 in Pennsylvania. A
few professors Of worldwide fame in Har-
ward, Chicago, and Columbia receive from
$1,000 to $4,000 a year.
President Angel, Of Michigan, very
eminent and able man, has $1,000 n year;
Eliot, OF Harvard, the dean Of the college
presidents Of the country, receives $4,000
John c. Mccall the undlstinguished son Of
the president of the New York Life. was
drawing more than twice as much a short
time after leaving college.
A civil service commissioner OF the Uni
ted States, doing work of great RESPONSE
bility. draws $3.50 a year. For experts
codifying the federal penal laws 5000 a
year is paid. Judge Cooley. very high
authority in constitutional law, draws
1880 as commissioner of interstate conn
merce. Clifford Pinchot, widely known as
chief Of the federal bureau of forestry, re-
ceives $3.50 a year. G. Hart Merriam,
with an international reputation, draws
| 50, $50 as the government bielosist. The OBJ
scure Grannis receives $4,000 from the Mu-
! tual as its vice president.
The church pays its leading men no bet
| ter than the state A country clergyman
may still work on starvation pay for the
uplifting of his people. A recent Congre-
I gational yearbook gave no instance of a
: preachers salary above 5000, though
/ there are said to be three such cases in
the denomination. An Episcopalian bishop
may receive from 5000 TO S12.50o. Fa-
nous city parishes in relatively few case!
| pay clergvmen as high as $4,000 a year
/ The demands of charity upon such
! clergyman are, however, very heavy. The
| 900 year paid to the archbishop Of
Canterbury, prlmate Of all England. Il
almost all earmarked for such demands
and for the needs of his customary estab
! lishment. Richard A. McCurdy's salary
Of double that amount for conducting hi!
missionary enterprise" the Mutual Life
is subject to no such diminution.
The intellectual men, the me5 OF the
best education, those who are superior
in developed capacity. in altrulsm, in IN
dustry. IN self-restraint, in morality. those
who are most important to society, WORK
for small pay as compared with the self
selected masters of modern finance. How
much they deserve, how little do they
earn!-New York World.