The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1908-08-14
HE'S NOT VERY CON-
.SISTENT.


to make US weary.
The other day he made talk to
a lot of school teachers and previous
to that he had made talk to lot of
laboring men. In both cases he
called the attention of his hearers
to the great Inequalities of pay re-
ceived by them and the pay of the
heads of the big corporations and
declared that one of the objects
that he had in view was to even this
business up. Now that is laudable
purpose although Bill knows that
his being elected president will have
nothing whatever to dc with the
raising of wages on the one hand or
the cutting down of salaries on the
other.
But Bill ought to be consistent.
He says that these people who get
the great salaries do not do work In
proportion to the amount they re-
ceive. We think so too, but how
about Bill, HIMSELF He receives
$aso and sometimes $500 for work
ing his lower maxillary for the
period of an hour and half to two
hours or at the rate of from $1,000
to $40, GOO per month Now we
hardly think that William weuld
claim for & minute that 1t is hast as
hard work either physically or men
tally for Aim to talk two ho1rs to
a pleased and attentive crowd as it
is for the poor school teacher to
teach tor six hours ia school room,
but the teacher gets an average OF
less chan So for working hare and
enduring a nervous strain for siK
hours as against the S25o to $500
that William gels for his pleasant
talk of two hours.
Now in all fairness it cannot be
said that the lectures ct William
have cost him great mental toll. hf
he should happen to forget one OF
them, in a dag he could prepare
another just as good. The fact is
that the lecture platform offers the
easiest and mort pleasant graft that
there is at this writing.
We are not complaining of the
amounts received by WlRiam. Cur
candid opinion is that it we were
able to command that price for
making lectures we would be in the
buslaess right s,ong, but what we
do claim is that it is not consistent
for William to get all he can possibly
get fer h., lectMes and at the sane
time condemn the heads of the
corpocations for taking as much
salary as the bosrd of directors ate
willing to vote to dhem.
To be perfectly consistent William
ought to go about the country as a
teacher, which he really claims to
be, a teacher of what he clains are
the correct theories of government,
morality and rellsioa, and he ought
only to charge what would be con-
sidered far wages for teachisg in
the school, say Sa5o per month and
expenses. There are mighty fe"
teachers who wouldn't be right glad
to teach two hours per day for s25o
per month and expenses. But sup
pose we were to allow him a liberal
salary as a public teacher, very
liberal in fact, say $500 per month !
and travelling expenses; he would be
receiving rate that very, very few
teachers in the United States receive
for doing harder work and shoulder
ing greater responsibility.
But in addition 20 what he makes
as a lecturer William is said to re-
ceive gre, 600 per annun as editor
of the Commoner. Now we have
read the Commoner, SO have many
of you, perhaps. Have you ever
noticed anything about the editorial
columns that indicated that the
editor was training his intslleetF We
know of hard worked editors who
turn out more matter every week
than William and we think fully
equal to any thiag that appears in