Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-04-04
WAR COSTS U. S.
BILLION DOLLARS
EVERY 80 DAYS
TIE NcoNSEIvABLE sum o.
$4,000. 200. 900 LASTS ONLY
TWO YEARS.
GUARANTEE WORLD FREEDOM
Third Liberty Loan. When Carried ts
Successful Issue. VIII Do
much 10 Win War
Quickly.

/, The war for world freedom IL cost
Ing the United States one billion dol
lars a month. or more than s25. 900, 900
a day. Appropriations already made
and bills now pending In Congress
make II 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 viii 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
tho United Statesi Here are some OF
the things II means:
That an obligation Of $3.50 has been
piled up against every one Of tho l00..
0Oo. 1000 men, women and children In
the United States. II II were neces
sary to pay off the present war debt
at once. the head OF family OF four
would haye to pay $3.50. more avail
able cash than the average family OF
that sine has.
Freedom comes high. Every %
hours Uncle Sam must spend and Ii
spending more than 81. 200, 900 ut 2S
cents q day for every man, woman
and child In the nation. The expenses
Of the government are &c times a.
much under war conditions as In
peace times. Not until 1910 did the
expenditures OF the United States
reach billion dollars In year. This
year. the first In the war. Congress
appropriated tis.sO2. O27 Sol. In isys.
the year o! the Spanish-American wa.
the tota! appropriations were less than
half billion dollars-sts5.0 02 GA. or
aboat one thirty.siXth OF the coat OF
tho first year In the presen, war.
In addition TO voting more than SIS
900 900 900 cash for the first year OF
the war, Congress authorized tho gov.
eminent TO enter into additional con
tracts which aggregate t2.5li. 900 900.
to be paid for at later dates - the
work progresses.
Where millions OF dollars formerly
created interest in Congress. billions
OF dollars scarcely arouse q moments
attention. because everybody al Wash.
ington realizes that the best Way TO
win tho war In the shortest time Ia to
throw the whole resources of the ma.
ton into the struggle and support the
brave men who are over there.
The war machinery for a year will
cost In dollars and cents an amount
that staggers the Imagination. Here
are some OF the estimates submitted
to Congress by the military branches.
Army. s6.6iO.223. 200; fortifirations.
1882. 445.122; navy. si.9Ss.sOO. 900;
sundry civil. sl.16O.242.Sss. The navy
has Just asked for an additional ap-
preparation OF $500. 100000 10 speed
up and increase the building OF was.
lhips necessary to combat the sub
msrino menace.
ihe people should realize that he
vast sums appropriated to conduct the
war are absolutely necessary 10 win
the battle against the ruthless Prus
sian. Unless America spends now tho
will be enslaved later. Unleud the
people support the government TO the
limit Uncle Sam will be forced to do
rive the money by taxation.
Uncle Sam hopes and believes the
people viii voluntarily lend him the
money necessary 20 conduct The wnr.
The Third Liborty Loan campaign,
which will be launched April 6. should
have the support OF every man. wogi2~
and child In the nation Invest 10 LID
erty bonds and make the y.ctor1 not