Fair Fare

The conservative Association of American Railroads knows that thousands of U. S. citizens from inland towns and villages will visit the San Francisco and New York World's Fairs this spring and summer, is fully aware of the passenger competition it will get from the cheaper bus lines, the convenient private automobiles, the more expensive airlines.

This week A. A. R. stepped up to get some of the business for the railroads. It announced the roads would take a passenger from any town in the U. S.--even Miami, or Brownsville, or Kennebunk Port--transport him to San Francisco, carry him on to New York, then back to his home, all for $90 in coaches, or $135 first class, with Pullman charges added. The railroads are not in favor of freight "postalization," but this was the plainest kind of passenger postalization.

Effective from April 28 to October 28, the fair tickets will be good lor two months, allow any number of stopovers, any selection of routes, so that no traveling step need be retraced. Up to 8,500 miles may be traveled for one fare. Straight coach tickets for this mileage would cost $130. Exultantly cried one-man Washington lobby, New York State's ex-Senator John A. Hastings: "The sole question remaining is, why not Postal-ize fares 365 days a year to all points in the U. S.?"

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