The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-09-03
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AN EXPENSIVE
PROPERTY
New York Herald Claims Col
ony Cost 100000, 900
EQUAL TO as BATTLESHIPS
Money Would Have Made Our Al.
lantio aud Pacific Seaboards Prae.
tieally lmpregnable.

NEW YORK. Sept at has cost the
United States approximately $4,000.
OUu Ia acquire aud hold the Philippine
Islands. according TO the New York
Herald which advocates the sale OF
abandonment. OF the Islands.
The Herald quotes from the records
81 the war aud navy departments In
Washington 20 show that the Joint
army and navy expenses ~ the four
years ~ instruction were S2OO.OO0.'
Wo II estimates the annual cost Of
the present military establishment IN
the Philippines at S2O.O1UDO. one-hfth
uf The whole American army now b..
INK In The Islands. The excess ~ eX.
prudiuns~ ~ the civil establishment
over lucul Receipts from taxation. etc.
the S2uunup paid 10 Spain and other
Items bring the nrchlpc.aTu's total cost
a. the United States "a date 20 the
vast sum ~ SluuWnUD
10 give an adequate conception 81
the meaning of M great a sum one
must note what might have bcrn ac.
compIishrd by the expenditure u SioO..
Wsi.Wp u that river NJ wealth had hocn
DETECTED into various other channels
~ human cndcayor Instead ~ having
been cmptiri into the Philippine archl.
pclago
" u had hcru diverted % purposes
~ national defense. Tor Instance. son.
q
furiy.iye 2uuuD ton hatilrshlps ~ the
most powerful modern type represent.
cd hy the Delaware and thus o. have
given the United States the most pow.
crful navy iu the world. ~ II would h.
sufficient o. pay Tor nearly thirty such
hatilrships and stlll have a balance
large enough o. dcfmy the estimated
cost uf the Panama canal
Estimating ou the basis ~ the most
recent congressional appropriations.
SinWoOO would suffice Tor mniute
nance of our present naval establish.
mont for four years. the appropria.
lions Tor the present year having been
only slightly In excess ~ SiOOVD.On0.
II would sustain the United States ar.
my estimated upon the same basis.
more than i've years.
Expended upon coast defense forti.
hriiIons u would have made our AZ.
lnniic and Pacific srabnards practical.
~ impwruablc 20 attack. II would
pay the federal appropriation Tor the
maintenance ~ the militia ~ al the
states In the Union aud Hawaii into
the bargain Tor q pcrIod u - years
" that annual appropriation should not
exceed the S2Upuu voted Tor 1877.
or Il would drfrny the governments
enormous pension fund fpr nearly three
years
should that vast sum ~ SipOOD0.OO0
BE- devoted o. less warlike purposes Il
would maintain Tor two whole years
the entire public school system ~ the
twelve states lu the Union which ap
pruprIatr the largest sums Tor that
purpose namely. New York. Pcnnsyl
ynnia. Illinois. Massachusetts,. Ohio.
New Jersey. Indiana. Iowa. Michigan.
Minnesota. Missouri aud California
Devoted 10 purposes ~ higher cduca.
ton. Il would richly cndow a score u
first class universities
Estimating the cost ~ building and
furnishing q comfortable modern
dwelling house nt SSurO. II would
erect iDOlO such homes or enough a.
house The population n a large city
II would more than Indemnify Suu
Francisco Tor 40 the LOSSES SUSTAINED
In the earthquake aud cunnngratlou
and would leave q balance nearly large
enough 10 offset all the other lire loss
~ In the United States Tor the same
year.