Show Unete Sams Sam's Conscience Fund t. t The conscience fund of the Treasury Treasury Treasury Treas Treas- ury is not as Is is popularly supposed an idle fund which is added to from time timeto to time lies dormant and is never used Contributions to this so-called so fund are turned Into the regular government gov gov- eminent receipts and on the books appear appear appear ap ap- ap- ap pear pear under the heading To Account Conscience This account was opened b by the United States government in hill 1811 It would not be fair to Ir il r from this fact that the American c h- h science had bad its awakening at so late a date In the country's history but that year witnessed the first return to the government as the result of the still small voice of money of which It bad had been defrauded some time before President Madi n fo found nd on his bis desk one morning an unsigned letter in which the writer confessed to defrauding defrauding defraud defraud- ing the government of 2 for which his conscience had made him suffer sorely This amount was enclosed with the request that it be turned into the National Treasury the writer expressing expressing expressing express express- ing the hope that this full fun restitution and repentance would restore a clear and easy conscience Contributions have since been received varying in amounts from a cent 2 postage stamp to ten thousand dollars or more Up to date the amount received from those who have defrauded the government government govern govern- ment and become stricken conscience n nis Is over |