The war cost $105,000,000 every twenty-four hours, according to the statistics, expenditures of the Entente Allies being fully double those of the Central Allies. COMPARATIVE WAR EXPENSES. Without for one moment taking into consideration the billions which were thrown into the war-pot by America the figures are staggering. An interesting comparison is found in the cost of the previous great world wars. The American Civil War, the greatest conflict in prior history cost $8,000,000,000, a sum equalled every three months in the conduct of the European war. Approximate cost. Napoleonic Wars, 1793-1815 $6,250,000,000 American Civil War, 1861-1864 8,000,000,000 Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 3,000,000,000 South African War, 1900-1902 1,250,000,000 Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 2,500,000,000 European War, 1914-1917 (3 years) 75,000,000,000 It was further estimated that after the year 1917, the payment of $3,800,000,000 a year would be required to pay the interest on the debt, and that the total Government expenditures in Europe for bond interest and support of the various branches of the Governments would require in the neighborhood of 20 per cent of the people's income. POPULATION AND WEALTH OF COUNTRIES. Another comparative table that is important to any one desiring to study the costs and their effects is that relating to population and wealth of the principal countries. The latest available figures are: Population Wealth United States 101,577,000 $187,739,071,090 British Empire 394,930,000 130,000,000,000 Germany 67,810,000 80,000,000,000 France 39,700,000 50,000,000,000 Russia 187,379,000 40,000,000,000 Austria-Hungary 53,000,000 25,000,000,000 Spain 20,000,000 5,400,000,000 Belgium 7,500,000 9,000,000,000 Portugal 5,958,000 2,500,000,000 Italy 37,048,000 20,000,000,000 Taxes have been the main sources for raising money to carry on the war. In Germany taxes on all incomes from the Kaiser to the ordinary business man were kept at the highest rate, the Kaiser paying $500,000 on his fortune of $35,000,000 during the early part of the struggle. This was in addition to his income tax which amounted to $440,000, making a total annual tax of nearly $1,000,000. The Krupps are said to have been assessed at $3,000,000.