Show S 1 a i im forwar F va r or relief much Is being heard during all the 1 1 political ledl campaign about liow low il litell tile tin government is spend i L for reller relief and recovery in III this c alto 1111 ta ton a recent editorial in III col aiters magazine throws much aig light ht on 01 the subject by way of combar WL inc expenditures for relief with amic for or war we reproduce part ot of that editorial as follows we can call get better perspective on the ti tremendous tiemen emen dous expenditures now belag made for relief and industrial i covery ivery ct by recalling what we spent fw fir war laai na nicholas murray head of C i lumbia and once an ant for lie ie presidency of states wade nade the contrast as ro follows lows the world war till nil told cost spart apart 30 million lives io i 01 O i billion dollars do lars with that money we could have built a 2500 house fu fit it with 1000 worth of luin nure placed it on five acris CL ci land land worth WO an acre and e g len en this home to each and eve evev every V i nl ill in the united states stales cann can ll australia aag england gland wales ire 1 tic nd scotland france belgium f many and russia we could have en to each city of inha dinha li tants and over in it each country i mid p 1 five million dollar library d tp IP million dollar university C t ot of what was left we could have hava E a de a sum at five per cent th that at mid provide a 1000 yearly sil sal r y foil to an all army ot or teach f rd nd a like salary tor for air es figures may be larse large i ra a ats trust gon Coni piny pany reek rec ir 1 I OW oo pat t ot of the world war cost a 0 9 billion million dollars 0 rowa row A some 23 billions duril 1 1 our 1 than two years ot of act r V I 1 fi biting but whatever the pre acsa sums essentially mr butlers r urn is true compared with the fantastic figures ot of war our present rate ot of L ex 1 d i ire re for rollet relief and re recovery 1 f our public debt is now in round pointers 27 billions on oil myrrh ath 1933 0 it was 21 billions within eighteen months the face of 0 th national Nai national ional debt increased home s billions actually the inc increase mase was less 1 cach aai in the tre treasury sury and good as F t cut the actual increase nearly I 1 halt half the rhe profit derived from cut t f g tile gold content ot of the dollar I 1 ii in theory at at least two billion eight hundred million this is money in ilie the bauk bank not now low to b bo used need but available altogether the net increase in debt to be redeemed by future taxes Is at this writing not large admittedly mitt edly however the debt may b increased during the next year by july il 1 1935 Lhowe however ver friy tary orgen thau thinks the he increase will certainly not be more than 8 1111 billions lons perhaps less bess we know what we got tor for oni war expenditures jn 11 retrospect yve we pre not wholly pleased hut but it if we had to mako make a similar decision in III the future fu ture under unde r like conditions wo we might not do differently our relief and recovery bills are PISO being expended to make our world safe tor for democracy we glad I 1 P ravo avo during tiie the war until it ault decision Dec lalon to spend id Is now made with air almost noat tile the celerity of war time in peace as in we war we pay exit vacantly for lor the first time lima I 1 in n the history of civilization vast billions are be ine inc expended forli tor fiuman uman betterment whatever the betl methods cods used the motive Is good wealth in prodigious quantities tian titles la Is being spent to save not lot to destroy life this Is 13 a new thing thine the more clearly tile the goal of 0 industrial du recovery ill 13 seen the e easier asier it will be to balce tile the huge sums to quiren few will 1 Inal ballenge lenge the fr pit rell rel et appropriations it tile the objective Is clearly understood we pyo pro on our way and we shall travel taster laster toward a dertl destination nation we want to reach 0 |