Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-05 | Page 14 | Big Business is Done by Uncle Sam

BIG BUSINESS IS DONE BY UNCLE SAM Postmaster Issues Stamp Sales Comparative Com-parative Statement for Each Year-From Year-From 1898 to 1913. t Statistics of yearly stamp sales in Salt Lake compiled yesterday by Postmaster Post-master A. L. Thomas from Januarv 1, 1898, to January 1, 1913, show an" increase in-crease of $56,710.23 in tho sales of 1913 over tho sales of 19 2; The increase in business hi 1913 over tho sales of 189S amounts to $4.1 7,35-1. JS The total to-tal amount realized in 1913 from tho salo of stamps, stamped cnvolopes and postcards was $517,031,303. Tho statistics statis-tics for each yenv since 1898 follow: Amount. Tncreaso. 1S9S ? 99,677.12 $ 1S99 121.S2S.03 22,147.01 1900 i:7.7-K.U3 15,923.96 1001 15I.742.SS 10,993.89 190U 175,177.62 20.731.74 1903 101.483.34 16.006.S2 1501 204,522.31 13.03S.37 lOO.-i 230,5411.61 26,027 30 1906 20S.670.53 38 l2o!o2 1907 313.71S.94 45 04S.41 190S 323,907.95 fl,619 (n 1909 376.854.26 53 486.31 1910 107,167.69 SO 30S 43 " 429.032.77 21.S66.0S 1912 160,321.07 31 288 30 1913 617.031.30 GC 7103