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rigorous system of accounting and inspection of the national fac- 
tories of munitions would aid in maintaining an equitable appor- 
tionment of these to industrial needs and to the domestic armies 
and navies agreed upon between the Omninational Confederation 
and the several nations. 
The financing of the Confederation.—The moral basis for financing 
the Confederation lies in the great saving of expense and man- 
service that will be secured by the common policing of the high- 
ways of international commerce on sea and on land. It is obvious 
that when such a system is once organized and has secured the con- 
fidence of all right-minded nations, the proportionate expense of 
insuring peace throughout the world will be reduced to a mere frac- 
tion of what is now expended in the maintenance of the several great 
armies and navies of the world. Since each nation will thus be 
relieved of an enormous burden of expense and loss of service, it 
will be but a matter of just reciprocity and of honor to meet its 
part of the expense of the common body that has brought the relief. 
But after the system is once established, even this contribution 
may not be necessary. It is proposed that the revenues from the 
commerce benefited shall pay the cost of the benefits it receives, as 
nearly as may be, by appropriate charges for shipping facilities, . 
traffic rates on the railways, and various fees fixed with a view to 
meeting the costs, upkeep, and administration involved. 
_ The credit of the Confederation, resting upon the credit of the 
constituent nations, should be an ample basis for such loans as may 
be required to inaugurate new enterprises. At the outset, how- 
ever, the specific financial aid of the constituent nations may be 
required. 
DETAILS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DISCUSSION 
The foregoing sections have been abbreviated as much as seemed 
consistent with clearness, to bring the scheme rapidly under view. 
Some important details need further statement, but even these 
must be too much abbreviated to be quite adequate. 
Difference between world-ways and national thoroughfares.—An 
important distinction between the omninational thoroughfares on 
the one hand and all private, national, or even international 
thoroughfares on the other, whether railways or otherwise, lies in 
