The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1911-09-11
SPENDING BILLIONS
FOR ORNAMENTS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.

The world has not yet grown 80 big
that billion is a small or unimport-
so much money that II would give ev-
| cry man, woman and child on earth to-
day about Go cents. or every resident of
the United States more than $40.
But Il billion dollars does not half
| pay the yearly cost OF armies and
so per cent. OF the total annual expen-
diture for ornaments of all kinds, in
Guiding forts, arsenals, and every kind
OF war material and service.
To the yearly armament bill OF pro-
badly s2.1OO,O00,OOO some OF the great
nations make immense contributions
A recent compilation from the best
available sources shows that Great
Britain leads with total military and
naval expenditure OF nearly $313.000,-
600. Russia Is second with an outlay
of almost $685.. 900. The United
states is placed next with 100000
in round figures. but that sum is too
large by $35,0OO,000. more or less. be-
cause it includes the disbursements
through the war department for rivers
and harbors.
France spends nearly s2Ss,0OO.OOO a
years on its army and navy, and Ger
many devotes s217,OOO.OO annually to
the same purpose. Here is a total OF
about SLIPS. 100000 spent for armies
and navies and other forms OF ma
tlonal defense by five great powers,
Their outlay for such purposes il much
more than half OF the cost OF arma-
ments TO all OF the nations OF the
earth.
But some weaker and poorer states
keep up a pace i'm military and naval
spending which is as hard for them
to bear as the greater use OF money
by richer and more powerful nations.
Italy, for instance. spends more than
S95. 100000 annually on it's army and
navy. and Turkey. always sorely in
need OF funds for many purposes. ex-
pended over $55.000,000 last year, as
nearly as can be ascertalned, on an
army i'll provided for and a navy which
is feeble and practically useless.
Japan. paying extremely small sums
for the sustenance of it's army and the
seamen of its navy. and cutting many
items OF cost far below the European
standard, to say nothing OF the Amer
lean, devotes nearly s54 200, 900 annual
ly To It's ornaments. Spain spends
500, 100000 year for poor results In
naval and military preparations. Aus
tria- Hungary, n far richer and greater
power, gives $4,000. 900 OF the national
revenues to the army and the navy
and the national equipment pertaining
to both.
These NATIONS. with the five which
carry more than half OF the burden of
the worlds expenditures for arma-
ments. make n total of about t1,62t,-
100000 annually. and long list of
states which maintain armies are left
out OF the reckoning. Belgium. for in
stance. spends about $4,000, 900 year
on it's military budget. and Holland
not less than s12,000.000. Bulgaria. a
poor country gives s6.000.OO0 a year
to Its military and naval expenditures
and Roumania, larger and better able
TO use large sums Tor war prepara-
tons, doubles Bulgaia's outlay Cor
armaments. -
Turn TO South America. and II will
be found that Argentina eIpends about
S1S,000.000 annually on war prepara-
lions. and Brazil not less than s3O,-
100000. which the big South American
republic can i'll afford Mexico haa
been accustomed TO devotlng about
10000. 900 n year TO Ito unreliable army
and few little gunboats
Many more states have their naval
and military budgets. or at least the
expenditures for an army IL there Is
no navy. Among them are Chile.
China 025.OOO.OOO). Greece. Servia.
Norway. Sweden with an $4,000. 900
and naval outlay; Portugal,
Denmark, Siam. Abysinnla, Columbia,
Peru. Venezuela, Uruguay. Bolivia and
all OF the states of Central America.
paraguay maintains nm arnov ubtcb