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Show ' WHAT 'VHAT VHAT IS A MAN ' WORTH 'VORTH VORTH ? Recent agitation against fabulous salaries , or other othercompensation othercompensation . : compensatIOn paid to top-notchers top notchers - - in the business busmess and andamusement andamusement andamusement andamusementorld amazingfigures amusement \\orld orld world \ \ \ orId have brought to light some amazing fIgures . Neaily Neally Nearly eveiyone evelyone everyone is familiar with the 1he high h1gh values valuesplaced valuesplaced valuesplaced placed upon certain certam noted athletic , , movie and radio stars ; - also there is general knowledge that high railroad and andother andother andother other industrial executives m.ecuhves mecuhves . . have been receiving recelvmg enormous enormoussalarIes enormoussalaries enormoussalaries salarIes . One outstanding outl3tandmg example of e extravagant travagant lemuner remuner- remuner remuneration lemuner-atlon lemuner atlon - . W.Hill WHill ahon ation for personal services is that leceived lecelved received by George W . HIll , president of the American Tobacco Company . Ac- Ac Accordmg According Ac According - cording cordmg to the official reports furnished to stockholders stockholdersof of that company \ Mr 1\1r 1 1r . Hill has leceived lecelved received salaries and andbonuses bonuses as follows : In addition to a salary of $160,000 160000 $ , a year he received receiveda a $891,570in 891570in bems bcius bc , ius of $447.870 447.870 447870 $447,870 ? $ 447.870 447870 . , . in 1929 , $842,508 842508 $ , in 1930 , $891,570 891570 $ , , in 1931 . . In 1932 his salary cut to was $120,000 120000 $ , , but inaddition in inaddItion inaddition addItion he received a bonus of 669,500 669500 1$669,500 1669500 I$669,500 I669500 $ , , , or a total of $789,500 789500 of$789,500 of789500 $ , for the year . . beenbased These large bonuses . _ _ _ , , it is understood , have been beenrtQC'Q1 based rtQC'Q/1 rtQC'Q rtQCQ 1 ' / llT llTVi " /\Vi Vi / \ the 4-l 4 l - j-t j t - * A - - - - ? M i upon net earnings . . . . of . the ; . " .m m .a a vj me company i-uuipduv i uuipduv - , , supposedly auuuuseuly i i inir -nir nir - ? ' / due l"8 l8 " to 0 ? Mr : . HIll's HIlls ? ll s ablhty abIhty ability as a manager . And there rthere is no nodoubt doubt that he has been and is today of one ofthe the most ef- ef efflPlon efficIent . . . . . . . . , ' " - " ' - - ficIent flPlon - and a-nrl a nrl - successful c'tirtrtrtCTc-P c'tirtrtrtCTc ctirtrtrtCTc P c'tirtrtrtCTcPj ' - ! ----j---- j - - - - j11 - * - - - - 11 spiteof successfulexecutives executives In the world . In spite of the depression , , his company has continued to make makeenormous enormous thebusiness profits . . And during the four years since the business $600,000and 600000and slump began he has received between $ $600,000 600000 $ , , and $ $1,000,000 1000000 $ , , a year for his services . . The question arises as to whether he or any other othernan otherman otherznan man znan ; ? is is entitled to receive that muchmoney much money for manag manag- manag - otnerwords otherwords ing ing managing any business , however large it may be . In other otner otherbe0 words be0 , how much T11 can the servlces servIces of be Possiblybe ? any Inan man possIbly worth North ? A hard question to answer . |