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Show iflNKEE DOLLARS BIG Pip 10 Figures Give Emphasis to Prominence of America in the Struggle. By Universal Service. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1. Figures compiled com-piled today gave emphasis to the part American dollars have played in tin-winning tin-winning of the war. The wealth of the United States is estimated esti-mated at 51:50,000,000,000, with an annual income of $00,00o!0OO,!mi. Up to June 30, 1918, the end Of tlie firft fiscal year after the United State:; entered tlie war, ?l 7,r00. 000,000 had been appropria ted for war purposes. Tssnes of bonds to the on tent of $22, r 000,000,000 have been authorized by congress con-gress and the people have already subscribed sub-scribed in the Liberty loans the following amounts: First, $:i,0"5,0(0.0i0; second, $1,01 7.000,-000; 7.000,-000; third, $4,170,OO'J,ijnT; fourth, $G,?00,-000. $G,?00,-000. 000, Allot men is undir these subscriptions amounted to a total of $16,60,iMOO, The number of persons subscribing to the loans steadily inereascd with each loan, 1,000.000 subscribing to the first, 0,000, 0"0 to the Hfcond, 17.000,000 to the third and Ul.O.'iO.OOO to thf last. Congress authorized loan3 to the allied as follows: Belgium. tMOJ)20.000; Cuba. $15,00M00; France. 52,OG.",000.W); Great Brlraln. 745,000,000: Greecet 116,700.000; Italy, (860,000,000; Siberia tS.OOO.OOO; Rumania, 90,660.666; Russia, $343,000,000; Serbia. $12,000,000. Approximately all Of this has been advanced, ad-vanced, except the loan to Russia, On November i it wa estimated that from J73-V'00,000 to ?75O,O0O,flW had been expanded by the public In the put r-base of war savings stamps. |