Iron County Record | 1909-07-02 | Page 6 | Tour of Fleet is Money Wasted

"T.Z1 'l'l0 aHtion tlmt tho bast way to pre I serve pence is to build up a great navy and rFrll, rf ftnM) sntnv$ sUl ig"or" 'f .history, says 1UU1 w Justice Urewer in I.elie's Weekly. The jPlGGt Is '"I ue "cet Rrou"d the world, as a boastful show of our naval stituigth, has IvlOIlCy been nothing but a wnste of money. "I Vltftf J After all its folly, its influence on. the "' lvW orient Iws not brought pence one day i -. nearer. Over five millions of the people's By JUSTICK BREWER money havu bean spent for coaling this iotn,tU0ut4Suu5.pftnc.0rO jlwt njoue wjiftt benefit has tho nation " " '" -ii m ml ret,ei,cd from that expenditure? Over C5 per cant of this country's expenses are duo tu the army and navy. In 1907 the sum spent in this way totaled $365,.-000.000 $365,.-000.000 Uiq largest tw spent by any pat ion. Tliere never hat betn a nation that built a great army or navy but that got Into wiir Pence, born of farca is. only temporary. ' r . 14 -