Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1919 — Nation’s Public Debt Up to $25,921,151,270 in May [ARTICLE]

Nation’s Public Debt Up to $25,921,151,270 in May

The nation’s public debt reached a new high mark of $25,921,151,2(0 at the end of May, an increase of $1,096,640,750 during the month, resulting from new issues of certificates of Indebtedness and payments on Victory loan subscriptions. Ordinary disbursements in May amounted to $907,492,920, only slightly less than the $1,068,203,020 In the same month last year.