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Show UEAVER PRESS Lacy Cartwheels Make This Cloth LET'S SKI! Thousands of Americans Wii Desert Holiday And Follow Ski Trails Across Snow-Lade- n Slopes Vinier Vacation Idea Is Spreading Old-Fashion- iwMtwnnm.ni eesaaasassssassaatsl "The railroads in 1927 to 1930 inMuch has been ashington. en and much more has been stalled more than twelve times as said concerning many locomotives each year, nearly Railroads the complexities five times as many freight cars, laid ace Crisis ot modern civiliza- - nearly three times as many tons of tion and modern rails and laid nearly twice as many i tcess. Many times have we cross ties as they averaged in the rd how closely agriculture is re- - depression years from 1931 to 1936. d to other industry; how general "Capital expenditures for 1929 and imerce and industry is interwov- - 1930 averaged $363,164,000 a year. with every phase of our life, During the depression years from re can be no doubt of this condi- - 1931 to 1936, the average of capital No proof is required. Nor is it expenditures was only $206,813,000. ssary to argue that when one "Similarly, the trend of railway ion or segment of business is on purchases (of things they must use sickbed, there is a resulting bad in operation) of fuel, material and tion upon every other phase of declined supplies during the imerce and industry to a greater depression years sharply and never has reess extent. turned to anything like normal. ni'ith these fundamentals in mind, Railway purchases in 1929 and 1930 obvious that probably amounted to $1.14,017,000 in each of Omost important development of the two years. In the five years Mltional character in the last few from 1931 to 1933, the average per ks is the appeal of the country's year was about $559,000,000. In 1936, to increase the expenditures in this direction roads. for the . - right . I rates tDy id per cent, miine ae-- - were up to $303,421 000. (Figures ji of their condition, as presented for 1937 are incomplete but there hearings before the interstate has been another decline because of jiimerce commission, show they necessary curtailment of buying.)" Ji confronted with a crisis. Since Dr. Parmelee turned to the ques are nnripr tnp ricnri simprvision tion of railroad receipts for their e federal govornmrnt, the services. He told the commission is the doctor in that the depression years had left will live or die by and a case. They the railroads without any reserves. nt the inturcito pnm. Anmman it is For seven years, he said, the railce commission. roads have been barely getting by. , le case they have presented and pointed out that at no time beis, for example, that they have tween 1931 and 1937 had they earned piecertfcj cut thousands upon thousands more than 2.57 cent on their roln8orkers off of the payroll; that investment as it isperappraised by the noiidaji. have been unable to buy more commission. In three of those sevis two j one 0f the customary en years, the records show, the nic ancjaj pUrchases from other busi-yrailroads' receipts did not amount to yoti'eSt all(j more than one much as their fixed charges, a i ans fy, 0f ajj the railroad mileage in as term which includes interest on wi,0' a"on 's now '3e'Ils operated as their debts, taxes and required vnatscrUpt property that is, the amounts for paying off parts of their t a s,erty is in the hands of court debts. In other words, all they family :Jvers. earned in those years was just r , adverting to the observations enough to pay the people who work ;rns. ue first paragraph of this dis-for them and buy the necessary fuel gigantic industry can not and operating supplies. 40 bus' at a loss without resulting in a rds of t heart or partial paralysis in The argument to the commission ards c:'r Industry. Higher rates are is predicated, therefore, upon rising n as p:ys opposed for the very human costs, general desigtfon that none of us enjoys taking penses, and the 40 bus: more money out of our pocket dozen or so railCosts e "ds of i we must. Many lines of way presidents rate increases on the who testified before the commission desigseoads because of the fear that it stressed the fact that these expenses e 34 re reduce their volume of sales, are out of control by the railroad i materit occurs to me that in consid-dDr. Parmelee figured authorities. of Son of a question ot freight rates that these higher costs of fuel, sup;irt. charges which the railroads wages and taxes had laid a o The Ee, we ought to think of their sit plies, burden on the railroads that is of other lines ot 3t., llcn as we do greater this year by $664,789,000 an Fraaess. Our retail grocer is not than it was in 1933. The companies a at sell to the nts (in! kiss; druggist hope to get $567,287,000 of this sum not subsist unless he makes a from the 15 per cent increase in bowever small it may be. nor Book rates, and the railroads of freight the Eie arrner Bing t0 continue to the East are asking that passenger nfol. p'uee unless he gets a reasonable fares be increased from 2 cents to from nis work- The only dif- - 2 cents a ;lf attn0 mile, which they think 'ice between these and the railvi in rt f will bring in an additional $47, 500,. is that the railroai 000. From this it is seen that the om their rates unless the inter- - carriers still will fall short of the ned, commerce commission, a gov- - full amount needed, but their arNU Seniient a6encv. says thcy can do gument, as I understand it, pro ceeds on the theory that they should rther, there is a tendency on not seek more of an increase than art of a goodly number of per- is sufficient to keep them from go41 throughout the land to question broke. If the new depression ing of T "ccuracy statements made by conditions subside, there will be a doubt you have heard. TT fess" larger volume of freight next year. IJ II have, the remark that "you That will enable them to make a busi-(it! tell whether That is, a volume of profit. bad off or not. Big corpora-Jrop- i business with thegreater new rates will i can cover up an(j make black a profit unless there are like white." Indeed, while 1 provide new government taxes and other to I. one of C. C. the listening burdens laid upon them. In this tngs la this case, a man in a connection, I looked up the effect .iboring seat made something of of the social security and carriers' same observation as I have act. Commission reco'ds fnntlid- - My answer to him was in taxing show the rail lines are paying $111, tance that none of the railroad 000,000 in taxes annually under als would dare lie to the corn-Ion- , these two levies alone, a burden the even if they were so in- companies did not have two or three .d, because the commission has years ago. every item of expense So it is evident that the rail lines vtneome. even all actions of the in a bad fix. They are conare Wagement, of the carriers. fronted on the one hand with mountmight be added in this con-,o- ing costs of operation and on the that officials of the inter- - other by declining receipts from commerce commission the smaller volume of business. At AM4 there is to be a request by the same time, it seems to me, the 'nterstate truck operators for an country has more than a passing lase in rates if and when the interest in their plight. This is so "lines are allowed higher rates. because during the last two months, trucks are represented as g for example, close to 60,000 railroad to death but they can't employees have been laid off out of won't boost rates until their work, in the rail industry alone. jetitors, the railroads, charge With the decline of purchasing of J for their services. supplies by the rail lines, other industry has suffered, has laid off elieve there is no better way to men. orth the plight of the railroads, Looking at the thing another way, one as to C might call attention to federal , presented the commission. appropriations for relief which have r5 Carriers tnan to include been in excess of three billions a some ex- - year during the last several years. here tle statement made olu- - The figures given above show that ! YJf in tbe case by Dr. J. H. Par- - the railway purchases just one in. He is director of the budustryhave fallen off more than of economics of the Associa- - 500 millions, or about of of American Railroads and, as the relief appropriations. If the apknows the details. propriations to aid all unemployed 'oday," Dr. Parmelee said, "the are only six times as large as the en are reducing forces and are drop in railway expenditures, it is tiling their purchases of equip easy to see what an influence is yyrn uiaienais ana supplies, iney wielded and why I have taken the .'orced to do this because of the position that it Is necessary to con,cial condition in which they find sider the railways' petition from the selves. This retrenchment has standpoint ol the country as a lous economic effect on emwhole. We, as citizens, have a bur- - j tent, on the manufacturers of den to carry whether it is done ray supplier and their employ through the railways or through ed on ail business activity. some other avenue. None of those a policy with Its unwholesome rail workers wants to be without a imic Comequences only partial job, I am sure. seta the rising tide of costs. C Western Newspaper Union. Like Wildfire! Is" A.v'fft v ed wv A y .1 M -- s tc j Bait e jat a g busi-oppos- s - s y n slow-arvin- j r r r"tnt - IN start one-sixt- h IS msmr " .... pie to do in economical string and work. makes delightful pick-uYou may use the same color throughout, if you prefer. Pattern 1570 contains chart and directions for making the square; material requirements; illustrations of the square and of all stitches used; a photograph of the square; color suggestions. Send 15 cents in stamps or coins (coins preferred) for this pattern to The Sewing Circle, Needlecraft Dept., 82 Eighth Ave., New York. p 1 I There's magic in this two colored crocheted square when it's joined into a cloth or spread, it looks like two medallions! Begin right away on the first 8 inch square. Its "repeats" will follow in quick succession for it is sim- - j j ers will tuck away $3,000,000 in their safes as the hilarious skiers jam all available lodges. Ski instructors will get half a million dollars for pointing out the way to avoid cracked heads and bruised shins. Still More Money! This $20,000,000, however, is only a fraction of the amount spent by the millions who prefer palm trees to fir trees, and who would rather lie on a beach than in a snowbank. At the same time snow plows are From thousands of villages and put in working order, maintetowns will pour a steady stream of planes are being groomed for the being nance crews are special cars to New York, Chicago, San heaviest winter flying schedules in "cruise cars" which will be atcities. other Francisco and large the history of aviation, anticipating trains in tached to Florida-bounHoliday shows, special Christmas swarms of holiday vacationists. for the rush of weary preparation services in famous churches and ca- The airlines, in fact, are planning workers who will take advantage of to inaugurate "snow planes" to take the growing popularity of winter vathe more rabid ski converts to any cations. glistening hillside in the country. Lured by the prospect of spending ' $ v Leaving from either coast on a Fri- Christmas millions will deday evening, "snow planes" will summer the with their bags pack liver skiers to their favorite reclothes that are required on the sorts for two days of skimming the warm side of the Mason and Dixon snow banks, and still have them line. back to their homes for work MonDeep sea fishing in the Gulf fa 1 day morning, even if the ski trails and the Gulf of Mexico will stream miles 3,000 choose are away. they be the goal of thousands of ardent Railroads Benefit. Others will jam the sportsmen. In railroad offices, dispatchers rails of the race tracks in Southern are pouring over elaborate train California and the Greater Miami schedules designed to keep the green s of the area, where the signals flashing for the holiday ex- turf continue the racing schedule presses. They are doubling the ca- during the winter months. pacity of the "snow trains," as they Christmas in the South. have been doing almost every year holiday vacationists will Many since the first special snorted out of Boston just seven clamber aboard the Florida speA-- s Day-ton- a years ago, headed for the White cials, bound for Palm Beach, Beach and other resorts eamountains. Altogether it is estimated that ger to enjoy the thrill of sunning themselves on the beach in Decem1,000,000 sports fans this winter will follow in the ski trails cut by Tor-ga- s ber. The prospect of meeting such .:. f..',,vviv and Mikkel Hemmestvedt two fairway stars as Ralph Guldahl and Norwegian boys who lived in Red Denny Shute in the flesh will send .. .. many an ardent golfer to Miami to .v.. v.... ... Wing, Minn., and who introduced take part in the Florida Year-Roung . - i the , , , sport to this counclub's sports program, for these two will ski the try. army Furthermore, Skiing is for youngsters as well put approximately $20,000,000 into stars the open and national profesas grownups. This young lady ap- circulation in exchange for equip- sional champions, respectively are e peared last season at Adclboden in ment, transportation and inci- home-clupros at the Miami the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. dentals. country club, the Instead of spending for Christmas rendezvous for divot addicts. thedrals and the countless attracOthers will plan their vacation tions of a metropolis will lure many presents of the conventional type, the hickory-sho- d fraternity will put $4,- - calendars to include the winter ten- a family. Outdoor Enthusiasts Increase. An even greater number wiil be deserting their homes in the cities for an holiday. While most of them will turn their backs on the chilling winds of a northern ' winter, each year brings hundreds ; ; of thousands of converts to the snow sports. ! and tobogganing have outgrown the ; , : status of amusements for youngs and are now sters and taken up by the whole family. Definite increases in winter tournaments and snow carnivals indicate the popularity of "white holidays." It is difficult to believe that three years ago a skiing "census" showed only 150,000 rabid fans. Since then the number has at least doubled each winter. Beckoning to winter vacationists I who take their exercise in the snow, are such familiar resorts as Lake r -- . T:-Placid, Dcerfield, Hanover, Tucker-man'- s Ravine and Rutland, in New England. But this year there are scores of new ski centers which promise to spread the thrilling sport across the entire northern half of the country. New Ski Capital. At Aspen, Colorado, a short disSkiing fans, one million strong, are preparing (o rush rlothinjr and tance from Denver, skiers in the sporting goods stores to spend $20,000,000 on equipment necessary to y western tier of states will have a this newest winter craze. Scenes like these will soon be common all new ski capital. In the Middle West across the northern half of the I'nited States. a modern skiers' paradise is set into nis and golf tournaments of North tha rolling hills near 500.000 on the counters for cigWarsaw, Wis., while the glistening arettes, liquor, and other incidentals. Carolina and the interscctional footslopes around Ishpcming. Mich., A tidy fortune of $3,000,003 will be ball clashes the Orange Bowl clasalthough sic at Miami, the Rose Bowl game d spent for transportation, wi.l be dotted with hundreds of aUikt-js- . In the Far West ski-in- ? thousands this winter will be able at Pasadena and the Susar Bcw! tilt at New Orleans which wind up enthusiasts will have a choice to use their own cars for transportabetween such resorts as Sun Valley, tion to their favorite skiing trails, the gridiron season. V'Dsemite park. Lake Tahoe and for according to engineers (if the B. Both the and the show F. Goodrich company, rubber fit- fiends, however, rcrvc to cmp'--asi,:Arrowhead la!;e in California. Viith new skiing centers springing tings for a new ski rack will make the growth of the n in such idea which is maksections it possible to put skis on the tops of closed cars without damage to the ing skis and surf boards as .he country, followers of the sport dpj for Christmas presents ti not only planning to pack the roofs. vaunl "snow trains," but take to At least $0,000,000 w,ll be spent f r coats and sleds. air as well. Huge transport .skis and clothing, and hotel keep- Weslern Newspaper Union. Ey JOSEPH W. 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