New-York tribune., 1906-11-04

people assert plain. everyday American. Try
ing 10 do an extraordinary job 10 the best OF his
ability
Curinusly enough, the public hears only TWO
opinions of the missionary. one Of which repre-
cents him as e scoundrel fool the other OF
which .xs,ts him as q demi-god. So far as am
avars nobody has ever set out, independently hno
representing no board. society or cause 70 ma out
t-partaIIy the exact facts in the case IRIS IS me
mission have undertaken
To hat end I shall personally examine, on the
ground representative enterprises Of al oenonlA-
+,,,aI sna undenorninational missions. I shaA al
..r,n, N study the workers themselves ana He9l
.bA,r own side Of the story. With equAl o---se--e
: shall consult qualified native opinion anu 50, &c
out The foremost foreign critics ana ssceI'a -
,s.vs In & word with other purpose tiiH--
:, give the American public fair frank Iul s.oiS @
:, ~. con+roverted subject have started On ll--S
-, s-o7,nd the world. Whatever the CoIO4O
,to,s 7 nav report they will st least De iO-e
The biggest single foreign enterprise -
- Ss engaged is this one OF foreign missions
re- rest Of the world. and especially IHe O-teS'
,,-ours ne Western Continent chiefly by us Ills
1..-ss. Figured IN dollars, the business last year
,t American public s. sO7,l65 paid IN by an or
p,zs-ion with approximately twelve TnlIhoN slI1e
,,ol5e-s Of all religious denoTnllaIo s-,
go Carbolic and Mormon Che foreign iiissiOH
F'ola-- n ,o,,,,-5es costs sl50oOOJo yearly9
..s-.,rIv the missionaries themselves OF "hoNI
&c maintains 2776 in Japan, China CoEeal l'Ie
pru,n7ines Buruah. Siam. India Iloel' 80 -
-, F,evo- and the South American countries
a, ro, get rich out Of this vast sum AccoIN'e
n -7a o4Hcial figures. the missionary s salaIS
.or, ro-hfng 10 $3.50 a year. The last named
.,-a * naf6 TO veterans Of the Baptist oeleHllIA-
ION who are married and have faInlhesi 'I-7
former represents the salary promised 10 the ms
,,o-a-fes ~ the China Inland Mission, the Chrls-
tan and Missionary Alliance and a leW o'her un
dencrinational bodies
The unmarried college bred man who goes 10 the
foreign field gets about 500 year II may De
500 more. or. more likely. 800 less according TO
his denomination. married man generally from
81 ea 10 8 200 with 500 for each child. II ne
neIorEs 10 one OF four five denominations. An
unmarried woman gets $500, 500 or even s7co q
year with no prospect OF increase So II strikes
one that even considering the lower cost OF living
In the Orient, the financial Inducements 10 a cull-
waited young person TO become a missionary are
rather rneaEre Whether this fact shuts out all but
second class men and women remains 10 be found
ozt.
Everybody has heard the charge that for every
penny which gets TO the mission field 90 cents is
required send Il. Business men who be-
heve in business methods even in religious
affairs are the most frequent critics Of the
eHpensiveness Of the conduct OF the missionary
propaganda determined 10 look this matter Up,
with quite surprising results Here are the official
figures. IN all their dryness Of the cost Of collection
ana administration of foreign mission funds last
year hy leading denominations: