The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-11
ABLE
TO SAVE MONEY
Most Of His Big Expenses are PAID ~
the Government Which Makes
His Apparently Small Sal
airy Sufficient.
EXPENSES ARE COMPARE
Chief Executive .tGets in Free" Lots
of places Where Private Citizen
Must Pay Large Sums,
Especially Theatres.

MGS0 ray Large ooh"o
Especially Theatres.
, Mr.. McAdoo has said he could moi
afford TO be president because OF the
necessity of providing for the future
iof his family, which brings up the
question: Just what does II cost 70
be president? What expenses are
attached TO the Office? Can the presi-
den, live on his income? Is he a
poorer man when his term expires
than when he takes Office? A former
secretary to president gives this as
his answer, according to the New
York Times:
4 Mr.. McAdoo probably meant that
ia man of his reputation and attain
Lments could do much better lnan-
icially in private life than he could
Ion the executives salary, which is
undoubtedly true. If he means that
his salary is not sufficient for him to
live on in the style that BELTS the
president of the United States, then
ne is mistaken, because most of his
big expenses, the things that cost
so much in fashionable private life.
are paid for by the government. OF
course, his $4,000, with $4,000
added for travelling, would not nearly
cover the expenses of private in
dividual who lived on a similar scale.
Let us compare their expenses and
see.
| Comparing the Expenses.
|
house commensurate with the execu
tive mansion would be enormous. II
owned by a private citizen the in
terest on the money invested, the
taxes and upkeep would dig big
hole in 5000. The president pays
mo rent, and the repairs on the white
house are done for him by the gov
iernment.
THE wife of private citizen con-
itinuously wants new furnishings for
her palace, new decorations to adorn
the walls, new paintings, new cur
tains, new and expensive china.
These cost private citizen huge
sums of money. A request from the
president to the superintendent of
public buildings and grounds is all
that is necessary for them to be
Forthcoming.
"a large retinue of servants IS
necessary to run such home. At
the white house most of these serv-
ants are supplied by the government;
only his personal help is paid by the
president Their number is not over
six or seven and includes cook at
about 800 a month, four maids at
$50 a month and a scullery maid or
NJ OH TIo
innumerable ushers, messengers.
watchmen, doorkeepers. ground keep
ers. to attend to the white house
lawns, and repair men, such as car
penters, upholsterers, plumbers. etc,
are on the government payroll, as
are also the secretaries and stenog-
raphers utilized by the president
Another large expense to the
fashionable in private life is for
automobiles and carriages, with the
necessary chaufeurs, footmen and
attendants. These cost the president
nothing: neither do his gasoline and
oils or the repair of his automo-
biIes.
"A man who lives in the style Of
the president must be man Of great
wealth; consequently his tax bills
no taxes. He must also be a man Of
large income, and congress has seen
fit 10 demand a large share of big
incomes for public use The supreme
court has recently decided that the
presidents salary is not subject to
| income tax
Another heavy drain upon a pri-
yate mans pocketbook if he does
afrSr &c -1a
opera Every public place of arnuse-
the preside nt and his party free of
charge. Every theater in Washing
ton reserves special bo& the best
pense 10 him.
fashionable gentleman in private life
is entertaining at the exclusive and
costly hotels. The necessary exclu-
siveness Of the president for his
safety prevents him from dining at
these hostelries.
IF you have ever kept a yacht,
you know how they eat up money.
/ The president has a palatial yacht,
the Mayflower, for his personal use,
with the salaries of all on board,
Of the public treasury.
THE dues Of the exclusive country
club. to which a man Of fashion must
belong, are big. The courtesy of the
clubs around Washington are ex-
| tended TO the president
THE actual expenses incurred by
| the president are: The cost of the
( food consumed by the presidents
( family and his personal attendants
! (most OF the white house help live
ar home and pay for their own food:
! the salary Of the presidents personal
; help and the clothing with which he
/ and his family adorn themselves.
The presidents personal clothing bill
| is not usually large. A man of sufff-
cient brains and intelligence to be
| president is not q fop: furthermore.
! ne has passed the fop age. A few