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the insurance investigating committee
that his salary of $3.50, 600 as presi-
dent of the Mutual Life was awarded
on an "'indicatioD os appreciation"
Of his able management. Really
superior men in places Of public hon
or are not 50 recompensed, says the
New York World.
The president of the United States
has salary Of $50, 600. NJ. Ruchut,
the distinguished president of the
Swiss republic, draws So year.
Thebaud, the commonplace son-in-
law of McCurdy, drew sl47,6sT in
1904 from the Mutual Life.
Emerson lived upon an income Of
81, 900 year, eked out by lecturiug,
while writing his poems and essays.
John Hay, as secretary of state, drew
$4,000 a year. The late Senator
Hoar, after long career OF public
service, drew $4,000 year. Fred
eric Cromwell, treasurer Of the Nut
ual Life gets 500, 900 a year. Our
fighting men do better. Admiral
Dewey, a name world renowned, re-
ceives sl3, 500 a year. General
Chalfee, army chief Of staff, receives
$1,000. 4 naval captain, by selec-
tion and by training a superior man,
receives SO, 500 for an exciting res
possibility and for the possession OF
judgment upon which the issue Of
peace or war might at times depend
Robert H. McCurdy drew in 1904
1921, 100 from the Mutual Life.
Monarchies reward superior men
more literally. \ British admiral Of
the fleet draws sll, OU0. Roberts OF
Kandabar, head Of the army draws
s25, 600 a year Lord Curzon. the
greatest viceroy Of India since Law
renee got SO, 600 a year for presid
ing over the government of one tifth
OF the worlds inhabitants The tri-
vial Hyde, as sharp a contrast to Cur
zon as can be conceived, was not sat
isfied with 800, 600 from tbs Equit
able.
Most vitality important TO society
in a republic are its educators The
pay OF the mass Of these builders Of
character and capacity varies between
5000 and $500 a year. Professors
In colleges, small and large, average
about 81, 600.
The upward limit i $4,000 in
Dartmouth. 100 10 Cornell, IS, 600
in PeEnsy lvania. A few professors of
world vide fame in Harvard, Chicago
and Columbia receive from $4,000 to
SlG, 600 year.
President ANGEL Of Michigan, a
very eminent and able man has s.
o00 q 7ear Eliot. of Harvard the
dean Of tie college presidents of the
country receives $40, e39. John G.
Mccall, the uu8t-tiuguishsI son q
the president II the NsR York Life.
was drawing mote than twice az much
a short time after leaving college,
\ civil service commissioner Of the
United States, doing Nnrk Of great
responsibility, draws 81, 300 a year
For experts coiifyiug ths federal pen
al laws $1,000 a year j. paid Judge
Cooley, a very high authority in cou-
stitutiuual Iaa drew $1,000 a. a con-
missioner If interstate commerce
Clifford. Piuuhot widely known as
chief of the federal bureau Of forest
~, receives s3. 800 year. c. Hart
Merriam, with au International rep
utatiOu, draws S2,7Ja an the govern
meHt biologist. The obscure Gran
mis- receives $50, 600 from the Mutual
as its vice president.
The church pays its leading men
no better than the state. A country
clergyman may still work on starya-
tion pay for the uplifting Of his PEG.
pie. \ recent Congregational year
book gave no Instance Of preach
er's salary above 50, 600 though there
are said TO be three such cases in the
denomination. An Episcopalian
bishop may receive from g., ia
sl2, 500. Famous city parishes liz
relatively few cases pay olergymen a.
high as slO, 200 a year. The de
mands Of charity upon suoh a clergy
man, are however, very heavy. Th'
s75, 00o a year paid to the archbishop
Of Canterbury, primate of all Eng
land is almost all sarmakred for suci
demands are for the needs Of his Gus
tomary establishment Richard A
McCurdy's salary Of double tha
amount for conducting his mission
AIRY enterprise, the Mutual Life, il
subject to no such Elimination.
The intellectual men. the men Of
the best education, those who ar
superior In developed capacity, II
Altruism, In industry, in sslf-rss
sraInt, In morality, thOss Who ar
most important to society. work TO