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NOME, ALASKA, MAR 6, 1916.
it is noticeable that in all the
wtiiuy u*33c, cations going on in
Cou^icas leiauvc cu lue piepareu
itcod question tneie are tew rei
oences to tue proposal to havt
tne government manuiacture its
own war equipment, and it is
naruly to be uouuted tnat the
maticr will be either disregardeu
or kept in background as lar as
possible 11 it Le witmn the powei
01 tne pork barrel crowd, which
is by lar the weightiest influence
in our national legislation- The
prospect of having the fat graft,
anorued by the letting of vast
cunuacts fur war supplies to pri
vate firms, cut off, does not look
good to the majority of the
pseudo patriots who are bellowing
so loudly lor defense and an army
increase just about now They
an perfectly willing to go ahead
with the matter of increasing the
defenses but it is noticeable that
there are very few that have any
suggestions concerning the costs
of such activities The cost end
of the scheme is kept very quiet,
not for fear that it will tend to,
hinder the plan, but simply be
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cause a little too much discus
sion of that portion of the mat
ter is vei> i.ible to stir up influ
etices that will be rather hard to
overcome when the time arrives
for setting the contemplated plan
in motion. With the exception of
Congressman Crosser of Ohio and
a few others whom one can count
on the fingers of one hand, there
are apparently few of the national
legislators who haxeany paticu
'ar desire to save the country a
lollar by making the establish
ment of government arms and
ammunitions plants the basic fac
tor in the development of nationa’
preparedness. And yet, if one
considers the matter in its entire
ty, it is plain that here should be
the very beginning of all efforts
toward national defense. The first
problem should be not so much
what should be the size of the
army that is to be called into be
ng as the weighteicr question of
how .and by what method can an
‘ftective fighting force be provid
ed with the least possible expen*
liture for initial costs and main
tenance. It is plainly easy enough
‘o go ahead and build up an arm'
■>f almost any required size if we
are willing to spend plenty o'
money. If we are ready to put
up the necessary coin we can
irobably have an army of five
t ten million. That, however, is
•ot the primary question. Costs
hat is the big feature of the
vhole plan, and it is really to thi
robletn that the legislators should
'c turning first of all, instead o'
levoting so much time to palaver
ng over the question of whethei
,ve should have a moderate arma
jr a large one. There are very
.ew of the legislators who do no-.
,tlieve that we should be bette.
irovided in a military way but, i.
s plainly clear that, whether the\
ire in favor of a large or a smal
irmy. they are devoting very lit
le attention to the viu. mattei
if cost of providing the neces
ary equipment and supplies. A
.lose perusal of the reports of
ongicssional procedure contain
-d in the outside press for the
aonth of December fails to reveal
iiore than a half dozen references!
to costs, outside of the few raised]
in- way of contra argument!
igainst the upbuilding of an army
of a half million or more men.
Outside of the half dozen or so
ilready referred to as being ad
vocates of government munitions
and supply plants, there is ap
parently not one of the whole leg
islative bunch who has distrib
ed his gray matter with the
juestion of how to provide an
army in the most economical
nanner The country unques
‘ionably wants an adequate fight
ing force to protect the nation but
t does not want to be loaded
vith an overwhelming burden of
zosts if it is possible to avoid it.
iThe people of the United States
ire willing to spend as much as
Tail be legitimately required but
they want a dollars worth of de
fense for every dollar spent ort
preparedness. It is not believed
that any true American will cavil
it the price of defense, regardless
of how great it may be, provided
that he knows that he i9 getting
. full value for his money. Peace
‘s something that is beyond all
orice and not even the poorest
nit would gladly give his mite
oward its perpetuation if the
'pbuilding of the national de
’enscs will insure that end. But
'he costs must be reckoned with
not from the standpoint of a
eckless disregard of how little or
how much, but to the end that
ill unnecessary expense may be
•liminated. The only way that
his object can be most effective
v achieved is by striking at the
oot of the greatest cost factor,
hich is the costs of military sup
dies- Only by eliminating
Trough the government manu
■'icture of all munitions and army
equipment, all private profit from
ihe expenditures for defense pur
poses can anv material saving he
'onsumated for it is here that the
.• arcer portion of the expenditures
| "ill go under the present svstem.,
rhe removal of all motive for pri- j
ate profit from the preparedness
i proposition is the first essential of
conomv and will also achieve the
i 'Tied object of eliminating all
’anger of conflict throueh pri
ate interest in war. Until this is
' 'one it is impossible to obtain an
•nhiased view of just how much
Teparedness we want.
PLATINUM PRODUCTION
IN 1914.
1 According to J. M. Hill of the
’nited States geological survey,
he production of refined plati
lum in the United States in 1914
vas 3,541 ounces, as compared
vith 1,034 ounces in 1913. The
914 production included 570
rnnees of crude platinum produc
'd by the placers of Oregon and
California, an increase of I41
mnees over 1913. Of the crude
metal Oregon produced 108
ounces and California 462 ounces. 1
A feature of note ia tlje report is
the production oUJio ounces of
platinum at the gold mine,
Goodsprings, Ncv., the metal re
covered being saved with the gold
n the ore and later separated./
This is the first instance of com
mercial recovery of platinum
from ores.
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