Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-28
Foreigners in United States Di-
vide Earnings With Fami-
lies in Europe
ONE FOURTH GOES TO ITALY
Sum of s1,2oo,ooo Sent in One Batch
New Assistant Postmaster General
Has surprise-System by Which Ac-
counting is Made With Foreign Gov
Eernments.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-"See how the
money earned by foreign born people
laboring in this country goes out OF 1T
TO the folks at home, said former Con-
gresham McCleary, now second as
sistant postmaster general
This exclamation was brought forth
by the fact that Mr.. McCleary was then
engaged in signing checks made pay
able 10 the postal administrations OF
various European countries and to Mex
leo ana Japan. There We're probably
twenty of these foreign drafts, and the
aggregate amount represented by them
was more than $1,250.0O0. 1t was his
postal administration Of the United
States. as he has been in his present
position only a few months, and has
not been the acting head Of the de-
partment heretofore at a time when
these payments were being made.
Settlements with foreign countries
are made thru the New York postof-
sent to the postmaster at New York,
ana he is instructed TO buy exchange
in settlement of the balances OF the
money orasr accounts of the various
countries. ana always these balances
are heavily again. .he United States.
The drafts signed by Mr.. McCleary
the other day represented the balances
for the third quarter OF the fiscal year
1907, which ended March 81, last, the
delay being due to the fact that, it
takes time to get all the reports in
hand.
The exact amount represented by
these drafts was $1,210,6SS. More than
one-fourth of ii went to the Italian
postoffice department, the aggregate OF
several drafts sent TO the country be-
ing S3S6.693. The next largest amount,
s262.32l Went to Hungary; the next
larges. $150,O0O, to Russia and the
next in order to Austria $4,000. None
of the other countries got as much as
100000 in this settlement.
The balance against the United
States in Norway was $S0,250; in Swe-
den $4,000 = in Germany $71.250; in
Greece $3S,675; in Denmark $4,000; In
Belgium $23,S55; in Switzerland $l9,-
1888; in Holland $S,O37. Besides these
several amouts of $4,000 was sent to
Japan and $4,000 to Mexico.
1t is said that most of the money go
ing abroad is sent in small sums, from
$40 to 500 each, SO that the million
and a quarter covered by these pay
ments went to many individuals in the
countries to which they were sent.
. .
Conservative democrats, who are
against the nomination of William j..
Bryan next year, are rejoicing over
what they term his latest break. Bryan,
in his latest statement issued to the
general public, undertakes to criticize
sharply President Roosevelt for favor
ing a national incorporation act.
The sage of Lincoln either has very
short memory or he does not keep post
ed even on current events. During the
last two sessions of congress Senator
Francis G. Newlands, democrat from
Nevada pressed his bill for national
incorporate act. He made at least
dozen speeches in favor of it and Of
fered it as an amendment to the Hep
burn railroad rate bill. Hence the ma
tional Incorporation idea is of demo-
cratic origin, and President Roosevelt.
who had several conferences with Sen
ator Newlands on this subject is per-
fectly willing to give him credit for 1t.
And so the laugh is on Bryan. :.