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LetterEntry/Object ID
2014.2.3193Scope and Content
A two page typed letter from W. C. Pierce (V.P. Farmers Trust Company) to Dr. A. C. Vickery, Supt and Mr. C. C. Graves, Steward, State Hospital No. 2, St. Joseph, Missouri. Dated January, 31, 1922. Letterhead 'Farmers Trust Company, Capital Fully Paid $200,000.00, Maryville, MO.' Inside a brown business envelope, return address Farmers Trust Company, Maryville, Mo. addressed to Dr. A. C. Vickery, Supt., State Hospital No. 2, St. Joseph, Mo., post marked Feb. 1Context
Gentlemen:
I am enclosing you herewith a statement that I have made that bears information relative to the various state eleemosynary institutions. I believe that much information can be had and the various institutions benefited by a careful study of the figures that this statement reveals.
For instance, it will be noticed that the salaries of the supervisors range from $60.00 to $85.00 per month; supervisoress, from $60.00 tom $80.00; stenographers rom $60.00 to $100.00; storekeepers from $67.50 to $100.00.
It shows that at No. 1 attendants' salaries range from $25.00 to $60.00; at No. 2 from $30.00 to $50.00; at No. 3 from $25.00 to $60.00; at No. 4 from $25.00 to $50.00. It shows, too, that there is an attendant to every 13-1/2 patients at St. Joseph while there is only 1 to every 15.8 patients at the other three insane asylums.
It shows that we pay for kitchen and dining room help, -
At No. 1 Salaries ranging from $25.00 to $80.00, and a total of $846.00 per month.
At No. 2 Salaries ranging from $25.00 to $95.00 per month, and a total of $745.00 per month.
At No. 3 Salaries ranging from $25.00 to $120.00 per month, and a total of $667.50 per month.
At No. 4 Salaries (aside from patients) ranging from $25.00 to $75.00 per month, with a total of $328.50 per month.
At Marshall. Salaries ranging from $35.00 to $80.00 per month, and a total of $340.00 per month.
At Mt. Vernon. Salaries ranging from $20.00 to $125.00, per month, and a total of $950.00 per month.
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For farm, garden and dairy help it shows that we pay:-
At No. 1 Salaries ranging from $27.50 to $87.50 per month, with a total of $328.50 per month.
At No. 2 Salaries ranging from $15.00 to $65.00 per month, with a total of $350.00 per month.
At No. 3 Salaries ranging from $20.00 to $100.00 per month, with a total of $520.00 per month.
At No. 4 Salaries ranging from $45.00 to $100.00 per month, with a total of $433.00 per month.
At Marshall. Salaries ranging from $15.00 to $75.00 per month, with a total of $180.00 per month.
At Mt. Vernon. Salaries ranging from $45.00 to $75.00, per month, with a total of $380.00 per month.
It shows that the salary for laundry force range:
At No. 1 From $24.00 to $70.00, with a total of $319.00 per month.
At No. 2 From $29.00 to $85.00 per month, with a total of $276.00 per month.
At No. 3 From $25.00 to $75.00 per month, with a total of $317.50 per month.
At No. 4 From $25.00 to $70.00 per month, with a total of $139.50 per month.
At Marshall. From $30.00 to $80.00 per month, with a total of $294.00 per month.
At Mt. Vernon. From $20.00 to $75.00, per month, with a total of $278.00 per month.
In analyzing and studying these figures the population of the various institutions should be taken into consideration, as well as the number of acres of land cultivated and the size of the dairy farm. I believe a careful study of these figures will be helpful to all concerned.
Yours Truly.Dimensions
Dimension Notes
8.5" x 11"
