The Glenwood post., 1922-08-24
Uncle Ted's Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and arown-ups, Too
UNCLE SAM SHOULD LIVE
IN HIS OWN HOUSE

''Wake up, kiddies! wake up! We
get off here,' Uncle Ted was having
his troubles getting Ruth and Jack
awake to the point of helping them
selves off the train at Philadelphia
where they were arriving On their re-
turn home from the seashore.
"Where are wef'' asked Ruth, rub
bng the sleep out of her eyes. They
had been forced to take late evening
train and Uncle Ted hoped to get them
to hotel without any loss of time so
that they could soon be asleep as all
little children should be at 10 O'Clock
at night.
"we're just pulling into Philadel-
phia, Ruth. We can't get a train for
home tonight so we shall stay here
until morning and then we shall soon
be on our way back.''
The three pals were soon out of the
train and on their way to the hotel.
AS they passed the postoffice Ruth ex-
claimed:
''What a pretty building! Do they
have postoffice buildings like this in
all the big cities?"
''All of the cities that were big
four or five years ago-before the war
have impressive buildings like this,
erected by the government for the use
of the postoffice, the customs and in
ternal revenue offices, and other
branches of the federal government -
Uncle Ted explained "But there are
lot of cities which grew very rapid
ly during the war, and these places are
badly in need of adequate federal
buildings. Here we are at the hotel,
and now for our rooms.''
They were soon registered and in
their rooms and when Uncle Ted said
''to bed at once,' our little friends,
wide awake from the experiences of
the trip, insisted on story. Gan
right, then,'' said Uncle Ted, who
knew coaxing was useless, "1'n con
tinue with what we were talking
about''
"Why haven't these other cities
built postofficesf" inquired Jack.
"Wel,'' said Uncle Ted, cit took
all the money the government could
spare to buy guns and ammunition and
food and clothing for the army and
navy when we went to war, and every
body agreed that no more postoffice
buildings would be built until the gov
ernment's finances were in better
condition. Besides that, the cost of
building material and labor became SO
high dIrlrg 5he wa that it was much
wiser to wait until things could be
done more cheaply before starting any
new buildings. just before the war,
congress made appropriations for the
construction of a large number of new
postoffice buildings in some of the
smaller cities, but when Uncle Sam
looked around for someone to do the
work, he found that no one was will
which congress had set aside for that
purpose. Now that prices are getting
back to normal, some of these projects
are being undertaken, and in another
year or so it is probable that they can
all be erected"
II wonder how many postoffice
buildings Uncle Sam owns?" said
Ruth.
Uncle Ted took notebook from his
pocket
"Let me see" he said, as he began
looking through it; Somebody told
me the exact number only few days
ago when we were discussing the need
for postoffice building at home.
Here it is-Uncle Sam owns 1,125
buildings, of all sizes, which are used
entirely for postoffices and other gov
ernment offices in various parts of the
country.
"What an awful lot of buildings, -
Ruth exclaimed.
"It is large NUMBER agreed I'm
Gle Ted, "but not nearly enough ac-
cording to Postmaster General Hubert
Work. Mr.. Work is the newest mem
ber of President Hardings cabinet,
but he has been high official of the