Omaha daily bee., 1905-10-22
POSSIBILITIES OF SHORTHAND
Different ways by which One May
Succeed by Knowing
Shorthand.

No study offers better prospects of greater
possibilities than that of shorthand,
whether viewed from the standpoint OF
advancement in the commercial world, as
profession In itself. as an educator, as a
fascinating study or as an accomplishment
In the commercial world there is ready
employment for the excellent stenographer,
while the opportunities for advancement
are much greater for that stenographer
than for any other employee AS a profess
sion there is none better. The expert
writers Of the country are men Of ample
means, and in the larger cities the pro-
fession is attractive because of the fact
that there is a demand for reporters and
the emoluments compare favorably with
those OF any other profession.
In several of the large railroad ofices
OF the country no man is employed in a
clerical position unless he has a knowledge
OF shorthand. This demand for people
skilled in this art is extending throughout
the country, and the prediction has been
made that the time will come within the
next score of years when shorthand will
be nearly necessity to all people in COM
mercial work.
Ten years ago. Joseph eastman was
stenographer TO the business manager OF
the Chicago Tribune, at a salary OF SIS
week. Today he is business manager
OF the Philadelphia Record. at a salary OF
$4,000 a year Nearly every prominent
railroad oflcisl In the United States came
up from the position OF stenographer. and
large percentage of the men now prom
inent in business and political life owe
their Advancement to the medium. of
stenography.
Shorthand as a profession, in itself offers
fo an aff qff Faftt
is no better profession than that of court
reporting. A short time ago, William z.
Curtis contributed an article to the Chi
cago Record Herald in which he detailed
the amount OF work being done and the
money made by the court reporters of that
city He showed that one firm OF court
stenographers OF that city are now doing
business OF upwards OF 100000 q year,
while every court reporter is counting his
years profits In figures amounting to thou
sands. In most of the large states there
are oficial court reporters who are we'll
paid and in some instances enjoy larger
salaries than the judges I'm whose courts
they report, and in most instances receive
larger fees than the attorneys OF the
court
In the San Francisco Chronicle OF May O.
1906. there appears the results of a report
| OF an expert tnlplogtu 10 tAdullut the
accounts of the various county onicers al
Redding Cal. The article showed that
Fred ]. Brownlee, official reporter re-
| ceived last year as fees within less than
| 500 Of twice the salary OF Superior Judge
Head. The fees were not eNhorbitant, beins
those allowed under law. Aside from al.
most $500 received from reporting the
! criminal cases alone, he was paid extra
for civil cases, that sum not appea ring OF
the books and In addition, 20 that. h,
filled the position Of court reporter II
Tehama county, as we'll as in shasts
county. In all probability his yearly in
come is $4,000 and It is not at all beyont
the bounds OF reason to state that no at
torney in that circuit enjoys so Lucrative
a practice.
Then there is another consideration while
should not be lost sight or The short
hand reporter does not work for some on
else on a salary. He can go into bushes
for himself at any time. The man in IN
ordinary walks OF life who works at
stated salary and who has family I
support II he works all his life when
Genes 20 die he VIII have saved posslbl
enough TO buy shroud and perhaps leav
! his family few thousand dollars IN M
insurance. The shorthand man goes int
business for himself, and many youn
men In Chicago are now well-to-do. ownin