The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-06

$500. 600, 600: Russia, s275. ,o0e;
Italy, $255, 900. zoe: Belgium, s55, 400,
000, and Serbia $4,000. 000-a total
which amounts to loans at the rate
of nearly $14.eOO,0o9 a day.
This country today is spending zap
proximately $2.0O0,o00 an hour in ali
war expenditures.
Five Billion in Liberty Loans.
To meet these vast expenditures
congress had authorized by tax and
bond measures the raising of $780,
0OO. eco 0O0. The treasury department
successfully floated a first liberty
loan of $4,000, 100000 and has JUST
1ched the second for $4,000, oO0,-
600.
While these great movements were
going on. congress placed in the
presidents hands authority such as is
not possessed by any king or poten-
tate.
April "a eighteen days after war
was declared, congress had passed and
the president signed the $1,000. 000,-
600 bond bill simultaneously $780,
coo. coo was placed in the presidents
power for emergency use
Early in May congress passed bin
permitting the allies to recruit their
citizens in this country
May y, the president signed a bill
authorizing seizure of GNrman ships.
The first big appropriation for the
army - S273. CASA was promptly
passed by the congress and signed by
the president May u.
On May IT. the seIective draft serv-
ice bill had become a law. June q, ten
million men between the ages Of 81
and 81 registered for their country
Meantime the bill to double the
navy and marine corps was passed
and signed by the president May p.
A war risk insurance bureau was
created June y. Early the same
cnuoraSs r,a sad tho vxa btf1oRt
bill of S3.390, 946.3S1
June > the drastic espionage bill,
giving the government broad powers
to handle spies, sedition spreaders and
pagandists of all kinds was law
739 Million for Avfation.
Answering a wide appeal for
great air service, congress responded
with appropriations of ST39. 600. 600
for an aviation program and later
provided a special board to direct the
work
Threatened congestion in railroad
transportation appeared as tie next
pressing problem and congress passed
two measures-One increasing the in
terstate commerce commission from
seven to nine members and the other
empowering the president to fix pri-
GRITTY shipments.
A long fight ensued over establish
ment of a food controller but the
president had his way and on August
10 signed the food bill and named
Herbert Hoover food administrator.
At the 50 me time he signed the food
survey bill providing means for taking
an inv dice of Americas food stocks
There followed a long list of enact
ments. The S2.535.0 100000 revenue
bill; the $4,000, 100000 urgent def
cheney bill; the trading with the
enemy measures; the soldiers and
sailors insurance bill and other less
important measures were passed, in
Guiding a daylight savings bill. To-
LAY the people. big business and
InaHy neutrals are virtually on ira
+ tons as a result of this eountry's de-
termination to conserve rations Her
bert Hoover has the people voluntarily
/ eating less and saving more. Leading
/ business men are sacrificing their time
{ and many of them are sacrificing huge
/ profits to help in the war work The
/ president said there shall be no blood
! profits" and as result has fixed a
/ price on wheat, coal steel and copper
and will add commodities later.
Goodbye TO kaiserism
/ The American embargo, working in
! conjunction with the allies. is curtaiI-
ing to the minimum shipments of sup
/ plies to neutrals who might feed Ger
many.
And out of this six months pre-
I paredness. there is seen the first indi-
cations of a gradually weakening Ger
many. When the full force of Amer
ica's blows are felt on the Hohenzol-
leru throne the fall of kaiserism is
certain.
"a Soldiers Creed"
I believe in the justice and honesty
of the cause for which America is at