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about S2,26o, 900. Another $500, 900 Is
granted other members of the royal
household. The prime minister receives
no salary 1t all as prime minister, but
takes the salary Of any other position
he may hold. Usually he Is first lord
of the treasury, which carries q salary
Of $25 900 a year. He Is sometimes
compared to the American Secretary Of
State, whose salary is $4,000. All
American salaries have been cut IS
per cent temporarily. In each case the
basic pay Is given as that which, pre-
sumably, will be restored.
All members Of the American cabinet
get $4,000. Several members OF the
British cabinet draw $25,000, and one.
the lord high chancellor, the man who
presides over the House Of Lords, draws
$50, 900. This compares with the s15,-
600 paid the American Vice President.
the man who presides over the Senate
The Speaker Of the American House OF
Representatives gets $4,000 year,
while the Speaker of the House Of Com
mons gets $25,000. On the other hand
members of Parliament receive only
$2500, in contrast with the $4,000 a
year paid to Senators and Representa-
tives in this country. Until few years
ago members Of the Commons received
no pay Of any kind. It was considered
an honor to be elected to the Commons
sufficient to reward q man for his time
and effort. Members of the House Of
Lords receive no pay whatever. There
are many differences In policy a. to pay
between the United States and Great
Britain. For example, while the clerk
Of the House Of Representatives does
not draw as much as q Representative,
the clerk Of the Commons gets SIS. 900 .
year, some six times as much as mem
ber
Wide Differences in Pay.
The Chief Justice of the United States
receives $40 500 a year, while the AsSo-
ciate Justices receive $4,000 each. The
British judiciary is differently organ
lied, but the highest court is the High
Court Of Appeal. Each member, called
a lord Of appeal, draws a salary Of $780,
600. Then there is the Supreme Court
of Judicature, the members of which
receive $4,000 each. In this country
a man cannot draw two large salaries,
but in England there Is no such prohibi-
ton. So we ind one man acting In two
or more capacities and drawing the sal
aries connected with them. A man may
draw s50,000 made up Of different re-
munerations. A good Job Is that Of
lord chief justice Of the Court Of Kings
Bench. This pays $4,000 q year and
the members Of the bench get s25, 900.
So every jurist occupying a post at all
comparable draws more salary than our
Chief Justice.
Ambassadors Of the United States
draw s17,500 and Ministers Of the first
class $4,000. For example. the Amer
ican Ambassador at the Court Of st.
James draws sl7.500. while the British
Ambassador at Washington draws ss5,-
900. The British scale varies. There
are not fixed classes. Where there is
an American $4,000 Minister. the Brit
sh Minister may be getting $35,000.
Wide differences are found in the
Army and Navy. The American highest
paid officer is Gen. Pershing, whose base
pay is $l3.500. He has allowances which
run this up to about $4,000. The base
pay Of the chief of staff is only $4,000.
The British pay arrangement is more
complicated, but high-ranking officers
get materially higher pay.
Salaries of public servants always
constitute controversial question, but
never before has the matter been so
forcefully presented as in President
ROOSeVelt'S comparison M Ms own salary
with that Of a movie queen.