The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-02-03
ENCOURAGING sNossisHNEss

ENCOURAGING sNossisHNEss
I A fe~ weeks ago the steel trust
elected new president hxing his
SALARY "a onlY bali the sum tat had
been paid 70 fhe retiring president
As j. pays him s50000 e year. how
ever, he Is not likely 10 starve it
\ seems that the management 0f the
company felt called upon TO explain
the cut iu SALARY and the explana-
/ tiOn was this. the tastes Of the in-
\ coming president were not as expen-
siye as those of bis preiace ss0r and
$50 he did nor need as much
lt vas Hot 81 ated that Bis sefsiee
was Jess valuable, and that is nha
2 man Is paid for if he Is paid hon
I esily II the services OE The two ~
/ the company we're enual. eithef .aik
stockholders we're Eronged when oasI
vas paid 100000 or the incoming
i president WIS wr0nged when he Was
lpaid $4,000: for Il is manifestly as
wrong 70 pay one mau twice as muca
az another for q given service az 10
/ pay one grocer twice as much as an
other Tor a dozen eggs
Such q distinction tends 10 the cGi-
I tivatiou OF snobbishness n it were
confined 10 the officials Of the steel
trust i might pass without notice,
\ but a similar spirit Is often displayed
\ in the halls Of legislation and an In
stance Of it vas furnished In Wash
ingt0n few aays ago when the
Z proposition 10 increase the salaries
OF Federal judges from $1,000 10 si0-
GOO year was under discussion Mr.
I Iawney, advocating ne bill, said
Every member Of the house knows
that there is ma man occupying "A tso-
sition Of circuit Judge or of district
Judge. who is dependent wholly up
on his. salary for his living. who can
live ia keeping with the dignity of
the Office which he holds and at the
same time educate his children ais he
\ desires them to be educated. and as
they ought 10 be educated. on s. 600
Il a year, even when his travelling eX-
penses are paid Every man on the
floor OF this house who has children
feels II his duty to educate them, and
he knows very well that at least one
fourth OF the present salary OF the
! United states judges is required an-
nually 20 educate a single boy or girl
liD any Of the colleges Of the United
States.
y 10 this case Hr Tawuey was car
rled by the excitement Of the argu
msnt into making ridiculous asser
. tion. One-fourth OF $1,000. the pres
; ent salary Of the judges, is Sf75e
and every member OF the house who
knows anything about education
Er Na that there is not a college ~
! the whole country where q boy 81
/ girl need or ought to spend Sl.750p il
/ one year. AZ the highest-priCed iB
. siintious OF learning onethird o
that sum will pay board and tuition
+ and no boy or girl 1t college needs
2 Sle0 per month for outside expenses
and If 10 is used for vulgar display
! u Is worse than wasted
And this talk OF living in keepiul
d with the dignity Of his position /.
E another concession to snobbishness
b A Federal Judge is supposedly a maj
q of brain aud high standing and can al
). fofd TO live simply aud unostenta
% tiOusly There are men who mus
/ NtsNiat ihGlf WtdlAN OF Oe NNHuuieF
hut Is Federal judge need not ante
: into competition with such men
} By an this We do not mean 10 SAL
4 that salaries of Federal judges
should not be increased lf they ar
2 10 be increased IL should be on H
1 ground that their services arc vorll
2 more than they are paid al present
e not on the ground that they mus
'cut a swell
But The house voted lbis measure
! dowl Among those opposing 70 ueu
% Mn pcarrc of Maryland aud Mr Ea
: wards OF Georgia, who thought III
4 fore paving tue $1,000 men Sl000l
a for style n would be proper 20 na.
Y The $500 men siNo0 So they wouh
e lase enough 10 liye-Qn Mr. I'D
s wards said:
$ Before we begin 20 raise the hgl
salaries OF our officials. We would bei
ter drop further down HuoBg the gos
. ernment employees who can hardl.
= live upon the meager salaries the.
p draw IN this time Of high4 prices
The house took that view and tbI
bin was defeated aud II Salaries an
s 20 he measured by necessities. Il VA
't undoubtedly lie proper view 10 take