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Taihape Daily Times, 17 September 1919, Page 7

I America is having her railwa_y 1-9. lstrictions and troubles as we'll as New Zealand. This was pointed out by means of a good story with the characi7ci'isti.c American punch in the finish {of it by Mr Cyrus Curtis, owner of the ,Saturday Evening Post and the Ladies’ Home Journal in a speech the other fday when he was the guest of the ' pl'eSSlnerfof London. This is ihe Cur‘ tis story: A man wishing to travel joined the queue at Hie ticket office in Philadelphia station, and after 20 minutes moving up got his turn, plunked down 50 cents (2s) and demanded a {ticket for San Francisco. “You can’t go 4000 miles for 50 cent.” said th---dispenser of tickets. “Can’t I?” said the man ,and began explaining at length how it was that he hadn’t any more—whilc 16 agitated ’r.l'aVellel's waited in the queue behind him. “Well, if ‘I canft go to San Francisco,” he ‘said finally, "‘Vv’7lel'(3 can T ~« e

cents?” And each of those 16 travellers waiting in the queue behind him told him where he -could gc.