Douglas Island news., 1918-12-13
BIC SALARIES
 POOR SERVICE Germany Paid Her Crowned Heads Lots of Money and Received Poor Services in Return

The United States with a popula- tiou ot more than lOO.OOO.OOO. has a salary payroll for a President and forty-eight governors not exceeding sG0O.OO0 a year.
 The 6g.OOO.OOO people of Germany have been lar more apprcciatiyo of being governed and more generous toward those who did Che govern mr They allowed the rulers Of Che tvcuy-siN kingdoms. grand duchies. lueHlcs. municipalities and free or republican cities which made up the German Confederation Co draw Che muu.uccut aggregate salary or nearly StLUUUUoo.
 The transformation of Germany into % Socialist nation will effect a yearly saving Of perhaps SlO.0OO- u.n In Che payroll of rulers" 10 is. one way. not wholly without sever .ty. hc German people win have of rrHishIre those whom it may re- gard as responsible for the situation u which they now find themselves
 Eenttue his rank and title. Will holm U ot Uohanzollcrn stood ot .hr top Of thc payroll" As King 8f Prussia hc drew thc splendid sal- ary ot approximately SASoLS2i al ysar That Is just about S4O0.oOO a. month. as against thc S75.OoO a. wear received by Che President of Che United States
 As emperor bc had no claim Col any salary. The Rcichstag how ever. could by au "uct ot grace add s-50.000 a year to the amount ol- lowed by Prussia
 That brought Che total salary otI oh. Kaiser to s5.5O0.OOO.
 10 cannot bc said that Che cN- Ea.ecrs salary was an 1yelyct" In. rr. first place. it included am allow ar.e ot more than s1o0.ooo for che. crown prince. and he had Go provide Che diving" for five other sons and tGc.r families.
 Og Che German rulers. Che dcposod Ludwig TIT. Che aged king of Bo-. wr.a. came next Co the cX-kaiscr on. trc payroll with Sl7oo.0o0 al yolr. made up Of the Bayarian 'ciyh. ust" and "appcudages" allowed the. king
 King Frederick August lII Of. saxouy. reported also now to bc am. .cx" king. was third His salary was few thousand more than $l- 0oU.00o a year.
 Next came King Wilhelm ll ot WurtcmburE. also reported to have. abiIcatcd. Tie had an income ot. about S5g5.UUU a year.
 An three. IIkc Che cx-KaIscr maintained their households and supported state theaters. opera houses and art galleries out of their. wages"
 Ernest August Duke Of Bruins wick. Che Kaiscr's son-in-law. had saaoUUU year. On this hc had Co. support che former Louise or Hohen- roIcru and two children.
 Grand Duke Frederick n of Baden received u round figures S35o.ooo. a year u addition Go that he was given am annual allowance ot S75.- U.n year for upkccp and improve mont or his palaces.
 Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig Of .I.c had similar salary but with ur. fHc additional allowance for Improvements
 Tho salary ol Prince Leopold IT,. of Che utuc prIucipality of Lippc. v.th ts I50ga7 people. ruled on what our farmers would call ..lares" Uc received whatever amounts Che rentals and crops of Che stntc domains exceeded S35,ooo, un Go SI25.OUO. By whatever it cX- .o.dcd Che latter sum the ruler was -.ycD balC and che other halt went into Che public treasury
 Grand Duke Frederick Franz of NeckIorbur~-sehwcrin worked for rf- board" No civil list or salary Is provided iu that grand duchy. Tho grand duke has received only his "cxronscs." The same is true Of ,IccNcuburg- g-Strclitz.
 Frederick August Of thc grand duchy of Oldenburg received Sl0o,- U00 a year. and In addition S63,OoO from che income of the ducal do- mains
 Duke Ernest IT. Of SaXe-Altenburg and Duke Carl Eduard or the saNe- CoburE-Go both ruled on the farmers share basis. The former re- rclycd two-thirds of the income from Che state domains and the lat ter divided half and half with his people.
 Duke Bernhard of Saxe-Moinln- gen. whose wife Is a sister of the Kaiser received about S9S.OOO a year and one-half ot the surplus Of Che domains
 The grand duchy of saXc-Weimar gave Grand Duke Wilhelm Ernst saln nnn ! volr. while the lnnTn2