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GRIZZLY BEAR
©1953 National Wildlife fedetalian
Outside the areas in which they are
deliberately protected it is doubtful if
anyone these days can get much ex
perience from a free, wild Grizzly
Bear inside the limits of the United
States. True, they may be seen in our
National Parks and in our zoos but
this is a far cry from the days when
Grizzlies were more or less the domi
nating animal in much of the western
half of the United States and the
western third of Canada. On the
whole, this is probably an improve
ment but it seems unfortunate that
somehow a more mutually satisfactory
arrangement could not have been
worked out. Human nature and bear
nature being what they were, it was
hard to reach a natural reconciliation
and as is usual the bear paid the price.
Many of us have had plenty of op
portunities to see free Grizzlies in our
National Parks, particularly at the
points where they are fed for the en
tertainment of visiting tourists. Those
of us fortunate to have visited these
parks before the present enormous
numbers went to them had more in
timate and sometimes more startling
experiences with them. To probably
many persons, however, a Grizzly Bear
is art enormous animal interested pri
marily in chasing and killing hunters
or livestock. To those who have read
Seton’s story of Wab, the animal is
one to be admired and pitied. Proba
bly none of these accounts give us the
true story of the animal.
An adult male Grizzly Bear may be |
over 8 feet long and stand 4 feet high
at the shoulder, which is higher than
one finds in the related Black Bear.
Grizzly males may attain a weight of
1,150 pounds. The females are small
er size and weight than their mates.
Both sexes are colored a yellowish
brown with a gray or “grizzly” wash. ■
The Alaskan Brown Bear is larger
than the tynical Grizzly, reaching a,
weight of over 1000 pounds and is
probably the hugest carnivorous mam
mal on earth. There ,is much differ- !
once of opinion as to the proper class-|
ification of the Grizzly Bear group, i
Some give, .the . Alaskan Brown Bear
rank as a subspecies, while other rec
ognize, it ;is a distinct species. ..Some:
8.1! forms.have been recognized as be-.
it.tr distinct by the zoologists.
Grizzly Rears mate for the season.
The 2 to 4 young are born 2.36 days
after the breeding takes place and
each.-weighs 11-.l 1 -.- pounds and has a
length of about 8 inches: At 3 months
of age. the young Grizzly weighs
about 12 pounds. At 3 years, it reach
es breeding age and usually bv 25
years it has completed its normal life
span.
The food of Grizzlies includes not
only larger animals like deer, cattle
and horses, but sheep, snakes, birds
and even ants. They may also eat
fruits and other plant foods when nec
essary.
Generally Grizzlies mind their own
business but when crossed by another
animal they can put up a prodigious
fight. The track of a Grizzly shows
the hind foot reaching a length of 11
inches as against a corresponding
length of 5 inches in a Black Bear.
It is hoped that these magnificent ’
creatures may never become extinct.
The National Wildlife Federation isj
interested in reasonable protection of;
animals in danger of becoming extinct.
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Care and Feeding of Pedestrians
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i When you drive, chink of the pedestrian—when you’re a pedestrian your
. self, think like a driver. . ,
’ In downtown city traffic, that simple rule can save a lot of grief. Iraf
fic, these days, like matrimony, is a matter of give and take— especially ±or
u the pedestrian, who is somewhat more fragile than an automobile.
Most people have better manners than to push and shove, bawl at the
r tops of their voices to clear the way, otherwise make boors of themselves.
1 But, strangely enough, many people forget those manners when they’re driv
■ ing—and the result is not good for the defenseless pedestrian,
s Maybe you forget, too, that when you step out from behind that steering
i wheel, you're a pedestrian yourself. It may make a different if you remem
ber that.
For drivers: Don’t depend on the pedestrian to do the right thing in a
’ tight moment. Go out ol your way to avoid trouble. A hospital bill or a
manslaughter charge can give you little satisfaction, even if you’re in the
right. Always stop for pedestrians in crosswalks —lights or no lights. i
For pedestrians: Be alert—and think about your walking. Don’t jay
i walk or cross against the traffic signals. On the open road, walk on the
! left, facing traffic.
i When you’re driving, remember always to give a pedestrian the breaks,
, —and the brakes.
l). S. Economy Achieves S2OB Billion Payroll,
Key To Saving And Spending Records.
The American economy has aehiev- ]
jed a S2OO billion annual payroll. j
This sum is four times the equiva- ,
lent payroll figure at the beginning of s
World War 11. Payroll has, therefore,
shown a greater rate of growth for
' the 1940-53 period as a whole than i
those of the more-publicized economic t
measuring rods such as national in- • (
come or gross national product. It is j
(bigger than the national income in',
1 any year prior to 1948. I (
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purchasing power over the last dec-|
ade. Notwithstanding the rise in tax-|
os, it is the principal basis of the per
sonal spending and saving records
that have been rolled up in the pe
riod, and of the greatly increased pro
testion that the average family now
enjoys in life insurance and other
forms of thrift. In an industralized
and mass consumption society such as
ours, payroll is the heart of income
for the overwhelming majority of in
dividuals and, hence, of the people’s
spending power.
Private 83% of Total
With all the growth in Government
at the Federal, State and local levels,
the private sector of the economy is
still the predominant source of pay
roll and individual earning power, as
it has been in the past. U. S. Depart
ment of Commerce figures show that
the wage and salary bill in private in
dustry came to an aggregate of $164
billions in 1953, or 83 per cent of the
$197.6 billion payroll in the entire
economy last year.
The balance of $33% billions was
• Government payroll Federal, State
[ and local combined. Os the latter to
| tal, some $lO billions was military.
, While up substantially over recent I
years in response to the trend of in-|
temational events, the current mili- j
tary payroll is only about half of the
comparable total in the peak World
War II years of 1944 and 1945.
The S2OO billion annual payroll rate,
was actually exceeded in the third I
quarter of last year, according to sea-1
sonably adjusted figures of the De-1
partment of Commerce. It is interest-'
ing to note that the payroll figure
went up for a while even after total
industrial production had reached its
peak and began to slip. Since the
July-September quarter, aggregate
payroll has declined about $6 billions
at an annual rate to a yearly figure of
just under $195 billions in February.
r the latest data available. This repre
sents a decline of 3 per cent from the
; high, which compares with a drop of
. 10 per cent in industrial production
- from the 1953 peak to the present.
Big Growth in Supplements
- Nor is payroll the entire compen
sation which goes to the nation’s
L working population out of the pro
[ duction of the economy. A large and
> growing additional sum is being set
aside by employers for the benefit of
• employees every year under a elassi
“ fieation called Supplements to Wages
and Salaries in the national income
! statistics.
These supplements added up to a
record high of approximately $lO bil
lions in 1953, or more than four and
I'one-half times the equivalent figure in
1 1940. They have, therefore, shown a
' greater rate of growth than total pay
-11 roll in the 1940-53 period.
The biggest single item in these
supplements comes under employer
' I Contributions to private pension and
| welfare funds, including group life in
■ surance and accident and health pro
; tection nlans. These contributions
amounted to over $3.4 billions in 1952,
the latest -year for which detailed fig
ures are available. Second in size is
the aggregate amount paid into the
- Social Security Fund for worker re
tirement. This came to $l.B billions
in 1952. All in all. $6.5 billions of to
tal supplements, or about two-thirds
of the entire amount represent pay
ments of employers (including Gov-
eminent) into retirement systems for!
their employees.
Ratio to National Income
One of the significant aspects of
the overall payroll figures and their
growth pattern is that, over the long
view, they have tended to represent
an increasing proportion of national
income. In 1929, for example, the na
tion’s total wage and salary bill came
to the equivalent of 57.4 per cent of
national income for the year. Sup
plements then were minor.
In 1940 total wages and salaries
were equal to 61 per cent of national
income, and the addition of supple
ments brought the proportion to 63.7
, per cent. The comparable proportion
for wages and salaries in 1953 was'
; 64.2 per cent, and with supplements it ’
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'came to 67.5 per cent, or more than
two-thirds of national income for last
! year. Comparable proportions in re
cent years are found only in 1945.
By contrast, income of proprietors
(business, professional and farm) was
i the equivalent of less than 13 per cent
of national income in 1953 as against
per cent in 1929. And the return
on invested savings (dividends, rents
and interest income) added up to the
equivalent of only 10.6 per cent of
national income last year,
half of the 1929 proportion.
Taxes are high but we sometimes
forget we’re lucky to have the money
to pay them.
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