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Show WAGES OF SOME BIG MEN ENORMOUS SALARIES PAID FOR SEEMINGLY SEEM-INGLY UTTLE EFFORT. Why It I That Corporation Pay Lara; gunia to Their Managers xiie Work Looks Fasy Public Officials Tin Mot liovelve as Much as lluslnesa Meu. Chauncey Dppew hits always been tory reticent as to his salary as president presi-dent of the New York Central, but others who titipeur to be familiur with his income say that ly certainly receivet from the New York Central $75,000 a year, BnJ that he makes from his ontside lea'il practice itu llitiomil f-ttiOOO, making his total income $MH),000 a year. This may seem an exorbitant sum to pay to a man whose career by most folks is thought to bo one of uuulloye'l pleasure. But Mr. Depew does not receive the T"),000 from tho Nw York Central in remuneration fur any severe manual itrain on his, part, but for his comprehensive compre-hensive knowledge of the affairs of that company and his ability to direct thera with tlie K'.wt possible friction. Mr. l)o-pow's l)o-pow's ofllce from early tuortiinfj. to late at night is filled with ull sorts of people with all sorts of tjuestions, and thn man who receives the birr salary he does must be able to answer them most satisfactorily, satisfac-torily, mid always in the interests of the Kew York Central. , INSt'RANCK AND BANKINO. Then take some of the salaries of other New Yorkers: H. B. Hyde, president of the Equitable Life Assurance society, receives f0,iHi0; James W, Alexander, the vice president, f.10,000, and John A. MeCall, the comptroller, fi"i.(i00. R. A, McC'urdy, president of the Mutual Insurance Insur-ance company, receives lji50,0UO, and Ii, A. Grannis, the vice president, receives $M0.KH). V. H. Beers, president of the New York Life Insurance company, receives re-ceives ffiO.Oim. and Dr. Henry Turk, the vice president, $10,000. John U. lingo-man, lingo-man, the vice president of the Metropolitan Metropoli-tan Insurance company, receives $;i.),000, P. O. Ileald, president of the Home Fire Insurance company, gets $15,000, aud I John W. Murray, tha vice president of the German-American company, $!o,0ft0. Then look at some of the salaries paid to the chief officers of banks and trust companies. Frederic P, Olcott, president presi-dent of the Central Trust company, receives re-ceives lr1,00fl; Richard King, president of tho Union Trust, receives $.)0,000j lien. Louis Fitztrerald, president of the Mercantile Trust company, receives $10,. 000; John A. Stewart, president of the United States Trust company, toddles ulims wilh fiO.OOO, and Col. W. L. Tren-holm, Tren-holm, president of tho American Surety rompuny, receives f20,000. President Williams, of the Chemical bank, and President Perkins, of the Importers and Traders, each receive $!0,0oit, and the average salary of other bank president in New York is from $10,000 to $15,000. There is ft long string of such salaries, ami the general opinion is that the men earn their money. The interests of these vast companies ore till under tlie minute observation of the commanding officer. These interests extend over all the globe, and requir the greatest judgment and the most skillful knowledge of affairs. Many of j these officers by their keen knowledge 1 of affairs of state and nation save their "I coiiiiiiwties annually ten times the salary A"f fie'receive. They are provided against I almost every system of blackmail by I reason of their vast experience in tha conduct of their companies, and earu their salaries maay times over. Up in the dry goods district the big men of the Clallin company, Tefft, Weller & Co. and other firms of that caliber receive on an average $.",000 to $10,000 a year. There are several exceptions excep-tions where buyers and others run their incomes np from $10,000 to $20,000 a year. This is in the dry goods jobbing branch, because in the dry goods com-mission com-mission branch tho average salary of an employe is from $3,500 to fo.OOO a year; There are exceptional people who receive re-ceive $7,500. All of these people earu their money, too. The vast experience, necessary to buy goods successfully and to keep in touch with tho vast competition competi-tion of the present day is certainly worth a lilieral income. Then tho gelling of goods requires an extended acquaint, ance, much personal outlay and the temperament tem-perament of a diplomat. NATIONAL AND STATE OFFICERS. ' Looking over these few facts and figures fig-ures thf salary of the president of the United States comes in for consideration. The liresident receives ."i0,000 a year, and from the day he enters the White . House until tho hour he leaves it very few men can tell how hard he earns his money. There can bo no adequate rule of compensation applied to his case. The vast army of office holders and office ; seekers who besiege him ought to make the place worth aViOO.OOO a year at least. But possibly the compensation for the place is eked out by its great honor and the hurras and cheers which greet the president, no mutter how unpopular he may be, wherever he goes. The salutes of the great cruisers, the bands playing "Hail to the Chief," tho great personal honors shown tho holder of the office no doubt are intended to make up the compensation, which cannot be represented repre-sented by his salary of $"i0,000 a year. The cabinet officers receive $8,000 a year; senators and congressmen receive each f),000 a year. Governor Hill receives re-ceives $10,000 a year, and the senators ami assemblymen receive $1,500 a year. One ha only to look at the difference in the figures received by men in pnblio life and those paid to men who reach the pinnacle in bnsinoss life in New York to observe the great ditterence ana to wonder at it. The wonder is that men of the personal abilities at the head of tlie national and state governments should consent to accept the salaries paid to them. But then comes the universal uni-versal statement that the honors of the places held by them in a measure must make tip for this vast difference in the pecuniary compensation. New York XUi. |