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Show 'Conscience Fund" Adds to Nation's Revenues The government's conscience fund dates back- to the year 1S11, when during the administration of James Madison the sum of $5 was received by the Treasury department from a person who did not sign his name. He wrote that he owed the nation that sum. It was credited to "Conscience." "Con-science." Before the close of Madison's Madi-son's administration this fund had reached $2r0. Of course, there Is no fund known officially as a conscience fund. Such contributions are listed In the report of the treasurer of the L'nlted Slates as "Contributions from known and unknown." The money is entered on the books as other public money rihI Is expended as though it came from regular channels of revenue. Keporls of the United States treasurer treas-urer show that there has never been a year since Madison's administration, administra-tion, with the exception of Monroe's administration and the year 1S4S, when some conscience contribution was not received. The largest came In during the administrations of Koosevelt and Y'ilson. The total amount received during Uoosevelt's administration was ?t(X).lG0.70 and ?10G,OS-i.oO during Wilson's administration. adminis-tration. The smallest amount ever received was 2 cents, and the largest was $30,000. The conscience fund has grown to more than $300,000, and Is increasing each year. Last year contributions of this nature amounted to $'20,909.94. |