The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-03-13

multtE VI the use OF gas IN Ddliic. a
score OF years ago high commissioners
of supposedly humanely inclined ma
lions met at The Hague, which for
some reason or other 1t was thought
would be the permanent seat of hui
manitaranism, altruism and of peace
among the peoples Of the egth.
The use of gas in war was discussed
! in that Hague meeting. Great Britain,
France, Germany and some other ma
tons agreed not to use 1t in the pos
slble wars of the future. France and
Great Britain abided by their pledged
faith until Germany broke its word
with the same lack of conscience and
conjunction that 1t tore up the scrap
of paper which was supposed to safe
guard Belgium from invasion and spoil
iation.
Must Be Prepared to Be Safe.
To get down to the nub of things,
military men here seemingly believe
that no nation can afford TO remain I'M
prepared to meet gas with gas In case
an enemy proves faithless to its word.
The nation which has gas, they say,
and which uses 1t against nation
which has no gas will win Its war.
The question that is being asked to-
day is this: eff a nation finds itself
on the verge of defeat In war and
knows that it can be saved by gas, Will
1t refrain from its use because once
upon time it signed pledge"
Lrropoo opd m will pOntiunp
their gas service for purely defensive
purposes in other words, they intend
to be prepared in case some enemy of
either on the day of some future Ypre5
! shall violate its word and use gas Of
| fensively for the overcoming of Its
| foe.
The United States, through fits chem
| ical warfare service, developed ana
perfected In the United States by Maj.
Gen. William L. Sibert, and in the
American expeditiOnary forces by Brig.
Gen. Amos A. Fries, has gas equip
ment and a gas knowledge second TO
those of no nation on earth. The
choice of the future lies between the
placing of dependence upon the word
of nations, already in one instance VI
plated, or continuing for purely de-
fensive purposes service which has
shown itself TO be so essential In the
case of withdrawing on the part of
another
1t is said by army men that 1t ~
as foolish TO assume that the next war
will be fought without rifles machine
guns and artillery as to think 1t will
be fought without gas. 1t is urged that
the absolute guaranty against a gas
attack by any beTTigerent power will
be through defensive preparation
against such an attack.
There has been a feeling In the
United States. army men say. that gas
is more barbarous and inhuman than
other weapons of warfare. Gas service
men say that this is not the case.
Cost Of Floating Liberty Loans.
Before long the people of the coun'-
try will be given an 0pportunity-per-
haps privilege is a better word-t0
subscribe to a fifth Liberty loan. As
yet nothing definite as to tire rate OF
interest which the loan will bear IS
known. Neither have some other ques-
tfons relating to the convertibility OF
the bonds of other loans to bonds of
u new Understanding rate, and some
other vital matters, been decided.
There seems TO be a misunderstand-
ing throughout the country concerning
the cost of the floating of the fourth
liberty loan. A statement was print
ed not long ago that 1t cost Is per
cent TO place that loan If 1t had cost
this amount the loan hardly would
have been worth the floating.
The truth In the case is that the
treasury department Is allowed by law
only a maximum one-fffth of one per
cent for selling the loans. That is, all
expenses must be kept under one-tifth
of one per cent Take the fourth Lib
erty loan of nearly $1,000, 100000, for
it lacked only eleven millions of being
that sum. The cost of floating IT was
only $8,727,65S.12.
One fifth of one per cent of $1,000
600, 600 would be $14, 900; therefore
it is to be observed that the cost of
floating the fourth Liberty loan was
only a little more than half the maxi
man allowed by law.
All Expenses Included
1t should be remembered that this
total expense includes even the cost Of
manufacturing the bonds, witch In It
| self includes the safeguarded paper
| and all the engraving required in t1se
| various processes. 1t inclsdes also
all the costs of maintaining the Lib
erty loan organization In the Y federal
reserve districts, and the necessary eX-
pense of subordinate comuatttees.
More than a million volunteer work
| ers engaged I'm selling bonds during
the fourth Liberty loan campaign. The
total cost to the government Der cap
ita of these workers for three weeks
time was less than 50.
Here Is a table whicA shows the cost
of floating the fourth Liberty loan
bonds and the War Savings eertih-
Gates:
SUMMARY FIRST LIBERTY LOAN.
Total other than through Fed- =
eral Reserve banks ..........sf 1.ooS,OlAz1
Total through Federal Reserve
| banks ......s,......s...'..'s.'.' l,SosOlesd
Aggregate .......-............32. 762. %
Second Liberty loan .............s $3.50, os2. 90
Third Liberty loan ............... S.293,ol99 ~
Fourth Liberty loan.....,........ B,72L65S u
War Savings certlhcates......., s4Ss.ssO 4
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