The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-12-04
ESTABLISH MINIMUM
SALARIES [0} RECT0RS

Fifteen hundred dollars year as a
minimum salary for Episcopal clergy
men in THE United State: IS expected 10
he established h~ the church in an up
ward revision nj clerical salaries to oc-
cur Immediately following the ore -ds y
drive for si2 ooa o0a r,ecern Der :, which
viii be the climax of the Episcopal ma
tton-~ids campaign.
approximately one half the Eeisco-
pal clergy. i; IS estimated, ~ now re
cetNjng less than this amount.
4 movement to make the increase OF
clergy mems salaries a principal oh1er-
tive of the nationwide campaign was
inaugurated several months age by
prominent business aud professional
men Of the church who are leaders II
the campaign The movement attained
IFS purpose when both houses II the
Episcopal general convention IN De-
trott in October, concurred In a rcso-
futiGn urging every bishop. every gen.
ersi board. every diocesan committee
AMI eyerr %estry 10 recognize as a
PRIMARY obligation in the nation wide
esupai gn the payment 10 every clergy
man Of such "a salary as shall euab e
rim to 90 his work ais "a leader Of the
church with efficiency and self-re-
srect.
Preparations for upward revision are
Episcopal diocese in the country in
compliance with the sense Of this roso-
luton. end contingent uron the success
of the financial drive OF the church
campaign.
This action on the part Of the church
has been prompted by conditions re-
yealei in surveys If clerical salaries
rrade in preparation for the nation
wide esmpain.
FIXING the average annual earnings
of carpenter at sl.5so, the Episcopal
diocese of virginia shows IN a chart OF
its clargSman's salaries that Of eighty
two clersy1nen, torty-five receive less
than the carpenter. The average la
herer's earnings are estimated on thts
chart at sass. and Zine OF the forty dye
ciErgyman are shown 10 receive less
than the lahorer This same chart
shows that i've Of the oighty-twe eler-
sHrnen in the diocese receive $4,000 or
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much or more than the annual wage OF
o railroad engineer. estimated at So.
eighteen as much or more than the
brick mason, whose annual earninE s
are estimated st s2,Ie6. and twenty ne
AS much or more than the plum Der with
al annual incoJne of $l.sT3.
The estimated earnings for the trades
cited are figured with consideration for
possible periods Of idleness. according
t. the nature Of the work, while the
figures representing the clergymen' s
salaries include, " here . rectorF is pro-
Vided without cost, a calculation of this
provision as one-sixth of the salary.
4 more general survey included the
three Episcopal provinces Of New Eng
land, with seS cierEymen. the Midwest
with 5s2 cIergymen. and the Pacific.
with 2aT ciergymen. This study in
GUIDED the salaries OF bishops, arch
dsacons. general missionaries and Gu
rates. and included rectories, where
provided, as one-sixth the cash salaries.
OF the total of i,42T clergyuen. GIL
were shown To be receiving $1,000 or
less year. eighty-f four. s1.00a or less:
nifty three. $3.50 or less. and twenty
eight less than s5n0, or the 1856 who
receive si,5D0 or more, 3os receive be-
tween $500 and $4,000. 1877 between
81, 1oa and S.,500 and seventy one be-
tween $500 and $1,000; leaving las
who receive more than that amount.
and seventy-sevene fran who no in
formation swaE obtained