. Book of the Royal blue . TREASURY DEPARTMENT. UNCLE SAMS CONSCIENCE FUND. mUR United States fjovernment has avariety of sources of income; butthe oddest, and, indeed, the mostnovel wealth-producinj; factor inpossession of any nation on the globe isfound in the sentiment which impels aconsiderable portion of the American peo-ple to contribute to what is known asUncle Sams Conscience Fund, saysWaldon Fawcett in the Chicago Record-Herald. This Conscience Fund is a re|)Ositoryof hoarded riciies in the treasury dcp;irt-ment at Washington into which a goldenstream is constantly pouring, but fromwh
. Book of the Royal blue . TREASURY DEPARTMENT. UNCLE SAMS CONSCIENCE FUND. mUR United States fjovernment has avariety of sources of income; butthe oddest, and, indeed, the mostnovel wealth-producinj; factor inpossession of any nation on the globe isfound in the sentiment which impels aconsiderable portion of the American peo-ple to contribute to what is known asUncle Sams Conscience Fund, saysWaldon Fawcett in the Chicago Record-Herald. This Conscience Fund is a re|)Ositoryof hoarded riciies in the treasury dcp;irt-ment at Washington into which a goldenstream is constantly pouring, but fromwhich no money is ever withdrawn. It ismade up wholly of contributions from per-sons who send sums to the government forthe purpose of reimbursing Incle Sam formoney or its ecpiivalent wiiich has at someprevious time been wrongfully taken orimproperly withlield from the governmentby these persons, whose consciences latercompel them to make restitution. Of course the money received in thispeculiar manner is not depended upon
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