The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-12-16


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ntSH fer future wars. Of this, af0at
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aifigst fsoAgssAos for purchase Of cbliRa.
Hons Of t0fslRH governments On account
Of Their var expenditures. and the remain
Der fef sensignes war risk alistmentM and
miscellaneous items related % Nar An
analysis ~ the expenditures Of tiie afet
sin months " tbs fiscal year isn gives
similar results. Tie fRates alec Nhosg
that the total cost Of running what may
10 termed the evil establishment pTOpsf
that ia % nay. the FaFlgDA government
departments, boards and Communications and
much exceeded t1Sgeoloo0 even Ia the Rb-
normal war years
sought details. n more than 90
per cent VI the entire disbursements
Of 1890 went for past and prospective
wnrs. how much had We been spend
Ing 20 keep the world safe for demOc.
racyf We are NIL familiar with the
argument that the best way 10 prevent
wnr IN TO be prepared for war. i
thought ! might ind out whether that
was true. l went back into the rec.
0rds and found that year by year,
from 1884 70 1919 Inclusive. the treas.
ury department had kept an account
81 the actual disbursements not an.
preparations. mind you, but actual
money e1pendcd-of the War depart
Insnt, the Navy department and for
pensions. when got all the figures
before me couldn't add them up.
In the bureau OF Internal revenue
they loaned me a machine and an
operator, and 30 know and can tell
y0u that from 1884 10 and through
1919 the War Department actually dis.
burSed $4,000, 800 O0s.g5. In the same
period the Navy Department spent
sa,aOT I3ee. l,32.s4; and pensioners a
past wars got 1868. OT0. Gs425.
That IL q laundering total OF SO
0g,75S.041.4S for the army and navy
alone, leaving out OF account IN.
s5l6S4y0 79 ,e94.23 for pensions.
Will let you decide whether any
part 81 the twenty.nIne billion dollars
spent for preparedness and for war
prevented our going to war or found
us prepared when we went 10 war.
The three items have enumerated
are oniy ribs Of the skeleton Of the
cost Of war preparation and activity.
! have not been able 20 excayate any
other detail figures. But it ia known
that the war Of 1872 cost about s135-
7O3, $50
The cost Of the Mexican war II esti.
mated 10 have been Sg3.GOS SCI.
The total cost Of the Civil war, TAX
Ing the period from June 30, 1861, 10
June 80, 1866, may be figured closely.
At s3,g00.0D0,Ooo,
The treasury IN The winter OF 1920.
II estimated IN report sent to c0n.
gress f5Yr0ggh the secretary that the
cost Of the World war to az TO that
date had been s24,1O0OO0.O 900, exclu.
rive Of our loans 10 the allies and
other foreign nations.
NO you see the cost Of wars IL 70
Ing 10. no matter how much money
We spend BY way u preparation.