Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 104, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1910 — AMERICAN WAGES. [ARTICLE]

AMERICAN WAGES.

Avrruire In Trade* Probably Higher thnn In Any of Knropcan Cltle*. "The average wage in America may be, and probably Is, higher than In European countries, but In the professions I believe tfie people earn more abroad than they do here,” remarked Dr. F. A. Llmoget, a physician of Paris, at the Raleigh. “I understand that the averago income of the American physician does not exceed 11.000. There are 2,600 physlcians In Paris, nnd of that number more than half earn In excess of $1,600 a year, while the others fall below that figure. Few of them, however, earn less than SI,OOO a year. The average Income Of the French doctor, I believe, is greater than that of the American physician, and It Is probable that there Is a greater number of doctors who have large practices and earn larger sums than there Is In this country. There aro more specialists, jterhaps. In France than there and the same Is true all over Europe, I think. “I am told that there are 2,000 advocates practicing law In Paris. A fourth of these earn more than $2,000 a year, and probably 100 receive above SIO,OOO a year. I have no Idea what your lawyers earn, but 1 do not believe they average more than the advocates of France. I presume that the average Income of your people depends largely on the section of country In which you strike an average. I was Informed the other day that the average Income of America Is about S4OO. Tho averago Income of a Parts household is $720, while that of the fashionable quarter Is said to be about $5,600. In ths Fauborg Saont Honore it Is placed at $3,700, while In the Madeleine district It is $3,500. A good dentist in Paris can earn on an average more than other professional men. It was an American, I believe, who had the distinction of being the most celebrated dentist in Paris and who earned a fortune there." —Washington Hbraid.