President. the very fact that they are being offered at all. that is. at auction. is on the theory that they are going to aid a relief fund in New York. That was the reason they were sent to Mr. Chase. so he could try to raise money for refugees. Does Mr. Ickes understand. and does his representative in the Senate. the Senator from South Carolina understand. that he has sent a lot of worthless stamps up to Mr. Chase? If so. where is his philanthrophy and his bigheartedness in behalf of the refugees? To contend that the stamps have no great value is perfectly ridiculous on the face of it. There was only one reason for the whole performance. and that was to increase the value of the stamps which the Secretary retained. and which he himself expressly said he retained. and it was perfectly obvious that they were gummed at his personal request.
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