Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-01-20

be paid IS to $40 a week In the be-
ginning. Larger cities run as high az
SIS. and in ordinary work. such as
taking letters of the average business
man, a beginner will not be likely to
has become the favorite Of several
stenographers employed and is get.
ting into a sort of private secretary
ship. Some law offices. which require
quicker and more accurate work, pay
as much as $35 or even more week,
II your boy should decide to make
stenography his permanent vocation,
instead of being merely a stepping
stone to something else. he had bet
ter get Into law office as soon as he
can, though he should wait until he
has had experience enough to be quite
expert. Law office stenography leads
directly into court work. which, gen.
orally speaking. pays the best of all
branches of the business. Also so OF
the 80 United States senators are law.
yers, as well as 212 of the 1893 mem.
bers OF the house. with proportionate
memberships In the state legislatures.
circumstance which might give
good law stenographer direct infiu.
ence for political preferment
The main requirement for ste
nographic court positions is prof.
cheney: your boy should be able to
fill this necessity by the time he is In
his early twenties. provided he began
at sixteen to eighteen and used every
effort to improve himself instead OF
endeavoring merely to hold his job.
Then his pay would depend upon the
particular state he happened to be In.
In New York city. for example, he
would receive anywhere from $l.750
to $500 year. with the possibility
of doubling his income by furnishing
copies of testimony. court rulings.
etc. to lawyers at the regular fees.
1t frequently happens that two or
three cour. stenographers who have
proved their ability form a partner.
ship for this particular class OF work
and launch out in independent busi-
ness. employing assistants and typists
and becoming wealthy. These firms
get n great deal more than court
work. doing special work for lawyers
and other firms. and often taking
down and transcribing the testimony
or data collected by some state com.
mission or legislative investigating
body.
Through their personal connections
or demonstrated ability. many ste
nographers Of this grade work In
state legislatures and even in con.
gress. In the latter case they are
paid $4,000 n year. out Of which sum.
however. they have to furnish one as.
sistant at $1,000. These stenograph.
ers add to their incomes by doing
special work The committees and
commissions appointed by congress
and legislatures always have ste.
nographers.
Many stenographers have also made
a competence by doing free lance
work entirely. getting work where
they could and remaining free Of bus
mess connections. One Of these free
lances spent six months prior to the
holding of a big international scien.
tific convention in studying the sub.
jects scheduled to be discussed. SO AZ
to become acquainted with the rare
terminology. 1t happened that he was
the only stenographer present able to
take down the speeches and debates
and his revenue In furnishing copies
afterward amounted to quite a fex
thousand Of dollars.
This, In a nutshell. is what there Is
in stenogrnphy for the energetic boy
But rs stated in the beginning. Its
chief value Is as a stepping stone to
some business, any business, through
a private secretaryship. Some private
secretaries receive large salaries. the
heads of large corporate interests
having paid as much as $4,000 q
year to the right man.
| Copyright, 1910. by the Associated Lit.
| erary PressD