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Show GREAT COST OF THE WAR IS DISCLOSED n ST. LOUIS, Oct 27. Ninety-nine per cent of the American people are absolutely patriotic and loyal, said Champ Clark, speaker of the house of representatives, last night at a banquet ban-quet of the Western Association of Shoe Wholesalers here. Their patriotism in some cases is dormant, he said. All it nce"ds is to bo excited. "In comparison with the population there is a .greater number of patriotic men today than during the revolution," the speaker said. "Wo havo been so prosperous that we have grown indifferent indif-ferent about the value of our citizenship. citizen-ship. This country has "never lost a war and we are not going to lose ono now. "Andrew Jackson's army did not cost as much as one of these newfangled new-fangled warships,' said Mr. vjarit in speaking of the enormous appropriations appropria-tions of the last congress. "In six months we appropriated 21, 375,000,-000. 375,000,-000. We lacked only four billion 01 appropriating ap-propriating as much in six months as England did in three and a half years. "There are two ways ol raising this money 'tjuces and bonds. Personally I was in favor of a fifty-fifty basis. Nobody likes to pay taxes. We aro giving up part of our property In order to be reasonably sure 01 keeping the rest." In the coruse of his speech the speaker predicted that woman's suffrage suf-frage is coming as sure "as there Is a sun In the sky." |