Show i I l THE ARMOR i PLATE TE JOB JO 1 t N A DEFENSE SE of Secretary Longs armor plate deal with kJ z IN I Mr SIr dr C Carnegie and the th Bethlehem Beth company the local representative e of the administrations trusts claims that the price named is reasonable and the bargain a good g od one o one e That is accord according according ing to the point of view and no doubt Mr Carnegie will agree to the conclusion The fact is that the cost of producing a ton of armor plate is estimated at less than Mr Carnegie supplied the Russian government with plate for battleships at He Heget gets get from Mr Long which should leave him a fair margin of profit after he has deducted all his campaign contribution F whatever it ma may have been I The Illinois Steel company which is John W V Gates Gats concern 0 and is entirely responsible offered to take the whole order of tons tans at a ton tan or nearly less than the Carnegie offer while Hanna was was declaring in the senate that i j f was va a fair price pricel 4 l I The government was in in a close place it had d to have the thea j a 1 armor and it was a foregone conclusion that the Hie Carnegie people if would get the contract But that does not relieve the th congress or J administration from froll the charge of because they had it itin itin it in their power to secure s cure better terms they th e l a an an appropriation of for the construction of an plate factory fact ry they SI knew the em emergency would be upon and d they Y waited until 1 the election to present their fl t le lepp h hr r job iob 2 f i f A greet greit naY navy under almost any an cond is is a desirable thing but it k is being secured at a very heavy sacrifice of money mane and J honesty 4 1 4 |