Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-12
Episcopal clergymen's Salaries to Be
 Raised.

Fifteen hundred dollars q year as a minimum salary for Episcopal clergy men in the united States is expected to be established by the church Tn an upward revision of clerical salaries to occur immediately tolloNln, the one day drive for S42000,0 900, December ', which will be the climax of tho EplSco- pay Nation-Wi Campaign.
 Approximately one half the Episco- pal clergy, 1t is estimated. is now re- ceiving less than this amount.
 A movement 10 make the increase of clergynen's salaries "a. principal obiee- tive Of the Nation Wide Campaign was -naugurated several months ago by prominent business and professional men Of the church who are leaders in | the. campaign. The. movement at salned it's purpose when both houses 1f the Episcopal General convention in Detroit, in October. eoncurred in d resolution urging every bishop every general board, every diocesan commit ' tee and every restry to recognize as T primary obligation in the Nation | Wide Campaign the payment to every 1 elergynlan of such a salary as snaI. 1 afIaole lIi1a to- do his work as q leader 9f the church with efficiency and self l expect"
 Preparations for upward revision are ] now being made in practically every 1 Episcopal diocese in the country in compliance with the sense of this reso- ution, and contingent upon the success I 9t the financial drive. Of che church campaign.
 This action An the part of the church has been prompted by conditions re- veaied in surveys of clerical salaries l made in preparation for the Nation
 ide Campaign.
 | Fixing the average annual earnings 1 If q carne"ter at $1 $50. the Episcopal | 9'ocese of Vir@inia shows in chart of its clereymen's saiaries that of eigntv- 1 wo ciergymen forty-five receive less
 nan the carpenter. The average lah-
 'rer's earnings are esfinat ted on this hart at s9S2. and nine of the fortv-five
 ''ergrmen are shown to receive less l han the iaborer. This same chart 1 7hows that five of the eighty two "'ergymen in tre diocese receive s2H0C IT over: thatsthirteen of them receive
 $ much or more than the annual wage 1 Ht railroad engineer estimated al I SH,400: eighteen as much or more thar ] he brick mason. whose annual earn, tf7es are estimated at s2.100. and twen
 'y-ones as much or more than tht
 'lurr, her. with en annual income ot | s1 s72.
 l
 trades cited aye f1eu~eI with considera
 t'err fhra apossihie perioas If idIenAss
 '"cnrding to the nat're of the work l---h'Ie the. 1s7res representine tre Hler~vTnen's salaries include, where 2
 -Artnrv is provided without cost. a cal
 "'''"''"'' c5 -N's provision as one sixth
 of the salary. ~
 A mare- general survey .inc'"ded the l +hree Fnieconal nrnvirces of New Enc 'and with 5eS cie-pvroAr. to miz
 West win '5so ciergyrnen, and the Pa
 cific. with 297 clerevneo Th;s s+,-d
 '-cluded the calaries of bishons arch
 deacnns. general nnissionaries arf
 curates and included rectories whe-t
 "-ovided, as one sixth the cash sala
 ries.
 l Of theGotal Of 427 cIer~v-,e-, er-
 were shown to he receiving ,s1 800 Q,
 'ess sa year. ei"rt-fnnr ,$1 ono or Ie.e-'
 sFtv-+tree. s750 or less and twe-tv
 '~ht leee' than $500. OF the 75s wh.
 receive si Eo0 or mora ooS rAceiva hn 'vAer $t s"n and s2.6nn t57 hetwee,
 ," 100 and .s2. 800 and sever1tv-one he -veen g 500 and sa AoO saavire 15
 -tn receive more than fhat amorr1
 -1 seventy sevAo f~n-n whom no in ] -nnation was obtained.