Excerpt from The A B C's of Disarmament and the Pacific Problems No two estimates agree on even the simplest item in the expense of armament competition - the direct governmental appropriations for military purposes. Should the expenses of Cadet Corps in the Public Schools be included? An exact calculation of the proportion of our National Income which we are spending on the liquidation of past wars and preparations for new ones is impossible; the most impressive estimates vary from 80 to more than 90 per cent. However, the budget figures of the different nations represent only the smallest element in the Cost of Armaments. Our larger dictionaries give a rare word "illth," which deserves more usage than it gets, for in its contrast to the commoner word "wealth" it aptly describes a large part of the life about us. Of the commodities which we produce on our intricate and marvelous machines, not all can be called "wealth." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.

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