The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 19, 1926, Page 2

PACE TWO SHE KEY WEST CITIZEN | THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. a U P. ARTMAN, Presideat. ? TRA J. MOON, Business Manuger WQNNBred at Key West, Florida, as sceond elass matter Member of the Associated Press Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for Peprblieation of all —— Fan gees credited to it or met otherwise credited this paper and also the decal news published tee SUBSCRIPTION RATES ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. “erds of thanks, resolutions of respeet and obituary other than those which the paper may give as ; auatter of news, will be eharged for at the rate of 6 *e @ line. Motiee of ehuren and soctety and all other enter- fEiciaents*from which a revenue is to be derived will ~harged for at the rate of 5 cents a line. «he Citizen is an omen forum and invites discussion @ wabile issues and subjects of local or ceneral interest “t it will not publish anonymous communications. ‘MPROVEMENTS ADVOCATED BY crrizen $ Water and sewerage. Hotels. %. Bathing pavilion. & oad to mainland gteldecevecccevcveseses Ceeceeccoceccesecceces The school examinations have not yet shown that the pupils know any too much. Hard boiled people are complained of, and per- haps what they needed was to be roasted. —_—— The baseball fans are always willing to give hearty support to a ball team if it will win every game. After the political candidates are “in the hands of their friends,” they frequently feel the feet of the voters. ; f . In some districts Old Nick could get elected to Congress if he would promise to do something for ‘the farmers. ; Lincoln said you couldn’t fool all the people ‘all the time, but the politicians are usualy satisfied if they can fool a majority: 7 It is complained that the young folks won’t-take - wdvice, but they seem to be willing to make up for : this attitude by giving it to the elders. It used to be predicted that people would beat their swords into plowshares, but now they seem to be beating their hoes into’ lawn tennis rackets. Al things are said to come to him who waits, but if ‘the thing you are waiting for is a railroad * ‘train, it may not get you to your destination on time. Not many folks would recognize Washington’s farewell address if it was read to them on Washing- ~ton’s birthday, hatchets mean. but they all know what red paper LESSONS FROM CIRCULAR ADVERTISING Advertising by mail might be called a kind of experimental laboratory in which the value of ad- vertising is tested out. It would of course cost the w@verage retail business a great deal more to cir- cularize a community, than to print its message in the newspapers, but at least business people who sell by mail leayn what a very essential thing advertising is. For instance, concerns that depend entirely on circulars sent through the mail to sell their stuff, would usually say that their business rose and fell te an amazing degree, according to whether they sent out these circulars regularly or not. If they sert ut such circulars once in three months, they would be likely to find that the orders they received in the month after circulars were sent out, would be {five or 10 times as many as they got in a month when they did not use any circulars. If all these customers acted logically, and bought goods. just when they were needed and at the place that seemed best after investigation, they would naturally buy about as many in the months when no circulars were used, as they would in the months when this advertising was distributed. But the way these orders usually respond to the eireulars, shows up the psychological principle that people have to be constantly reminded of a certain idea in order to induce them te act on it. The same principle applies to newspaper adver- tising, which can usuclly take the message of a re- tail store to the people at an expense far below the distribution of circulars. If the people are constant- ly reminded through the newspapers of a certain busi- ness, they will respond to this solicitation, but if they are not so constantly reminded, they will forget about the message of a store. THE LESSONS OF THE COAL STRIKE The American people will be thankfol that the regrettable strike in the anthracite coal industry has come to an end. It has been a case, like the war in Europe, in which everyone was a loser. However, the people through the anthracite-using districts are pleased with the fact that they have tried out sub- stitute forms of fuel, and found that they can get along even if anthracite production is stopped. The miners have not found this strike profitable. They think they made a gain in avoiding compulsory arbitration of such disputes in future. But if they had never gone on strike, the operators would: not probably have attempted to induee them to accept compulsory arbitration, and the situation would have kept along about as it has in the past. The miners have lost their wages for six months, and-about all they. have really gained seems to be a kind of modified check-off. They paid a very high price for whatever advantages they may gain from this new, method. It looks as if all parties were sick and tired of this quarrel. Therein their attitude is very much like the peoples of Europe at the present time. Over there war is not likley, because the people have learn- ed that it always costs more than it comes to, Similar- ly all parties in the anthracite coal quarrel have prob- ably learned that such methods of settlement do not pay. An industry can not operate efficiently where antagonistic relations exist between employers and The energy that should be devoted to improvment of production methods, is spent in fruit- employees. less quarrels which accomplish no useful result. * THE UNITED STATES AND ITS AUTOMOBILES There are about, 26,000,000 automobiles in use in the world, and of these the United States has about 20,000,000. It is an astonishing reflection of the state of progress.in this country, that we have more than three times as many of these machines as all the rest of the world put toge' It is not much surprising that these foreign peo- ples feél a little jealous of Amerita,\which has taken these long steps in the direction of cdmfort and effi- ciency, while the rest of the world is 30 largely com- pelled to travel on foot, or get along with the slower methods of horse transportation. ~ A nation thus equipped with the facilities of rapid motion has a large advantage. It can do its work more readily and easily, its people have more happiness and contentment, and are not so likely to go in for revolutionary ideap. ““ rs At the same time, the podsession of so many cars may make some people too indolent and:pleasure.. loving, and disinclined to settle down to the patient . toil that is characteristic of the old world nations. Our automobilés Will be a wonderful help in 60. far as they make our people brighter, healthier, and more wide awake, also as they link up the rural neighborhcods with the towns and abolish loneliness. and averse to effort. , They have a certain democratic and levelling ef- fect, in that a great many-people of small incomes have become able to travel around the country, as only those of some means could do before. Also they level up the country and the city, breaking down those barriers of isolation that formerly restricted the back districts of the country. They are a wonderful facility of modern civilization, and rightly used they place a nation on a higher level of culture. A WASHINGTONIAN QUALITY One of the characteristics of George Washing- ton, which can well be dwelt upon in thinking about Washington’s birthday which is next Monday, was his great spirit of thoroughness. When he took up any kind of work, he informed himself by the most exhaustive study of the subjects he had to deal with. In these days many politicians think they can make good merely by social arts, handshaking, etc. It would not occur to them to spend time studying the fundamental principles affecting the work they had to do. This quality of thoroughness enables a man to plan a course that will avoid difficulties and “meet objections. This is no doubt the reason why no poli- tical parties developed much while Washington was president. He took such a broadminded course that he could gain the approval of all reasonable people. DEMAND FOR LEGISLATION There is too much tendency for business people to rush to congress, the legislature, or city councils, and try to obtain laws and regulations, as a substi- tute for hard work, according to the address of O. H. Cheney, a prominent banker of New York, to the Na- tional Betaii Dry Goods Association. In the main people have to work out their own problems, and they can make good, even if the laws and regulations are faulty. Enterprise and industry have always produced rewards, even when times were bad and conditions hard. The old timers built up this country under the most C-scourag-=> conJi- tions, but they triumphed over these catia The folks at home may know a few things, even : sem very benighted te the modern students. But we must see to it that they do not make us soft movies KEY WEST CITIZEN leeseescesesesssseses . . I: TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES *° . « * Ssereteseetreeeeeeeeee : | Premier, born at Niagara, Ont. Died 8 at Toronto, August 8, 1862. ica, born in England. Died in Lon-| don, Nov. 17, 1908. 1843—Adelina Patti, for many, |years the world’s greatest singer,, ; born in Madrid.. Died in Wales, | | Sept. 27, 1919. | . | 1846—Henry Duncan, a Scottish | minister who founded the first sav- | ings bank, died. Born in 1774. H | 1860--Steamship Hungarian wreck- ed off Nova Scotia, with loss of 200 lives. 1864-— The second Confederate ; States Congress assembled at Rich- mond. i 1873—Four hundredth anniversary; | of the birth of Copernicus celebrated | at Thorn, in Prussia. 2 4 | { ; 1914—Mrs. Robert Louis Steven-| |son, widow of the famous novelist, | ‘died at Santa Barbara. ' | | z | 1925—Ten Nations signed, at} | Geneva, the convention of the Second | | Opium Conference. eereetesestsesesesese . . e 1 d TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS * Peet eee sree eteaseetses Newcomb Carlton, president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, born at Elizabeth, N. J., 57’ years old today. Captain T. J. J. See, one of Amer- | iea’s foremost astronomers, born near | Montgomery City, Mo., 6Q years ago ! today. a General Alvaro Obregon, late President of Mexico, born in the State of Sonora, 46 years ago today. | George Sisler, celebrated batsman of the St. Louis American pa | baseball team, born at Nimisila, 32 years ago today. Mayne “Big” Munn, one of the | best known of professional wrestlers, ; born at Colby, Kas., 30 years ago | today. DANGER IN NEGLECTED COLDS ba * +b Serious diseases may develop from neglected coughs and colds and make them dangerous. There is no better remedy for quick relief from coughs and colds than Foley’s Honey & Tar Compound. “My grandchild could {get no relief whatever from a very bad croupy cough, until I gave him Honey and Tar,” writes Peter Landis, Meyersdale, Pa. Get a bottle from your druggist and have it ready for any emergency. Con- , | tains no opiates. Satisfaction guar-| anteed. Key West Drug Co. febl-1m During the wedding of Miss Ellen | Porter and Charles Gates in Chicago, ‘an undertaker wheeled a casket into! the hurch for a funeral an hour ahead of time. i ny Ringworm—vne bottle Imperial Ec- sema Remedy te guaranteed enough for any case. All druggists are authorized to refund your moner ‘f {t fatis.—adv. NEW YORK By Sea DIRECT OCEAN SHIPS Solid Comfort and Excellent Cuisine TEXAS Steamer to Galveston Direct Rail Connections for all points in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, California, ete. MALLORY LINE C. E. SMITH, Agent : Key West, Florida 1798—Sir Allan McNab, Canadian "ose aa itn fare a splendid feeling of 1836—Lydia Thompson, who intro- | Price 60c. duced the bur'esque show to Amer-! all druggists. a COFFEE MELLS cutbestest M. W. F. | 512 GREENE ST. symbolized the noble heritage past. Let us take good aim to high mark in the ideals which he set nu 2 for us. 4 per cent interest paid on Savings Florida East Coast Railway THE ST. AUGUSTINE ROUTE Effective 12:01 & m. January 5, 1926 SOUTHBOUND ‘ ARRIVE Hee M. — TRAINS 75 and 76— M. — TRAINS 37 AND 38-KEY WEST P. M.—TRAINS 99 MON. WED. FRI—98 TUE THURS ss a PENINSULAR & OCCIDENTAL. S. COMPANY ce. States Fast Mail woe , = KEY WEST-HAVANA LINE EFFECTIVE FROM KEY WEST MONDAY, FEB. &, 1926 . Key West—Daily $20 A Mw . Havana—Daily .. 430 PL. . Havana—Daily 1028 A. . Key West—Daily 500 PM S. S.. Northland leaves Key West Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. S. S. Northland leaves Havana Sunday, Wednesday, Friday. S. Cuba leaves Havana Tuesday, S. Governor Cobb leaves Key West Wednesday, Sunday. . S. Governor Cobb leaves Havana en Thursday. Above hours are based on Eastern Standard Time PORT TAMPA-KEY WEST-HAVANA LINE EFFECTIVE FROM PORT TAMPA TUESDAY, conte 5, 2 Lv. Port Tampa Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, ——T— Ar. Key West Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday _ Lv. Key West Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday Ar. Havana Monday, Wednesday. Friday, Lv Havana Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Sa@@rday __ Ar. Key West Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Lv. Key West Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday Ar. Port Tampa Tuesdav. Wednesday, Priday, Sunday S. S. Cuba leaves Port Tampa Sunday, Thursday. — - Cuba leaves Havana Tuesday, Saturday. 8. S. ‘bandana POPPE We KEK KEKE ~ Above hours are based on Eastern D. U. WILDER, G. F. & P. A.. Jacksonville, Fla. P. J. SAUNDERS, V. P. & GM, J. H. COSTAR, Agent, Key West, Fle. Why Cook With Gas? Because--- It’s More Economical Gas Service Company of Key It’s More Convenient It’s More Efficient West