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FINANCIAL COST OF THE WAR. x (Received 21, 9.5 a.tn.) Washington, March 19. It is stated that the war cost the' United States more than 30,305.0CX'. - 000 dollars.- (A. and \.Z.) FOOD FOR ENEMY COUNTRIES. THREE CRITH AL MONTHS. New York. March is. Interviewed at Paris, Mr Hoover said the I'nited States must feed more than J00,0u0,000 people in Europe. He said that the critical months fur the world would be April, May and June. After that people would begin to reap the harvest, thereby! improving the situation. He said the t inted States was now bearing the burden of deliver : iug foodstuffs, but the task was too great for one country to bear. France and Italy had only enough tonnage for their own needs, andtlusacruiee must come from Britain and American tonnage. — (A. and WARSHIPS AS TRANSPORTS > New York, March 21. The United States is using battleships and cruisers to transport troops. They make the round trip from Brest to New York in forty days, the battleships carrying 1200 and tha cruisers 1500 men.--(A. and NZ.j
THE DYE INDUSTRY. ; New York, March 18. The “New York Tribune” says editorially that since Australia placed .an embargo on dyes other than of ; British origin, American dye manufacturers fear that other British dependencies may follow suit. — (A. and N.Z.)
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume IX, Issue 84, 24 March 1919, Page 5
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