Ellsworth American., 1919-06-18

Let those who are thinking of a
vacation trip prepare for 1t now.
Last year vacations were mostly
thinking. Discoursgement of travel
by the railroad administration ended
preparations and punctured the outing
hopes OF almost everybody.
Now II win be different. In the
breezy language of the manager Of the
main service bureau In Chicago !:
Uncle Sam Is out for railroad travel
this summer with an ak"
Not much will be chopped off trans
portation, but there will be a return
to old methods Of excursion rates
based on the one way charge instead
Of the favorite scheme under govern
ment control of no discount IL a pas
sengsr prefers to ride back rather
than walk.
AS one way rates are higher than
they used TO be the new excursion
rates will be higher than they were
before the war. Nor viii they be 50
low as before government control of
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present is best told by the manager of
the Chicago bureau of service, How.
ard II. Hayes, who says:
How They Figure II.
Suppose you have a friend In the
clothing business who gave you 20 per
cent discount on suit Of clothes. Let
that stand for the discount the rail-
roads gave on q round-trip ticket from
what you would have paid If you
bought TWO single tickets. one each
way. Now. you bought $50 suit Of
clothes and paid S24 for it with your
20 per cent discount of. All right
Now, your friend says, the suit Is
worth $40 and was worth that last
summer when he wouldn't give you
any discount and did not care whsth
er you bought it or not. But this year
you can have II with the same old dis.
count, for SD. See? 1t is not posi-
BILE TO go into the rates for this sum
mer now; they will be announced
about June ! when the excursion sea.
son opens.
Last year" continued Mr.. Hayes
"our clothing store, so to speak, hat
nothing in the windows. no lights in
side or ont and there was no desire
to show goods. This summer we will
be all stocked up and lighted. witt
pullers-in ar the door. In the win
dows We will have announcements Of
more trains more advertising. fast
schedules, observation cars. libera
stop-over privileges, wide choice OF
routes, every inducement to travel IL
comfort and convenience"
Many Visit Parks.
When the government took over this
roads all expenditure was stopped
This included booklets and folder,
formerly used by individual roads
. There was then established the United
States railroad administration bu
/ reau Of service, national parks ana
monuments. Mr.. Hayes was PLACED
+ at its head. The purpose of this bu
reau was to invite travel to nationa
/ pleasure reserves. All other kinds o
travel was discouraged. The fwelv,
great forest parks of the west wer,
open all last year TO tourists. although
some OF the hotels were closed. Witt
/ all the discouragement Of the higf
costs Of living. higher taxes and de
creased transportation facilities tn,
/ number Of park visitors in the wal
I period Of two seasons was increased
81 per cent over the highest record Of
/ 1916, This year ii is expected to b.
i more than six hundred thousand or {
! further increase Of one hundred thou
sand over last year. One of the no
tieeable things by the park manage
nent last year was the magnitude O
the automobile travel coming from
every state Of the country. Automo
bile associations and manufacturer
believe this travel win be greater thi