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Show C03T CF IIAI2JTAi:iI2;C . HEAD3 of nzruzLics It U diffcult to datermin prcifIy wht it com his "ellow-eitiiem to keep ths President of the United States, bat it is.ssf' to assert that it does not figure op mOro thsn two-flfths et a cent tor each pereon in the country, man, woman and child. Possibly that estimated ratio ia excessive. - Compared with the cost of maintaining the head rulers of many imperialistic nations .the expense studied st-udied to keeping the chief execntiva of this comntry is small. The royal families of Enf- I land, - Germany and Russia spend millions , Of dollars of Government reTennes every rear, and besides hsve set - aside -. for their use large domains of lnds and .costly .buildings. .build-ings. - Among the presidents of republics' the on who costs. his CQuntrymen most per espita is the Presidnt of Hsyti. The eitiiens of thet nation pay 17-22 of cent each for the maintenance of. their ruler, while the fellow-eitiiens fellow-eitiiens of the President of Psrsguay p7 three fourths of cent each for keeping him, ' The cost of the President of Franca is three-tenths three-tenths of cent per head'; that of the President Presi-dent of Mexico, three-twentieths of a cent per head; that of the President of Chile, three tenths of a cant per head;. that of the President Presi-dent of Bolivia, one-fourth of cent per head, and that of the President of Ecuador, two-eft two-eft as -of a cent per head. - - - - - For ths preaent fiscal year the appropriations appropria-tions for the White House -are, something like these figures: Salary of the President $50,000 Traveling expenses of the chief executive. execu-tive. ....... 85,000 Salaries of the executive office .68,840 .Contingent, expenses. of -tha.-pffice. ..20,Q00 Car, repair, .refurnishing, purchase " horses, .-. 8S.000 Fuel' " for mansion, greenhouses and ' stable 6,000 Car and maintenance of . eopservstory . and greenhouses ..... ' 0,000' Extraordinary ' repair - to-executive mansion - 25,000 Lighting th grounds, fuel, pay of la-' , borers, care of greenhouses,' eto. .. . 19,500 Total .i25.80 There are - several minor, items, such ' as $4000 for the rare and maintenance of th executive mansion -grounds, which mske the total close to $270,000. -. Th totsl appropriations for ths - present year are much larger han in th psst yesrs, but ' much of this is due to- the appropriation appropria-tion of $35,000 . for repairing the executive mansion, which ' developed .som bad leaks sfter th million dollars spent en rehabilitating rehabilita-ting it two years. ago. .The appropriation for repairs, ., would ordinsrily amount to about $5000. which, would reduc the expenditures chargeable to ; the Whit Hons to about $240.000.. ...... t - . The item of $35,000 for care, repsir. refurnishing,-etc.. is expended ss the President sees fit. snd" there is little limitation by th controller con-troller of th treasury. Thst officisl never bothers with Whit . House,, expenditures, al-. hough having aatocraric away with all other department, of the Government. A President of. the United flttes -never attemnta to change a decision .of. the controller, but ,h has no trouble in changing the controller. There ere a number of aalsries that prop-erlv prop-erlv belong ' to the White-Houe, although carried oa-the rolls of other departments. The two secret service "mtn assigned to th Whit Houee at all ; times are paid by th tresaury. - Th salaries' of about thirty nolic officers - are paid ; by the Diatrict. . These amount Xo. probably $35,000 a year. If Con-greaa Con-greaa appropriated directly for th aalaries of thee 'men th total appropriations for th Whit House would mount up to over $300,-000 $300,-000 far the present year. There ar eighteen privates ana two sergeants of -police constantly con-stantly patrolling the White House grounds. In -addition there are about ten police officers assigned to duty at the Whit House aa doorkeepers. door-keepers. Most of them tav been soldiers or sailors- in th army or navy and have been elected by th District authorities for their strict attention to duty and general good Judgment. , " How much of the appropriation of $2500 for traveling expenaea made by the last Congress Con-gress had been drawn upon nobody outside the Whit House snd treasury knows. Such , matters are carefully guarded by treasury bookkeepers and auditora. Th President, however, how-ever, bss msde only two complete trip since the sppropristion was msde.- On wit to Oyster Bay and the other to "Pine Knot. Va.. hii country place in that State. Hia trip to Panama makea th, third, but that ia not Tt flniahed. The Panama trip, though will not be costly on, as th President will go and com on a men-of-war. In Panama he will be entertained at all times by officials of the Government end will be conveyed by the Panama railroad, which belongs to the United States. ' . . The purpose of the President, it is said, ia to expend aa little of the appropriation aa possible during the fiscal yesr. After his return re-turn from Psnsms he vwill not go far from Washington for some months to come. It is probable that next summer he msy go on a hunting trip and visit a number of eitiea and towns, but that will not be until after Congress Con-gress has adjourned in March. The aalariea of most of th servsnts at th "Whit House th domestic force, such aa cooks, waitreases, laundresses sr psid from, sppropristions mad for th superintendent superin-tendent of public, buildings and grounds. Col. Crook," who has been th disbursing officer of the White House for yeara, has charge of no funds except those for the executive exe-cutive force. This appropriation ia for. $68,-840 $68,-840 for this yesr. Col. Bromwell, superintendent superin-tendent of public buildings and grounds, handles han-dles -all th othr appropriationa except the $50,000 a yea aalary of th President and the $25,000 traveling account. The President Presi-dent salary is disbursed directly by th tressurv, 'which eends him .pheck at th clos of each month. .. ' |