Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1893 — Ten Million a Year. [ARTICLE]

Ten Million a Year.

It would be difficult to estimate what it costs the American people every year to commemorate freedom. Of the 05,000,000 people in the country, there are at least 20,000,000 who celebrate. Suppose that the average that each one of these pays for fireworks, flags, etc., was placed at 50 cents, which seems somewhat low. That would make $lO,000,000, which is probably as near to the-total cost as any mathematician can get.