Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-07-25
WAGES or RovALTy.
EunorE HAS FOUND MoNARcHs VERY
RxPExsrvE LUxuRIKs.

Cha numbers hsrs slaasi arc In pounds. and
rcprcseus nearly Ave times = many doiiars)
IL d remarkab that the richest king
dom In Europe has one Of the cheapest
mousrchs, and one OF the poorest, one OF
the dearest-she latter financially, not
sentimentally Turkey pays 70 the sui
tan more than twice what Great Britain
allows her majesty, the queen. Despite
this fact, and also that the sultan Il
possessed oian enormous private income,
athe sick man" ID chrouically "hArd up."
The most expansive monarch to his
country ID certsinly the Csar Of RussiA,
who receives over . million every year
from tho none too fat purse Of his vast
empire. Next after him follows the Sui
tan Of Turkey, with . grant OF over
E76O, 600; then the Emperor Of Germany,
clio 900 per annum less than the sultan.
Eveu poor Italy, which has not the in-
ducemcnts 70 disburse hugo sums Of
money that Turkey has In lie absolute
monarchy, and Germany Ia Its great
wealth, manages TO allow its king f600,-
600 odd; and Spain, bankrupt for years
though Il has been, has to grant for the
household Of King Alphonso more than
But the national grant Of = country to
lie monarch must not be taken 40
criterion q the monsrch's income, for
there 10 the private fortune which every
crowned head possesses to be reckoned
with; and 10 nearly every case this 10
much bigger item than the other.
In this matter, also, the Car Of Rus
sia II far ahead OF his fellow monarchs,
and there can be no question OF doubling
he is richer by half than any other
crowned head Ia the world. To say
with any degree Of exactitude the
amount OF his wealth Is obviously I'm
possible, because he, being an absolute
monarch, autocrst Of autocrats, ts free
cost OF the nation he rules, whenever he
wishes TO do so; position nearly equal
10 possessing all that he cares TO spend.
He owns enormous properties, which
cannot, ut the lowest estimate, bring
him 10 less thar c., 000,0 600 year, and
may very easily return that amount.
Even the ios-st estimated value OF his
property, With his grant from thu
revenues, will give him the enormous.
income Of more than e. 10000 70
which sun the income OF no other mon
arch eau compare; and even with the
heavy expenses 10 which he Is put In
msiutsining his court, this must be
ample provision for him.
IL goes ~ithout saying that an abso-
lu;e monarch has greater facilities for
h.ling his pocket than ruler who Is
properly looked after BY parliament,
and IL viii sl~ays he found that the
former are, comparatively speaking, In
finitrly richer than the latter. Hence IL
is that the second richest monarch Ia
Europe II no less than 1.-The sick man
Of bankrupt Turkey. His income from
the country's revenues IL approximately
fs00, 900 = year, to which sun must b.
added the Income from his private prop
erty, aud this 10 estimated at between
three Qusrters Of million aud million.
Yet, NJ we have already said, Abdul
Hsmid il nearly always at loss to
know where to turn for money, not only
for the nstionsl expenditure, but for his
own private requirements.
The King OF Italy can surely congrat.
ulate himself upon being very weslthy
considering the deplorsble state Of his
country. His nstionsl grant Of over
f600, 600 ID really wonderful, coming ~
it does from the purse of . kingdom
oveuun by debt; and his private for
tune has been estimated At nearly i've
millions, which should. at fair interest,
increase his total income TO three-quar-
ters OF q million.
The German emperor hiss been stated
to be worth e., 500, 900 year, but this 10
very far wide OF the mark; we should be
greatly surprised II this were not moro
than q million beyond his actual worth
His cost TO the nation II not $500 900,
and though he IL possessed Of vast es-
istes which are all highly profitable to
himself, they cspnot we'll return him
more thxn f500,0 900 or goo, 900. We
should be much more inclined To put his
total income at 81, 500, 900 than ca. 500
900, and probably IL does not touch the
former sum.
his dual monarchy E940,0 per snnum.
half Of which Is paid by Austris and
half by Hungary. His income from
private property Is ssid ~ be very con-
siderable, but there are so many versions
as To It's exact amount that We must be
excused from attempting TO decide
which appears most feasible. The total
Income, however, cannot well be less
than FL. 200, 900.
Holland IL u small country, with q
population about the same As that Of
Greater London. and cannot, conse-
quently, be expected to pay It's monarch
any fabulous sum. The young queen
receives the comparatively small grant
OF f54, 600. Happily, however, the
queen ID possessed OF very considerable
private means, and she could probably
get along without any difficulty were
the grant entirely withdrawn.-Tit- Bits.