Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-06-05
THE PAY OF
 THE PREACHERS Census Bureau Shows the Average Annual Salary
 at $6S3. EInJEcT AVERAGE
HIGHEST AVERAGE
First Time Aattempt Ever Made B, Goyernmcnt to Get Census cf
 Ministers Salaries.

the gospel is hut $GG3. in all tie de- nominations represented iii the cOm- pilatiens on this subject in Part 1 of a special report on the census of religious bodies for 1906, which is now in press preparatory to it's sub- mission by United States Census Di- rector Durand to Secretary Nagel of the department of commerce and labor The report was compiled under the supervision of MT. William c. Hunt, chief statistcian of population in the census bureau, and the statistics were collected partly by correspondence and partly by special agents
 Pay of Ministers.
 It is pointed out in the introduction that this is the first time an attempt has been made in United States census to secure official statistics concerning salaries paid to ministers. It is stated that the results of the census are not entirely satisfactory on account of the failure of some min- isters to report their salary and Of others to report with sufficient clear ness. Of the grand total of 1S6 de- States, the report states that 15 have no regular ministry and 69 either pay no stated salaries or made returns which were not sufficiently complete to warrant tabulation.
 Of the 201,351 organizations conn., posing the 102 remaining denomina- tions, there were 164,229' or S1.6 per cent, which made returns to the cen- sus inquiry, and the report states there is reason to believe that these are substantially complete and accur- ate, and it is thought that they en- brace a sufficient number of organiz- ations of the respective denominations to be fairly representative of condl- tions as to the average salaries paid 1 to ministers. The figures in the tables are for continental United States, for each of the four principal classes of cities-that is, those having population in 1900 of 25,00o to 5o,- 900, of 50,OO0 to 100000, of 100000 to 100000, and of 100000 and over, and for the area outside of them
 Unitarians Show Highest Average.
 The denomination showing the high est average is the Unitarian, with S1,- 653, while the denominations next in order are the Protestant Episcopal church, $1,242; the Universalists, S1,- 23S; the General Convention of the New Jerusalem in the United States of America, $1,233 the Presbyterian church in the United States of Amerl- ca, $1,17O; the United Presbyterian church of North America, $1,096; the Congregationalists, $1,042; the Chris tian Catholic church in Zion, $1.O37; and the Synod of the Reformed Pres byterian church of North America, $1, ,o0S.
 Among the denominations showing an average salary considerably low CT than the general average for the United States are the Advent Christian church.; all the Baptist bodies except the Northern Baptist convention; the Christian union; the Christians (Christian connecticut; the Church ot Christ Scientist; the General Elder ship of the Churches of God in North America; the Society of friends (Or- thoiox) the colored Methodist bod ies; the Methodist Protestant, Wes- levan Methodist, and Free Methodist churches; the Salvation Army: and the Volunteers of America. In the case of most of these last named bOd- ies as shown by the report, many of the organizations reporting are outside of the principal cities and many Of them are doubtless in rural regions and this fact accounts largely for the comparatively low average salary | lie IOW dNcldSc 0llON II AoA eAA\ >AAS'N >-' of Christ, Scientist, is said to be due to the fact that most of those who serve as ministers, or readers, are persons having other vacations and not dependent on the salaries paid by the churches. Tn the case of the Sal
 vation Army and the Volunteers o
 America the allowance made for the
 officers serving at the various posts ] is usually based upon their probable expenses, and is practically limited tt these expenses.
 The average salary shown for th' large cities is considerably higher a. a rule than the general average fol the denomination. while for the ares outside of the principal cities it k