The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 23, 1926, Page 2

SHE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. u FP. ABTMAN, Presideat. TRA J. MOON, Business Manager / i tn ne Sprered at Key West, Florida, as seeond class matter —_ JE « Year Months Moaths Member of the Associated Press s#aeoriated Press is exclusively entitled to use for Hiieation of all news tches eredited to it or ee in ot Sa ta this saber ane alee the news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Made Known on application. Cards of thanks, resolutions of respeet and obituary other than those which the paper may give as np ge hee news, will be eharged for at the rate of & s 1e. jtiee of echureh and soelety and all other enter- ts fror which a revenue is to be derived will snarged for at the rate of 5 eents a line. ‘The Citizen is an oren forum and invites discussion wublic issues and subjeets of local or general interest, s it will not publish anonymous eommunications. Ma WSPROVEMENTS ADVOCATED BY CITIZEN Water and sewerage. Hotels. Bathing pavilion. é Money is said to talk, but it is doubtful if it can “Balk as fast as the soap box orators. _ Some folks won't admit that this is a country of qual opportunity, until everyone is provided with a ~qpovernment job. ‘The folks who find fault that people do not ‘all on them, might notify the book agents and sub- weription solicitors. Smile contests are being held, but the competi- “tors should not put on such extensive ones as to wrinkle up their ears. The candidates who are listening with their ears ‘€e the ground can detect the call of the people, even ‘#f it is a very faint one. The American people are urged to’ keep. their ~ Beet on ‘the ground,-but it is hard to do it when the eld fiddlers are playing. Many hair curling devices are being patented, \but the bald headed man would be more interested vone that would make it grow. : Modern dances are said to be flattening the feet af American girls, but they may think they can make “wp for that by wearing higher heels. The reduced price of eggs would at least indi- ‘wate that the hens have co-operated with the demand wt the business world for increased production. Not many people have cherry trees that can be ‘eut down on Washington’s birthday, but there is weually a little work about home that ean be done. It is claimed that parents are paying more atten- ‘tien to their children now. They will have to, unless “Bhey expect to get punished for not minding better. North’s snow shoveling bill will run into the mil- ‘(liens as a result of the last caper of the “beautiful” it is announced. In Florida the path from the front smate to the stoop is bordered with flowers during winter.—Times-Union. Government is striking at the big banking mer- ager involving two million dollars, it is announced from Washington. Consumers have often wondered why ‘they have had to pay ten to fifteen cents for a com- mon loaf of bread when one of the same size sold “before the war for five cents—Times-Union. & DEFECTS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN The U. S. Public Health service last year co- “Seperated in giving physical examinations to 197,000 Sgural school children, of whom it was found that 112,- 06 had incapacitating defects. 3 These defects in many cases would have pro- “@aced unfortunate results. Children who need spac- Wacles and are not provided with them, are likely to “@ajure their eyes and hamper their efforts permanent- ‘My. Those with throat and nose defects may fail to htain proper physical development, and thus drag “Rhrough the world in an ineffective way. Our edu- “tational system will not be anywhere near complete ~~ @nlleas some provision is made for discovery of such @efects, with some plan for following them up and Smrging negligent parents to have them attended to. $ The two health nurses for Key West schools are “doing a wonderful service ‘for the community along “Ghese lines, and the money paid for their service is a ‘@plendid investment. CHECKING PROFITEERING During the war period the people became thoroughly aroused about the evils of profiteering. The fact that big ccerpcratious <nd monopolistic ir- terests could obtain great profits whil= the masses of the people were barely able to make both erds meet, Was recognized to be a great abuse of democratic government. A certain check was imposed on such profiteer- ing by the Wilson administration, by an excess profits tax. The corporations made a great deal of money, but -at least they had to pay a considerable portion of their gains to the government. Companies that obtained profits considered to be more than was necessary for a legitimate return, were assessed from 20 to 60 per cent on such excess. In 1921 this tax was repealed. It would have seemed good policy to have retained some portion of } it, as a check on companies that were making un- reasonable returns. The Republican party, in its large degree of friendliness to the interests of great wealth, is doing but little to keep the prices of the staple necessities within reason. The people in many cases are paying prices that are very much too high. If the Democratic party was in power, it would do one thing anyway, and that is to lower the tariff on many articles where high prices are produced by high protection. If the majority of Democrats had their way, it is probable that a reasonable excess profits tax would be imposed, and there would be a persistent campaign to get after those interests that ask exorbitant prices, and persuade them that they would do well to moderate their charges. MORALE IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE While President Coolidge favors rigid economy, it was recently stated that he does not subscribe to the view that has been advanced by some, that many of the employes of the government departments are loafers, and that the force of government employes could be reduced by 100,000 dismissals. ’ People well acquainted with conditions among these employes, remark that many persons have a wrong idea about the general character of the gov- ernment workers. It is sometimes claimed that a great many government employes are inefficient and indolent. But it is said by those personally acquaint- ed with the situation, that they are a very hard work- ing group of people, many of them inadequately paid. It is quite a problem to know how to develop in “the serviges conducted by the government, the states, and cities, the same morale and enthusiasm manifest- ed in a private business. It should be the easiest to do it in a city, since city employes come closely in contact with the people. Politics has had a most unfortunate effect in the government services. Even if the employes are protected by civil service regulations, so that they can not be thrown out as a result of political over- turns, the influence of politics may be harmful. It may be impossible to secure proper advancement for those who show superior ability, so that people of that type are tempted to go to work for private com- panies. Such employes may feel in many gases that the way to get advancement, is not to render superior service, but to make friends with influential poli- ticians. PAYING THE DEBTS The Republican administration has assented to agreements for the payment of the ‘debts owed by cer- tain nations to our government, which greatly reduce the amounts that our taxpayers can receive in re- turn for their loans. While our taxpayers are pay- ing 4% per cent interest on the liberty bonds which were sold to raise money to loan to these countries, a country like Italy will be paying us only around one per cent on the amounts it borrowed. There is room for some difference of opinion as to whether a country like Italy is able to pay any more interest and principal than is provided for by the pending agreement. But even if it be assumed that they can’t pay any more than this agreement calls for, it is well to note the fact that this inability to pay is the direct result of the policy of discouraging trade which has been followed since the control of the government changed in 1920. It was the feeling of the Wilson administration, that the only way to obtain any prompt and regular payment of the debts owed to this country was to be generous to them on the question of trade. If we had followed the tariff policies which pro- duced prosperity during the Wilson administration, those countries would iow be shipping large qdanti- ties of their goods to the United States, which would have made it possible for them to buy more of us. Also they would have had a very large export balance, which could have been used to make pay- ments on their debt to us. If the Wilson policies had continued in force, Italy would find it easier to- day to pay full principal and interest as originally expected, than she will find it today to make the much less payments arranged under the present agreement. We have declined to take their goods in payment of their debt to us, so their inability to pay is only what anyone of insight might have expected, and the failure to pay is due te the wrong policies ef cur government. ENCOURAGEMENT FOR AILING W | | A delicious cup of fine fevered COFFEE is = satisfying drink at all times. That is why everybody who bas tried cur COFFEE i: « STAR a a NOTARY PUBLIC JENNIE B.DEBOER supplies of its abundance to the man whose pipe is connected therewith. Because the First National Bank is a member of the Federal Reserve System, all the credit of that mighty organiza- tion supplies financial strength to this bank and its patrons. It is to your ad- Dr. William B. Scott, to whom the National Academy of Science has vantage to benome one of them. awarded this year’s Hayden medal for distinguished work in the field of geology, has been professor of geol- ogy and paleontology at Princeton University for more than 40 years. Dr. Scott, who is now nearing his 70th year, was born in Cincinnati, and on h‘s mother’s side is a direct descendant of Renjamin Franklin. He received his A. B. at Princeton University. when only 19 years of age, and three years later was gradu- ated from Heidelbere with the de- gre of LL. D. In 1883 he 5oined the Princeton faculty as an assistant in geology and the next year became a full professor. Dr. Scott is the au- thor of several text books and nu- merous monographs on geological subjects. | His work in his chosen branch of science has been recog- upon him by Harvard, Pennsylvania, Oxford and other prominent univer- iti BALL’s CA’ int “ it has wonderful Te- sults in the treatment of Catarrh and Blood Diseases for over 40 years. Ask your druggist. FP. J, Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio. CONVENTIONS OPENING TODAY Chicago—American Concrete Insti- tute. : Denver—Rocky Mountain Mining Institute. Fargo, N. Dak.—North Dakota Re- tail Lumbermen’s Association. Des Moines—Iowa Pharmaceutical Association. Chicago—Illinois Retail Clothiers’ ssociation. EFFECTIVE FROM KEY WEST MONDAY, FEB. 8, 1926 Lv. Key West—Daily ai Ar. m3 i A DANGER IN NEGLECTED COLDS Serious diseases may develop from ! neglected coughs and colds and make ! ee wp wgiere There is no better ' re ‘or quick relief from coughs | U pe and colds than Foley's Honey & Tar. 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