Show V AV AAA ww Low s SY O f T IE m W Sf STATS A TES PUBLIC 0 since the foundation foundation tion of cf t th the republic Pl li the matter matr of ot Increasing WI I Inc ing tin the 11 of t thu hu 11 i president III other oIlier I high In the time public service haw hats hal b been bel belan n nan an oft aft recurring sub nub subject jeet for legislative tl lulls Hills score Introduced Into the thA haiL congress designed to mis th the the presidents to J mind and those of 01 oIlier In proper proportion Ion tion Although h none non of them became S lon la law It Is 18 1 c oem talus that the tho will whit wil continue until adequate 1 In III d dU admitted b of ot almost U It I li Is by 1 politician every Evory chad of opinion that the tho present salary of ot U Is In 11 Ing Inc Incongruity with the dignity of ot the tho position H It I Is true trun that tha all al the preil presidents prel don dents Is before S Grant Gramit to maintain a R mort or em I less leas with wih exactly half hail that amount but there thore thet l Is no n record to that I any uny ny on one of ot them provided agaInst the proverbial rain rainy c day and amid there Is that more moore mort than one ona of have met coat ship 1 k Ii I h it It I 1 It II I not b n for the timely anIt as BS asti ti It iu cc nf of A M t the Urn lime when tho the II was Stan a doubled OOOO was wait WD r f th tl r i t n a formidable sum stint to be paid to n is 1 public servant t for tor on Ol one 1 rl service It I was sas feared by by certain timorous t that the tho to employ question quention questionable able moan to reach the tue White House HOIe might bo he 10 greatly stimulated In thoe dl days dayi timers there ther wa was 8 no so president of 01 a R trust trul 11 a 1 salary 1 live fita times that of at the president of the republic The Time so nOl em em eminent erl ut became the moat liberal 11 pay paymaster master In the hue country Nowadays the whole matter mAUr has ha umed finite lulf a 0 dif different different ferent Inor a eil prosperIty and time the rapid accumulation ot or wealth hive havo marvels In the this of time the republic The giant Klint combinations llon of or commercial unknown to the time pait alt ha havo hav a I pi dent far tOI salary I w ing that has lion the governments most mORt ulvo elvo The time ha hiss baa come when the s larl ii of ut many ni of limo tho rout coun country lOUI tr try most moat capable and anti mo moat t valuable l servants are ae ridiculously disproportion disproportionate ate to the time rIce lend tendered red and Ind Ir arc qu l with Ith reference to time thA cost cOlot of and 11 main maintaining taming an un with wih the dl dIgnIty nl of theIr positions This ihl disparity isa hai hi for fur a n lung long time be booms been on particularly apparent nt In the 10 got gov practice In 11 regard to Us its am nun and to foreign countries At th the th present time the maintaIn t In foreign Ind tinder r the 11 r it her I 11 awe asse Inspiring title tte of am arn Im amid pu II live of them Hios cd td to France Mexico and anc Hu la receive J per imer annum The diplomat of ot equal rank who the government In Aus Austil Austria trim tria til and amid nt Ial Italy are glen given only 2000 The Immediate effect of this thin parsimonious adjustment has tins h linen been to put ut the time diplomatic service Into th tim t of ot the rich No o statesman of moderate fortune win ais afford aford to accept on ones 01 of theM positions oven even though his hb quail Irl are beyond qU question junction It I In Is II tru true that lust one of ot these thue I Is un no undertaken occasionally by om corn notable titan man IRI who U is not n R capitalist l html but hit the tie secret rei of ot hi hll a ability 1 I to sen ervo nui mi may lie Le found In ho tho time fact tat that he II has hAI friends who are Ut re both hoth able and mind willing Unlike 10 most t other governments government the time United d Staten does dots not furlet rest resi residence 11 dence fo for or It I Its foreign agents the time nf ot t third class claiB like some of ot th the South Routh American rt republics are tre re houlf u ly ut itt II the time e expense of ot their government nt at Washington The Tho oriental legations are arc Iro oil all I provided with cOlty mind and Ild richly appointed tore ter of o the foreign powers own their freml premises And none non of hag glen ElM ill ov over OU r tho tio of ot securing th thin test but that tut can bo be obtained The Tha ThI States Blates to 10 Ih tIme the court cout of nt H tt Juines hwe In f 1 i Ih the most prom promo prominent foreign mig at lt by the gt J t t ri t it iti I iii mm t pa pity pay hI hl t ow own ii house hOURI tent rent Int out 1111 of ot hi his salary of ot That sum mini comfortable us 11 It I sounds would be scarcely to p Pl pay y th time the rent ot or ota ora a re residence im In London worthy lo to house the representative of l such a it I poster U Uthe us the f KlI fite Rent lUnt be bo It remembered I In Is only an In Item Iem To maintain time the dignity and reputation for ho pl talt of ot 11 Imbs ador r rim quires a mm liberal expendIture and ad It I li Is thus thui that th tIme tar supply mint come rome from trout sources outside tIme the tiL governments eco economical appropriation The Time British ambassador at nt Washington who Is IR b bno by byno byno no the time bent beat paid ph of nf his bits foreign agents agent iv a salary of at 32 2 BOO residence aol li Ii I provided with wih a 1 free tre The envoys envoy extraordinary and minis ministers tern plenipotentiary are O lu less hens to b he envied There Th rn are al tl of tb th them m mand null and nIl the salaries s given Riven them range from tm down to 1000 Only one how tr emr the minister to Persia receives th the minimum The Tho secretaries of all nih 11 of the foreign the men who dl the time labor ate are ridiculously bushy underpaid 4 A glance nt at lt the tho sal salamy salary amy ary list itt lt of ot American of ot le Ie 11 gives morn mor eloquently than Words word url Ui the tl r reason aou why th the diplomatic a at r r Is I so 0 neglected In iii tho the United States StatH Only right eight 1108 of ot lega heim legation lion tion receive as S much ns AS 2625 62 per ier er R an alt annum num nUI antI roost moat of ot the time others othon work for front from fron 1200 OO to 1800 These men must possess poutS qualifications which would command much hotter better pa pay In almost any other lel Most Io t of at them are col coh college college lege loge bred and Ild many of ot hum are good To this must mount be added the fact that the opportunity of ot bettering ones Ottos condition In the American lerv Is In Infinitesimal secretaries of ot lega legation lion tion ton rarely become ambassadors ns as ni they do In this tho to European diplomatic services F Further to illustrate the remarkable ble conservatism sho shown n by Uncle tincle Sam Som In Inthe Inthe inthe the matter of ot salaries may b lie be compared the presidents with tho thin paid tho the lord lieutenant of or Ireland who hn has ban much lot len t lh to meet than the chief executive of oi time the Slate The he vice punt preel president dent tImId and the tho of ot the time cabinet ore are le paid pall salaries of at 1000 The chief Justice of ot the tho United Blates U In l given Rhe 1000 and time the tie lord high charm chan chancellor receives noo TIm Th lord lod chief ohle Justice draws drawn 1 Bight American associate JI are aro paid apiece four our lords brim of appeal on an and anda t ta a R roaster mauler mAter of ot the time rolls roiha receive apiece each ach each and Ind Ju tl n I The Time attorney general of the States StAte with plenty to do IH is given KeA while hl hits hh folios fellow earns earmis In salary and amid Ind About In fees fere Besides this ho ito Is in given Ivon Int ants whose calories together with his hll own on aggregate Tho The speaker of ot the tho of ot representatives lass has sOO Tho Time speaker of ot the tho bonne of ot commons receIves 2000 It I I Is when whet the salaries paid aid to got gov government officials In the Limo United States are aro compared with those gIven Riven hn to the heads of or ot of the time nations great commercial anti enterprises e that Hint the dl disparity Is 15 rooSt most apparent It ItIs Itis I Is then thel also alo that Undo Uncle Ulcia Hamu prudence and frugality the tho appearance of ot n neglect lect As president of ot time the Mutual Life Insurance company Richard A McCurdy received per por annum and although he lie Is in nn an In old maui man of ot years no urns unu he hinted that he hI I U overpaid Doth James Janies JalO W IV Alexander n PH as president and James Jams H 11 I Hydo as t vice president of ot tho the Equitable Assurance society have drawn the name tamo largo salary for tor several erl years yearn and Ind Ongo 1 Ii second vice preal dent of ot the name amo company lias Imae been paid for tor or his hIl services service John Joins A McCall of the New York Tork LIfe Ilfe Insurance company campau Is Iii II allotted a 1 of ot Several railroad presidents In I a the country rech receive a ni nl It IL would he le both boil IlK and Ind i it lue nil this Ihl that cat enl to 10 Infer from front ni of A n grf grei a i rpt ration an atm i rj Null tf tM mont Or to that demand I 1 ff United State tnt I An Ar of tim Iho I that American would never at conclusion lon but an un alien nilen alen ml h t WILLIAM I |