The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1944-07-13
Public Transportation Too In
adequate To Handle Travel,
Driving Curbs Few
Contrasts In Our Southwestern
Neighboring State Are
Many, Writer Says


Many, Writer Says
EDIToR's NoTE: The folloaoing
IS another interesting letter on
impressions of Merico, loritten
by Homer Moser, Blufton area
native, aobo Is engaged Fn agri-
cultural mission aOork IN that
land lohile on through from his
station an Brazil.
In many ways, war has not made
much of an impression on Mexico
as yet. There is no gas nor tire
rationing. As a gesture, however,
the government has declared a so
called "rest day" in each week when
cars are not permitted to drive. All
the cars that have the letter "A"
on their license plate can not drive
on Monday. A "B" makes Tuesday
your rest day, etc.
Of course, everyone can drive on
Sunday. Mexico would not be Mexico
any more if they were prohibited
from driving on Sunday. Never in
all my life have l seen so many
people travel There is apparently
an urge that they think they must
go and "go" they do-by burro, a
foot, by bus, by train, by car and
by plane.
Last week l sought a reservation
for Yucatan and the first reservation
/ could get was in five weeks from
then, and there is a twenty-one pas
senger plane every day of the week.
/ never saw so many buses nor cabs
nor have l ever seen busses SO
crowded.
Just last night | entered a bus
and as usual it was full. 1t just
occurred to me that it would be in
teresting to see how many passeng-
ers there were in the bus. There
were thirty-eight sitting and forty
three standing. The benches are ar
ranged on the side of the bus so
that there is a maximum amount of
space in the middle for passengers
to stand and I assure you they use
the space to advantage,
/ have always heard it said that
there was room for one more and
now | am sure that it is true. The
other day l was waiting for bus
and while / waited there for a few
minutes ten taxis passed looking fol
passengers.
There are very few taxi stations
here but instead they keep cruising
expecting to find passengers. Their
does seem to be shortage of ga
right now due to transportatiol
facilities.
If automobile transportation is Gu
off here It will cause terrible up
heaval as they are actually NOR,
dependent on auto transportation
than we are since railroad facilities
are much more inadequate.
Products Available
do not know what, and wha
not, you are able to buy in tn,
States but if you can get everything
that is on the market here you arr
not being deprived of much. Radios
Bendix washing machines, aluminium
cooking utensils, thermos bottles, etc
are in evidence everywhere. Perhaps
its old stock, but if it is, they surel!
must have known there was a Ions
war ahead.
Naturally prices have more thar
doubled in many cases. On the othel
hand, it is likewise hard to understand
some of the things that happen here
In one of the southern states o,
Mexico last year they lost 70ao o,
their banana crop due to the lack o
transportation. This year the pro
duction is double and transportation
facilities are no better. The grower,
have appealed to the War Shipping
Administration in the States bu
without success. Money still talks
There are transportation facilitie,
to export millions of gallons o.
"Tequila" (Mexican brandy to tn,
U. S. but bananas are rotting by tn,
car loads while | suppose you people
can hardly get them at almost an!
price. Here in Mexico City banana
are cheap, judging by the purchasing