Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1896 — Salaries of the World’s Rulers. [ARTICLE]

Salaries of the World’s Rulers.

The President of the United States receives a salary of SOO,OOO and a house; the Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary gets $3,875,000, besides several palaces; the BTlng of Italy gets $2,858,000; the King of Prussia gets $8,852,770, but nothing as Emperor of Germany; the Osar has an Income of 812,000,000, out of which he supports the grand dnkee and the oourt; the king of Spain gets $1,400,000; the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, $2,175,000) the President of Prance gets $120,000, and a like sum for entertainments; the President of Mexico gets $50,00©; the Emperor of Japan gets $8,000,ObO; and no one knows what the Emperor of China gets. The King of Greece gets $260,000, and the President of the Swiss Confederation has a salary of SB,OOO. This last named ruler is the only on* who does not receive the uee of a bones