Show MAKE MONEY ON TOURISTS swiss ze commercial value of their scenery the commercial value of her seen ery to sn itherland Itz erland has been computed by herr freuler of zurich and what this statistician finds is a most in te resting confirmation of the fact that swiss prosperity is conferred by the foreign tourist about people visit the alps every year and people in all resort to the country tor pleasure health or incidental business in an average season they spend in railway and steamboat fares and in board and lodging etc 3 what that means to swit aerland is best shown by the statement that nearly a fifth of these sums is disbursed on railways and ho aels by her own population these are useful figures one stores them up against a day when it may be nee essary to discuss shortcomings with a hotelkeeper or a railway official but we must be fair dr freuler saya on the other hand that only 2 is clear profit on a capital invest ment of and on this showing he holds that we get off very cheaply well it Is a profit of 11 per cent seeing that halt the hotels are open only for the season and very little when shut some of them must do buncom conly well pall mall gazette |