The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-30
PRINCE BIsMARcK's FORTUNE
He Has Many Other Things Beside
Peppery Temper.
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! From the London Globe.
Prince Bismarck is one of the largest
landowners in Prussia. and is descendant
of a noble family Of Brandeburg, who
owned large hereditary estates. The grants
which have been made to him from time TO
time constitute the bulk of his fortune. His
estate Of Varzin was purchased by him ia
1866 with the e60,O allotted to him after
the Austro-Prussian war. Adjacent to it
| he owns a distIllery, where spirit is
manufactured entirely from potatoes
grown on his land. The profits
from this industry are estimated
at g. 900 per annum. At Schoenhausen,
another of his estates, he has a
large cattle breeding farm and numerous
flocks of geese, producing together yearly
income Of not less than from e3. 500 TO
1900. Was there ever, may we ask, in
Prince Bismarck's mind any hidden
satire beneath the surface Of the fact, that
he is the master of so many geesel After
the Franco-Prussian war in 1871 the EN-
peror William allotted to him from the in
demnity paid to France the sum of $780,
600, with a portion of which he purchased
the domain of FREDERICKSBURG. Here he has
established extensive saw-mills, where the
wood-all grown IN Sachen- Wald, and ex-
tensive forest given to him by Emperor
Wllllam-ls cut up and forwarded to Ham,
burg for shipbuilding purposes. The profit
derived from this industry is another i'm
portant item in the ex-chanoellor's income,
and is probably not less than $1,000 a year.
He has also yeast factory at or near Stadt-
Hanover, which yields him an annual
income of $4,000. In addition to
these sources of revenue, Prince
Bismarck is credited with having finan-
cial interest in a bre very, a paper fac
tory and other industrial concerns His
jewels, pictures, plate, ETC., are said to rep
resent a value not far short of R100. 900. The
jewels are deposited at the Reichsban k, and
his available CAST at Bleichroder's. Now, if
we take the items specified, and add to the
amount they represent other items Of in
come derived from his smaller trading OPP
erations, Prince Bismarck's average net
income cannot fall far short of EDS, 900 per
annum, by no means a small revenue when
we take into consideration the average run
for fortunes in Prussia.
While residing at Varzin or Freidrichs
ruhe, Prince Bismarck invariably gives his
instructions personally to his tenant farm
ers, managers and foremen. He is not
above examining closely into the accounts
Of his stewards ard others in his service
He infinitely stndies all projected plans of
Improvement in the management of his
property, and has always felt a pride in
declaring there was nothing consumed in
his estates. Up to l845 he was compelled by
circumstances to live in modest style. He
himself has admitted that, in the hope of
adding to his income, he could not resist
the temptation to gamble, trusting
that luck would favor him. The in
heritance which came to him after the
death Of his father somewhat improved his
financial position, by putting him in posses
sion of the domain of Schoenhausen. This
estate, which he was compelled by forcs of
circumstance to dispose of, was subse-
quently repurchased by the patton and
given back to him. At one time frequent
appeals were made to Prince Bismarck by
the needy for assistance: but the ex-chan-
cellor is known to be most economical. He
does not often answer appeals to his charita-
bic feelings. Some years ago he published
in the Berlin newspapers a singular an
nouncement to the effect that it was useless
TO apply to him for help. To say the least
of 1t. the notice was singularly unceremo-
NOUS and outspoken.
FREDERICKSBURG, Prince Bismarck's favor
lite residence, was originally shooting-box,
built oy Count Lippeslimberg in 1863 The
old building had completely disappeared,
but on the spot whore it stood retired valet
had built tavern, which for long time
bore the name of "Frascati." When EN-
peror then king William made present
to his minister of the domain surrounding
Frascati, Prince Bismarck turned the house
into kind of Swiss chalet residence, and
called it by its original name. 1t is at an
hours ride from Homburg At a short dis
lance from the seat stands the inn of the
village, whose inhabitants are principally
gamekeepers, railway servants, postoffice
employees laborers employed at the saw
mills and their families, with the addition
of blacksmith, tailor and a miller. The
most Important parsonage in this COM
munity, after Prince Bismarck himself, is
the headkeeper of Sachen- Valid, who is
also mayor Of Freidrichsruhe.