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Show i A POOR EXCUSE FOR ' A SENATOR. ' L Senator Norris of Nebraska, who , I has been branded as a traitor for his ! part In blocking legislation intended 1 to place the United States in a condition condi-tion of preparedness, offers as an excuse ex-cuse that Wall Street and munition ' plants are back of the war agitation in an effort to coin dollars out of the I nation's sorrow. This is an old plea 1 ' against preparedness. It was heard in France six years ago and In England when Lord Roberts started out to ! warn the English that Germany was arming and planning a great surprise. I Our munition plants have offered ' to produce explosives at coat and the I big copper properties agree to deliver ' copper at 15 cents a pound, although 1 the wholesale price today is over 30 cents. What can those great interests gain by a war? J By casting aspersions at others, Sen- ' ator Norris hopes to escape execra- tion. i |