The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-04-10
~MANY QUERIES
The Republic Profit Sharing
Bureau Answers Peril
nent Questions.

A great many people continue to Put
questions TO The Republic Prodt-Sharins
Bureau. Most Of the questions hear on the
conditions under which the stimate as 10
the number Of admissions to Exposition
grounds on April 80. are to be filed, but
some cover other points about which there
is doubtless a general d9ire for informa-
ton.
The nswer OF the Proht-Sharing Bureau
TO a few OF these questions are given be-
low:
a. u. b. ST. Louis-'I wish to p~artici-
pate in the Dedicatory Contest, and want
to know the following:
First. Does the number Of admissions
mean number OF persons? II / should pay
3 cents and attend during the day, then
pay 90 cents and attend during the night
ceremonies. would that count two admiS-
sions or one?"
Answer. Every time a person enters the
gates an admission will be counted. Those
who attend in the day time and then go
out OF the grounds. coming back again in
the night, will Of course. be counted twice.
Il understand there are SOC stockholders
and about 5000 guests that will be I'D
mitted free. VIII those be considered Sd
missions?'
Answer It Is stated at Exposition head
quarters. that a count will be made OF all
who enter the grounds; that is. OF both the
free admissions and the paid admissions.
The military bodies entering the grounds
will be counted. and the stockholders and
others who enter on free tickets will also
be counted. The awards by The Republic
P~roAt-Sharing Bureau, will be made upon
the record OF the Exposition Company.
UTha fapar aha division NJ rnurpGzfnnE and
admissions c~ertifies as the number attend
ing VIII be taken as the official record.
Perryville. Mo.-If you will read carefully
the announcement OF The Republic Profit
Sharing Bureau. which appears in The Re
public every day. you will find the condi-
tons stated, give a clear and explicit an
swer to your inquiry. Subscribers who nov
have contracts with The Republic IN con-
nection with "Our Islands and Their Peo-
pie are privileged to enter the contest and
file estimates. but. ike all other subscrio-
ers, their estimates must be accompanied
with cash remittances making payment for
8 period of not less than twelve months.
This period may be made up partly Of the
uneNpired months under their existing con-
tracts, and partly with enough additional
months IN extension to "a a full term OF
one year. Inasmuch as the contracts OF the
subscribers you write about run until the
end OF May. 1904. they still have twelve
months to pay for under their contract
Any one OF the subscribers can pay in adj
vance for these twelve months at the con-
tract price and file six estimates. II the
subscriber desires 20 make paymen for an
additional year to terminate May 81, 1906. IL
be made at the time payment Is made
on the present contract In this event the
subscriber can make six estimates under
the new subscription. and twelve under the
payment made on the present contract TIT
Republic will be delivered to these sub
scribers as usual through the local news
dealer.
Fulton. M~o.-"Before I saw your offer In
The Republic I had remitted IN full for an
other year for the Daily and Sunday. / re-
mitted on the 1st Of April, but my time
did not expire until the 9Th Now II seems
to me. as you received my renewal before
my time expired, that 1 would be entitled
to make six stimateS on my subscription
to the Daily Republic. 1 also subscribed for
the Weekly Republic for one year. and
think 1 should be entitled 10 one estimate
on that subscription"
Answer: The offers OF The Republic
-Proht-Sharing Bureau apply exclusively to
remittances received after the date OF the