Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1908-05-19
POOR MoNARcHS.
Not Even Emperor William Is Getting
Enough Pay.

The German emperor DIS hliS VI
Prussia wants to have his salary
raised. At present he receives from
the state 100000 as German emper-
or and f770,554 as king Of Prussia.
The last increase, which amounted to
f15O,OO0, was made in 1889, In the
second year Of his reign. In spite or
this, however, he Is actually getting
E25O,0OO less than the old kings Of
Prussia annually received.
An income exceeding 100000 Is
not a despicable sum, even for Kaiser
wilhelm, but those who know say 1t
is not excessive, considering that
there are no allowances to other
members of the royal family, and that
very little comes from the royal do
mains.
The kaiser has several hundred
uniforms. and his tailor's bill runs in
to pretty tall figures. He has COM
plete uniforms Of all the Prussian
regiments-horse, foot and artillery
besides the regiments Of the lesser
states, and those Of which he holds
honorary rank in foreign countries.
Every appointment Is perfect, from
the shoulder knots, which cost more
than the uniform itself. to jewelled
accoutrements fit for an Oriental au-
tocrat.
When he travels it Is always In
much pomp and ceremony and ac-
companied by a large retinue. Hence
his official revenue Is not enough TO
keep him. In addition to the up-keep
of his fifty-two castles, palaces and
country houses, and innumerable
farms and forests, he Is expected to
maintain the royal theatres at Berlin,
Hanover and Cassel and must also
foot the bills for the royal concerts.
The kaiser is very lucky, however,
in the way Of legacies from wealthy
subjects. Only a few years ago Herr
Wilhelm Hilderbrand left him an es-
tate worth $4,000 and f150,O00 in
hard cash; a gift matched by that OF
a west Prussian land owner, who gave
him a 5,00O-acre estate as an earnest
of greater possessions to come at the
donors death. Then there was the
f1OO. 900 bestowed upon him by Bar
oness Oppenheim-Cohn, and the f5OO,-
900 placed at his disposal by Herr
Henckel Won Donnersmarch in 1905
ITO him that hath shall be given"
With reference to the kaiser's de-
mand for increased pay, it may be
mentioned that King Edward gets
f470,OOO for his own use, while each
member Of the British royal family
receives various grants which exceed
100000 per annum. Besides his Of
ficial salary King Edward has a large
private purse.
The kaiser is by. no means the best
paid monarch in Europe. The en-
peror of Austria outdistances him
with his salary Of $4,000, which
sum is derived from two portions of
his monarchy.
The best-paid monarch in Europe
is the czar of Russia. The state
treasury pays out f1,500,00O per an
mum for the needs Of the imperial
house. In addition, the reigning en-
press and the dowager empress each
have an allowance of 100000 year.
Every child born to the car receives
from it's birth to the age of 21 nearly
$4,000 a year, while the heir to the
throne receives annually in addition to
maintenance of palaces, 100000.
Daughters receive a dOwry Of f1OO,-
900 when they marry.
Contrasted with these generous
grants the salaries Of rulers of smaller
countries seem beggarly in proportion,
The king of Italy has $4,000 year,
but the king Of Greece only receives
f4O, 900. This sum is so inadequate to
keep up his position that Great Bri-
tain, France and Russia each pay him
$4,000 a year The French president
has a salary and allowance Of f48,OOO,
while the president of the United
States has to make both ends meet on
10000. And yet, with all their enor-
nous incomes, some Of these great
potentates Of the earth are not half so
happy as many a country curate with
E60 a year.-Tit-Bits.