Show the cost of peace while 66 our r magnificent fleet now in the pacific is the object of the admiration of our sister republics it is not inept to consider for it a moment what thi country pays for military purposes though we are a nation of peace makers and peace lovers our grovern mont costs between fiyo five and six hundred million dollars ollars i a year most people says the boston Adver advertiser fiser seem to imagine that the bulk of this 1 money goes for running the executive departments congress and tile white house but as a matter of fact these items are not very important in round numbers the navy gets W tile the war department gets 1 more and the pension system gets geis something methin so something 9 less than for military arv and naval purposes then w we I 1 e llave out ot of the or spent by this nation every year yea about for war expenses in a time of peace roughly speaking 60 per cent of all the money raised by taxes oh the people goes for war purposes E every very family ou on an average is is now taxed 20 a year to keep tile the mil military italy policy go ing illy yet the circulation per capita is id not lot much dueh more than 33 and tile the worst of it is J that th the e burden is born principally by the laboring classes though this fact is hardly understood by them but the consumers of food and clochi clothing ng and all the various necessities of life pay the cost of material and labonas well as the cost of taxes and transportation and these two items are by no means beaus incon siu sit erable battleships are consta constantly tiLly in creasing in ill size and post X few years acm ago OOOO was coni considered dered a an n extra vacant t amount to put into one ves vessel since then armored ci cruisers of the colorado and west virginia i ype have been developed and the tott ton battleship will cost at least tile the four new battleships asked of congress tire are estimated to cost exclusive of gnus glins armor and equipment ne news WS 1 t |