Show r M GROWTH OF TilE THE FEES OF i iu u u U U 0 U U U U W W 11 This Is an are age of progress o Of that one Is reminded on ni all Il sides s In the LIfe of Lincoln It Is related how he rejoiced at a fee of UG 25 and how seldom that Joy came cume to him That was hal halt a 11 century ago Ea says s the Denver Post Pelt The other day his son eon WIS was awarded a afee fee feb In the tho probate court o of Cook county Illinois lie le no doubt rejoiced at It also although the tho report does docs not snake any mention ot of It it The fee as which was divided between hIm and his partner In payment for theIr services as executors or of the estate of the late GeorGe M Pullman Hobert share of that tee fee amounted to mor snore than his father tather received In ni all the years lie he practiced law In Illinois or Of course nobody begrudges him the amount BS as the estate Is II well veli able to pty pay It but the PrincelY compensation ton Is Indicative of the tendency or of the times It I Is related In the Lie Life of Jackson u that more lien a ago he elected u a delegate to the conta 1 convention of Tennessee hl uC 1793 In and In t I days formulated the State The pay par for the members had fixed by the legislature which b convention nt at 20 O a 11 day but thed gates thoUght that amount and reduced It to StO a day nis Is no In this cis I of 01 of anything ot of that sort Eort hap again The statesmen or of this nf ton tion arc not buit built that way But g back to the tee feo which the lie court aIb In the Pullman estate case we e WI nm wel ask where the limit Is t ta b be tos f In such feel fees and on what the amount Is based There been beon some calculation by which tt court arrived at that amount a as j ja the tho right remuneration for lie ai performed and antl It would be O to hear something further on the It iii jeet It would be valuable a as a airs I irs In the future ni as other great conic come up for administration |