Show tm t M 8 S S S 2 2 ma K M our washington I 1 t J weekly chat I 1 M fhe fH 5 ia Z WASTE 01 PAPER cutting ot off at the spigot while letting abetting loose at the bunghole is a pretty fair way of drawing a comparison between the request or demand made by the government upon newspaper publishers to conserve the use ot of white paper and the woeful waste ot of paper that is practiced by the government itself from congress on through every branch of the service in washington while it is true that congress has been putting on the t he brakes pretty hard in different directions to slow down the wheels of uncle sams expense machine the cost and lavish use of white paper is something that has been pretty much overlooked so BO tar far it was wag an unusual sight in the senate when the page boys boya struggled in with the mammoth book containing over seven million printed words that comprise speeches of senators on the peace treaty yet it was but a small part of the thousands of pounds of paper that has been used to print speeches spee clies in pamphlet form since the treaty has been under debate and which are mailed out at government expense and the same Is practically true of the speeches made by senators and representatives on every other subject discussed in congress printed and mailed out to constituents by the thousands the majority of them finding a resting place in waste baskets no doubt it used to be said that talk la Is cheap but it apply nowadays to the printing of the talk in I 1 both legislative houses the last annual report of the public printer on the cost of much of the government printing that was tar from being absolutely necessary was a staggering affair in total sums compared to what it used to be when paper was fairly cheap and plentiful no better or more certain way to conserve paper and have it distributed where it will do the most good could he be found than by a rule to cut oft off for a time at least the printing of speeches especially now on the eve ot of a political campaign and A nd it if the officials and employees of the many n any government bureaus had to pay from their own pockets tor for the white paper and printing that Is ia ordered by them ot of the pubic printer they would likely think twice as to the amount of material ordered before placing an 0 K on vouchers which call tor for uncle sams funds 0 CORN GET READY youthful farmers in many states will soon be boarding their special pullman trains again tor for the coveted sightseeing trips to the nations capital it will be great news tor for them prior to our entry into the war these excursions to the capital city vure ere prizes that were eageny sought by the youths and maidens on the farms who vied with one another in raising the largest amount of corn or potatoes to an all acre but like many other things the war put a stop to unnecessary railroad travel and uncle sam in washington I 1 had so many war jobs on his hands that he had no time te t to 0 entertain his farmer friends but now he is going to resume his role in directing personally conducted tours to the seat of government ern ment and before long news will be reaching youthful farmers and farm farmer crettes ettes as to what will be expected et d of them to earn a delightful vacation in washington with all 1 benses paid riny il M Y DOLL AltS FOR STREET CAR CAK FAKE our uncle sam Is feeling t the in creased cost ot of street car tickets just as much as any of his citizens perhaps more the raise in street car fares Is going to cost him during the remaining five months of tile the fiscal year tor for letter carriers alone this amount was allowed in the d deficiency fici ency bill after the first assistant Pos postmaster master general had explained that the strictest economy would have to be observed to 0 gez ge by on that amount ile he told the house committee that the 50 increase in car tare fare is due solely to the increased rates authorized by the public utility commissions where we used to have a five cent rate in many cities we now have to pay seven cents and where we had a flat rate contract that Is paying a lump sum a year for t sporting transporting ran our carriers the companies refuse to renew them and make us pay a straight tare fare of course as the car tare fare goes up we reduce the travel as much as possible because the more it costs the less advantage it is to us |