This is a much later use, but the _New York Evening Post_ used the phrase in an editorial on "Our Philippine Balance-Sheet" during the controversy generated by Twain's essay, "To the Person Sitting in Darkness," on Feb. 6, 1901. After providing a balance sheet of "William McKinley in Account with the United States," the Post stated: "Evidently 'there are millions in' the islands; but they are so far 'in' that it may be doubted if we ever get them out." The full editorial is online at http://web.syr.edu/~fjzwick/editors/nyep206.html Jim Zwick