Word: costs
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Cost of living...
Said he: ". . . 80% of the cost of a ship is labor. The immense subsidies which foreign ships squeeze out of the wages of those who build them and operate them are no less subsidies because they are taken from labor alone than are government payments to ships, to which payments the people as a whole contribute. Is anyone so dull that he cannot comprehend this obvious fact? Why then do critics of our policy ignore...
...Graf will be minutely inspected by dirigible experts, to estimate an airship's lifetime. The Grafs record for 1930: 155 flights covering 144,275 mi. Passengers carried, 6,278; mail, 2,200,000 pieces; freight, 12,166 Ib. Zeppelin officials claimed that revenue from passenger fares met the cost of gas, salaries, insurance, depreciation...
...four or five craft making crossings within three days or less. Capital required: $7,000,000 to $12,000,000 for landing stations; $5,000,000 to $7,000,000 for construction of ships. Annual expenditures: $6,660,000, or $37,000 for each of 180 annual trips. That cost could be fully met by mail and freight revenues, said Capt. Lehmann. Zeppelins carrying 40 passengers each would show profits of $28,600 per trip from passenger fares, which Capt. Lehmann...
...funerals continue extravagant, the Committee on the Costs of Medical Care reminded the country last week. Original investigation occurred three years ago. Reasons for extravagance: 1) the family wants to show respect, satisfy conventions, or "impress the neighbors"; 2) the funeral industry is wasteful and unorganized. Funerals cost least in the South, most in the East. Cheapest are Orthodox Jewish funerals (a pit, a plain, loose casing), average cost...