The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-10

the United States, the foreigners al
ready here are pouring an ever increas-
ing stream of American dollars into
the old world, The vast sums that go
abroad from the United States tell the
story of the thrift of newly arrived
foreigners in a land of plenty, and
mark the margain between what work
ing men can earn here and what those
from other countries can live upon. At
present the Federal government,
through 1884 international money
order offices, does a direct money orde
business with tifty-seven foreign coun-
tries.
Each week these Offices are sending
abroad. in excess of receipts. more than
81, 800, 900. In other words. American
dollars are crossing the ocean at such
a rate that within the year 1907 the
older countries will get from the United
States more than sTS,000,0 900 in money
orders over and above the amounts
sent TO this country through the same
channel The increase in the amounts
sent annually TO the various foreign
countries has been so great during the
last five years that 10 estimate what
the grand total will amount to in the
next ten years staggers imagination.
In the fiscal year 1900 1901 Aus
tra received from the United States
in the form of money orders payable
in that country, 6.395, $40 crowns, in
| l905-1906 that country received 26.-
207 ,493 crowns, an increase Of 300 per
cent. Hungary. in the first year men
toned, received l,75S,7ss crowns. and
in the year last mentioned. 29,o54 ,535
crowns, an increase Of 525 per cent
Italy received 7,703,42S francs as
against 6I,975,963, an increase Of 72S
per cent. Japan received SI34 900 as
against S2,S53,S0o, an increase of 2s6
| per cent.
The bulk of the money sent to
foreign countries in money orders rep
resents the savings made by immigrants
during the first few years of their resi-
dence in this country, before they be-
come naturalized and begin to invest
! their excess earnings here. During
! last December. fifty extra clerks were
! employed in New York TO handle the
! Christmas money orders sent TO foreign
countries. and it was not until month
after Christmas that normal conditions
were restored in the money order de-
| partment of the postoffice. For the
month the number of money orders
|
ber for the eleven preceding months.
The linguists employed in the Post
office Department at Washington en-
! counter no little trouble in solving
| problems submitted to them when
money orders go astray, or cannot be
! paid, because of errors in addresses.
For long time endless confusion arose
from the refusal of Croatiaps TO ad-
dress their money orders to Hungarian
cities. Croatia WAS assigned TO the
Kingdom of Austria some time ago. but
natives of the province dislike 10 be
called Hungarians and decline to send
| their 'homc letters anywhere but TO
Austria. Each of the governments went
through a great deal of red tape TO
secure the delivery Of these letters until
| the Austro- Hungarian government
finally decided that it was not Uncle
Sans duty to spena time and money
taking care of mail which Croatian
patriots misdirected and made an ar
rangement by which such mistakes arc
corrected at the other end of the line,
A money order from southern Euro
pean country was recently directed 10
woman with three npronounceable
names, at HilIsdale, Ky, In due time
it found its way to Washington, with
the information that the woman adj
dressed did not reside in Hilsdale. The
letter was held until 1t was found that
it was intended for Hillsdale, Or. Just
outside Of Portland. a Frcnchman in
| Washington, D. c. recently received n
money order addressed to- him in
Washington, q. S, ~ AS there are
thirty seven Washingtons in the United
States, he was compelled to wait until
the money order came back from Eu-
rope. with the cd. c. attached.
A Russian living in Washington re.
Gently sent 10 his wife in Russia q
money order for th,rtyfour rubles. Aft
er time be appeared at the Postotice
department. fairly foaming with rage
His wife had informed HIM that the
amount of money delivered TO her was
three rublcs and ninety eight kopecs
less than the amount he had sent. lie
firmly believed that some employee II
the Washington Office had pocketed Tho
three rubles and ninety eight kopecs
and felt no delicacy about making ths
charge His English was worse thar
the little Russian at the command OF
the best liuguist in the office, but aftel
an hour or so he was convinced that il
he had been robbed the United States
would reimburse him. The matter wa:
taken up with the Gar 8 government
and traced down TO . small village II
the interior Of Russio, where IT wa:
found TINT the woman had receipted fo
the full amount She had written th'
letter TO her husband in the hope o!
squeezing few more rubles out OF HIM
having no idea that the letter woulc
involve two great powers in correspond
ence and put them both to considerable
expense.
An Italian tightrope walker. perform
ing in this country rushed into th
money order department IN Washing
ton and declared that he had been de
frauded. He had been told that b.
could send money directly to his wifi