The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-01-23

these different items we reach as regards indus.
trial needs a total Of 25,OOO,oo0O0O francs.
40 resurrect these regions, to reconstruct these
factories, raw materials alone are not sufficient;
we need means of transportation. Now the enemy
has destroyed our railroad tracks and railroad
track equipment. Our rolling stock, which in the
first month Of the war, in 1914, was reduced by
$4,000 cars, has undergone the wear and tear OF
so months of war. ,.-- ..s5.
"Our merchant fleet, on the other hand, has lost
more than a million tons through the submarine
warfare. Our %shipyards during the last four
years have not built any ships. For they have
produced for us and for our allies cannon, ammu-
milton and tanks. Here, again, for this item
alone Of means of transportation we must figure
on an expense of $780, OOO,O 900 francs. This makes.
If l sum up these different items, a need Of raw
material which represents in cost, at the present
600 francs.
"And this formidable figure does not cover
everything. I have not taken into account the
loss represented for the future production OF
France by the transformation of so many fac
tories which for four years were exclusively de-
voted to war munitions. I have not taken into
account foreign markets lost to us as a result
OF the destruction Of on--quarter of our productive
capital and the almost total collapse of our trade.
/ have not taken into account the economic weak
.ening. that we shall suffer tomorrow owing to the
loss Of 100000 young and vigorous men,"
Compared to these, the losses accruing to the
United States as a result Of the war are, of course,
slight. America has scarcely been "bloodied." It
ia true that the war may cost the United States
possibly $4,000 lives-every one a precious offer.
ing to freedom-but several times, as many Amer,
leans have died at home during the recent inhu'
enza epidemic. %g ,%& ,
when we consider the number Of Americans
who died in our Civil war, our present losses
seem almost trivial. The deaths from all causes
in the Civil war totaled 618,52S-about 70 times
as many lives as the world war cost the United
States. Those killed in action on the Union side
alone-11O,O70 men fighting for the North-out-
number more than two to one the Americans who
have recently died fighting overseas.
,r- The financial contribution America has made to-
ward defeating the central powers is magnificent
but comparatively a small sacrifice for the rich
est country In the world.
To date the total war Indebtedness Of the Unit
ed States is ST, 49,. 377, O00. distributed as follows,
First Liberty IN. ..... $500 .oooJA
Third Liberty 4,176y0 0, 900
Fourth Liberty 6sss.N7,W poo
A fifth loan is being planned to help defray the
cost OF the war The tax bill now under consid-
Grafton BY congress and other taxation win not
net the remainder America has spent, or will spend
to finish up the disagreeable. job.
But even II the war finally costs America $780,
OOoOOOOOO-otner estimates have varied from
s~oo,OO0O0o.OO0 to $4,000, OOO,OO0-that is a small
portion sof Its national wealth. How the amount
the United States has spent on the war compares
with It's economic wealth and how these figures
stand tor the principal other belligerents may be
seen from the following estimates. no exact fig
ures being available:
National wealth. War Cost. Pre-war Debt,
tinted states. !. e26o. 30 100000 35,oo0.Oo0y000 Q,OooyoooyO 900
Great Britain... 90OQ0yO00y000 40,O00Oo0y000 $500 0, 600
France .......... >e6y 0oosooo0W 2s,000o000e s5ooyo0y0oo
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total ........ ,ssl 100000 uss.ooe CO. 90 So. 4oaooa,ooe
Empire ......., ayoooooo.ooo y. 100000 a.lss.ooaoo
Hungary ~. n.oeeooooo s.oooeeeo slsessoayoos
rotal $500. ,losooooooo ,ss.oooooo R.1sooooyooo
swiss bankers, who from their neutral vantage
noInt have watched n nations spend money on q
scale hitherto unknown, have estimated the am
NAL cot as follows for the 1,567 days the world
was plunged a war
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