EXPENSES—HOW PAID.

Maoriland Worker, Volume 2, Issue 42, 22 December 1911, Page 4

EXPENSES—HOW PAID.

Remember, always remember: All the expenses of all the wars in all the world in all time have boon paid with . ■ the results of productive labor. Always—finally—the working-tclass pay all the expenses of all wars. In a war— (1) Soldiers cease to produce wealth, (2) Soldiers continue to consume wealth, (3) Soldiers actively destroy wealth. •■ A war involves three general items of expense, namely— Expenses before the war—preparation. Expenses during the war—direct expenses, destruction of property, loss of producing power, etc. Expenses after the war —pensions, interest on bonds, etc.