Show economic ay bp 1 highlights that affect ih alro nor I 1 11 divid nd checks uia tux tax illila 1 u 0 or f I 1 keerr T ir F individual th III and in anat lo 10 nal 1 ems inseparable vrem bacal newspaper have bave mg hi moneys ino neya worth during tile the last two or three weeks headline news lis has been drai natle colorful import nit anti high spots the burning 0 ofa n great passenger lider hirer and abid rumors of sabotage and criminal negligence tile hie textile strike which has affect yd d workers and has brought about major political the enato of the arifi cut manufactures so 96 far as uie the long yiew Is concerned the lit layt st of these Is easily lie he most vital tal cost coat all the world so BO much measured either cither in or lives na as does a great war the economic cost ol of the world war la Is estimated at abut lit in every nation ellb til 0 o cost cok or of wars represents tile the largest larges t item in hie 00 tax bill in ill tile the united states Ot tiles army andl navy maintenance charres charges on oil war bonds pensions and war incidentals are over 60 per ler cent of the federal governments operating budget 1 last maring tile magazine F for ort tune rat ran an article entitled arm and the men heavily documented cie ta 10 article char clin ged that tile motto or of the armament dealers Is to keep ii 11 liar going ng once it Is started to at t tempt to start new ones onea in time of I 1 wace pence the did not confine itself to generalities but made m cefic charges clin famous firms I 1 und jd 1 mentioned I tinned names dates places incidents it was waa in it ft pamphlet form by a largo large eastern firm and hundreds of thousands of copies were 0 sold nt iii ten tell cents inch cadi then it tey few inantha I 1 lter litter two long books appeared dealing I 1 in greater pi eater detail with the barne sanie 8 11 hect iloie the present senate g a was tile direct result of all I 1 tills this I 1 of ft i united states submarine manufacturing company havo I 1 p produced tite the most dramatic I 1 letters from their lies show that the thwarts arms companies con fiti tute a tr 11 IL international I 1 combine which 1 1 taka no sided bides knows 1110 no boundaries aej I 1 iri atho taft only aly 1 business s eona com earn likes to its his i ninko ninke sales bales because li it knows that sales must inevitably load lead to lauream 41 business for nil all concern ed cil hero here liow how it works woran to io use a mythical illustration the republic of silvania Byl vanla buys a brace of of dp do otro yera from tile armament coin pany tito tho neighboring republic of arcady becomes frightened won dors ders it if sylvania Syl vanla is ia planning an invasion A representative of the B armament company limited shows up presents his sales talk contacts high officials and arcady buys buya 3 destroyers sylvania retaliates by purchasing two more and so 80 it goes with each country trying to cit buy y the other honored names have boon been in lit in tile investigation example alef f on letter said eald that king george had personally interceded intercedes Inter ceded in ill an effort to bring certain buyers ers to the english ama AM market other ot her letters said frankley when talking of possible south american business bu Is ines s that graft was waa essential there la Is growing sentiment in favor of nationalization of arms in austry dust but those who arent east eael ly swayed by emotion feel fed it would avail little american ers ern are small frogs in a very largo puddle foreign concerns such n skoda vickers Arm armstrong and krupp are arc tit th really big shots it if the g government overn ment took over every amerl american armament and munitions maker it would affect the international oitt situation lation to only a minute degree |