They get paid that much because owners make much more money, plain and simple. If owners made half as much money as they do, then player salaries would be half as much. Back in 1922, they didn't have tv rights, radio rights, the souvenir sales, all of the sponsorship dollars, the attendance, etc., so there wasn't the money available to pay them much more. There also wasn't a player's union.
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