Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-05-06
FACTS WORTH CONSIDERATION.
From the Kansas Clty star.

FROM the Nalshs NitS Ntdfs
Do you know the government spent
from 1917 to 1920, SO billion 81S million
dollars?
Do you know the total appropriations
from 1889 to 1917 were only 40 billions !?
Do you know from 1917 to 1920 the
government collected in taxes ID billion
80 million dollars and borrowed "a bill
lion dollars?
Do you know the government spent
$50 million dollars building port ter
minals at Charleston, Norfolk and other
places from which not single ship
sailed during the war?
Do you know the government spent
| 20 million dollars building terminal
up the river from Charleston which
ships could not reach because the river
was too shallow to float them?
Do you know the government spent
| 100 million dollars building nitrate
plants, but did not produce pound of
nitrate for use during the war?
Do 9ou know the government spent
| 100 million dollars on tanks, but that
/ the frs American tank reached France
after the armistice
Do you know the government spent
one billion dollars on shells. but that
only 1900 American made shells
reached our forces in France about
ten minutes supply?
Do you know the government spent
lit million dollars on gas, but that not
single American gas shell was fired
by the American forces in France?
Do you know the government spent
AIS million dollars on guns, but that
only seventy-two American made guns
reached our forces at the front?
Do you know the government spent
seven million dollars on naval training
camp in Virginia after the armistice
was signed
Do you know the government spent
70 million dollars on powder plant at
Nitro, w. Virginia, and sold it for
eight million
| Do you know the government spent
| 100 million dollars for a nitrate plant
at Muscle Shoals. Ala, and that Con-
gress has been asked for additional APP
preparations to make this plant capable
of producing fertilizer
Do you know the war department
had for use in the army 39l, 600 horses
and mules and that the department or
dered for use upon these horses and
mules 945, 600 saddles and over l, 600 900
sets of double harness that the same
department purchased 1857, 1877 horse
brushes, 2,029,4lS nose feed bags,
| /. las, 364 horse covers, 1850, 1853 halters
which was enough to cover more than
1000, 900 horses at one time. and all Of
this equipment to be used on 39l 900
horses and mules, say nothing of the
curry combs, or the contract for 1876. GOO
branding irons for branding the horses
and mules, while the war terminated
before any branding irons had been
delivered, yet the records of the war
department show that branding irons
cost $40, 900?
Do you know Of all this, is again
asked And do you wonder why shoes
are high in price when leater was thus
wasted in harness and saddles. or that
, meats are high when 1000, 900 pounds
of ham and 1,497 900 pounds of bacon
were permitted to spoil in the store
house at Baltimore, and that foodstuffl
of ali kinds are high when the admins
trat:on in power kept millions Of dol
lars worth Of foodstuffs off the Ameri
can market in order to avoid disturb
ing industrial conditions 2"
3 The children end grandchildren o.
a Mr.. and Mrs. John Schill met at thei
home at Powell Sunday, May End. t
celebrate the doth anniversary Of thei
. marriage, and also the birthday ami
! vesary Of Mrs Schill. with SUMPTION
d:naer and supper An present had /;
very enjoyable time.