Excerpt from Federal FinanceWhat of the future? The first task of to-day is the efficient and unresting prosecution of the war to a successful end, and no other question. Howsoever important in itself, should be allowed to interfere with that endeavour. Yet, as experience so far has shown. The silver bullet is as effective as the lead one, and if the war drags on indefinitely. Financial strength and soundness will be not least among the determining ele ments. With Great Britain compelled to give four and a half per cent. For money, our own borrowing is bound to become more difficult, and the question of ways and means more seri ous than in the easy-going past. And quite aside from the demands of the war, there is urgent need for at least discuss ing now how we are to meet the demands of the reconstruction period after the war is over.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.