The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-05-21

! Great Passenger Liners That Formerly
Carried Thousands Back and Forth
Now Doing Duty In the War or Tied
Up at Their Piers In Neutral Ports
Statistics Show Loss to Europe.
New York.-A quarter billion dollars
of good American money will be kept
in this country this year on account of
the war. There will be at least that
much saved by the inability of the
public to travel to Europe. Last year
the steamship companies received in
fares alone approximately $S3,OOO,OOO,
carrying eastward and westward more
than 100000 passengers. A conserv-
ative estimate fixes the amount spent
by this travelling army at close to $780,
100000, making the total amount spent
for European travel $215,00O,OOO.
There will be no exodus to Europe
this summer, however. The Great
Green Way of the Atlantic is as lone
~ as New York's Great White Way
on a summer Sunday night. This is
the time Of year when the rush across
the ocean begins. The tide of travel
sweeps east across the Atlantic from
May till August and back again from
August till the middle of October. But
this year the tide hasn't set in and it
won't set in. Uncle Sam is holding
back the tide by refusing to issue pass
nrfe, <ho CHI - H..
ocean the kaisers submarines prove
an obstacle.
Nobody is going away who can't
prove to the satisfaction of Uncle Sam
that he or she has business in Europe
Doctors, Red Cross nurses, reserves.
continue to go, but even their number
is dwindling.
From all ports of the north Atlantic
there left for Europe last year in four
months just 27,727 passengers Dur
ing the same four months of this year
the number of departures was 4,19S, a
falling off of 1880. The westward
sailings were 1862 for the same pc
rod last year and this year 4,674, a
deficit of $500.
The arrivals and departures at New
York last year from and to Europe to-
tailed an army of more than 100000
Of this number 14S,3SO travelled first
class, PALS in the second cabin and
S13, 143 in the steerage. The grand to-
tai to and from all north Atlantic ports
was: EastWard-frst class, S3.2G1; sec
ond class, 121,OS5: steerage, 479,232.
Westward-flrst class, 90,S4O; second
class, 23S,347; steerage, G31 $50.
The average first class fare across
he Atlantic on little ships and big
ships is 500. second class $50 and
bird or Storage $50. That means
hat last year S2O.s92,1 100 was paid
he steamship companies for first class !
passages, $17,72O,OOO for second class
md 1892, 100 for steerage, Il total of
$50 O55.7SO.
Placing the amount of money spent I
during the season in Europe by the .
first class traveller at 81 900, the sec
ond class at $500 and the steerage at
800. a pretty good average of Ameri-
can contributions abroad will be the
result. Computed by these figures the
amount spent in Europe last year by
the American travelling public would
have been S191.726, 100 That these
figures are by no means overestimatei
will be realized when one stops to re-
fleet that $4,000 for the season would
ne no money at all for each OF 5000
American families to dissipate. This
would alone mean S5O.OOOOOO.
At modest calculation there was
'pent last year by people from America
IN European travel SITS, 1854, 500; $500,
100000 would be. perhaps, nearer the
mark. 1t is safe to say that the war
'as cost Europe $25O,OOOOOO of Amer
can tourist money this year That
much cash in hand would do strange
Kings. It would do wonders for the
unemployed of the country. It's the
ansom of a king and no bagatol!e
wen to Rockefeller. There will be
ust that much more money remaining
II the United States this year.
The click of glasses and the clink OF
wealth are hushed. The stewards tips
re missing. The bands of music are
i!ent The S1O,OOO,OOO Vaterland of
he Hamburg American line is eating
err head off at the dock in Hobosen
he Slo0OO,o0O Imperator Of the same
me is Il hospital ship at Bremen. The
100000 ship Aquitania of the Gu
ard line is Il converted cruiser. and
he S1oooo.Ooo Olympic of the White
tar line has also been impressed by
he British government. The France.
he beautiful $S,OOOOOO queen of the
rench line feet, is doing government
uty for France. The North German
loyd's KronprinZessin Cecilie, Kaiser
Wilhelm III. and Kronprinz Wilhelm
ave figured in the war
More ships on the average are arriy
g here today than ever before.
Gamers whose names are unfamiliar
customs men and shipping men have
ached the port in the past six weeks. q