Show PUBLIC MONEY THROWN AWAY incompetence of administration proving costly to lo the taxpayers SUPPLIES ALLOWED TO ROT off F furniture atura worth me more than 1 stored stared at washington U un do der condition which are a D disgrace grace to authorities in a series of dilapidated barracks barrack 1 in beautiful potomac parts park supposedly one A of the show spots spats of there are am stored mot moie i than lhnn 1500 worth of at office allies supplies applies that would world its de light the liburt of many a bust business A v man ban th the taxpayers of the united states who ho occasionally go to the no na lioi capital on a visit sao am who are interested interest e it in the present cost cast ot of main mining th the government can 1 git I an wore more information fro from a visit 1 to these barracks than by any visit t or inquiry q u aey they may make at the treasury it depart p went in fill liters are am difficulties ho however hor r to be overcome if a close inspection hi Is to be made signs kens warn war visitors away from some of if the buildings and bulging walls wall point to an early rot col top lapse hot but they are am still elul fined with me ma by it alie afan 9 govern 1 re went ment departments ant ing the hie war this staff is raw now regarded as surplus some basic of the but buildings id ago that are fast tip ap pro preaching aching a state of dilapidation leik 1 11 I 1 in places place and ad I 1 all I 1 1 are re more than a mile from the nearest or 1 or fire station w had with nothing but a hand bond extinguisher labor in bell in e case of af a tile flie there are r in more 0 r a than A 4 1 parrit V he ers stored stared in two too aldin alone I 1 one ye yet I 1 I 1 the bi bisso business res man ob who will wishes lie to b buy a t typewriter po welter now am finds fail he may a have to wait mud A week mark or at two before he can get delivery 1 building ator building la is filled with desks desk used tied by the men who fought the battle of tt mashing ashing ton on and these desks desk from which men am I 1 cooled their heels As are now simply plus I 1 there arp are thousands thou ands of chubs chairs in numerable mon erable wastebasket waste baskeM squads of nl 01 ing cases and other forms of office equipment apparently in sufficient quantity to fit out it all the offices in an average ege sized feel city only so a much of this his material its as junk reaches the mar ket feet the rest 1 Is being b old held let or some am 1 in ach definite A lie d day BY w when hen it ft may he be needed d it by the departments sto stored rs it A as it is it la is amene likely to teburn to east dust and that does not at include all 11 of the surplus of that character owned by the government |