Show UNCLE SAM HAS SOME OBLIGATIONS THAT HE NE WILL NOT HAVE NAVE TO MEET The reported loss of of many thousands thousands ands of dollars by the tho sinking of f the Titanic calls attention to the fact that the Government of the United States frequently benefits by the misfortune of ot the people says say the National City Bank in its monthly circular just is is- is sued It never can be known what amount of United States money went down with the Titanic but whatever the sum the Treasury just so much additional to its credit as it can never be presented for re re- re- re Losses by fire tire a aggregate each year a very large larg-e sum but what has hiB become of the millions of dollars of which there is no trace is an unsolved unsolved unsolved ed ed problem Treasury officials speak of the great fires that in years past swept Chicago Boston San Francisco Francis Francis- co Baltimore and other cities and estimate estimate estimate es es- esI es- I that many millions must have been lost in these great I ti ns Early in th the Civil War the United States issued over of legal tender notes which in in payment of all Government obligations obligations including the pay of the armies armies armies ar ar- ar- ar mies in the field At this time there are still outstanding over 3 3 3 of these notes in the denomination denomination denomination nation of el 1 and 2 alone which are never heard from except now and then then a a stray bill or two is presented for redemption It is a fair assumption assumption assumption tion that a large percentage of the whole has been accidentally accidental accidental- ly destroyed and this is undoubtedly proportionately true of all the old is is- is sups Boston sues Boston Transcript |