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MAIL TRIBUNE, Medferd, Or.
Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1960
Americans Spent Huge Sum
For Recreation Boating in '59
By ELMER C. WALZER
UPI Financial Editor
New York - (UPD - The Uni
ted States of America has the
biggest civilian "navy" in the
world.
If any one
wants to ar
gue about the
foregoing s u -
perlative, let
mm iook a i
the record.
A total o f
39 million per
sons. 22 P e r
w"er cent of our en
tire population, is estimated
to have taken part in recre
ation boating during 1959.
These 39 million boating en
thusiasts spent $2,477,000,000
at the retail level during 1959
for new and used boats, en
gines, accessories, safety
equipment, fuel, insurance,
docking, maintenance, launch
ing, storage, repair, and boat
club memberships.
Our civilian "navy" owns
7.800,000 boats of all descrip
t i o n s, inboards, outboards,
sailboats, row boats, dinghies,
prams, and just about ' any
other craft you can mention.
This is big business when
you consider the boats used 490
million gallons of gasoline;
24.5 million gallons of diesel
fuel; and 25.5 million gallons
of lubricating oils.
For New Boats
More than $200 million
went for each of the following
during 1959: Purchase of new
inboard boats; purchase of
new sailboats; purchase of
new outboard motors; out
board maintenance; inboard
and sail launching and dock
ing; and inboard maintenance
and storage.
It took 165 million square
feet of sheet plywood to make
the boats as well as 75 million
pounds of reinforced plastics
and 50 million pounds of
aluminum. And the painting
operations involved used 12
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All these statistics come
naturally from the research
made by those who will run
the 50th National Motor Boat
Show to be held in New York
City's Coliseum from Jan. 15
to 24. The show is staged by
the National Association of
Engine and Boat Manufac
turers. Big Show
This year, as always, it's
going to be the biggest ever.
There will be 510 craft on dis
play with a 46-foot motor
yacht the largest. There'll be
just about every type of craft,
including the unmotored va
riety, particularly sail boats.
Americans with their good
incomes and lots of leisure are
making the boating industry
one of the nation's biggest.
The boating enthusiasts run
their craft on our bays, lakes,
rivers, and oceans. They are
going to do more on the St.
Lawrence Waterway in 1960.
The boating industry is a
major part of America's leis
ure market which is estimated
to involve annual spending of
between 30 and 40 billion dol
lars. Autos Still Lead
Automobiles still dominate
but the boat trend keeps grow
ing, and it helps keep down
highway congestion on week
ends and holidays.
The show will devote its
first three days exclusively to
the 20,000 members of the
boating industry.
And just to demonstrate
how the motor boat of today
has made life easy for the
owner, the show will include
some of the old-timer craft,
steam craft, naphtha launch,
and early gasoline motor
boat.
It didn't take much naphtha
to run the early one-lungers
because the owner spent most
of his leisure time, and he
didn't have too much, in try
ing to fix the blamed thing,
and keep the weeds off the
propeller.
New Things Ahead
There'll be many new things
in boating on exhibit such as
a turbocraft with a water jet
propulsion unit that shoots
water into the air through a
special device in the transom
for thrust: a fiber glass sloop;
a 12-foot Tiki catamaran that
converts from sailboat to sail
ing ice-boat to outboard in
less than five minutes; and a
16-foot Hawaiian fiber glass
canoe, among many others.
H. B. Atwater, president of
the Marine Products Division
of McCulloch Corp., makers of
Scott Outboard Motors, looks
for tug things ahead in the
boat industry.
"Temporary sales plateaus
are a possibility," he said,
'"but with a rapidly increasing
population, more and more
leisure time, and steadily ris
ing standards of living and
income available for discre
tionary spending, the outlook
for the marine business is for
a continually expanding market."
Alaska Prepares
To Observe First
Year of Statehood
By United Press International
The 49th state of Alaska -
its vast area still faced with
the complexities and problems
of a new government pre
pared this week for a calm
commemoration of one year
of statehood.
Alaskans, from the Arctic
Circle settlement of Atanick
to the quiet yet bustling capi
tal of Juneau, 1,250 miles to
the south, will commemorate
Statehood Day Sunday in a
noiseless fashion compared to
the "we're in" type of cele
brations that were held
throughout the territory a
year ago.
Even as the preparations for
the brief ceremonies marking
the birthday near completion,
most Alaskans realize that a
crucial period is coming up
this month in the form of their
second state legislature.
The days of the glittering
gold dust are almost gone and
Alaskans know that with one
year of statehood under their
belts there are many problems
to face and solve.
Budget Balancing
One of these problems, and
it is a major one, is how to
balance the budget. This is a
problem that not only the
legislature has to face but one
that challenges each house
wife, businessman, employee
and employer alike. The costs
of labor, production, trans
portation and general living
are still putting a damper on
plans for expansion.
Alaskans truly pay for what
they receive, whether it be a
45 cent loaf of bread or the
$8 an hour for the services of
a skilled laborer. The state
still is and will be for some
time to come dependent on
imports of food and manufac
tured goods.
But high costs alone are not
the only problem that Alaska
has for a first birthday pres
ent.
The coming Legislature,
which convenes Jan. 25, is go
ing to have to wrangle with
appropriations without impos
ing additional taxation.
One year as a state still
leaves Alaska with the du
bious responsibility of latch
ing on to enough money to
take care of courts, prisoners,
fisheries, highways and so on
down the line.
Gov. William Egan, a 45-year-old
Democrat, said re
cently that a review of the
budget indicates that it is go
ing to come out balanced. But
he added, "if it doesn't I will
have to propose tax in
creases." Oil - the black gold that
rocketed other states into the
economically sound positions
they now enjoy is one indus
try that Alaskans are placing
a great deal of faith in. Oil
legislation is expected to flood
the desks of the 40 representa
tives and 20 senators.
A recent purchase of state
owned oil off-shore lands next
to the Kenai Peninsula
amounted to $4 million, an in
dication of the faith the indus
try has in Alaska.
The sagging fishing indus1
try is still first in the state.
A number of bills are expect
ed to try and give this $40-$50
million business a boost.
All in all Alaskans are con
vinced they can settle the
problems facing the year old
state. The gold dust glitter
may have faded, but enough
of it has stuck to make the
49th state a "bonanza" of potential.
More Stormy
Weather Seen
In New England
Suitland, Md., (Science
Service) More stormy wea
ther of the kind that lashed
the Midwest and New Eng
land in the past few days is
foreseen for the coming
month.
The temperature and pre
cipitation patterns expected
during January s u g g e st a
"succession of vigorous win
ter storms attended by con
siderable wind, snow and
sleet, especially over central
and northern regions" of the
nation, the U.S. Weather Bur
eau's extended forecast sec
tion said in its 30-day outlook.
Temperatures are expected
to average below seasonal nor
mals over the western two
thirds of the nation, with
greatest departures from nor
mal over the Mountain and
Great Plains states.. Above
normal temperatures are fore
cast from the Appalachians to
the East Coast, with near nor
mal averages in unspecified
areas.
Subnormal in Northwest
Precipitation is expected to
exceed normal over most of
the country except for sub
normal amounts of the North
west and also the extreme
Southwest.
Cause of the predicted vig
orous winter weather during
January is the expected de
velopment of a strong ridge,
off the West Coast of North
America, in the great wavy
band of air that circles the
Northern Hemisphere and is
known as the planetary wave.
Development of this ridge will
result in cold polar air masses
being tossed down into the
western part of the country,
where a so-called trough will
form.
Warm, moisture-laden Gulf
air will be drawn northward
by this trough. Strong storm
systems are expected to de
velop where these two air
masses clash, and these
storms, with their savage
winds and snows, are predict
ed to move northeastward.'
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