Morning journal and courier., 1880-01-09

Anat us0IuI ana interesting puDIicRtlon the Almanach de Gotha has reappeared for the one hundred and seventeenth time, and among it's contents are several noteworthy tables in which governments are compared statistically. From these it appears that the oldest monarchs are, in sliding scale, the German Emperor, the Pope, the King of Holland, the Czar and the Queen of England, all of them over sixty years old, while the. King of Spain is little above twenty.two. The greatest official age is held by the En- peror of Brazil who has reigned since 1881, and the Queen of England, who has reigned since 1887, and the prospect is good for their reigning many years yet.
 The civil list is absolutely the greatest in Russia, where it takes $7,25o, ,OOO, or 16 per centum. of the entire State expenses. It is relativelyi the greatest in Turkey, where it amounts to nearly five million dollars, .or nine per centum of the public expenses. The German princes, all told, have an official in come of $9, ,423, ,00O, or 3.33 per centum of the net public expenses. The civil list in Eng land is only $8, $50, 900, or O.94 of the public expenses, and the civil list exceeds two mill lions year in Prussia, Italy, Austro-Hun- gary and the States mentioned. The'military expenses are greatest in Russia, where they are $165. 900, 900. England follows, with $16O, ,OOO, 600; France, with $140,O0O, 900; Germany, with $90, 900, 900; the United States, with $5s, ,ooo, ,ooo; then comes Aus tro-Hungary then Italy. The rest have less than $4o, ,000, ,o00 each. America pays for it's army, navy and pensions more than the Aus tro-Hungarian empire, and almost as much as Germany. We have not large military es- tablishment, but the rebellion imposed heavy burden upon us.
 France pays more on her debt account than any other country, $235, ,OOO, GOO; then comes England with $143, 900, GOO; America, with s104, 900, 900; Russia, with $1Oo, ,Ooo,- GOO; Italy. with $99, 1000, 900; Austro-Hun- gary, with $94 1000, 900; Germany, with $52,- O00, 900; Spain, with $49, ,OOO, ,OOO. All the rest pay less than $2O, 900, 900, and Turkey figures with only $7,oOO, GOO. All imperial expenses combined are largest in France, which leads with $472, ,0o0, ,O00; then comes Russia, with $456, ,ooo. GOO; England, with $3S7, ,O00, 900; Germany, with $2S0, ,0OO, GOO America, with $237, 1000, ,0oO; Austro-Hun- gary, with $2a0, ,oOo, 900; Italy, with $225,- 0oo,o 900, Spain, with $167, ,0OO, ,O0O the rest with less than $1Oo, ,ooo, 900 each. The income from State property is greatest in Germany, where it reaches 1892, ,OOO, 900. The colonies pay nothing except to Turkey, Denmark and Por- tugal. The State property in England yields $26, coo, 900; in Russia $39, GOO, 900; in Italy $24, 900, 900; in Austro- Hungary $11, ,0Oo. 900; :; in Spain $1O, GOO, 900; in Belgium $s, 900, 900 j; in France $12, ,OOO, 1000, and less in other coun- tries, specially so in this country. The direct taxes for the general government net $1o0,- 0oo,0 in Russia; $so, 100000 in France ; $so, ,0oo, GOO in Austro- Hungary; $75, ,oOO, 900 in Italy; $7O. .0oo, 900 in England $62, ,00O, 900 fin Germany $4O, 1000, 900 in America. I'm port duties yield $40, ,OOO, 900 in America ;; $10O, 0O0. 900 in free-trading England $6O,- 900, 900 in Russia; $51, 1000, 900 in France; $5o, 900, 900 in Spain 1928, 900, 900 in Ger many; $23, 100000 in Italy, and less than $15, ,O0O, 900 in each of the other States
 The total of indirect taxes, including dutie 6, reaches $3s6. .ooo, 900 in France; $2s2, ,ooo,- 900 in England; the same amount in Russia $24o, ,o0O. 900 in America; $40, 900, 900 in Austro- Hungary; $13o, 900, 900 in Italy; $113,- O0o,OO in Germany. In debts France leads with $5, 2s5, ,0oO, 900; then comes England with ss. sso, 900, ,ooo Spain, $2, 595, ,ooo, ,ooo ; America with $2,44o, ,ooO, 900; Italy and Aus tro-Hungsry with s9, 1000, ,ooo, 900 each, the rest with less. Relatively, America pays more on it's debt account than probably any otaer country, and Prussia the least, chiefly because it has none to speak of. The public debt is most oppressive in France, which bears it the best. Every Engishman pays for the army and navy $4.6s; every Frenchman $3.s1; every Dutchman $a.41; every Ger man $2; every Russian $1.sO; every Italian $1. 40; every American $1.40. It appears that the freest governments are by far the most expensive, absolutely and relatively, and it is curious fact that America is at the same time the most laborious and the least econom-
 ical of civilized countries.