The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-09-04
THEY ENVY OUR MILLIoNAIREs.
Queen Victoria Is Poorer Than Many
of Our WeaIthiest Citizens.

Queen Victoria Is Poorer Than Many
of Our WeaIthiest Citizens.
Both at home end abroad the lavish
way in which American millionaires scat
ter their wealth has been gratefully
acknowledged by tradesmen large and
small. This is a democratic country, but
our monied men have certainly acquired
royaltys taste for expensive living. We
have places in this country that the
Kings and queens of the old world
would consider fit abodes for the might
lest monarch, and our men of vast means
lack nothing that royalty enjoys beyond
empty honors.
Nor does the wealth of these rulers of
nations surpass that of some of our rich
citizens. The Queen of England, though
the ruler of the biggest and richest en-
pire the world has ever seen. is by no
means the richest person on earth. In
fact, her salary, $l,925,000 year, is one of
the smallest paid to any ruler on the
globe. And of the 81 ,925O00 all except
$4,000, Is spent by the lord chamber
lain, the master of the house, and the
lord treasurer who are responsible for
the maintenance of the royal household.
rainy day, 50 that the exact amount re-
ceived by her majesty is only 100000, as
fixed by Parliament.
Compared with the big incomes of the
American millionaires, this Is paliry in
deed. Hers, too, is the smallest salary
that any British sovereign has ever re-
ceived. Most of the Queens predecessors
on the throne had at least 100000 a
year.
BY economy and frugality the Queen
has been able to purchase $1,000 acres of
good land in Great Britain, yielding a
rent roll of about $125, 600 a year. She also
owns considerable property in Germany,
large quantity in New York, and thous-
ands of acres in Manitoba and "out
West" But with all these savings she is
poorer than many of our wealthy men.
Claremont House, Osborne, and Bal
moral are the private property of the
| Queen. The first named, standing in its
estate of 400 acres, she bought for $780,
000-a decided bargain, for ii originally cost
Lord Give $75O,CO0. BalmoraI and Osborne
are said to be worth $2,500O00. In addition
TO her property at Coburg the Queen also
| possesses a-villa at Baden, bequeathed 10
her by the Princess Of Hohenlohe.
The royal family of England is not only
the cheapest that country has ever had,
| it is also the most inexpensive in the
world The entire expense of the whole
| British royal family amounts to only
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