The Prescott daily news., 1918-04-10
THE NcoNCEIvABLE SUM OF $33,ooo, DOC, 600 LASTS ONLY
 TWO YEARS.
GUARANTEE WORLD FREEDOM
Third Liberty Loan, When Carried to Successful lssue, Will Do Much to Win War
 Quickly.

The war for world freedom is cost ing the United States one billion dol- iars month. or more than 25,000, 900 a day. Appropriations already made and bills now pending in Congress make it certain that the first two years of the war will cost America thirty-three billion dollars These fig ures are conservative. Indications are the expense will be many millions more daily.
 Few persons have grasped the mean ing of this stupendous sum. What does this huge sum mean to the people of the United States? Here are some os the things 1t means;
 That an obligation of $330 has been piled up against every one of the 100r 900 900 men, women and children in the United States If 1t were neces- sary to pay off the present war debt at once, the head of a family of four would have to pay $1.320, more avail able cash than the average family of that size has.
 Freedom comes high. Every 24 hours Uncle Sam must spend and is spending more than s25, 900, 900 at p cents day for every man, woman and child in the nation. The expenses of the government are Is times as much under war conditions as in peace times Not uISil 1910 did the expenditures of the United States reach billion dollars in year. This year, the first in the war, Congress appropriated $1S.S02, ,027 ,501 In 1898, the year of the Spanisn-American wa-. the total appropriations were less than half a billion dollars-$4S5. .002 044. or about one thirty-sixth of the cost of the first year in the present war
 In addition to voting more than SlSe 000, ,000 000 cash for the first year of the war. Congress authorized the gov ernment to enter into additional con- tracts which aggregate $2,511, COG, 900. to be paid for at later dates as the work progresses.
 Where millions of dollars formerly created interest in Congress. billions of dollars scarcely arouse . moments attention, because everybody s, Wash ington realizes that the best way to win the war in the shortest time is to throw the whole resources of the na- | ton into the struggle and support the brave men who are lover there"
 The war machinery for year will cost in dollars and cents an amount that staggsrs the imagination. Here are some of the estimates submitted to Congress by the military branches. Army, ss.s10,223, POS; Notifications. SS,sS2, ,445.122; navy, 31.03s. ,oao; sundry civil, $1 ,160, ,242 ,SeS. The navy has just asked for an additional ap propriation of $500, ,000,00 to speed up and increase the building Of war. | ships necessary to combat the sub | marine menace.
 The people should realize that he vast sums appropriated to conduct the war are absolutely necessary to win the battle against the ruthless Prus- | sian. Unless America spends now shs l will be enslaved later. Unless the | people support the government to the ! limit Uncle Sam will be forced to de- | rive the money by taxation.
 Uncle Sam hopes and believes the people will voluntarily lend him the money necessary to conduct the WAT. { The Third Liberty Loan campaign, which will be launched April 6, should have the support of every man. woman and child in the nation Invest in Lib l erty bonds and make the victory not