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Show PENSIONS. Pensions cost taxpayers over J255,-000,000 J255,-000,000 in the last fiscal year. This 'was only about $5,000,000 less than! ( the year before, though the number oi pensioners on tho payrolls dropped ifrom 566,053 o 317,016. Very Interesting Inter-esting is government arithmetic. On June 30 last, pensions were being be-ing drawn by 73 soldiers who fought jin the Mexican war, 75 years ago At which rale, some of our world war : doughboys should be drawing pensions I In the yar 2000, unless they get pen-J Islons like they got the bonus. oo |