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Show CZAR OF RUSSIA IS THE RICHEST MAN "Czar Nicholas rules over the largest larg-est empire on the globe; he draws the biggest salary of any ruler; he is the richest man in the world," said a well-known Russian the other day. "Those are three things which America Amer-ica with all its 'biggest' cannot equal." he added. Well-informed Russians say the czar is wealthier than Rockefeller, Morgan, Carnegie or any one of the Rothschilds. Attention has been drawn to his vast wealth by the recent re-cent death of Count Dendrikoft, his "man of affairs." Just how wealthy the "Little Father" of all the Russians is no one seems to know. It is doubtful whether wheth-er he himself could come as near telling what his balance is as perhaps the Standard Oil trust king could name his. The bookkeeping in the domain of the oil king is more scientific scien-tific than among the Russians. 1 It is estimated, however, that the czar's income, including his salary and profits and dividends from his vast property, is about 37 million dollars a year $3,125,000 a month, or $104,166 and a few odd cents a day. |