Items of Interest November 28, 1901 Issue

Items of Interest

The growth of the rural free delivery service in the United States has been phenomenal. It was started in 1896 with an appropriation of ten thousand dollars. The first route was in the vicinity of Charleston, W. Va. The appropriation for the service during the present year is $3,500,000 and the Postmaster General will ask Congress to appropriate $6,250,000 for next year. It is estimated that when the service has been perfected it will cover one million square miles of territory and have over thirty million patrons. November 1st there were six thousand routes in operation, and by the first of next July the number will be increased to about nine thousand.

There is only about forty-two million dollars worth of silver bullion left in the United States treasury. Under the act of 1890 the treasury purchased 168,674,682 ounces of silver for $155,941,002. This has been constantly depleted by coinage, and at the present rate there will be no silver bullion left in the Treasury in two years. If coinage of silver is continued the Government will again become a purchaser of silver bullion by special act of Congress.

President Roosevelt read his first message to Congress to the members of his cabinet on November 19, and they were much pleased with it. It is said that the message is conservative, contains no surprises, and is very forceful, but quite lengthy. One of the most earnest paragraphs is that in which he urges the national legislature to take vigorous steps for the suppression of anarchy.

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