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Show U. S. Debt Mere Bagatelle Compared with the Immense resources of the country and also with the national debts of other leadinc countries encaged in . the world struggle, the national debt of the United States is insignificant in-significant . While the war cost to America amounts to millions of dollars every day and (he fourth Liberty loan, amounting to six billions of dollars, now is under way and with ejffiry indication of being a most gratifying success, It must not be thought that this country is V - rearing the limit of its financial ability to prosecute the war. As a matter of fact, the United States could continue the present rate of expenditure of millions a day for the next twenty-five twenty-five years without exhausting its resources. -, Recently an eminent banker, in telling why the country would (j - and should far oversubscribe the fourth Liberty loan, placed the -j value of the resources of the United States at the stupendous sum of $300,000,000,000. The national debt is only S lO.Soo.ooo,-' 000, and with the 6,000,000,000 new Liberty loan added this debt will he barely S per cerit-of the country's wealth war mortgaged, mort-gaged, placing the figures even as low as. $250. 000,000,000. - . England and Germany each has a debt of t M, 000,000,000, while the national wealth of the respective countries is estimated - at only $75, 000,000,000, making the debt 45 per cent of the . wealth, against America's percentage of 5. America's debt per capita is approximately $Voo, while, that ,;. of England is $739 and Germany $Soo. ; ' It should be remembered, too, that America has loaned its allies something like seven billions of dollars, which will come ,. ,;. back in' the form of interest and with the principal probably payable .' about the time some af America's big1 war loans are duo. ' J . These figures are quoted to show that, leaving out the ques- tlon of patriotism, United States bonds are a mighty good thing to . get hold ol and to hold onto. |