The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-21
POOR MONARCHS.
Not Even Emperor William Is Get
ting Enough Pay.
lLondon AlaH.)

The German emperor. as king or
Prussia, wants TO have his salary
raised. At present he receives from
the state. e130, 600 as German emperor,
and s770554 as king Of Prussia. The
last increase. which amounted 10
e150,0O was made in 1880, in the sec
ond year of his reign. In spite of this,
however he is actually getting e25e,-
600 less than the old kings of Prussia
annually received.
An income exceeding $500, 600 is not
a despicable sum, even for Kaiser VIII
helm, but those who know say it is not
excessive, considering that there are
no allowances to other members Of the
royal family. and that very little comes
from the royal domains.
The kaiser has several hundred uni
forms and his tailor's bill runs into
pretty tall figures. He has complete
uniforms of all the Prussian regiments
horse, foot and artillery besides the
regiments of the lesser states ana
those of which he holds honorary rank
in foreign countries. Every appoint
mept is perfect from the shoulder
knots, which cost more than the uni
form itself to jeweled accOuterments
fit for an Oriental autOcrat.
When he travels it is always in much
pomp and ceremony and accompanied
revenue is not enough to keep him. In
addition to the up-keep of the ffty-twO
places and country houses, and innu-
merable farms and forests, he is eX-
pected 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 sub
iects. Only a few years ago Herr VIII
helm Hilderbrand left him an estate
worth e75,000 and &15O.0OO in hard
cash, a gift matched by that Of west
Prussian land owner, who gave him a
5,000-acre estate as an earnest OF great
er possessions to come at the dOnOr's
death Then there was the Gl0OOOO be-
slowed upon him by Baroness Open
HEINZ COhn, and the e500O00 placed at
his disposal by Herr Henckel Won Don
nersmarch in 1908. ITO him that hath
shall be given
With reference TO the kaiser's de-
mand for increased pay il may be men
toned that King Edward gets e470OOO
for his own use. while each member of
the British royal family receives va
rious grants which exceed 100000 per
annum. Besides his official salary King
Edward has a large private purse.
The kaiser is by no means the best
paid monarch in Europe. The emperor
of Austria outdistances him with his
salary of $40 000 which sum is de-
rived from two portions of his mon
archy.
The best paid monarch in Europe is
the car of Russia. The state treasury
pays out Ct 100000 per annum for the
needs of the imperial house. In addi-
ton. the reigning empress and the
dOWager empress each have an allow
ance of 600 a year. Every child
born to the car receives from its birth
to the age of p nearly $4,000 year.
while the heir to the throne receives
annually. i'm addition 10 maintenance
of palaces. 10000. Daughters receive
a dowry of 100000 when they marry.
! Contrasted with these generous
grants the salaries Of rulers Of smaller
countries seem beggarly in proportion.
/ The king Of Italy has &64O,O0O year.
| but the king of Greece only receives
| 100000 This sum is so inadequate to
| keep up his position that Great Brit
ain. France and Russia each pay him
/ $4,000 year. The French president
| has a salary and allowance of e4S.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 po-
! tentates of the earth are not half SO
happy as many a country curate with
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