Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1915-10-02
SPORT and POLITICS
Notes About Men and Their Doings in
the Two Great Fields Of National
Pastime.
WHITE sox HOME GAMES.

WHITE sOx HOME GAMES.
October i, 2, 3.............St. Louis
Collector Smietanka II making .
good record In the Internal Revenue
once.
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Sidney Adler, the well known law.
yer, IL in the front rank Of boomers
Of his native city-Chicago.
John 2. vogelsang, the great res
taurateur, deservedly stands in the
front rank Of the restaurant and hotel
men Of Chicago.
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Peter Reinberg is the right man in
the right place as president Of the
county board.
Illinois never had q better United
States Senator than Albert J. Hop.
kins.
Charles 8. Thornton, the we'll known
lawyer. has honored every Office he
ever filled from president Of the
BOARD Of education to corporation
counsel.
George w. Paullin, the great fur.
rier, has made q business record for
honesty and integrity that wins for
him hosts Of friends.
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The tendency of the city admins.
tration Of late years has been to In.
crease big salaries and lower small
ones.
The secretary of the Board Of Edu.
cation is said to receive a salary Of
$4,000 year.
Stenographers for the Board Of
Education are paid as high as $4,000
year.
Oscar Il. Hewitt, writing in the
Chicago Herald, says:
Only one group, that Of clerks, has
been neglected in the quadrennial
period. The average salary Of clerks
and stenographers in the city hall to.
day Is less than 1t was four years
ago. But they have not been union.
ICED.
In 1911 the average salary Of a
clerk was $1,216. while this year It
Is only $1,1S4. A reduction has been
made in the average each year, ex.
cept in 1912. Then the average was
1929, in 1913 $1.222 and last year
$1,2OS. This has been brought about
by the higher.priced clerks leaving
the service and the employment Of
others ut a lower price.
In addition the number Of clerks
has been increased about 40 per cent
In 1911 1911 we're employed, while
provision is made in the appropria.
ton bill this year for 1,4S5.
The average salary for the library
service has q larger increase In per.
centage than any other, although the
compensation is small compared with
that of other city employees. In 1911
the average salary paid library EN-.
ployes was only $67S. The next year
1t was boosted to 1888, in 1913 to $949,
then dropped In 1914 to 5000 and
again this year to 1905.
The inspectors of various kinds
numbered 667 before Mr.. Harrison
was inaugurated, and this year sal.
aries have been appropriated for 84S.
The average salary in 1911 was $1,334.
1t was lower in 1913 by IS, but higher
in 1912 and 1914 than this year.
The health departments growth in
employees Is shown by 324 in 1911 as
compared with 615 for 1915. The
average salary was raised from $974
to $1,017. Taking into consideration
the preliminary training necessary,
one health commissioner after another
has claimed that the physicians In the
city service receive the lowest com.
pensation in the city hall.
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One the big issues In Chicago Is
the reduction of gas rates. It was an
issue upon which an election was
won. 1t is an issue that should be
fought vigorously to a conclusion.
A law compelling such reduction
should be embodied In the first bills
introduced In both House and Senate
Any lawyer can take the present
law and draw suitable amendments
in an hour-amendments that will put
It beyond the attack Of even the gas
company. And the Legislature can