The Glenwood post., 1922-11-09
Uncle Ted'S Bed Time Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
FREDDIE WANTS FACTS
UNCLE TED GIVES HIM STORY

"Talk is cheap said Jack as he
kept on oling his roller skates. "I've
heard Uncle Ted say so many timss
and l guess he ought to know.'
Jack was discussing the affairs of
the day with his chum, Freddie, an I,
as usuai, they were not agreeing any
too well. Freddie had said that after
all the promises of the Republicans to
do this, that and the other, no one had
shown hi mwhere they had accomp-
lished any thing wonderful. To all
this Jack had replied, "talk is cheap"
''Sure talk is cheap replied Fred
die, "that IS all I've heard. I'd like
to hear some facts''
CAN right" replied Jack as he put
down his skates, "I'n get Uncle Ted
to give us some facts tonight Get
your mother to let you stay all night
at our house and when we are ready
for bed, Uncle Ted will tell us story
so you won't have any more to say
1t was all fixed and before many
hours our little friends We're gathered
around Uncle Ted as he begain his
story.
So Freddie wants facts on what
has been done at Washington by the
present administration. There are so
many facts that it is hard to know
where to begin. Not long ago Secre-
tary of Commerce Hoover made
speech in Grand Rapids Michigan,
which he named is Month of Busi-
ness in Government That title tells
a story of It's own and i am going to
tell you something about business in
government which is something new
at Washington. We find upon investi-
CATION that not only one or two depart
ments arc being run as any successful
business man would run his own bust
ness, but all of them are showing
splcn5id records of Efficiency.
"Iu Mareh, 1921, whom the Rcpub
lie9as took charge at Washington. we
wcrc .n the midst of commodity
eris's, Commodities being those thing
which must be bought and sold to keep
thc country moving Prices had fallen
40 per cent and our industries were
operating on a bass of less than Go
per cent. There was an army of about
five millione unemployed. Commerce
was held down by heavy taxes brought
about by waste and extravaganza We
were getting closer and closer to war
with Japan and respect for the United
States abroad was lower than ever be
fore in history. We were still without
peace with Germany and Japan.
Business couldn't start withou,
peace and that was the first step ac
complished, secure peace without any
tangling up W.T. h the world club. Peace
soon restored business with those coun
tries and the next step was the arms
conference at Washington, reducing
navies and cutting down expenses and
bringing about friendship with Japan. -
but what about the government
itself?" asked Freddie, "Is it being
run any better2n
" Freddie, there are over $4,000 less
civi ian employees dong work for I'm
ce San than there were at Washing
ton on March q, 1921, and the army
has hcu cut from 225 900 to $4,000
men. The navy has been cut from
13i, 900 to $4,000 men and the budget
system has been put into effect, re-
ducing the government expenses from
$3.50 100000 for the year ending
June 80, 1872, to $3,77O,OOO 900 for
the present year. This means saving
there alone of $1,76s, 900, ,O0O."
THAT s SOME amount of money
saved!' exclaimed Jack.
'The Funding commission was es-
tablished to arrange for the payment
by the foreign countries of the money
borrowed from us and Great Britain
has already handed us an enormous
check in payment of interest. These
payments will bring the United States
treasury about 5000 900, 900 each year.
You know that the war veterans are
being cared for under n central sys-
tenn and where there were 100000
cases of disabled men not attended to