Show If i Our Weekly Washington Letter j I 44 6 d d ri ert ei OVER OVEn U. U S. S WAREHOUSES IQ FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS Washington Jan According According to the latest data there are li licensed 1 censed ceased federal warehouses now In operation in the United States for forthe forthe forthe the use of storage of agricultural products under the United States Warehouse Act Of these are I used for storage of cotton for grain 60 for tobacco and 17 for I wool Georgia has the tho largest number number num num- ber of such licensed warehouses there being located within its all licensed for the storage of cotton The state state of Washington ton has the second largest number there being located within its Us borders i all used for Cor the storage of grain Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon has hall 43 licensed federal warehouses warehouses warehouses ware ware- houses for tor storage of at grain Ohio Oho 12 Indiana 9 Idaho 7 and the remainder remainder re reo of ot grain warehouses I are scattered among the states of oC California Nevada Colorado Texas Iowa Missouri Illinois Michigan Pennsylvania New York ork and Ar Ar- Ar- Ar kansas I TARIFF WALL NOT KEEPING OUT IMPORTS OF OI WOOL The The free tree traders' traders fiction that was wasso BO so current during the of the tariff and and during the campaign that the new tariff would er erect ct a wall which would keep out Imports and cause ause a tremendous advance iti in the tha price of raw material s being refuted refute ed almost dally by some new statistical cal cat Information Aa As for Cor example a cablegram from Bradford England the center of at tho the wool market states I that in November of oC this year that district exported to the United Un tel States State J more wool than it t ex exported exported ex ex- ex ported during November 1921 N U U SHIPS TI THAN LIN ALL NATIONS N. According to reports made to the United States Department of ot Commerce Com Com- coerce merce Germany is la increasing her merchant shipping as rapidly as all the eight leading nations or of the tho world combined Including combined including the United United Unit Unit- ed States Stales and Great Britain Dritan In the theU 12 U months end ng last June German merchant shipping increased 1700 tons ton i while white the combined merchant merchant merchant mer mer- chant shipping of at the United States the British Empire Japan France forance Italy Greece Oreace Belgum anI and Portugal increased only 0 n 1 tons ton during the same perI period d Some Idea Mea of the rapidity with which Germany is rebuilding rebuilding re reo re- re building her merchant merne marne may be bo obtained from tram the tact fact that Immediately Im Im- mediately after aCter the war her merchant shipping only tons ton while on September 30 last It register registered ed tons taus Large ah sh con concerns concerns cerns carps at Hamburg and aud Bremen Dramen are working with feverish activity launching n new w vessels while modern ship building plants planta at other ports In Inthe Inthe inthe the North and Butt c Seas Beall are occupied ed ell to their capacity laying down new Dew keels I o s I T En REPORTS I The of eI leather eather In ta t formation by means of ot radio ha has has has' Greatly Increased during the last last I year A year ago the Weather Bureau Dureau Bur Dur- eau enu its predictions from Crom 12 radio stations in seven states I It ItIs Itis Is now broadcasting from Cram 98 stations In 35 36 tates tales All of at this is beng done by other othir departments of the government by corporations and by bj private individuals without and an anex expense expense ex ex- ex- ex pense to the Weather Bureau Dureau which has no wireless eq equipment jp ent of at its own WOULD WOUL Gl GI GET T RID IUD OF OP USELESS WAIl WAn DEl DEPARTMENT ARTl PROPERTY Some time ago Secretary of War Weeks proposed that the tho government dispose of a large number of obsolete forts useless military ware house etc These were scattered scattered scattered scat scat- throughout the United States Some of oC them have haTe been the property proper proper- ty of he ever since Revolutionary times others were wera acquired ac ac- the World War In each case the government no lancerI longer lancer I had any use for tor the properties anc and Secretary Weeks suggested their sale salo It was WOol ascertained however that he h had d no authority to dispose of any of or tills property without special legislation In order that he may carry out ouE h h.'s hs 1 plans plane of disposing of oC property no longer needed by the government Senator Wadsworth and Representative Kahn have Introduced ed bills In the Senate and House respectively respectively re re- re- re giving the Secretary of War all necessary power and authorIzation authorization authorization author author- to sell these several tracts of oC property It Is provided that in no instance shall they bo sold at less than their appraised value POSTAL I. E S MAKE lm Nl NI NEW W V RECORD ON CHRISTMAS MAIL IL Complete reports to the Postmaster ter General show that although the volume of oC Christmas mall this year was approximately 25 per cent greater great great- er than any previous year of at record all of the man mall was in time for Cor the postal employee to eat their Christmas dinners with their faint famil tee ies This Is a a. record hitherto ta to ned nell by the postoffice department In recognition of it Postmaster General General Gen Gen- eral oral Work Issued a special statement of oC appreciation to all aU postal em em- em- em r LIQUOR SUPPLY DWINDLING WIT BUT III STY STILL ON OV HAND NIJ According to the report of the Bureau of or Internal Revenue filed with the House Committee on the supply pf ot liquor In bonded warehouses has baa decreased 3 gallons in the last lut year There yet remains in bonded warehouses ware- ware houses enough to answer all legitimate purposes the quantity be be- be ing lug gallons This is die dis distributed us follows whiskey gallons gin gallons pure alcohol gallons rum gallons high wines 1073 gallons |