Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1845-08-28
PEACE DEPARTMENT.
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For the Green Mountain Freeman.
Facts for Forty Millions.

Mr.. EDITOR:-Cah you make room in some
corner of your paper, for a few facts which have
collected with some labor, and which, thiak seri-
ousy concern the working people Of the Anglo
Saxon race?
The national debts Of sixteen Of the European
Governments, at the closest estimate that be
made, amount in our currency to $l0305, 00O, 900;
all incurred for the expenses Of war. This sum
embraces only the nrrearago, not what has been
paid for carrying war. The average of this
amount is $69, 25 head to the whole population
of those sixteen nations. The interest of this vast
sum nearly equals tax Of s l on every inhabitant
of the globe.
Since the Reformation (!D Great Britain has
been engaged 65 years in the prosecution Of seven
wars; for which she expended, in our currency,
| $9, $50, $780, 900. 1t has been estimation by our
Missionaries that school of 30 heather children,
on the continent Of India, would cost $3.50 per an
num.-Tben this sum expended by Christian
nation in I'd years in carrying on war with other
Chrstsn nations, if applied TO the education Of the
heather, would have schoo!ed DC 1902, 254 children
per annum for 65 years! Allowing five years 10
each scholar then 500 sos 600 children might have
been educated for the money that Great Britain
drained from the sources & channels ofher wealth
and industry, to waste in wars, every one OF which
degraded her people in every quality of their con,
Idition.
From 1913 to 1sl5--a period Of 80 years, Grea
Britain, France and Austria, expended $3.50 600
900 in war. The interest of this sum, ut six Pei
cent, would have supported 10000 mssior III
among the heather during the whole perioe. Al
years, in which these christian nations Wara en
: gagged in doing the DEVILS work on each other
u The aggregate amount would have given hv,
years schooling to 498 $50, 666 pagan children,
the Lancasterian plan. The interest fer one nipntl
at tho above rate, would build l4e6 miles Of rail
read at $25, 900 per mile.
1 Consulting the best authorities lean command,
find that the aggregate amount ofthe expenditure
) of our own Government. from 1889 Il March 4
1913, is 81, Ill, 965,794
; Now-patriotc Americans! will'yon NOT real
' this rehectngy ?-of this vast sum thcra hav
been expended only $14s $780, 55 for civil pnrpos
es, embracing the Civil List, Foreign Ipterconrse
= and the Miscellaneous expenses. Theh il follow
that 1862 1855 $50 have been lavished upon propn
4 ratons for war n time Of peace, within q it'll
more than half a century BY this model Kepnl
Il lie Another fact: FROM Jan. /, 1883, t
it March 3, lS49, the war expenses of this Govern
meht were 59,95A881, !--fiye millions NOR
thanyallthe civil expenses of the GoyuFtshentfro
/ 59 to 1843 Another fact: Frera 1916 to 19S
Il eighteen years, our national expepsas afn0nnta
!, to $469, 1915 1866 and of this bnmlneary 100000
900 went in ono way and another, for war, aud OF
ly 640Oe, 900 for all other objects being 2e 900
600 year for war, and aboutsss000 000 ayear-
n lees than ono sixth Of the Sgoe--fbF tha reacef
IS opef ians of governmenk that plunos tsoff c
4 ii IT'D policyl Ifwe taks idto the Mount a
the &, enses and all Tho losses 81 war fothis coul
try Will be found to haye wasted for us, in 81,
a Ears, some tive Or three thogsand millions
Is do4sArsl ELIHU BUERIrr.
!. Worcester Al. q 1916