Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-13

an advanced type. and will serve as a
club house for hoboes. There 10 q SINH
lar institutions on the West Side In Chi
cage. When man applies Tor lodging
he leaves his valuables with the clerk
and is sent down to the bath room. where
he Is compelled to take thorough scrub
ping, and In the meantime his clothing is
germless and clean. to a waitingsroom.
where doctor looks him over. If he
SHOWS signs of disease he is sent to the
isolation room; If not he goes to another
waiting room where he is given a whole
some dish of soup and a hunk of bread,
and Is assigned to a bunk in an open dor
mitory. Women are treated in the same
manner.
A novelty in such establishments is a
separate department for families who
have been burned out, evicred or are
homeless for any other reason. such un-
fortunates VIII be taken care of for
forty eight hours. in order to give them
a chance to find new homes.
Income of the Gar
In reply to Rev. Charles A Parkin o
Conrad, Iowa, l would say that while tt
Car of Russia. theoretically. is the own
of everything of value in his dominion
and theoretically is entitled to all of IL,
revenues of the government, the financial or
ganzation is such that his income is fixed
like that of all the other soveregns of Eu-
rope. All lands and mines belonging 10 th,
crown and other investments OF capital be
longing to the emperor are controlled by
the finance department of the government.
just like the government property of the
United States, and the proceeds are de-
voted to public purposes. The car has the
advantage over other sovereigns. however.
or being able TO increase his income and the
expenses of the court without the Interior
ence OF a parliament or asking the per
mission OF ministry. The finances of the
government are under the control of min
lister who prepares a budget showing the
estimated revenues and the proba BILE neces-
sary expenses for the next year This bud
get includes estimates submitted by the
heads or the several departments of the
government, including the minister of the
imperial household and imperial domains.
The latter is responsible for the adm n s.
tration of the affairs of the court: he has
charge Of all of the cars personal bust
ness, as well as the disbursement of the
puDIc funds appropriated for the expense
OF the court and the maintenance of the
several palaces belonging to the imperial
family.
The annual appropria tons made for these
purposes have been about the same for
many years, but II the car desires money
tor any purpose it is only necessary for
him to call upon the minister of the i'm
perial household and the latter supplies It
through a reouisition upon the treasury
1t the treasury is empty, the minister can
arrange for a loan or increase the taxes
with the approval of the car
Moral Restraint Effective
Theoretically the car owns the state rail-
roads and everything else belonging to the
government. He is an absolute autocrat,
with unlimited powers and without legal
restraint; but the moral and traditional
limitations which have prevailed through
the present dynasty give him no greater
authority over the railways. the public
buildings, the forests, the public lands and
other property than is exercised by the
German kaiser or the Emperor of Austria.
Nicholas took ruler and with his pencil
drew straight line on the map between
st. Petersburg and Moscow and ordered
his minister of public works to build a
railway along that line. Nicholas III has
the legal authority to command his minister
OF public works to tear up that railway and
the moral restraint to which he is subject
would not permit him TO do It. The same
restraint exists concerning the manage
ment of other government property and
limits his expenditures to a reasona BILE
amount, although they are much larger
than those of any other of the European
soverelgns- The privy purse of Russia, as
1t is called. which amounts to nearly four
teen million dollars In our money is ex-
pended by the minister of the imperial
household. not for the exclusive benefit OF
the car, but 1t includes the allowances for
all of the grand dukes and other members
of the imperial family. Hence it is impos-
slble to ascertain the actual income of the
car.
The following statement will show the
proportions made annually for the support
of the several soveregns of Europe and
their families: