Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-08-23
RAILROADS VITAL
IN SALE Of CROPS
Importance of Transporta-
ton Shown by Statistics
From Two States.
BY JOHN r. SINCLAIR.

NEW YORK, August Elbow I'M
portantly transportation enters our lives
is shown ~ the fact that last year New
York City absorbed $500 carloads of
apples from the orchards of New York
state. but nearly as many 1000 car
loads. from the State of Washington,
5000 mile. away.
The City of Chicago purchased 347
carloads of cabbages from Wisconsin
and 500 carloads from Texas. Boston
absorbed 215 carloads of lettuce from
the State of New Yor'> and 9"1 carloads
from the state of Washington.
Last year California sent 43 per cent
of its total fruit and vegetable crop
more than 5000 miles from the State,
while Florida sent 80 per cent of its
like products distance Of 1000 miles
or more for disposal.
With the development of the Arneri-
can appetite for fresh fruits and vege-
tables for all-year consumption, cheap
railroad rates have become vital fac
tor.
Yesterday the First International Film
Congress, COMPRISING 600 delegates from
nearly every country i'll Europe, met in
Be-lin. America was conspicuous by
its absence. Germany is largely respon-
sible for the calling of the congress.
According to German film officials,
American producers make only 81 per
cent of the total number of films pro-
duced throughout the world, but they
account for 81 per cent of the films re-
leased internationally. Germany pro-
duces, on the othe" hand. according to
her own figures, II per cent of the total
world production, but releases interna-
tionally only per cent.
ftIrt while
tfree-fourths as many American films
as German films are shown In Ger
many, there are only per cent as
many German films as American shown
in the United States.
Lawrence P. Mann, United States
Department of Commerce has studied
the export figures of the United States
to all countries for the fiscal year 1928.
He advises that with the excep-
ton of North America and Africa the
United States exports declined during
the year,
More than rs per cent of the decrease
was in Europe This, in turn, was
caused by large decrease in exports
to Great Britain, mainly due to a re-
duction in their purchases OF cotton,
| pork and turpentine from the United
/ States, and the additional factor of the
lower price of gasoline shipped to them
| during the year.
| The Brotherhood of Pullman Porters,
| supposed to have a membership of
1000 out of total of 1000 porters
| in the service, is awaiting the action of
the Western trainmen aid conductors
before taking any action of its own.
! Should the trainmen and conductors
decide to strike, it is expected that the
Brotherhood of Pullman Porters will
| proclaim walkout at the same time
No material progress has been made in
recent weeks in the Pullman dispute.
Matthew Vol. vice president of the
American Federation of Labor and
president of the 1882 members of the
| international photographers Union
believes the five-day working week Is
| almost here.
1T is not luxury. but necessity
he says, With modern labor saving
machinery and stupendous mass pro-
duction, the five-day working week is
ample. A longer one only tends to
throw men out of employment"
(Copyright. 1923 by North American News.
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