Arizona republican., 1915-09-07
Worse Than MiIitarism

Worse Than Militarism
 The subject national defense involves much more than a liberal expenditure O money for the army and navy. It includes entire change of the mental and moral attitude of congress of the heads of the and navy departments. They will 0 made before army navy be made even though might spend a billion dollars year in defensive dollars a year defensive measures.
 long majority of congressman think more of satisfying constituent by legislation that will make possible for him a able contract for furnishing and ammunition O steel plate. a great profit have army navy. So long is possible infu- ental citizens to secure the location of army post where is needed, any money appropriated for the maintenance of an army is to be wasted. So long civilians placed the heads of the and navy departments rewards for party service cannot have efficient army navy. matter how much money spend.
 There is a popular impression that the whole trouble with army and lies in the niggard- Illness This impression has been created by active organizations which are supposed to be inspired by patriotism, but which suspected of working the so-called trust" those concerns engaged in the manufacture arms. ammunition and armor plate.
 One O the foremost O these organizations the Navy League. of which Colonel Robert F. Thomp- is president. Colonel Thompson also chair of board of the International Nickel pany; subsidiary c United States Steel Cor poration The two offices of Colonel Thompson may have relation to other, may be a incidence that his guests at recent luncheon in York. subject of national defense chiefly under discussion, all men connected directly indirectly with engaged in the manufacture of material.
 As impression that appropriations for the army and the navy have been niggardy. will submit certain facts and figures:
 During year entire revenue, In- oIuding postal receipts, amounted $7O2O0O.OOO. this We expended $e54 O00O00 defray the expense of the government s444.O0O0Oo. 67ss per cent was paid out for war and on account of Just before the outbreak of the present European Germany spending 55 per O revenues and account of Japan. 45 per Great Britain, 9 cent and France, 35 per cent.
 Our army contained 91.41s men; navy. 52.757 men, German army. in 1912 contained S7oO0O men; navy, 66.7s@ men, Japan: Army, 25O,oOO men; navy, 51o54 with reserve naval force of 114,- 600 Great Britain: Army. 254.5O0 men; navy 1S7.5oc men France: Army 72OoOO men; navy s0 62I men.
 Great Britain's revenue was greater v nearly $500 OOO ooO but our expenses for war and of than $10O 100000 greater than hers Yet the aggregate of he's army and navy nearly four times great as ours
 GerInany's revenue exceeded by s60,000.OJO, but our expenditures for war and on account of exceeded hers by than $5O.OOOO00 yet her is than eight times large
 The revenue France is than s233,00O.000 greater than ours, but expenses for and on account is nearly $150000000 more than hers notwithstanding her army is eight times large and her navy excels by 10000
 
 Although revenue is nearly and half times that of Japan. yet her army is nearly three times large ours with naval force- nearly four times the size of yet expenses for and account of more than three and One-haf times that hers.
 The foregoing figures collected by Hon. Clyde H. Tavenner. who before he became on- gresham the foremost Washington paper correspondents. familiar with and of information closed to most congressman
 It, therefore appears that suffered something than mitarsrn, graft, in it's most obnoxious form. In the year 1912 when Germany presumably preparing for the all the she spent s5O.OO0,OOO less than the United States wasted in O preparation for de- fense.
 Why Mr. Tavenner no figures after the year 1912 to show the waste of money appropriated in this country for purposes. b not know unless it because since then democratic party has been in power. MT. Tavenner is a parti- san democrat he partisan political cor respondent. But since 1912 there has been no inn provement Though the appropriation for the army