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     Work and Wage. On the other hand, it could be urged that the

Presidaent had all along been onntent wiiih a salary quite 1itiful in

cnnmparison with his iri-ense deserts; th:Lt he had profited the State

by xnany thousaads, hundred thousands, siren millions, that the Stato

was merely rendering him some inconsideoable acknowledgment of the

benefits received. All of which is ver-r true, but is not relevant,

The question of Wotk and W.7age is a -uzz.iAng one; what ratio exists

betwreen the two is not determinable. but it is oertainly not unity.

A  1l4ilroad President may receive 100, :)Q0 a year, but none can say

he - as worth just so much to the Railroad.  Perhaps he was worth a

million m.,ore, yet he might have done fully as well on ,10,000.  In

Europe such a resident might have done even better on 3,G000 a

year.  A surgeon may 'interfere' and s3ae the life of a multi-

millionvAire and so render him a service worth at least 999 millions;

but he would not think of charging at ,=st more than a few thousanis.

Nay morel  A switchman or brakesman or Dth3r humble employee may sbop

a train - by the utmost exertion at the risk of his own life - before

it reaches a crumbling bridge, and so mDy sa-.ve the lives of hunareis

and render P. servio not expressible even in millions; but no one

thinks of giving him any large reward - he is lucky to get a medal

or some insignificant gratuity.

     R1 91CWG Solon Son Pouvoir.    But you say, Ithe employes was

merely doing his duty' and so was to be reckoned amnong the "unprof-

itable servants". Verilyl but so was the surgeon, the Railroad

President, or any other, merely doing k.is duty, which calls for every