Milford chronicle., 1922-08-18
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
UNCLE SAM SHOULD LIVE In HIS
OWN HOUSE

get Off here" Uncle Ted was haviu
his troubles getting Ruth and JaC
awake to the point of helping then
selves off the train at PhiladelDbi
where they were arriving on their p,
turn from the seashore.
Where are We?" asked Ruth rut
bing the sleep out of her eyes. The
had been forced to take a late evenin
train and Uncle Ted hoped to get ther
to hotel without any loss of time s.
that they could soon be asleep as al
little children should be at 10 o'clocI
at night.
Were just pulling into Philadel
phia, Ruth. We can't get a train fol
home tonight so we shall stav her,
until morning and then we shall soor
be on our way back.
The three pals were soon ont of the
train and on their way to the hotel
AS they passed the postofice Ruth ex-
claimed:
what pretty building. Do thev
have post office 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 post Office, the customs and in
ternal revenue offices, and other
branches of the Federal government"
Uncle Ted replied. But there. are a
lot of cities which grew very rapidly
during the war, and these places are
badly in ned 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.
ito bed at once" our little friends,
wide awake from the experiences of
the trip insisted on a story. "All right.
! then" said Uncle Ted, who knew coax
ing was useless 'Ill continue with
what we were talking about"
why haven't those other cities |
built post ofices?" inquired Jack.
WELL said Uncle Ted, "It 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
everybody agreed that no more post
offices buildings would be built until
the Governments finances were in a
better condition. Besides that, the cost
OF building material and labor became
so high during the war that il 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 large number
ot new post office buildings in some =
Oh the smaller cities, but when Uncle !
sam looked around for some one to :
10 the work, he found that no one was =
"llllng TO undertake it Tor the amount :, =
8hlch Congress had set aside for thar =
purpose. Now that prices are getting q
'acK 10 normal, some of these projects e
ire being undertaken, and in another -
ear or so it is probable that thev can =
ii be erected" d
l wonder how many post office
Uncle Sam owns?" said 6,
Uncle Ted took a notebook from his u u
Ocket. ---' m
Let me, see." he said, as he began ~
'oklng through it; Somebody told ~ ~
le the exact number only a few davs 70 70
so When we were discussing the need
T a post office building at home.
ere II is - Uncle Sam owns LIPS
ll!dlngs, of all sizes, which are used
ltlrely for post offices and other gov In
nment offices in various part of the tn
untry. ~. ~
What an awful lot of buildings" so
lth exclaimed. ~
IL IS a large number" agreed Uncle bo
a. but not nearly enough, accord liza
g TO POSTMASTER General Hubert of
ork. Mr.. Work is the newest mem bu
T OF President Harding's Cabinet. it's
I ne mas been a high official of the tbe
ST OIllce Department ever since Mr.. ed
-rolng was inaugurated. The Post wo
-ster General is very shrewd man. cor
q ne says that the government is 6
ing a great deal of money through tba
Tallure to build enough buildings tia
Jake care OF its needs, and thus be "no
leVeu Oh the payment of many mill ono
as OF dollars in rentals every year dow
Dulldlngs which are often insult tios
e and unsightly. .S@ eies
ne says that many of the buildings DIM
Vlued by the Treasury Department the
post ONCE purposes in our princi- ros,
business centers were Inadequate +,II, ms
I'll completed, and that the gradual Tho
-ember Sbo,,-S +ko4 DuSineSS 1IS sluce IasI heaI
idIv reocbi,,a il',e .i, tne country Is edu,
anfed con1,,1e,.oi,i S q P0i iOu VI uHpre- wor
rse if tbis To1Jo,,e,,f - aCtiYI'y. ,'; VI of t
&c forgoS o1,ooJ - u IIoo IL JUS tual
~ LSO0 dAOduJ Iu6 present Du1lQ- M in,
: and surroundings provided for +hin III
business of the post Offices will re- '-iao uiilo
IN service embarrassments be- ~ ~
j. absorption. ZEN s
When we realize that the govern 80 VI .
IS paying an annual rental of 7 goPC geIll
cent of the actual cost of the uiI.C uistl
1ings being used, we can better pin1t puII'
ze that it is necessary to build t,ie RIe'e
own all the post Office buildings ~ tne a..
government uses and this is the LII III u
that Postmaster General Work is '1nIlt sslILIo
g to impress upon the country. ,lol,C. nIAC
18th the combined efforts of Post !eDul ~
er General Work, who is. of III III
Sc, interested first of all because colilp
1ows and sees the need first, and en $
seary of the Treasury Mellon who anu anu
real business man, quickly sees ooo' naEe
ense of Mr. Works argument, the ~ ~
,pment will soon, under a Repub- ~ ioIty-
administration see all postoffices COO 90 60 :
by and owned by the govern %Eoo'o
This will not only mean build 5 InIee
built right and for the needs OF .tIl sieaI
great business of handling mali VIII WIN !
arcel post, but also a great say eeE1 p6Is 4
the taxpayers of the country. tt fUaf'U
w off to bed both of you" et,I, sng y
cd Night" sIiII I