The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-10-07

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answered. No business or personal uU
dresses win be given Questions as TO the
value, etc. Of old coins and stamps WI"
not Ne answered All Correspondence
should he addressed to The Letter poN'
care Houston Post. and to receive atten.
ticn must hc signed 10y the name IN tul,
Of the party making the inquiry as Wrh
as that under which II is desired that tue
question shall appear Owing to the large
number Of questions received answers can
no! always be given promptlyJ
lpslly Reader Q ID How much money
per clplta has there been issued ny TIE
United states government aud Is now IN
the hands of the government banks ana
the people, ~ How much Of 1t per capita
Is 10 actual circulation? 90 What Is the
National debit, per captal ~ What Is the
aycrugc Indebtedness per capita OF the
ciizous of tine United states. not lnriud
ing the National debt
A. ~ The general stock Of money In the
United states on September l. 1901, was
S25tI $50 533 OF this amount S2o06,6S'
c42 WIS in circulation among the people
dncuduc their bank dcpositsl and the re-
malndcg WAS In tine United States ueasurr
t2i The population of thc country WI, csti
mated al 11.gs5o0o. This gives q per capita
circulation or S2s.lS al The intcrcstbclr-
ing debt outstanding on September !. 1901,
was SGS2 $1,000 Tho total debt that
which bore Interest and that which did
uot-Vas Sl.3GB,32t l2l.s9. The per capita
was SlT.a2 10 The ccnsus burcnu has not
set published tho figures NJ Indebtedness
as shown hy ts Investigation If 1900 The
,.or ,ar ro+ r,., sro,, thc crn.ps o0ic,
,rto.o Of 1900 ,y,,id bo IN, oll now to he
~ NM. ,,l,c
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Quory.-Q. is President Roosevelt the
twenty or the twenty sixth president
Of the United states?
a. The confusion as 10 President Roose
vct's numerical position position arises
from the fact that President Cleveland
served two terms. With the presidency Of
president Harrison coming in between.
President Roosevelt Is the twenty.hfth man
who has held the presidency, hut he Is the
twenty sixth president when a president
serving two terms continuously is counted
once, while president whose two terms
are separated is counted twice. The
eighteenth president WINS Grant years;
the nlnetoenih Hayes years the TWEEN
tieth Garfield g mouths aud IL days; the
tweutydrsl Arthur. . years. months and
10 days; the twenty second Cleveland, 4
years; the twent-tAird Harrison, { years
the twenty fourth Cleveland, years, the
twenty fifth Mckinley. years, & months
and 10 DAYS. Roosevelt 10y this reckoning,
is the twonty-Sixth.
" v" WI" '"u A'"u'E 'ru 'ne
'""E" 'ny '.''N"S vi your paper II inc
ii'u9'"n N"n,l"' 'u''I9 'SS'ci'''oh Is an
'R'l'u' u'"' n"''I'"''u'"I OF Pr"IhoI'S''al
usS"''"l'"' "r ~ II an association OF manu-
I''tuI''s' ~ no 'ney encourage tue IS
'aon'u'uen, oil o'her manniH'iories IN your
Guy @ no" many factories nave they
cH'""ilSN,u SIhrc 'u'I ORGANIZATION
D. w me houston Manufacturers asso'
'l"'on according 10 It's constitution Isl
composed OF manufacturers. merchants aud
m""'' 'u'r,'''' are 'h'e'"opehu-
en'' ~ res 90 me scope of work mas
e'pnrau'u good deai In the way OF indus
uiai "e'r''Pneh' Tor ms CITY ana sur
I'""u'ns country ana 10 ger q more salts
factory statement IMAM space mere VIII per
mn, TO ne gwen we would suggest that You
Nr'te ine secretary at Houston
Is. H. Question. % Whore was the first |
newsrapcH publshcd2 90 Why is the
United States government called Uncle |
Somy'
answer 'h rhe earliest periodical col .
lection q the news Of the day was the 1
Fronkfurtcr journal a ockly publication .
started by EgnoIph Emmcl In 1G15 in .
lrW6tnricr Germany ~ 1t was a col. |
loquoi nickname given the United States |
government, arising from the circumstances
or provisions at Troy y. y, purchased
lol the American army in the war Of
lsl2. were forctiouSly interpreted MS stand
ing for Uncle SAM" by Mr.. Samuel Wi.
SOU government Inspector at thae place.
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W. re How much money did the gov.
ernment appropriate for the division of
Ioresry1
4 Congress appropriated for tho c,,rro,t
year $1S5,440. The work of tho forost ~,
roau is now being carried on In soronto,,.
States, and by nearly 200 porsors OfI
these large number are college s,ndo,ts
who exnect ,o forou. -. S'u"en'S'
sion, and who work for the bpro,u d,,r,r,.
he summer chiefly for tba oyaa. ,.," '".,us
The work gives them. ''1' '''e '"''
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