The Technical Arrangement of Strength through Joy Excursions The cost of Strength through Joy trips is anywhere from a quarter to one fifth of the minimum rates which would normally be charged. The reduction offered is based upon prices charged more or less according to the following standard scale: railway travel is computed at a cost of 1 pfennig per kilometer; bus journeys at I 1/2 pfennig per kilometer; board and lodging at RM 2.50 per day. To the actual cost of each trip is added a l0% sur- charge for administrative expenses. To recapitulate, a seven-day trip of 300 kilometers, say, from Berlin to Kolberg, a Baltic coast resort, would thus break down into the following components: 300 x 1pf. x 2, for railway fare.......... RM 6.- 7 X RM 2.50, for board and lodging ........RM 17.50 10% of this total (RM 23.50) for ad- ministrative expenses......................RM 2.40 Total cost of the trip.....................RM 25.90 The railroad fare of 1 pfennig per kilometer represents a reduction, of 75% of the standard rate of 4 pfennigs per kilometer per person third class. In view of the fact that no detailed budget for the State railways is published, it is impossible to tell what effect these Journeys may have upon their economy. Oral inquiry made of officials of the Reich Railways has elicited the information that the fare charged is sufficient to meet the actual operating expenses for |