New Ulm review., 1922-02-01
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How Uncle Sam Spends
Your Money in Conduct.
ing Your Business
4; 4 BY EDWARD 6. LOWRY
II Author astdnston Close Ups, ;. Banks ana
Financial Systdna, !. etc. Contributor Political
D and Economic Articles to Leading Periodicals
and :a Writer of Recognized: Authority On the
National Governments Business Methods.
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By EDWARD G.LowRY
) CoDyrieht. western Newspaper Union

90 7slif VI
Copyright. Western Newspaper Union
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WARS HORRIBLE WASTE
Mr.. r. G. Lefingwell was the as
sistant secretary of the treasury In
charge Of finances during the war.
While he was in the treasury he be-
came deeply impressed with the mag
lnitude Of government expeditures and
the looseness, inefaciency and waste
that are part Of government meth
cd. All the secretaries of the treas
ury since the outbreak of the war
have shared this feeling of apprehen-
Sion and concern with Mr.. Letting
well. quote here a recent utterance
Of his on war expenditures
OF the s4,O0O,OOO,O 600, exclusive of
Interest on the public debt, spent in
the fiscal year 1921, $1,1O1, ,615 ,O13!32
was spent BY the War department,
$85O, 378;835.5S by the Navy depart
ment,, 100000, coo on the trailroads;l
$3.50, coo, ,O00 by. the ibureanro ofewaF, risk
insurance anda $357;8l4 ,S97Olj blythe
Interior depar artment ,m9stly, 7 take 1T, it,
fer5} }Giyil war and p 4 Spanish, war pen
staps total Of So o9R9 oQ9oo9 QfIe99 pngs qngdsf
these heads. . !.
al the fiscal Year e Z ! 1920 the war VIZ dee5s des
partment spent 81, ,6lO,O0O 600, and the
Navy department $740,0OO,OOO, a total
Of $2,35O,OOO,OOO. Secretary Mellon
estimates that in the fiscal year, 1921
the War department will spend $1,O25,-
100000, and the Navy department
$7OO,OOO,OOO, total Of 725,O00, 900 !;
and that in the fiscal year, 1922, the
War department will spend 570,0O0,-
600, and the Navy department $545,-
100000, total Of 81, ,115, 100000. This
makes a three-years' total Of $780,
100000.
Germany went to war to realize on
her investment in arms and armies.
The burden Of universal military serv-
ice, expenditures on the army and
navy, subsidies and doles, became In
tolerable. She thought she would re-
peat the, exploit Of 1870 and make war
so prof in territory sand 4indeni
mites as to recoup herself for the
outlay OF, 40 years prep on. The
splendid resistance Of the sBelgian:s an and q
the French and of the little British
I? expediti tionary force made the short
war a futile dream. The; unframed
! manhood and unmortgaged resources
/ of the Western World, Of the British
empire overseas, and finally Of Amer
lea, determined the issue. Germany
suffered economic collapse, though her
armies, beaten but not routed, were
/ still on enemy soil. /; So Germany's
military preparedness was her cause q IS e
/ for making war and was the cause Of Of
her, defeat. In the issue It was eco
& nomic' preparedness that mattered
/ most. .s1, .....
..Today, men, women and little chill
/ dren are starving to death in Europe be,
cause Of the wars horrible waste and
because Of the still more horrible waste
Of after the war. Two years and 9
/ half after armistice, nearly two years
after peace was concluded between
Germany and the allies, millions OF
! men are under arms, eating and wear.
/. ing the produce Of the fields and OF
the, labor Of a civilian populati tioI
which must bear the load Of taxes and
/ imitation necessary to nnaintaiR those
armies in economic idleness. The peo
pies Of continental Europe are stag
gering under the load Of armaments
far too great before the war and In
tolerable now. Their rulers hold them
selves in power BY subsidies and doles 10 Is
By. playing, now on their fears, AM an
again on. their: ayarice still again ot
nat nlaattiioonnalistic ambitions oor ancient ia
cital itl tlatreds. The7 allies have fidnder
ttslkssn taskenn rs insure ssifee Gerhanss ecohoani
recovery by insisting supon her fdisarh
ament 4and the payment fof reparatapn
which Smeans the tdeKelo opment L Of 1
huge export balance : butt for them l1g 2
selves they reserve the doubtful priv
lege Of remaining armed to the teeth. !.
s.sWe have demon nstrated our mill
tary power. We have shown wha
/ NAV be- done In q few short month
4 to make an army and transport It t
wage foreign war We have no nee nee
| to be aggressors abroad, we are invul
nerabie at home. Let us accept tn
/ responsibilities OF the position Of lead
ership which Is. ours, show the worl
1 how to beat swords into ploW-sharE'ea =