The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-11-16
National Facts and Figures

United States in 1916 produced 47oOo
tons Of chromite.
United States this year grew 1906
$50 bushels OF onions and 69l.s2O tons
OF cabbage.
II Is estimated that the people OF the
United States pay $i74,O0O.00O annually
for Ice cream. soda water and other soft
drinks.
The Washington monument In the
national capital. the highest structure
OF it's kind In the world, contains $4,000
blocks OF granite. each feet thick.
In 1909 the acreage planted to pea
nuts was only 500 .sS7. In 1915 II had
been increased to / 245.000, while this
year 2.00l 900 acres have been planted
to the food.
The cost OF drafting Americas first
great National army, from registration
to enrolment, was placed by Secretary
Baker at ss.660,4s0 in his estimates to
congress
The total wheat production OF the
United States In 1915. as estimated by
the department Of agriculture. was 639.-
8S6, 900 bushels. produced on 81 1856 600
acres at the rate of l2.1 bushels an acre.
For the year 1917 there were 1866
246 gallons OF distilled spirits produced
from every source, yielding tax re-
turn OF s1S6.563, ,O55. This is an in
crease of 26,00o,000 gallons over the
preceding year.
The trade balance in Americas favor
for the fiscal year ending June 80, 1917,
was S3635, ,0O0, 900. That was 81 l,499.-
900 900 more than the year before, S2.-
$40 900 900 more than In 1915, and $3-,
164 900 900 larger than in the last year
before the war.
The constitution makes the vlce-pres-
ident the presiding officer of the SEN
nate, but he has no soecial control over
legislation and no vote except in case
Of a tie.
Congress makes appropriations at
each regular session to cover the esti-
mated expenditures of the government
during the ensuing year. The appro-
priations for 1917 were S1,17S,9OS, ,962.99.
When a bill has passed congress and
is submitted to the president he has
ten days to consider IT, and II congress
adjourns before the expiration OF the
ten days the president can defeat the
bill simply by not signing it, without
any veto message. That is called
pocket veto.
A naturalized citizen OF the United
States-that is, person OF foreign
birth who has been regularly natural
ized--has practically all the privileges
of "A native born citizen, except that
he is not eligible to the office OF presi-
dent or vice president. He can hold
any other office in the United States
and is entitled to the same protection
at home and abroad as native-born
citizen.
Nine presidents of the United states
have been reelected as their own sue
cessors, that is, for a second term VIZ:
Washington, jefferson, Madison, Mon
roe, jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Mckinney
and Wilson. Cleveland was elected
second time after an intervening term,
and Roosevelt after he had succeeded
to the office upon the assassination OF
Mckinley and had served nearly
whole term.
Parliamentary privilege means the al
most complete freedom from arrest that
is accorded members of parliamentary
bodies The constitution of the United
States says that senators and represent
atives shall in all cases except trea-
son. felony and breach of the peace, be
privileged from arrest during their at
tendance at the session of their re-
spective houses, and in going to and re-
turning from the same; and for any
speech or debate in either house they
shall not be questioned in any other
place"
The practice of calling the United
States Uncle Sam" is believed TO have
originated during the Revolutionary
war. when there was a beef inspector
in Troy, ~ Y. named Samuel Wilson.
Owing TO his great popularity among
his workmen he was called Uncle
Sam" After inspecting beef he shipped
il to a contractor named Elbert Ander-
son. marking it "E. A. L. S. Someone
asked a workman what those letters
stood for. and he jokingly replied, Prob
aby Elbert Anderson and Uncle sam
The Joke spread from one to another
until people became accustomed TO re-
fer to the packages marked with the
letters u. S. as belonging to Uncle
Sam.