Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-06-03
THE BURDEN OF WARFARE

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senator's Hale and Gallinger. voiced
he belief in the upper house of
a few days since that the
United States had gone wild on the
of armament, and especially
in the construction of ~battleships-
The somewhat startling statement
made that the approximation
for the navy proposed for the
present year averages two dollars
per head for each man, woman and
child in the country, says the
National Daily. Senator Clay, IN
the course of his argument in sup
mort Of an amendment introduced
Inv Senator Burton providing for
the appropriation for one battleShip
OF the DreadnoGgSt type, instead OIL
two authorized by the house olil'
quoted senior Hale as authority for
the statement thata each Of the bat-
t,eships would cost not less than
sl6.O OO. 600, instead Of the SIo'-
GOO, 900 etimated. This was sus-
tanned by Mr.. Hale, who udeclared
that the total cost Of putting one OF
.l,bese vessels in the water probably
uo,I5 no nearer $780, 90, 5000 than
lsls 90 5000. Mr.. Hale, in con
tinuing. said all tqis talk about
.tsnrplus revenue puts US in a fool
~naradise. He announced that there
-would be a deficit at the end OF th'
wear. Senator Gallinger, also
!. member of the appropriate eyed
e tee, agreed that for mt naval an
year the expendts $I33, 600. 600
the revenupredicted tina I at the
a propiadtiO of increases the an
lie arappropriatiOn FIVE years hence
will be not les than $l75. 600, 600.
The eXpressionof such sentiment
especially by men so high in the
councils of hte nation as are the
gentlemen referred 10 lent empha-
IS to the plea recently made by
theodore Roosevelt for a diminui-
Of armament, and to the words
I Nicholas Murray Butler, presi-
ent Of Columbia university, at the
axe Mohonk conference on inter
ational arbitration. Mr.. BUTLER
.rofesses to see behind the efforts
o build more and greater warships
ne impelling influence of those who
'rotit by reason Of the great expen-
litures for war. Have you ever
ioticed," he said, that about the !
ime the appropriations for mill
airy purposes r under consider a.
ion, in the reichstag. or just be- I
pre- such a time hostilities are al |
avs on the point of breakin out in t
20 or three parts of the world at 7
nee? Just at these times war
rophets begin to see visions and to Y
ream dreams, and the poor, gull J
people rush off to their cyclone g
ellars and shout ]timorously to t
1eir representatives to vote at
nee and as much as possible in or
err that great ships and guns and
'rts may be built to protect them
their fears" +
1t would seem that right now is b
G time to call a halt. The people C
no bear this useless burden have /
'ached the limit of endurance
hich has been great because of /
Use fears engendered by the b
esigning like the United States. ?
Gliding the views which its people b
rofes and which its government I
instantly voices has, as it now has. c
navy and the nucleus of an army t
itlrely adequate for the purpose i
defense, a stop should be put to v
~ increase of armament. They l
not insist that the time has come
hen complete diarmament is o
actical, but they do see that as an 7
etuallity, and they are willing 10 7
Ike such chances as seem to be the p
ice of what they regard as a i
cessary innovation. 2
TILT Dhnu Mann 8