The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-01-18
RECEIVE BIG SALARIES.

Whatever may De the nnal IOIm Vi
the readjustment of the social organi-
cations, for which the Twentieth CEN
tury is getting ready, the present time
will 60 down in history as the age OF
the worlds greatest salaries, says the
Mew York Tribune.
The men of intellect and education,
those who are superior in developed
capacity, in industry and morality,
those who are most important to So
ciety, work for pay which the masters
of modern finance would consider in
sufficient for the expenses of running
their automobiles. The pay of col
lege professors average about So 900
a year. Civil service commissioners
of the United States, doing work of
great responsibility, draw $500 a
year. The biologist of the govern
ment, with an international reputa.
ton, receives $a,7oe. The experts
who codify the federal penal laws are
paid only $5,o
The pay of United States cabinet
officers is only So, 900 year, and it is
interesting to note that to accept such
position the present secretary of
state, Mr.. Root, gave up a law prac-
tice estimated as worth 500. 900
yearly. On the other hand, Paul
Morton resigned as secretary of the
navy in order to accept a 500. 900
salary in New York.
1t probably is safe statement that
the average yearly income of lawyers
in New York city does not exceed
So, 900 a year. Yet the income of
not few runs as high as 500, 900,
nd in some cases more. One of the
largest single fees ever paid to law
yer was ST, 900, 900 which James B.
Dill of New York, received for set
ting the dispute which arose between
Andrew Carnegie and Henry c. Prick
over the transfer of the properties
merged in the United States Steel
corporation.
A fee only $40, 900 less than Mr..
Dill's was paid to another New York
lawyer, William D. Guthrie, who re-
ceived $500, 900 for breaking the will
of Henry B. Plant, owner of the
Plant system of steamships, railways
and hotels.
Joseph H. Choate, before his ap-
pointment as Ambassador to Great
Britain, received $1,000 for a
single argument before the United
States supreme court, the effect of
which was that the income tax law
was declared unconstitutional. AS
Ambassador at London Mr.. Choate's
salary was $I7,5oo.
The fee of $685. and travelling
expenses which were paid to DR..
Adolph Lorenz of Vienna, to treat
Lolita Armour for congerital hip dis
location, were much less than have
frequently been paid abroad by roy
atty for various ailments. King Ed
ward, when Prince of Wales, once
paid physician $4,000 for FOUR
weeks services.
The fee of 81 900 which New
York dentist charged Prince Louis of
Battenberg when the latter visited
this country with his fleet year ago
was much commented upon. For a
dentists fee the sum was undoubted-
ly large, but as compared with some
physicians fees it looks Insignificant.
In New York city there probably
are four or five physicians whose
practice, mostly with the wealthy,
represents an annual income of $780,
900 or more. Five or six others earn
from $4,000 to 500, 900, and about
200 make from $Io,o 900 to $40, 900.
The average doctor gets from S. to
81 for visit out of his office, and
charges from ST to S. for writing
prescription in his Office.