Show Z f S War Extravagance J HE war department is making desperate at- at rj k t tempts to convince the people that it was rijp extravagant gant during the thee war and that since the theS 4 S 54 ce a io bf of hostilities the vast surplus of army pIles have not been teen sold to speculators peculators at a I if S In n the the first place the public cant can't be hoode hoodS hooded hood S e e ed l with regard to the extravagance that fr n k place during the war Reckless spending 5 apparent on every side If a history of the t war preparations is ever published it will read readS S h 3 a fairy t tale fale le 0 A f 11 th regard to to the sal sale of surplus war sup- sup P one has but to read the advertisements of t tl f plus plu war var supplies in the daily papers of the f I iJ wherein are offered government sup sup- I plies Pl s. s at prices below what the articles cost the I government S fl v Is 15 it logical to to assume that speculators would fPu buy the surplus goods from the government at W Vl l Wat t t the articles cost Uncle Sam Sam and then turn ar r und nd a and d sell the tae same gOods at f far r less than thant thanS t S their original cost 7 tw can Tes rest assured that the ulato's 54 speculators are areno gOt no philanthropists |