Show COST OP OF A AVAK in view of the fact that many groups in fit this coun country try industry retailers farm fann labori labor mid and various others have como out with strong stands against till this count rys in war it la Is important tit it tills this time to jagt what llo behind their liver slon alon froni from it realistic point of view evidences continue to pile up that the opposition in america to the lda ida of war Is based more than any anything else ou on the ra rack ck and ruin that war causes alons along all fronts what were some boine of the costs of the ahr last war it way may help to avoid L yer ever entering another one to have these matters brought clearly to light here Is tit at least part of the sad tory story to awty for our actual floii cost tills this country 22 billion dollars lowis loans to our allies till led large ly lv ran to wore than 8 t more I 1 a DIRECT of 30 billions tile then paid mostly in tile the product productive ivo wealth ol of our factories our retailing our farm fario lug anil and tile hard bard work of Amer americana katis tit lu every emy brunch branch of productive enterprise IvI lats more intire its only tile beginning it takes no account or of di demobilization and dozens of other items that followed tile ado war total veterans expenditures to date for bior instance liar haye come to nearly 12 billion dollars wore more whereas back in 1016 tile the united states was maa f paying about 1000 ow oil its vet If cerans crana institutions today it la Is spending oyer over i to make the alie picture even worse theao aliew direct costs hurdly hardly login begin to account fur for the burden a war imposes I 1 it takes no account most of all of tile alio losses leases that come tit dl icetty to industry on oil whose wel fart farr the prosperity of bt the alie nation depends front tile dislocation of ili an entire economy frolli froin idle face idle well men and allo IQ invest identa tile Iii inevitable evitable of war ft air ks As one authority well puts it ija in the calculation of war mar cost there la Is literally no end ciul No wonder nil all chriso productive k groups in III this country who help to create the amith that la Is poured down tiie the drain of war want pence I 1 |