The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-01-13
ALLOWANCES OF RULERS.
The Enormous Sums of Money Annu.
ally Expended by Leading Eu-
rOpean POtentates.

Of all the royal potentates of Europ
Franz Josef, of Austria and Hungary
has the largest annual allowance o
money for personal use, family distri
button and entertainment in the pillac,
generally. In other words, his appro
priation each year is greater than thos,
enjoyed by the car of Russia and tn,
German emperor. Court life in Vienn;
is gay end expensive, but it is not gen
orally known that it costs more to keeI
the wolf from the doors of royalty there
than in st. Petersburg and Berlin. Off
cial figures, however, show such to be
| the case.
The comparative illustration here
presented gives simple but direct idea
OF what 1t takes to make up the budgets
of eight of the prominent European 20.
tentates, drawn in exact proportion tc
the relative amounts of money involved.
When the tremendous expense of main.
tanning these rulers of monarchies is
considered seriously modest republic
like ours is to be congratulated on the
simplicity of its institutions and the
economy in its pay roll.
Emperor Franz Josef draws 81, S96 ,OOC
a year. But it is no secret that were IL
not for his private income he could not
pay all his expenses with that fund in
the course of a year. He has to lead
double royal life, so to say-one in Aus
tria and the other in Hungary, both OF
them costly. In addition there is long
list in his family Bible of relatives and
their families who come in for share
of the funds each year. 1t is not diff.
cult, therefore, to calculate how easy |
the emperor of Austria and king Of
Hungary can wind up his year with the
balance on the wrong side of his &C.
count books, despite the fact that his
allowance is almost $5,00O.O0O.
Russia's czar is a close second with
an appropriation for the year only $780,
coo less than that Of the Austrian mon.
arch, the difference being enough to
represent about the cost to our govern,
ment ola salary and prescribed expense
items OF one OF our presidents through
Wilhelm H., king of Prussia, is a mil
ion behind the first two monarchs, II
must be borne in mind in this connec.
hon that he doesn't get cent for being
me German emperor-that is charity
OBJ. His entire public expense allow.
lnce comes from the old kingdom OF
Prussia.
hlng Humbert of Italy is a good
money spender. He supports five pal.
ces in as many places in his domain
Win the same lavish hand that distin.
ulshes several American millionaires
ne can call to mind He is said to be a
lever hnancier, though, and never gets
ehind the game.
Judged by the expenditures of those
lentioned thus far, Queen Victoria's nj.
'wance is mere pittance. And she
as far-reaching family at that She
iahases TO keep up the dignity of her 4
ouse on an appropriation for the wear
Sl'9oo'240, and have a little left over
men the new year begins. 1t is worthy :
note, by the way, that Great Britain's
ndget provides for $s7s, 400 for the
'urt officers in addition to the allow.
ice to the queen.
SPANS wee king-the smallest no.
Mate IN Europe-enjoys $500, 900
'setas year, equal to $1,s43. 200. He
u aHord TO own motor carriage. The
lhce regent of Bavaria has the control
a little over million dollars 31-
marks-each year, and the king of
lNony struggles along with 1882. 4sO.
'yal money circulates freely. 1t is
far and wide, and keeps up
gayety of nations.-San Francisco