Show 40 4 0 41 j our weekly washington letter iette r vt from our special Spec lal correspondent I 1 2 j t t HARDING GIVES NOTICE washington july 1 I say frankly to 10 you that I 1 will not send end to the congress estimates exceeding elcee larig the probable receipts of the government and I 1 must warn you unless you use your pruning knives the executive will be compelled to cut deeply the estimates presented our jour country Is one of 0 the few in the world which is now paying its I 1 way as it goes and I 1 must regard with disfavor any tendency to interfere with this condition or to increase taxes in these words president harding addressing a meeting of all the executive officials of the departments and bureaus in washington warned them that economy must be practiced during the coming fiscal as strictly as it has been during the last fiscal year the meeting was the third 0 its kind in the history of the united states the two others were held during the last fiscal year those present embraced the cabinet officers their assistants chief clerks bureau heads executives of all independent commissions and other administrative officers of the government who have to do in any capacity e acety with the expenditure of public funds and the preparation pa ration of estimates of public expenditures tures SEVENTEEN YEAR LOCUST DUE DUB IN MIDDLE HUDDLE WESTERN STATES the 17 year locust or cicada as it la is more properly called may be expected this year in illinois and southern wisconsin with small broods along the lakes in indiana on the border of lake michigan and in the southern tier of counties in the state of 0 michigan the characteristic whirring noise of 0 the til cicada will be heard beard A big brood will appear in in eastern iowa unlike the tha locusts ot of the bible which were really destructive grasshoppers the 17 year cicada does little littie damage ot of a serious nature there are about 30 broods of 0 the 17 year cicada scattered over the united states in different sections and appearing in different years prom from 1924 to 1928 almost no cleata will be seau 0 GETTING RESULTS TS the business or fiscal year of 0 the united states government begins july 1 and ends june 3 30 0 the fiscal year ending june 30 1922 was the first complete fiscal year under the republican administration during the entire fiscal year the expenditures 0 the government were under control of 0 tits the budget bureau of congress the books are made up the record is complete it is down in black and white in the treasury depart merit ment it cannot be changed it speaks for itself this record shows the total debt ot of the united states on june 30 1922 amounted to as compared with on juno june 30 1921 in other words du during the first year of the republican administration the public debt was reduced 0 O V U S IOB DEPAR IS 19 MAMMOTH BUSINESS CONCERN advertisements tor for bids tor for a years supplies for the huge postal industry have just been given out by the Post postoffice office department during the next year the Post postoffice office department estimates it will use approximately tons ot of station stationery ezY and typewriting paper alone more than nan cardon papers paper a total ing ng square miles will be orde ordered r ed for card index requirements the modest number ot of cards will be needed to write on all this vast amount of 0 stationery and to till fill the bottles in I 1 post ottice lobbies from new york to san francisco quarts of 0 ink are required despite this ink rei servola the department Is placing orders for rubber stamps other large orders are tags wire clips and pounds ot of rubber bands among the interesting items are bees wax needles and mops flags do not last forever brever but they must fly over the government post postoffice office so 2500 will be purchased to replace those tattered by the wind a NEW SPECIAL DELIVERY STRICTLY UP TO DATE the design on the special delivery stamp has been brought up to date I 1 to be in keeping with the progress of the service the special delivery boy on the stamp like his fellow workers has a motorcycle to replace his bicycle the new issue went on sale at the philatelic stamp agency of the department part ment on july 12 tor for stamp collectors and at the washington washing ton city postoffice post ottice office for the public the new stamps will be printed in blue ink of slightly lighter shade than used in the present stamp I 1 contains within a simple border a picture ot of the front of a colonial house illustrating the actual delivery of a special delivery letter the bicycle used as a means ot of tran in the old stamp is superseded by a motorcycle representing more prompt and efficient service third T ird assistant postmaster general glover under whose supervision postage stamps are designed manufactured and issued states that the new model stamps probably will not be issued to postmasters throughout the country tor for placing on sale for postage purposes until the manufactured stock of the old design is exhausted |