About $3,000,000 a Day the Average Expense of Fitting Army and Navy.
WASHINGTON, D. C. (Special).—The first twenty-nine days of the war which the United States is waging against the kingdom of Spain cost this country about $80,000,000. or nearly $3,000,000 a day.
The cost of operations in the-future will probably not be so great, as quite one-half of the expenditures so far have been in the way of preparation, the acquirement of warships, guns and equipments, the ordinary cost should run about $1,000,000 a day. It is estimated that more than 200,000 persons are actively employed helping the nation’s land and sea forces to get into fighting trim.
The persons who derive the most profit from contracts with the Government are those that have ships, guns, commissary supplies, boots, shoes, uniforms, tents, cutlery, tinware and flannels to sell, and the railway companies.
Falmouth Enterprise, Falmouth, MA, June 4, 1898