The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-01-19
BY EDWARD G. LOWRY
coDYFight. Western Newspaper Union
VT.
WARS HORRIBLE WASTE

WARS HORRIBLE WASTE
NIr IT, G. LeaingWell was the as
,istant 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
nltude Of government expediturcs and
The iooseness, lnellicency and waste
that are a part Of government meth
Qd, All the secretaries OF the treas.
ury since the outbreak of the war
Lave shared this feeling OF apprehcn-
sion ana concern with Mr.. Lehing-
well. ! quote here a recent utterance
of his ON war expenditures
'Of the $4,O0O0JOOO0. exclusive Of
interest on the public debt, spent in
thc fiscal year 1921 $1101 Gl5,0l3.32
was spent by the War department
S650313 S35.5S by the Navy depart
ment. SS000O0.00O on the railroads
S25uo000o0 by the bureau Of war risk
insurance, ana S357Sl4S9701 by the
Interior department. mostly ] take IT,
for Ciyil war and Spanish war pen
.o''S " 'o''l 81 2''o'V''V"''o "l'O''
'',>e n'"uS'
"lu the fiscal year 1920 the War de-
parmcut spent S1,Gl00O0.OO0, and the
Navy department $74000OO00, q total
~ f-'"'oOO'"VO' secretary ",li o,
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,ng " " department WIN spgnu 2 ~
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peat me exploit az I9'o ana maze war
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empire overseas ana lually ~ A'''ei
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aflh!es' beaten Out not Iou,eu' were
sun "N enemy soil 20 ,''' '''''iS :
m'il'a'y preparedness was HVl v"'s,
Tor making war anu was '.'e '""'' "a
hef dtie'I. ~ we 'ssue' y was e1o,
h'in.l preparedness 'l"' ''"''1'e'
most.
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dreh are starving 70 ue''n III EUROPE oe
cause OF lhe war 5 AofFloie Was'e anu
because OF 'he SUN more no'''Ol' "',s''
OF alter inc war Two years "nu -
halt after aidis'ice' heuty TWO years
after peace was 'onc'uueu ue' " ''n
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men are uhuer arms t"''ls u"u wa"
ing lhe produce o. ',e menus '''1
the iapor OF II elvl'un i'op"'"''o',
"ili'h must oear l'e lo"u % '"Ne' ''''
iuhltloh necessary 10 I'o'l'".n '"oSe
armies !h economic Iuleness' J. NC le''
pieS 'l cohilheh'a' Eu'ope "'V a.'0
sef'hs uho'r l''e i'"u o' "''''''''','''.
iar to' great hel'I' '"e ""' '''u ~
t"l'Iau', now I'''' '"'r' '"'' ' ,',
serves ii' power '| sups'ul'S u''U '''e'
u} piaNlnE' no" ON lNeI le"'', H''"