"The Treasury estimates that . ." ."
Behind this impersonal phrase, recurrent in all news of U. S. finances, stands a very round, very jolly, very careful man named Joseph McCoy. In his so's, Mr. McCoy is the Government's actuary, the Treasury's chief gazer info 'the fiscal future. How much will the U. S. collect next year in income taxes? Mr. McCoy scratches with a pencil, adds, subtracts, consults a sheaf of papers, brings forth an answer. How many cigarets will be smoked? How many men will die to...
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