Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-07-25
WASHINGTON
DAY By DAY

From our Special Correspondent
Washington, July 25.-In an efor
to lure the thousands Of dollars Of
boarded money from stocking
banks" tin cans, chimney corners
and other more or less obscure hid
ing places, Third Assistant Post
master General Glover has issued
placards printed in 25 different Ian
guages suggesting the postal savings
as a safe means for investment.
Mr.. Glover issued these placard:
with a view Of reaching those whC
do not have ordinary banking connec-
tions, or are not interested in the rate
of interest, but who have implicit
faith in the Government and desire
to place their money where it can be
withdrawn on demand. BY these
means it is expected that the idle
money will be restored to circulation
These placards will be posted at
all money order windows, IN factor
les, mills, mines, railway stations and
employment bureaus, with view to
appealing directly to the foreign
population.
What is probably the largest Anne
rican flag in continuous use, hangs
in the court of the Post Office Depart
ment building in Washington. The
flag. SUSPENDED from the level of the
eighth floor. reaches down to the
third floor. 1t would be 4 mans size
lob carrying it around as 1t weighs
90 pounds.
Accurate measurements of the BAN
ner show it to be 10 feet 4 inches
long and 81 feet wide. The field is
rs feet by 20 feet, in which there are
forty eight stars thirty inches from
tip to tip.
II is literally as big as house
since a comfortable six room bunga-
low could be built on the space 1t
would cover.
Weighing and counting every piece
of mail matter of each class handled
by Post Office employees throughout
the United States is q gigantic task
and one requiring the greatest degree
of accuracy, but this is what Uncle
Sans employees will have to do for
thirty days beginning next Septem-
Der.
Thirty inspectors and railwa! mail
service officials met today at the Post
Office Department in Washington to
secure instructions upon the process
to be followed by the post offices IN
securing data upon which to make an
entertainment showing the cost of
carrying and handling the different
classes of mail matter.
The findings of the committee Of
Post Office officials concerning the
cost of carrying parcel post packages
is. expected TO develope the fact that
the Department is losing heavily on
this particular class of mail matter.
Harry NJ. Lawder, superintendent
of mails at Richmond is on the spe-
cial committee engaged in the work
of drawing up instructions and form
blanks to be used in gathering this
information.
Disputes between mail truck chauf-
feIrs and annoying cops will be
reduced to a minimum now that the
Post Office Department has announc-
ed its plan to provide the trucks with
in order that the chauf
feurs may be able to keep within the
speed laws.
Bids have been called for by the
Department for three thousand of
these speed checks Of the most mod
ern type.
There are 31,14,269 men and wo-
men who live on farms and who are
exclusively interested in agriculture
for their support, according to fig
ures compiled by the Census Bureau.
These figures are 300 per cent OF
the total population of the United
States. 1t also develops that there are
more than 100000 farms operated
by farm residents.
The new census count gives a PIC
ture of the relative Importance of
agriculture in the nations entire In
dustrial and economic life, far more
accurate than reports made in former
wears. Heretofore an enumeration
was made of what was known as the
rural population which included, in
addition to actual farm residents. all
persons living in towns of $500 or
less. The new count gives the exact
number of persons actually work
ing farms and dependent for their
means of support upon the agricul-
tural industry.