The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1910-12-08
THE COST OF WARS

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headquarters at New York, has in
augurated a movement to establish
universal peace and disarmament
through the medium of a peace com
mission, to be constituted of delegates
from all the nations of the world. In
advocacy of the plan the commission
publishes statistics bearing on the
economical side OF the question which
make interesting reading.
The British Chancellor of the Elk
chequer says: "To maintain peace the
nations of the world spend annually
s2,z50, 000, 1000"
The nations by settling all contro-
versies through an International Court
could, after reserving $500, 100000 for
policing, save annually $l,750,000, 900.
This saving productivity employed
would build annually 250,0O0 miles OF
macadamized roads,exceeding in length
the railroads of the United States.
1t would build annually six trans
continental railroads from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
1t would build annually five trans
Siberian railroads.
1t would build annually five Panama
canals.
1t would build annually three "Cape
to Cairo railways.
1t would reconcile annually the
losses OF four San francisco disasters.
1t exceeds by $3~oO,00O,O0O the value
of our 1905 combined cotton and whea
crops.
1t exceeds by four times the value
of all gold produced in the world in
1908.
How the United States is Affected.
During the life OF this republic the
government has spent tor all purposes
S2l,5lo,S7I,35l. OF this sum $40
o67,o77,l35 was devoted to militarism
and only S4,95l,ly4,2Io to the activl-
ties OF peace. over 10 per cent OF our
expenditures in l26 years were TOR wal
purposes.
For eight years preceding the Span
lsh war our army and navy cost SAIL
o00,O0U; in the past eight years. owe
$l,4S33 ,0o0, 900, an increase Of $l,072,
UUU,0oU.
This increase would have built If
teen such wonderful cities as Gary
Indiana.
1t would have paid the national
debt and left a balance OF $l5S, O00,- |
700.
1t exceeds twice the highest esti-
mated cost Of ali our deep-water-way
projects.
1t exceeds thrice the estimated cost
OF completing ali the irrigation pro-
Jects contemplated within a genera
rion.
As a legacy of Wharf.-The United States
has disbursed In pensions since 1861
$5,6S6,46l,o40.
The report OF the United States
treasurer tor the fiscal year ending
june 80, 1909, shows that from the re-
ceipts OF $603 ,5S9 ,4S3, the sum OF
$44l,390,l04 was spent for war pur-
poses-13.l per cent.
Our Supreme Court costs not more
than $250,000 annually.
A 26,000-ton battleship costs $l2,-
100000; twenty years upkeep will
cost $l6,000,000 more-$2S, 100000 in
all. Then the junk pile!
The cost OF b battleship would build
and equip fifty manual training schools
wherein 10000 students might annual
ly be taught.
1t would reconcile the losses caused
by this years great forest fires in
Montana and Idaho.
1t would purchase and re-plant the
b~urned-over White Mountain forest
reserve.
1t would build and equip forty
Y. M. G. A. buildings of the largest
size.
1t would build two new Congression-
al Libraries.
1t represents twice the sum spent up
to the present time for the construc-
ton of Harvard university.
1t represents the combined cost of
the buildings of the New York Metro
politan opera house, Philadelphia
opera house, Boston opera house,
UNI and the Paris and Berlin opera
houses.
1t would pay the annual cost of edu-
eating 100000 10 pupils in our public
schools.
A thirteen-inch gun costs more than
many of our high school buildings.
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