Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1905-07-08
BY Harry c. Farmer.

The German emperor, with an in
come of nearly s5,OO0,000 a year, is
a poor man and has difficulty in max
ing both ends meet. The kaiser is
not personally e~Sravagant, but he
has to support a large number of poor
relatives, and the pomp of German
court life is a heavy drain on MS
purse.
AS emperor Of Germany the kaiser
does not receive a penny salary. AS
king OF Prussia, however, he draws
an income of s 1900, 900, and he man
ages to pick up another million as a
land owner. The kaiser own eighty
three estates, comprising 100000
acres, and is the largest landed pro-
prietor in Germany.
Some of the land of the kaiser's
estates is rented to farmers, but the
emperor carries on business or his
own account in several parts of the
country. On his estate at Kadinen,
in East Prussia, the kaiser runs pot
terry works and brick kilns with some
degree of commercial success. On
the whole, however, his estates are
by no means so profitable as they
ought to be. When the kaiser lets
land to farmers he charges rents
considerably less than those charged
by less exalted land owners in order
that he may be free from the re
proach Of being a severe landlord.
The kaiser's workmen are paid alb
normally high wages and all his EN-
ployes receive liberal pensions il
their old age or in case of sickness
The kaiser also provides literally
for their widows and children out o
his private purse.
Practically speaking, the German
emperor is thus obliged to live Of
his royal income of $4,000, 900 pei
annum, which is altogether insult
Client for his requirements. TIL
kaiser has no personal extravaganza
but lives a simple and strenuous lif
of hard work and little luxury. II
spends little money o. his table, 70
the cuisine of the German imperia
residence Is notorious for its inferior
ity. The kaiser's cigars are not in
ported, but are made in Germany an
cost a fraction less than four cent
each. The cigarettes which the ka
ser smokes himself and offers to hi
guests are equally inferior in quality
The kaiser is not a dandy and spend
little on his clothes. The horses h
rides are not expensive. He is not
gambler.
Now that he is married, the crow
prince will be surrounded by his ow
court, comprising a marshal, a ma:
ter of ceremonies, a master of horses
a master of the hunt, lords in wait
ing. gentlemen in waiting, aides d
camp, and so forth. The maintC
nance of the crown princes court /
expected to cost the kaiser at leas
$3.50, 900 per annum.
His other sons are growing up. an
It will soon be necessary t. provid
for them in the same way. There ar
five of them. so that the prospec
cannot be attractive TO the imperia
father whose financial worries will b
increased by the fact that the nun
Der of Protestant princesses VIII
would be desirable consorts for hi
sons by eason of their large dowrie
is extremely limited. The kaiser ha
TO maintain a separate court 70
Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Fred
erick Leopold of Prussia, Prince A
brecht of Prussia, and the widowe
Princess Frederic Karl of Prussia.
His own court is an extremely eS
pensive luxury, There is a ministe
of the imperial house, a director o
the imperial household, a director o
the royal archives, and four coun