The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-01-25
figures Stupendous Beyond Pow
or Of Human Mind 10
Compass.
MOST or THEM ARE KILLED
bIe Price BEING Paid for the Worries
Future Security Money Cost
Nearly At7ssooO,ooa q ,oAy--s !.
-, capItat cst Down
~ FREDERIC J. AAsklN.

W
Correspondent ot tho chisaxo Newsl
Washington. H. C,~~The figures re-
issiAs he, tbs. ea.l Of th,s &pr Ars. stu
psadous beyond the power Of The ha-
man mind to compass,
The number Of men killed In battle
has been between 100000 and T.
0O0.o00. 0ffsetting the number Of
deaths which would have occurred Ia
times Of peace. Il In safe TO set the
war loss at more than T,nu,uD men.
This In about one Inan In twenty Tor
each year VI the whole number iao'
hiused
The figures are large, but they are
based on the greatest armies the world
has ever seen Moreover, the death
rate has been falling steadily through
out the war. az methods more eeonesn'
Teal of human ttfe ar. adopted aud
hospital efficiency increases. The
welt prepared nations lose least Rus
wia has suffered casualties disprapor-
uona,ely large because In the hrSt
year Of the war Avr troops were sent
to the front poorly supported by ar'si'
iery and sometimes literally uanrm.ti.
On the western frant the French losses
were heaviest for the first two years,
but "a England takes over the bulk OF
the nghfins her essnsrnss Iher-ass
fkaa.. - fun ~
Tssa, u s,2so,coo Disabled.
In addition 20 the dead. the psr,ns'
neutiy disabled total about a.a1.op
men. Thus the net loss 10 men
amounts 10 about 100000, There
have probably he0 about lo.un,uD
men iess seriously wounded In such a
way that they have either heen ~
turned to the front or able to pursue
scm. useful occupation in civil life.
Scme realization Of the meaning NJ
these totals may bs cleaned from the
rvfection that the dead and the total.
ly disabled equal more than half the
ahle bodied ncn In the United Statea
The money ca&t Ia a vastly mnr~
confusing problem, The total II BE-
ycnd alt ccmparaAea with any nation
al debts loans or expenditures OF the
past Al the beginning Of the war
tho cos, Of tso,fsoGsp a day, II Vas
predicted Europe could not stand II
for SIR fnUu,hx New, ~~s' slang IN
the fourth year. the eost II nearly
tlTa.No,oO a ia. and there srr no
signs Of a financial hr~aktcwn.
X has become increasingly evident
that lata Of money will never make
any nation surrender As lenx AZ suf-
fcient economic resources actually ex.
ist Ia the shape Of men and mnn!,ien
fccd and beasts and ircn and steel.
~ long can the nation In question ~sn-
tinue to make war. In locking for q
German breakdown the eye Should
turn not toward the ahsurS,iy depr~ci'
ated German mark. but toward what
Germany has left In men and food and
steel
In pUturo mortgages
This II because = ns,icn esn mort
ysge It's future like man who enters
q shcp with empty pockets and pays
fcr Soo~is with signed netes pleaE'nT
the labor ot bis childrvn. The worlds
deet since ,ts war has Increased BY
81 aatsO,o0 The total COS. has ex-
cee,isd this azure by AZ least tiSns1,.
@1ao the difference representing the
amount levied In taxes in excess Of tie
Interest reQglcpfnsets
II Is easy ~ sss that IL all the iHtsr-
e~s Is r~sd 10 people living In the
United STATES, and the p-incfra. a.
the end ef the term also pald 10 resi-
trrts in the United Ssstes. the United
States rs q nattna Is aa w~aser srs.a-
stsiiy for having NorreweSi S.sa.nsl 60
On, than 1; Il he'd re7sr borrowed
CENT Such enorsaeas io@ns VIII prob
ably efrsSi s redistribution az wea,th.
fer the interest," charges will ~ aset
by t#ssttr1. ant rrvytScu. asrFar FER
= sIasiaa s.sa-t IN tas sa-se axy by