| Show COST OF WAR in view of the fact that many groups in this country industry retailers tailors re farm organizations labor and various others 0 have conic come out with strong stands against this count rys participation in war it is important at this time to ses see just what vl bat lies behind their aversion from a realistic point of view evidences continue to pile up that the opposition in america to the idea of war is based mori mor i than han anything else on the rack and ruin that war causes alon along all fronts i I 1 I 1 what were some of the costs of af i the last war it may help to lo avoid ever en entering enteria terin 1 another one to have these matters brought clearly to light here is at least part of the sad st story 0 ry to pay for our actual particia parti participation cir a cost this country 22 billioni billion d dollars 0 allars loans to our allies largo large iv ran to more than 8 billions more a direct cost of 30 billions then pad mostly in the productive wealth of our factories our retailing our farming and the hard work ot of americans in every branch of productive enterprise 1 more its only the be bc 1 ginning it takes no account of demobilization and dozens of other items that followed the war total veterans expenditures to date for instance have come to nearly 12 billion dollars more whereas back in 1916 the united states was paying about on its veterans institutions today it is spending over i 1 to make the picture even worse these direct costs hardly begin to account for the burden a war imposes it takes no account most of all of the losses that come directly to industry on whose we acl fare the prosperity of the nation depends from the dislocation of an entire economy from idle factories idle men and idle investments the inevitable aftermath of war As one authority well puts it in the calculation of war cost there is literally no end no wonder all those productive groups in this country who help to create the wealth that is poured down the drain of w war ir wanti want only peace |
