The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-05-04
WHAT SOME PAST WARS
HAVE COST.
The Cost in Lives and Money, of
Wars in This ana Other
Countries.

I The Cost in Lives ana Money OF
Wars in This ana Other
Countries.
While the cost of war should
not forbid us to resort to that ex-
pedient in order to maintain the
cause of justice and humanity,
still the matter calls for some at
tention just at this time.
Since our first struggle with
Great Britain in 1776, we have ex-
pended in warfare the round sum
of S1o,ooo,Ooo,ooo. The revolu-
tionary war cost us S135, 1913. 703
and 10000 lives; the war of 1872,
S1O7, 149, 900 and 1900 lives; the
Indian wars and other minor wars
81, 100000 and $4,000 lives;
the Mexican war S74,O00,000 and
1000 lives, and the war between
the States So, 5o0,O0o,000 and 554,-
600 lives. In this last struggle is
included the loss entailed upon
both sides.
Seven of the principal wars
which Great Britain has waged in
modern times have cost as follows:
The revolution of 1858, S18O,OOO,-
600; the Spanish succession s31o,-
100000; the seven years war, $780,
100000; the Spanish war, $270,-
100000; the American revolution,
S71U,OOo,OO0; the Napleonic wars
S9,O16, 100000, and the Crimean
war, $35O,OOO,O00.
War at the present time is cal
culated to be more destructive than
ever, but still the demands of JUS
tice and humanity must be met.
1t is now understood that Mason
county has three Democratic can
didates for the nomination for
Congress, as follows: Hon. Rank
in Wiley, Hon. Jas. Capehart and
Hon. Jas. B. Menager. These
gentlemen ought to get together
and decide who shall be the candi-
date, and not force the county con-
vention to decide the matter for
them. There is no objection to
either one, and the Democracy of
Mason county would give loyal
support in convention to either one
of them. But to go to the District
Convention with three candidates
is simply suicidal, if we hope to
have the nomination come to Ma
son county. We believe that with
ono candidate backed up by the
solid delegation from the county the
plum" will fall to Mason county
Now get together and settle be-
tween yourselves who shall be the
candidate, and then go in to make
his nomination certainty.
John d. Rockefeller is 50 years
ST age. His present wealth is esti-
mated at s2OO,ooo,ooo and his in
come at 100000 per annum, or
81 100000 per month, S41,o95 per
day, SLIP per hour, S29.64 per
minute, 49 cents per second.
And yet there are people in this
country who profess to believe that
it would be an injustice to tax this
income, and the income of other
millionairs. They should be made
to contribute to the "war emer-
gency fund" and not put it all on
the poor mans necessaries of life
What strange and gratifying
incident it was that the man who
went home from Appomattox de-
feated rebel on April 9. 1865.
should come home from Havana,
April 8, 1898, the representative of
a Republican administration, at
whose head is man who was en-
gagged on the opposite side in the
contest ending in 1865, while these
two men, representing those who
were in arms against each other in
the sixties, are today receiving the
united commentator of united
people in their efforts in behalf of
a united country. -Gallipolis Jour
nal.
West Virginia has a body of
soldiers who are unused to war,
but no drawer men will be found
in the field of battle during the
coming conflict.