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Show II oo ' WASTE OF PAPER: j , More power to Senator Reed Smoot I j 1 in connection with his campaign j I !' against the criminal misuse of valu-, valu-, ji, able print paper by the federal gov- ! ' onnment. j In these days when newspapers an' ! ,', curtailing the space devoted to news ' . that people want to read and news that should be read it is not plcasan! j to think of the government's using I i tons and tons of print paper for stuff I , that very few read. ji Senator Smoot told the senate that J i from July 1,1916, to last July 15. 30.-I 30.-I , 1-14,362 copies of speeches were print' 1 ed and distributed through the mails ! at a total cost of $442,000. j j With the political campaign np-1 proaching hundreds of tons more ot j I j paper will be wasted by the printing . i ' of speeches of congressmen to'boi ! I mailed to constituents as an indirect ! plea for votes. lj Here's hoping that Senator Smoot's ! jj campaign results iu curbing this ' t! waste. j ii i |