Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-09-08

/ bic definitely to place our finger
upon it? Answer: 1T is possible.
The armor ring is the Bethlehem
Steel Co., the @Midvales Steel Co..
and the Carnegie Steel Co.. These
three firms, exclusive 81 their sub
sidiary :war:trafficking alxiliaries,
department. alone. contracts aggre--
Bethlehem; :$42,S21,237;" Carnegie,
. We. will add to the ammunition
Powder Trust, which has no competi-
tors in the sale Of smokeless pow
der to the government for reasons
that will apear most remarkable
when explained. The Powder Trust
has obtained contracts :, aggregating
about $4,000, 900 since 1905, From
the army and navy combined 81, the
other three con Germs - Bethlehem,
Carnegie, and MidvaIe- have obtain
ed orders since. 1887 exceeding $780,,
100000. \: ,,,.r- 800. ~
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+ The increase in the cost of our
army and navy In, the last 20 years
is enough to stagger. the imagination
and beWilder the senses. The cost
Of our army and navy is greater In
t03ats' size than that u or
any other nation, on earth. The in:
crease in cost Iis~ absolutely abnOr-
NAL when considered in proportion
to the increase in our population, or
the increase. In wealth, or when con-
sidered with the increased cost OF
preparation for war in other" coun-
tries in time of peace. In this con-
nection it is legitimate to ask to
what extent the awful increase in'|
cost is due .tossthe systematic agitat-
ing Of the possibility Of war by those
who profit ,fina1f1ally from the ever
exp cid lures of the mill
tary branches of S66ddf government. y
y n !. the Last 80. years our: popula-a
lion has increased S. percent, our
wealth 185 per, cent, and our expen-
litures 400 per cent. 49,,
: During the Is years prior to the
war our annual
fer the navy ranged |
rom $l4,OO0;O0tto OS30, 100000. and !
or the army less than $4,000, 900,
averaging for both less than $4,000
IN II 1883 q our i :" appropriation ~ for the
lavy was $4,000 $50; in 1890, APP
'roximately $40, 100000; in d 1914
40; 0OO, 900. aas Ou1e appropriations for
he army and navy combined for theI
'nsuing year will be in the neigh
'orhood Of $4,000, 1000. :. ,,.:~-,
During the year 1912 our entire
evenue, not including postal receipts
mounted to $702 100000. Of. this
ve expended $654,0O0,O0O, to defray
he entire expense of the government
-$444, OOO,0 ori67.88 per cent, was
aid out for war and on account of
var: just before the outbreak 'of
he present European war Germany
vas spending SIS per cent of her rev.
nues for war and on account Of
var; Japan, As per cent; Great Bri-
ain, 81 per cent, and France, IS per
ent. - - = ,."%i'.' . - Il
Our army contained 91;416 men; !:
avy,' So, 757 4men.a German; army, dur |:
ng the year indicated, contained
n 900 men; navy, 66,783 men. ia
an, army, 100000 men; navy, ST.
"a men, with a reserve naval force
# 114,OOO men. Great Britain, army,
$4,000 men; navy 49,, 800 men.
france, army, 100000 men; navy,
1921 men.
UIcdL DI1IdAA . revenue was 81 Cot- i
y than ours by nearly 100000 900,
tut our expenses for war and on &C
count of war was more than $780,
100000 greater than hers. Yet the
aggregate CT her army and navy was
learly four. times as great as ours.
Germany's revenue exceeded ours
~ $16,000,O00 but our exp enditures
or war and on account of wars ex-
,eed hers by more than $50, 900,
ret her army is more than eight
lines as large as ours.
The revenue of France is mere
han $233,000,000 greater than ours,
out our expenses for war and on
account of wars is nearly S15O,0OO,-
100 more than hers, Notwithstanding
Ter army is eight times as large as
QUITS and her navy excels ours by |
10000 men.
Although our revenue is nearly |
,wor. and one-half times that of ia |
pan, yet her army is nearly three
lines as large as ours with a naval
force nearly four times the size of
OUTS, yet our expenses for war and
On account Of wars is more than
three and one-half times that of hers.