The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-10-18
HIGH STANDARDS 2
OF LIVING CAUSE
HUGE WAR BILLS
American Army Rations and
Equipment Inferior To
None VI

WASHINGTON, October l4--(AssO-
ciated Press Why does it cost the
United States so much more TO make
war than 1t costs any OF It's coDelliger.
entsi
What is being done with the tens Of
billions being raised from Liberty
Bonds and taxationi One OfteD hears
those questions.
The answer is not difficult.
1t is, simply, that II costs an Amsri.
can moro to do anything than Il costs
anyone else in the world. That IL III
best renson why Americans should bu
Liberty Bonds.
The American army Is composed Of
workingman. The American working
man demand n higher standard Of every
thing than any other working man in
the world. When ne becopes a soldier
he carries that standard with him, and,
comparatively, gets it.
Napoleon said, and everybody ever
since has repeated, that an army travels
on its stomach. So naturally the sub
sistancc Of the American soldiers comes
first in the long bill which is rapidly
running to $50 100000 q day.
Wide Diversity Of Food
The regular ration list of the Amer.
i lean army calls for forty nine di ferent
kinds Of food. II includes many things
which are luxnries to the soldiers Of the
foreigA armies. At that, it only costs
80 cents a day to feed soldier. The
/ figure is low because the government
has the advantage of dealing in bill
/ lions and tons where tn" individual
deals in dollars and pounds Even so,
the army has felt the increased cost Of
! living because il cost only 1881 cents
dav to feed soldier during the
! Spanish War.
| Take into account the almost stagger-
ing sums the government has spent for
food alone since the war began: $4,000.
600 worth Of flour: $l4 900 600 worth Of
sugar: $I3 ,OOO. 900 worth Of bacon: Sl2.-
0On 600 worth of beans; $4,000 900
worth of canned tomatoes: $4,000 900
worth Of rice. II sounds almost like a
, foo" hill for a nation,
! Without any disparagement whatever
Of the rationing system of the cn-bellig-
rrrrts il NAV he said that while the
food of the British soldier compares
faVOrablv with that of his American
cousin the French ration is less ac-.
shcDtnhlc to the American and that Of
! tn" Italians would get very cold re-
rentiOn
Equipment of Best
The continent of the American SOL
der is no less IN to standard than his
food. Since the beginning of the war
the government has spent 100000, 900
for shoes ONLY recently contract
was bet which is intended to keep every
soldier with two pairs-one for march
irp AVID one for general wear. The
price in quantity nf millions was well
ovcr $5 n pair, Old soldiers of the
regular army can remember when tho
government issned "broGans" far re-
moved in quality from the army shoes
Of today.
The American soldiers clothing so
Ear has cost round $500, 900 900. For
bic hlPnFcts the government has spent
$15N nn0 nnn. Fverv thing else is in
r~NpOrtiOn for in every particular of
his r""iDm"nt the government has sup
n'i"d tho soldier with the same relative
h;"h stanla-A \" was accustomed to ut
h""'" ~ civil life. The extra cost of
"'niu'ni"i"" an armv on f"-eiCn soil
~. ""'"~"I into tive huge bill because
= hne VOC" found that il costs 1922. Of
to r"l.i" anh raint"in soldier a year
~ -"rd 90 a"ai"st $337.7s at home. OF
! th;s sum 81 goes for food. The
r"';Nrtp" ovD"rsrs ~ homo is $3.50 80.
IT" hi"h STANDARD has been carried
toSthr soldiers nav. For all practical
fr',rnosoe If rs'imatp tn" American sol
/ fer. : th" highest paid fighting man
- ~" world We actually "ets moro
'n"" ~" a"c~""c G"rwnn ofirer To
t'e 422 month private receives FROM
~" "n"o"nmrNt il adhrd sum FOR his
Io""udr"'~ dc0""Iin" "n"r thei" COW
|i'i"n ND numhc~ Canada arA the
= oth"" R"iti~h rolon;"s more noarlV ap-
i ""o"i"'ate thp NV Of ~" American sol.
! ''"~ then any othr"S Of the cobelliger-
outs
, T"';"" intn consideration al those
i'"ws ~ is not strange that America =
! war bill is greatest.