The labor world., 1922-03-04

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in the $haulipE Of more: cars here
there are more men employed In the
railroad yards and these employees
in turn buy more and even the rail-
roads consume more coal off our
coal docks giving further :emplo loy-
ment there. ,s:,4 q. r: ~, Il. :, !:
''New:let me. draw smother picture
for For many; years grain grow.
ing iHabraslka could. not sbe shipped
to sDAfh on account Of the freight
+ EratesssxItsswent to Chicago and MIL
wal1ASe Your Chamber Of Commerce
\ TrafNs bureau was successful in get-
/ ting, 14F rates and during the past
,six nhenthst some six million bushels
OF t$t grain has been brought here.
Th9Salsvator charges; alone amount
IT'D over $150.000,. most Of, which is
isft1bitted in wages to the elevator
emHlpEes,. insurance men, etc.
c.:.51t takes nearly 5000 cars to- bring
in Iris grain. Train crews are en-
pl9Hed to bring It here. yard crews
enlpIQyed to do the switching, coal
canfum ed from the docks. .greater
employment on the docks.
"All this represents more money
and wages spent in Duluth and even
:sorne in, our Ineighhoring city .of :Su-
perior. It is estimated by experienced
railroad men that. about $3.50, 600
would, be distributed in. wages to
handle these cars: meaning over
1856, 900 benefit to Duluth firms and
wage. earners,, and distributed
through all channels Of trade even
to the Street Railway company.
's"But, let's 60 further. Here Is
Simon Clark Of the Duluth Marine
lSupply: company who does not ap-
fpreciate that this movement Of grain
is OF. any benefit to him, yet Simon
fElark: furnishes most of the supplies
to the vessels coming into the har-
Dor. It takes boats to move this grain
down the lakes. So the fifteen or
lStwenty; boats required do get sup
piles from him: He in turn. has men
working. for him who receive the
benefit and their wages are distrib-
uted through channels of trade.
These two illustrations are what this
Chamber Of Commerce has done and
is doing" for Duluth ana Its. retain
merchants. y" So:
! I'VE do not claim, that this organ
ization gets all the conventions and
all of the tourists for Duluth, bi1t
we do; claim; and maintain that
through: the card index filo;we HAYS
we stir up the interest among our
m embers to secure. thes1 conventions.
We do send out Invitations TO them
and we do bring what pressure WE
can to get them here. We do. claim
that through; the efforts, Of our Tour
ist Bureau and advertising TOR tour.
lists that Duluth is benefited; =, .,.-
/ 1T is estimated that last year
a1one nearly $S00:ooQ:: was. spent, "a
Duluth, by convention :deaeEat tes: and
tourists who came Though here.
Denver. Colo, spends $e5 900 "a: year
for tourists. The Denver Civic and
Commences; association & claims that
i:$5, 900, 900 was spent in Colorado in
4915 and: that in 1921, 100000 tour
! lists visited the state and, that some
35,000,000 was spent among the
camp and hotel accommodations and
retail trade -. ~. a..
"The Ten -Thousand-L Lakes associa-
tion Of Minnesota states that In 1917
about $1,000: tourists, visited our
state: and thatin 1921 over 100000,
and that theseNsoo, 900 people spent
from: fifteen To twenty million, dol
lars, We claim that it. is profitable
for Duluth business. men to- cultiYate
| this tourist and convention trade and
it is profitable to them to maintain
a bureau now .roganized which last
year spent about $4,000, and we
believe that we should receive great
er support SO these bureaus could
have larger; funds to secure a large
l. nronortinn Of these fourisfa5 an Ara -