Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — YES, IT’S QUITE AN EXPENSIVE WAR [ARTICLE]

YES, IT’S QUITE AN EXPENSIVE WAR

Washingaon, Aug. 29 -— w * r this month will approximate $1,621,000,000, nearly twice the amount, $870,000,000,000 expended August, nearly a year ago. Thus the war tool is running about $52,000,000,000 already, or over $2,000,000 and hour, a slight increase over July. August figures the total cost to America for the war to date over $15,700,000,000 and the cost since January, this year, to over $lO-,500,000,000.