San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-20
Americans Are Putting Out
More Today Than at
Any Other Time.
GAUGE TO BUSINESS
Guests Order More Gener-
ously and Paw Their
Bills Easier.
BY j. G. ROYLE.

New York, Aug. :0.-The Amel
lean traveller today is spending morf
Roney than ever before. not only in
! Europe where he is regarded as the
golden egg, but also in this country.
Hotel guests are eating better. ord
ering more generously and paying
more easily, according TO leading h"-
tel men in the larger cities.
I'VE not only are serving moe
meals daily than at any time since
191S." said Roy Carruthers. manas.
ing director of the Waldorf Astoria
here, but the individual business maj
is eating as well or better than ever.
of course, some of the checks are
not 30 large now as in the days o.,
cocktails, wines aud liquors but ca
pensiye fruits and vegetables, fine
mangoes. alligator pears and other
specialties are being consumed to Il
| greater extent. than in any recent
/ year"
Ernest Byficld Of the Sherman Ho-
1el OF Chicago asserted that business
today is better in every way than u
year ago.
-"Guests are more numerous ana
they spend more money per guest thdn
they did one. two or three years ago, =.
he said.
Hotel men are mighty close OBJ
servers OF stock exchange fluctuations
rs business indicator and the strange
turning is that the recent stock fur
ries have not meant anything to us.
For onceohat barometer failed us.
s..We are sHil doing well. expect To-
' d. better in the fall and still better in
|alie winter.
People Pay. Easily.
''0ur barber shops, drug store. CT gar
. stand and other adjuncts. show this
1:F0lks are ordering more generously
| and paying more easily than for many
| seasons"
Il. j. Bowman. manager of the Ho-
Ldet Morrison of Chicago declared bust
ness was better in every way than
ever before
"Gucsts are frecr with their money,
the said.
Most of them want the better
rooms.
where few years ago, folks haG-
| ,g(pd over So and 81 - day rooms, they
~ accept 50 and $50 rooms without
l,question."
+. +. Skillman. president Of theI
fChicago Hotel Association and man
ager of the Surf Hotel. Il strictly resi-
Dental hoStclry. said: Rates arcl
somewhat higher all around in thel
transient hotels but they keep filled
just the same.
with us, our permanent guests are
spending more money not only tOfl
food but for larger apartments.
This same thing, ! think will bel
found true in every large city IN the
country"
IF business and economic condl- |
lions throughout the country can Del
gauged by the business of the hotels !
fhen business is good and we can loOh
forward to good tihcs,' according tol
III. Fluegeman, secretary of the HOtci
Association of New York City. /
New York hotels always reflect the
state of prosperity of the men anil
women Of America" he said. because |
they present such an accurate cross
section OF countrywide business condi |
tons.
Especially is this true of the sum
liner season when travellers for pleasure !
and buyers make up large part o.
the hotel clientele.
';Travelers for pleasure do not leave
/heir home towns unless business l.
good.
Buyers for department stores ana
either establishments do not come to
New York unless the prospects for
business in the future are good.
1.-The volume of travellers of each
|class which we now have would indi-
|cate not only that business conditions
Throughout the country are good but
Il
he good to those whose business it Is
Ito gauge them"
PulImans Are Hotels.
James Kelley of the Pullman Com
lSauH after declaring that the business
syyfe by the Pullman Company really
was hotel business. said:
Fifty thousand people sleep in
|Pullmans every night.
That is big increase over any
previous figure.
Our $50 buffet cars are doing bet
tier than ever before and incidentally
while hotel rates have been going dp.
We still charge the same"
This contention as to rates was sub
by Louis W. Hill. char
Imam of the board of the Great North
fern. railroad.
The railway travellers today en-
Joys the advantage of high-class IN
|tel," he said. yet costs to the travel-
Ter are less than the charges of a no
tel with corresponding facilities"
Arthur i. Lee. manager of the Nc
Alpin and Martinique Hotels here, de-
clared today, after talking with GUS
ness men from al parts Of the coun
try, that the coming fail and winter
promise unusually prosperous conl
tions.