Show try it yourself ever since tho war when it cornea comes to money people talk in big figures its millions here and billions there especially Is this so when you read of government business and the appropriations as aa authorized authorize aby by congress when they a filibuster on in this connection has haa it over occurred to you what those these vast sums mean and how long it would take you to count them take for instance an appropriation of say four hundred in million fillon which la IS a bagatelle nowadays now a days as viewed by I 1 congress just how long would it talfe take you to count it now la in counting tile the average Is about one number in every second or go 60 to the minute and you must to keep up lip that rate this would be an hour or a day ono a second means one every time the clock ticks it if you were to count one every time tile the clock ticks it would take you 12 years days 7 hours and twenty four minutes to count of course this Is not allowing for time oft off tor for meals meala sleep ing or an occasional drink drini of water hut but to accomplish the result within the time specified one must keep counting at tile rato rate of ono a second for the tha entire time fline it if you doubt these figures just try counting it yourself can you now grasp what nn an enormous sum sull ot of money it takes to run tile the government |