The Labor enquirer., 1886-01-23
Why There is Discomfort
Among the Workers Of
Great Britain.
The Rats That Feed Fat Upon
the House That Guelph
Built.
Some Of the High Salaries Received
by the Aristecrats Who Do Not
Need Nor Earn Them.

Ing money every year. She Is said to
give large private incomes to her Ger
man relatives. and all this while her
subjects have to face hard times. We
find lord steward, whose only known
duty is to dine once in awhile with the
queen, $4,000. Under him is treas
urer, who help him to dine, $500. The
chief cook, $4,000 year. Let us hope
the pie is as good as the pay. To help
the chief are four under cooks at 81. $50 a
year. High life below stairs Ameri-
can clergymen with large families please
apply. Broken victuals IN abundance
for the poor relatives. The keeper Of
the wine cellar. $4,000, and as the wines
are good and old and fJw, freely the
keeper has a lucious time Of it. No tee
totaler need apply Persistent prohibit
tionists will be ducked in beer barrel.
For an old fashioned court of justice
in the kitchen to settle quaarels among
the servants we have to pay SO, 400 a
year. Let us hope the hired girls make
things lively for the judge, so that he
may do something for his bread. A
mistress of the robes, generally duch:
ess, $500; eight ladies of the bed.
cham ber, $500 each. Most of them are
daughters of peers. They attend at
court fourteen days three times a year,
dine at the queens table. do not say
grace but give grace at it, and as for
work, such a vulgor thing is not to be
thought of but they are all vulgar
enough to take vulgar money for doing
nothing But what crustv republican
wonld say word against the little dears
and the nice little sum? There are
eight maids of honor-Sl,5 800 year each
who 60 to court for month three
times year; only that and nothing
more. To keep them from getting dull
and to help them in doing nothing there
are eight bed-chamber women-$1, 800 a
year each. -
But here comes the funnv man of the
concern. They call him gold stick, /"
and all the ingenuity of the most loyal
has never vet found out what he does
except that on rare occasions he carries
gold stick. One thing else he does.
Sure, he gets and takes $4,000 year.
When the place is open for competition
or when the work is to be done by con-
tract some of us would carry gold stick
once in awhile for a tenth of the amount,
besides filling dozen or two of. the
other Offices for nothing. After gold
stick comes silver stick-$2,50O. After
him, simultaneously 900. Master
of the horse, $500 year, and to help
him In such horse play he hasfive gen
tlemen who draw among them, not the
carriages but the dollars, to the tune of
$4,000 year. e..
The earl of Cork is master of the buck
hounds, $500 year, and with him goes
the grand falconer, $4,000, who does
nothing but appear on state occasions,
and as her majesty has lived in retire
ment for the last twenty-three years one
has difficulty in finding out what the
aforesaid gentlemen do for their wages.
We suggest the negro plan of sending
A. NV, ho;
Here also are few significant items ::
$4,000 a wear for wine, the same for
butcher meat, $4,000 year for wash
ing table-liuen, $4,000 year for get
ting and mending furniture, $4,000 a
year for carriages and liyeries. Some
time ago 100000 was spent for new
stables at Windsor castle, $780, 900 for
a new ballroom at Buckingham palace
not penny of it from the queens
own purse. Last year the royal yachts
cost us S173,2S0. When the queen goes
abroad we pay her travelling expenses
and that of her household, She has
about 81 100000 of salary, has three es-
tates, and 1900 acres of land. The
prince of. Wales, yearly income of
100000. On reaching MS majority he
got S3,0oO,0O0 that had accumulated
from the duchy of Cornwall. Yet the
prince complains of poverty. His trips
to India and Canada cost us 81 ,000, 900.
Some time ago there died rich old
barrister, and as he had got it into his
head that the queen is poor woman he
left her all his fortune, amounting to
81 ,250, 900, besides estates worth as much
more. ~. 4.=- z-.-..-r. .-
Now, be it known to all whom it may
concern that Mr.. John Bull is very pa
tient and very fat, He can take kindly
to bleeding, and allows the nobility to
make pretty lueious puddings by bleed
ing him, but. if am not mistaken, the
red rags of royalty are getting q little
too much for his Bullship, and we may
look out for rampage at an early date.
1t is high time. There are 200 families in
England who have drawn public money
for themselves and relatives the some
what significant sum of $3.50 900, 900, and
the drain still goes on. Poor Hodge the
English farm laborer, gets $3.50 q week
to bring up a family of ten children.