The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-10-31
ELEPHANT REMANs|H|GH PLACE COSTLY.
Some Ambassadors Spend More
Than Their Salaries.
Pay WsIs for Honor Of ONCE Holding
lsnficant Emelumsnts Of PrssI-
dsnt>and Other ofncIais Hardly
Cover Expsnsss- Only for Rich.


How would-you like to spend more
money than your salary just to hold
your 1obf President Wilson has point
ed out lately that the great cost OF
some Of our diplomatic posts closes
them to all but the rich. You would
be diving down into your private treas.
ure chest quite often II you happened
to be holding any one Of numerous
high positions under our government
From the president down to some OF
our consuls at the more important
posts the expense involved In main
tanning the position always equals and
frequently surpasses the emolument
accruing. the New York Evening sun
states.
Conspicuous among Improbable po
sitions OF honor and trust are the chief
ambassadorships. The post at 81.
James IL q particular luxury. The sal.
airy Is only $17.60O This might seem
ample for an ambassad orship's needs.
at FIRST thought. But consider the OBJ
legations under which our foreign rep
resentatives are put They must en-.
terrain on . large scale In harmony
with the ways Of royalty. Certain II Ii
that when the late Whitelaw Reid held
the post in London the annual stipend
was not big enough to be taken into
consideration. Only the fact that the
late ambassador had private fortune
enabled him to DO the honors Of the
position - he did.
The expense II mentioned ~ the
reason that deferred William +.
McCombs from accepting the offer of
the corresponding Paris post. II
would have meant big financial sac
rifice. According to Henry White, for
many years first secretary Of legation
and of embassy at London. a salary Of
$4,000 to $4,000 Ii necessary to do
justice to the diplomatic posts at Lon
don, Paris, Berlin and st. Petersburg
The result of this condition of affairs
has been that only rich men can be
considered for the honors. But It In
not so generally known that some OF
the consuls at large cities are In q
similar predicament with regard to
finances.
Seventy-five thousand dollars year
seems q salary sufficiently large to
cover any mans expenses and enable
him to put by moiety for future ref
erence, and yet no president has ever
left the Office substantially richer than
when he entered It. II Ii said that
President Taft left the White House
with an income OF $4,000 year, but
| Il must be remembered that he held
public Offices consecutively for nearly
! all his previous life. His income from
property seems very small, nothing
compared to what he could have Dos
sessed had he been earning the same
salary in an humber capacity--say,
as a lawyer The chief executives
mode of living In accordance with the
dignity of his ONCE and his position
as leader aof the cosmopolitan society
Of the capital put any great saving out
OF the question. An even break IL
about all president can expect.
The vice-president has not the obi.
cations OF the president. hut then he
must be hard put to It to manage on
$4,000 year. Although most Of our
vice-presidents came to the position
from other public ofices and had but
little time to accumulate personal for
tunes, there IL no record Of any OF
them having left with much more than
they had when they came.
The late James 8. Sherman and
Theodore Roosevelt came into once
Independently rich, but the present In.
cumbent will have to 60 slowly to
make ends meet on his annual $12.
900.
A great deal OF expense 10 attached
to the cabinet positions, that Of secre-
tary of state in particular. owing to
that oficer's close contact with for
eign diplomats. OF late the men who
have held this pivotal cabinet office
Root, Knox and Bryan-have been
financially independent OF the emolu.
ments Of the once. Root and Knox.
in giving up their great incomes from
| the practice of law, made proportion
ately. great sacrifices In accepting the
$4,000 year Job.
Although Supreme court Justices
get S14,500 year. none OF them ever
accumulates any money. Justice Har-
Ian died practically penniless aftef
long years Of service. Nor 10 the $l3.-
500 year which an admiral receives
or the $4,000 Of the first nine rear I'D.
mlrals large enough to permit OF any
saving when It II considered that en-.
| PERTAINING in, foreign ports Il just ~
costly ~ II sounds.
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