Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-18
INCOMES
|0f Royalty. What the Rulers Get,
and What Il Costs Them to Live. :.

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and small This is democratic coun-
try, but our moneyed men have cer-
tainly acquired royalty's taste for ex
pensive living We have palaces in
uhis country that the Kings and
Queens of the old world would con-
slider fiji abodes for the mightiest mon
arch, 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 empire the world has ever seen
is by no means the richest person in
the world. In fact her salary, $1,925,-
900 year, is one of the smallest paid
to any ruler on the globe. And of the
$1,925,00O all except $4SO,OOO is spent
by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master
of the House and the Lord Treasurer,
who are responsible for the mainte-
nance of the household
And of the SiSO,OOO, $1SO,OOO is put
by for rainy day, so that the exact
amount received by Her Majesty is
only 100000 as fixed by Parliament.
Compared with the big incomes of
American mlllionaires this is paltry
indeed. Hers, too, Is, the smallest sal
ary that any British sovereign has ev-
er eceived. Most of the Queens pre-
decessors on the throne had at least
$4,OOO,O0O a year ..,...,... ~,
By economy and frugality the Queen
has ben able to purchase $4,000 acres
of good land in Great Britain, yielding
rent roll of about $125,0O0 a year
She also owns considerable property
In Germany, large quantity in New
York and thousands Of acres in Mani
toba 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 46O acres, she bought for
1870, ,O0O-a decided bargain, for it
originally cost Lord Oliver $3.50 900.
Balmoral and Osborne are said to be
worth $2,5OO,OOO,
In addition to her property at Co
burg, the Queen also possess a villa at
Baden, bequeathed to her by the Prin-
cess of Hohenlohe .
The Royal family of England is. not
only the cheapest that country has ev-
er had, is also the most inexpensive
I'M the world, The entire expense of
the whole British 'foyal family
amounts to only $S25,O0O' year for
against the total expenditure of So
100000 must be set the receipt Of 81
075,Q00 from Crown lands, leaving the
above net cost. Il, ',-' y!,as-f ga. i-,ii+-
Nearly all European sovereigns re- 1
ceive much larger salaries than the
Queen. The Emperor of Russia has
complete control over the revenue of
his country but he only draws $12,-
100000 year, The Sultan - takes. ST..
10000, the Emperor of Austria, $4,-
$4,000, and the Kaiser Wilhelm SS;u.
G5O,OOO The King of Italy receives
$2,925, ,000-the same sum as the whole
British royal family--and the King of
the Belgians gets only $625, 900 a year.
The private property ofsovereigns is
also very great. The Russian imper-
ial family is the richest of all royal
houses, and probably among common
ers also. Apart from his salary as
ruler, which amounts to $12,5O0, 900
yearly, the Gar as head of the House
of Romanoffs, owns 81 100000 acres of
land in different parts of Russia.
These yield more than $4,000, 900;
$2,5OO,OOO of this is paid in allowances
to AZ Granddukes and Duchesses, and
the remainder is at the disposal of the
Gar who thus enjoys the enormous
income of $17,5OO.OOO a year 81, 900 |
per hour.
The Car is also the owner of much !
valuable property all over the world, |
and especially in the United States. |
The daughter of the Car and Czarlna. |
me infant Grand Duchess Olga, is the |
richest heiress in the world. The week
She was born $5,OOOyOO0 were settled
upon her. The sum was invested in
Br,tish, Freneih and foreign securities
as precaution against the po5sibili-
ty Of revolution in Russia.
The Hapsburgs. the royal house of
Austria. are very little, If any poorer
than the Romanofs. They own i'm
nense landed estates, and have also in
herlted large private fortunes. The
INCOME OF the Austrian imperial fami-
y is not less than $7.5OO,OOO, in addi-
ion to the grants from the estates.
The HohenzoIlerns have a private
ncome of nearly $5,OOO,O0O per anum,
partially derived from large invest
nents in New York. The Italian roy
Il family has a private income of
100000 a year. also derived from
Amcrlcan property. Thus the British
'oyal family is by far the poorest of
he great ruling houses,
The Sultan of Turkey as despot, is i
# course, fabulously rich His an {
lual expenses are ,said to amount to
SO,OO0OOO a year. Seven million Ave }
hundred thousand dollars Of this goes
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