Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-12-06 | Page 6 | Worth Reading

WORTH READING. I t h' V ua rily the report ol' the seeretary ;of the treasury is read only bv fiuan- ciers. bankers, political econninists ami ! statesmen who try 1o keep posted upon i the financial condition of the country. !Hut the report just made to congress 'by Secretary MeAdoo upon the eve of his retirement' from office possesses ; interest for every man and womau in i the. Vnited States, containing, as it does, a record of achievement uu-j uu-j paralleled in the history of this or any other country. The report reiis how the people of the I'nited States paid billions bil-lions in ta xes and subscribed billions moi e to the four Liberty loans. 1 1 j i 'f lis of vast expenditures on account of :he war and permanent investments in isldpvards, etc., amounting to hundreds of millions in tiie aggregate. Of course, i 1 1 i o reining secretary give's the patri-j patri-j o ; i t- Americans full credit for the sue-! sue-! cental o; eratiou of the treasury depart-: depart-: meat during the war. and refers to them jas ''the eajer second line of defense.'' ! In i -'euoral 1 Vr.-di ing 's report we read ! about the valor of the men in the f'ehl. I la Secretary IcAdeo's annual report j we a re told how the people at home , heb ed v; in the war by thoerfuily giv- ' h:' ap rieelr money. Tlie Two reports 1 -heal i be read tna ; her in order to fully j ' ap'.re- ia.re the magnitude of our v-ar ! : c ; c-a ions, both in this country arid j ;;pan tiie lirii.g line. Perhaps the most J I important ami satisfactory part of the ,-eciv;ar;.' 's report is where he shows that. i.ntwiths' andl:;g tlie enormous j ,',:a"a vp a oar ri--.airce-, our currency' - -!-!' ha- v.-i:h;no.l th-1 ho.-k. audi 'a a- tka k-ss-i la..-s is in !,,-;ter