| Show 1 MEANING OF spent at rate of a dollar a minute it would take years to dispose of it all americas war loan of surpasses the powers of the mind to grasp Th thomas oina F logan writes in ili les lies spent at the rite rate of 1 a minute it would take years to dispose 11 Iose of the appropriation loaned out at C G per cent 13 could be spent every second for an indefinite period without touching the principal converted into silver dollars the coined pieces laid end to end would reach more than four times around the earth at the equator piled on top of one another these silver dollars would extend nearly rulles miles in the air I 1 made into dollar biln bills they would cuver cover acres the interest on the loan is greater than han the entire running expenses of the government less than halt half a century ago while the amount itself would conduct the affairs of the government for fully seven years on the basis of the annual in nuil expenditures of the last lat decade another and more cheerful way of looking at the situation la Is that great as the loan is tho the wealth of the united stites states is such that it amounts to the lending out of 1 out ot of every 10 40 of our pelting exl tine tangible resources A penny a day sated sa ted by every inba inhabitant bitant would cancel the principal within 20 years p |
