The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1917-12-30

means tuat tuere Will u8yS DSeu ldu
out for military purposes q sur
greater than the developed wealth q
any nation In the world, other thai
the United States. 1t means tina
there has already been expended a
amount three times as large as tn
total Indebtedness Of every nation II
the world Is that Indebtedness stoo'
In 1914; four times as large as tn,
total deposits of all the banks of tn,
United States; an amount larg'
enough to have extended steamship
lines to every corner of the earth
rebuilt the worlds cities on rational
sanitary lines, provided schools ant
teachers for every child living. elimi
mated savagery. and endowed scienc'
for the task Of improving the living
conditions of all mankind.
The gross war costs of the four ma
tions making advances to the weaker
nations, gross costs including wal
credits actually voted, are for thu
first three years up to August 1
1917: United States, $500, ,000, ,00(
and since then our expenditures have
mounted skyward; Great Britain
s25, 800, 100000; France, $17.4O0,000.-
900; Germany, $22,1OO,O00.000 The
cost of the war averages 50 daily for
each soldier enlisted. The expenses
of the Allies are each day $115. 5.000.-
900 as compared with $43,000.000 for
the Central Powers.
Per capita in the United States the
war is costing 2S cents while the
daily per capita income is 105 cents ;
in Great Britain, the daily per capita
cost is "A cents and the income 70
cents; in France, the cost so cents
and the income 81 cents, in Russia,
the cost 10 cents and the income II
cents; in Italy, the cost % cents and
the income 80 cents; in Germany, the
cost 40 cents and the income A
cents; in Austria-Hungary, the cost
81 cents and the income 26 cents.
The average cost for the Entente AL
lies each day per capita is q cents,
while the income is 4S cents; for the
Central Allies 81 cents per capita,
while the income is 80 cents.
Should the war come to an end
August /, 1918, the cost to the United
States would have been $4,000, ,000.-
900, including actual costs and loans
to Allies.
Upon the seven nations now chief
ly engaged in the war, there is now
a yearly obligation, for in
terest on bonds, of little less than
St, ,000, 100000. The requirements in
this respect are heaviest against Ger
many, then comes France, Great
Britain, Russia and the United States.
The percentage of expenditures of
the individuals income to meet the
interest on debt will be for the
United States 3 per cent; for Great
Britain, Is per cent: for France. 21.3
per cent; for Russia, 80 per cent; for
Italy. 1874 per cent; for Germany, 1872
per cent, and for Austria Hungary
26.7. For the Entente Allies the
average expenditure of the individ-
ual's income will be 10.4 per cent;
for the Teutonic Allies. 21.2 per cent.
The income that is earned by our
people in ten days will suffice to sup
port our Government for year. On
the other hand, the Russian workman
will have to work Is out Of every So
weeks to defray the costs Of main
tanning his government and paying
the interest on national debt, or the
equivalent of almost two days out Of
the week. The French workingman
will have to turn over his earnings
for one day in each week to meet his
governments obligations. The Aus
trian will have to turn over the in
come of one and a half days out Of
the week; the German, one day a
week; the Italian, one day a week,
and the Englishman, the earnings Of
a little less than one day in the week.