Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-03-29

I dHOTheF VTINClHdHty u I-IpFt. Ut
| tnguished from the first by the addition
| OF Schaumburg to its name. 1t is abou
| the site OF Staten Island. with a popula
| ton of 10000. Schaumburg remunerate
| her prince at the rate of $4,000 per an
mum; that means he pockets three
iourths of the entire collectable revenue
ana as the reigning sovereign has bu
one son, who happens to be insane, tn
Achaumburgers petitioned the ReichSta:
70 secure the succession of the mad Adolf
II bavaria can afford to be ruled by mon
argue.
A similar state of affairs exists II
brunswick. whose ruling family died out
IN 1871. Prussia offered to annex tbs
country ana save 1t the enormous eXponSi
ol Keeping up royal establishment,
whiGh amounts to about 70 cents on the
mead OF popula ton annuallv But they
wouldn't have it. Rather than be with
out a prince they accepted the Kaiser S
uncle as regent, paying him in the neigh
E9rhood OF 100000 per year for the trouble
of residing five months ont of every
twelve in their capital The regent. con
ieSsedly, mates Brunswick, and considers
II a deadly bore to govern the little state
ana inc Brunswickers hate the regent for
a hiSoted, stinSy, stupid and arrogant
man. still they continue to nay him as If
he were an American trust magnate.
The only German state that doesn't in
principality of Reuss Greiz. whose sovcr-
ciSn ruler owns about $50 of the us Eng
lish square miles under his dominion-hc
owns them because his ancestors stola
the iand from the people. But for all tn t
his maSnanlmity in not demanding 4
salary is greatly admired by everybody in
the fatherland-by everybody except the
other princes, who point to the fact as an
evidence OF the Reuss madness which
additionally attacks every succeeding
ruler toward the end of his glorious reign.
Besides their salaries, German princes
ENJOY freedom from taxation and from
tolls of any kind. The Kaiser, for in
stance, who is the biggest land owner in
Prussia. selling agricultural products to
the amount of many millions per annum.
has the advantage over all competitors in
that he may send letters and circulars
post free also goods below the rate of
twenty-five pounds, the maximum weight
shipped by the postal authorities. Hence
William can underbid any dealer in but
ter, eggs, fruits, wines, game, poultry,
and meats.
The question of the civil list in Great
Britain is not yet fully settled, and in
the meanwhile King Edward is compelled
to scratch along on the sums granted to
his mother namely, an assured annual
income of 81 ,925,S00, and revenues from
the Duchy of Lancaster, 100000. He
hopes to have his meager allowance in
creased in proportion to his needs, which
are quite formidable. AT any rate, every
Englishman woman. or child contributes
IL cents toward the maintenance of the
King annually, not counting the pennies
he or she furnish to keep the royal
princes and princesses and their young
ones going. These ~ cents look rather
inconsiderable compared with the 20 cents
eXacted in the fatherland, particularly
when it is remembered that the Ger
mans have very large families, as rule
Thus a German pater familias blessed
with ten children mot an unusual num-
ber), pays $40 per annum for the keep of
his king or prince or grand duke, an
amount that would buy him pretty good
winter coat.
Practically the Car has the power to
revert to his own uses any portion of the
state revenues that suits his fancy. But
Russia has not in vain been called an
''autocracy tempered by assassination"
Assuming that the Petersburg states
mans Year Book can be relied upon,
Nicholas takes "A cents annually from
each of his SubjectS-but though he has
nearly 107 100000 of them, the official eX-
cuse-maker figures his income from the
empire at $5,0O0,U0 per annum only, while
other sources state it to be twice as
much. 1t should be added. though, that
the state places 100000 square miles of
cultivated land at Nicholas disposal, be-
sides gold and silver mines yielding a
fortune every day in the year.
In and out of Germany it's the festive
toy kingdom that pays its ruler best, pro-
portionally, of course. Greece. the poor
est country in Europe, besides Italy.
gives Georgios $2o0,S9O annually, II cents
per head of the population. George
couldn't live on such paltry sum, the
governments of Great Britain, France
and Russia, therefore, add to his spoils
$4,000 each, thus raising his income to
$3.50 $50 per annum. When Georgios was
still a junior prince in Denmark, he
earned fully $50 per month, and it's said
that his thrifty countrymen begrudg"d
him even that little, seeing that he was
such a useless Ounce.
The Emperor of Austria, though enor-
mously wealthy in his own right, sill has
the hardhood to tax every one of his
subjects 10 cents per annum for keeping
the dual empire from falling into an
archy. Still, if, after his death, the long
expected crash comes, his subjects may
think that he accepted small wages at
that.
Nine and a half cents each is what the
Italians pay their King. Victor Emman-
uel himself thinks the amount excessive.
and has Just memoraliZed his Parliament
to cut down his allowance by million or
two francs Seeing that he receives So.
100000 for maintaining Italy as second
or a third rate power, with first-rate pre-
tensions, it seems no great hardship that
he be locked S200,0S or 100000
The loyal SWedes are taxed at the rate
of Sl% cents per head of population for
the benefit of their King, whom they pay
S345,3S0 per annum all told, but the Nor
wegians make their allowance depen-
dent upon Oscars good behavior. At the
present time they give him less than
$100, 900, but If he continues to obstruct
their national policy, they may cut off
his income from Norway altogether. That
will probably happen anyhow when Os-
cars unpopular eldest son, Crown Prince
GuStaf mounts the throne GuStaf has
repeatedly INDUCED in threats against
the Norwegians, and they have made Il
note of it. for, next to maintaining state
of hostility with Sweden, they like moth
ing better than to punish their King for
presuming too much.
Proverbially, poor Spain still manages
to pay its boy ruler sl,S50,000, exclusive of
allowances to the royal family, that
amount to no less than S2,0n,000 per year.
All told. the Spaniards pay over $3,03OVD
per annum for the fun of seeing a boy oc-
casionally, very occasionally, ride out at
the head Of a troop of cadets.
Like Spain, bankrupt Portugal thinks 1t
a wonderfully smart trick to fed lot
of royal Daupers. She gives her fat
King. Great Brtnin's catspaW, .Silo,Wl
per year, and to this sum adds Sl5o,ooo for
members of his family among them on"
King who was ANONYMOUSLY kicked out
of the country many years ago.
Republics are VIGOROUSLY bad pay, To
use an English expression, Americans
| for instance, contribute to the maintel'
ance of the White House and its occi-
pants no more than one-twelfth part oil
| a cent rer head, but the Swiss people arr
| even less liberal. The salary paid Mr.
| Roosevelt would keep six Swiss PreSi-
| dents going, with a few thousand dollar
| to spare for extras. France treats hei
| President as well as the Netherlanders
| 40 their Queen now, while hopes for ar
| heir to the throne are scarce Wllhel-
| nina receives s250,0o0 per annum, an.
| President Lplbet gets as much, Whlcf
| means that every Frenehman contributes
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