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Show Very Eod Tape. A few months ago the President appointed" ap-pointed" a committeo to make a thorough thor-ough investigation of tho busiuoss methods of each of tho several departments depart-ments at Washington, with a view of ridding them of somo of the red tape ways of doing things. Secretary lionaparte, on boing interviewed inter-viewed by this committee, told the following fol-lowing story, which beautifully illustrates illus-trates tho free use of red tape in the Government servico: "Ono of tho naval officers on a certain cer-tain ship desired to chango a thermometer thermom-eter from one side of the vessel to tho other, assigning very good reasons for doing so. This could not be dono, how-over, how-over, according to naval regulations, until he had carried tho matter to the ship's commandor, and through him to mo. I readily consented to tho pro-posod pro-posod change, which cost just 53 cents 50 cents for the postage' and station-cry station-cry and 3 conts for tho nail and tho wear and tear on tho hammor, " Harper's Weoklj'. |