The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 16, 1926, Page 4

iE KEY WEST CITIZEN L. P. ARTMAN, President. IRA J. MOON, Business Manager. sntered « Key West,’ Florida, as second class matter = Slember of the Associated Press republication of all new: toh r otherwise credited in this joral uews published here. ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. ds of tnanks, resolutions of respect and obituary other than those which the paper may give as a err will be charged for at the rate of 5 thee of church and society and all other enter- its from which a revenue is to be derived will for at the rate of 5 cents @ line. itizen is an open forum and invites discussion i¢ issues and subjects of local or general inter- it it will not publish anonymous communica- VEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. PEPE DOWD RETED it must be quite a comedown for the June to change from ‘the study of the guide-book to of the cookbook. : = haps one reason why the women do not go intex politics more, is that it is too expensive to their hats in the ring. *- Srhe younger people may not be willing to dig -in fhe ditches, but many of them are willing to an automobile into them. 'e are living in an age when buoyant youth Ao worship the dust and bones of a musty Whether the future years*shall profit there- by to be seen. Ssomé ‘very poor people have nothing but .. That’s the very reason why they can’t into some high circles. There are. some money won't buy—brains and character, for by enough to get out of the world’s ceaseless he does not thereby become a retired pirate modern croaking against the rich to the con- notwithstanding. , school tea¢hers have a very easy time dur- vacation, as all they have to do is to take a courses, do the housework at home, make theireclothes for the coming year, read all the new bookssen education, and call on all their relatives. = Genuine sacrificial affection can never be wasted. When proferred to enrich the heart of another, if refused, it will return to the heart of the giver like’a sweet refreshing rain. But there’s an infipite pathos in the tragedy of that other heart. (Afier all, it is the refusing heart that shrivels-up and at last turns to stone. + STUDYING ECONOMICS Jolin Coolidge, the president's son, is taking a summer school at the university of Vermont, and specializing in economics. It is a fine study, and if more’people would take it, they would not go out on so many financial wild goose chases. The study of economics demonstrates that it is impossible in the long run for groups of people or individuals to get something for nothing. People frequently get the idea that by some combination or strafegy they can obtain advantages that they do not ‘merit, but in ihe long run they get about what they pay for by personal effort and service. WOMEN FIGHTING CRIME Amorganized effort is being made by the Marshall Stillman Movement, to enlist the women's clubs 6f the land in. an effort to check crime. The idea ig to ask the women to take more interest in contrdlling the play hours and the play activities of childrgn, and to obtain control over the gangs of boys that roam through the streets. ‘Phe seed of the criminal career is found in the beart ‘of the boy, and if that seed can be taken out of his nature at an early day and something help- ful planted in its place, that boy will be saved from going wrong. Probably in the cases of nine tenths of the eriminals, if their interest had been secured at an early age for athletic sports, they would never have developed the criminal tendencies. It is easier to pull tip weeds, when they are small than when they | we become big, and i is the same with wrong prowths in the heart of the boy. THE DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS The position of a minority in congress is al- Ways uncomfortable and unsatisfactory. If it op- poses the party in power all along thé line, then it is claimed that it is simply playing poitics, and de- laying useful legislation merely with a desire of preventing the majority from making a good re- cord. And then if it takes hold with majority heartily, and does its best to put through good measures, then the majority party gets most of the credit for the things done. Thus the Democratic minority in the recent ses- sion of congress has been in the peculiar dilemma created by this situation. It is to be given credit for much self restraint, and in so far as good laws were passed by this congress, it has-done much to help them go through. In some instances, the pres- ident had to look more to the democrats than to his own party for the help he needed to accomplish legislation. ; The Democrats have not been powerful enough at Washington for the past year to put through any program of their own, but at least they have put up a strong fight for certain of their distinct- ive ideas. They have stood up for an attitude to- ward business questions that should consider the interest of the mass of ihe people quite as much as that of great business interests and the people of | wealth. They are against the lavish use of money in political campaigns, They can be trusted, when this question comes up for further debate, to favor some action that will put a stop to such use of money. They are also as they always have been, for local self government, and for the rights of the va- rious states to develop in their own way, and work out their problems according to their own ideals. These are three points of view that are going to be very attractive to the people of the country at large in the coming campaign, and the returns will show their influence. MORE FEDERAL BUILDINGS NEEDED (Manufacturers Record) It was announced a few days ago from Wash- ington that the appropriation of $165,000,000 to be spent during the next five years in the erection of public buildings by the Government, $50,000,- 000 to be spent in Washington and the’ balance dis- tributed throughout the country, would help to pre- vent a depression in construction work if that should be in evidence a little later on. The utter absurdity of such .a statement will instantly appear to any thoughtful man. This coun- try is annually expending upon building operations abont $6,000,000,000, and yet the Government Blandly “assumes that an‘ éxpenditure S¥°$165,000,- 000 during a five-year period, or $35,000,000 a year, would have marked effect in maintaining con- struction activity. The amount of money to be ex- pended by the Government in contrast with what private individuals are doing is as picayunish as the thought which we have ‘quoted. The Federal Government is annually spending millions of dollars in renting buidings for postof- fices and other government purposes; subjecting business interests and the employes in these build- ings to many inconveniences and, instead of. saving~ money, is spending far more than it would cost to erect suitable buildings. The Government has practically done no public building work for some years. It is far behind in facilities needed for car- rying on the postoffice, the treasury department and other operations. Intelligently managed business enterprises would not for one moment subject their business interests and their employes to the conditions forced upon the country by the picayunish policies of Congress in failing to spend the money needed for the construction of buildings essential to the country’s progress. Apparently Congress and the Administration are overlooking the fact that our population is growing at the rate of two million or more a year and that in the next five years the in- | crease will be over ten million, added to the ten | million gain of the last five years, and yet in that entire period they propose to spend only $165,000,- 000 in public-building work. , There is a withholding which tendeth to pov- erty, and surely the withholding by Congress and the Administration of the money needed for public buildings tends to poverty in many directions. So rapid is the growth of American cities, for most of this increase in population is in the cities, that there are few places in the country Where the post- office facilities are not badly overcrowded or where business is not hampered by the inadequate facili- ties for the prompt handling of mail. ought not to be permitted. Tt is stated that an amendment to the gasoline tax law will be presented at the next session of the legislature to give authority to divert fifty per cent ef such fund to the school fund. Fifty per cent taken away from the road fund will curtail road building in Florida one-half in those counties where it is likely needed most. much of the automobilist to expect him to aid in the running of the schools and ether departments of the state and county governments The tax on | gasoline was placed there for the express purpose of building roads.—Jacksonville Times Union. These things And isn’t it asking too | WASHINGTON LETTER “A% BY CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer i ASHINGTON.—Pity the poor W senators who have to run for re-election this year, For that matter, pity also the poor senatorial candidates who are making their first Campaigning for a Senate seat Rp frightfully hard work. Anticipatory groans are heard, emanating from the lungs of many a solon, as he, packs his suitcase preparatory to go-) ing home and plunging into the com- ing canipaign. Right well he know what's ahead of him. 4 Senators have thik advantage over: representativede-oit” a has @ canrpaign on his hands ev two. years, whereas a senator compelled to go through with one only once in six. t A replesentative’s campaign, how: ever, is limited to .a single congres- sional district. A senator must spread jj himself over a whole state. “It nearly kills em,” as Repre- sentative Jim Begg of Ohio récently || remarked to me. i N the old days, when senators I were elected by their respective legislatures, it was different. A renator to keep a sharp eye on his state, and see that a majority of his kind of legislators ot in, but the hurly-burly of the husting waan't for him. Now it js, and it's a worse hurly- burly, because there's so much more of it than a representative's. : There are quite a few representa- tives who probably could get sena- torial nominations if they'd go after them, and have been urxed to do ft, but who halk at the horrors of a sen atorial campaign. ONE IN TEN or abrasion of the flesh may in nine cases out of ten cause no great suffering or inconvenience, but it is the one case in ten that causes blood poisoning, lockjaw or a chronic festering sore. ead cheapest, safest ‘and best coursed is to disinfect the wound with| liquid Borozone and apply the| healing process. Price 30e, 60c and $1.20. and 60¢c. (liquid) Powder 30¢ Sold by all druggists. FAMINE IN TEACHERS | MELBOURNE — There is a jacute shortage of teachers in Aw |tralia and some schools will be junable to open this year. Woter Bi | disanpenr limperial y if it fails An Emerson oscillating fan for} $15.09. 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What animal has the habit of feigning death when frighten- ed, or slightly injured? 3. Who is called “the Wizard of Menlo Park?” 4. What is the longest paved, road in the world? 5. Who was god of the under world? Answers To Yesterday’s Questions They were ceded to the U. S. by Spain, by the treaty of peace concluded April 11, 1899. 2. Wheat-flour. 8. Pocahontas. 4. Quebec, Que. 5. “The Raven.” i G. C. ROBERTS Dealer in General Merchandise WALTER'S GALVANIZED TIN SHINGLES Cernell Wall Board, Sash, Doors, Blinds, Carey's Cement Roofing. H. B. Davis 100 Per Cent Pure Paint and Gils. PHONE 240 William and Caroline Sts. | without ® If you want to eat a sandwich having © woman say, “Gimme a bite." don’t get married. Latest fad for snappy dressers te two belts, both being worn just above where one should be used. Here's a hair-raising bit of news. fan Francisco woman poisoned by hair tonic asks $10,000, St. Louis man of 25 had four wives. 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AUGUSTINE ROUTE Effective April 20, 1926 Havana Special Royal Poinciana Dining Car Service—Trains 75 and 76 See the Ticket Agent val Passenger Agent NORTHBOUND LEAVE 7:30 P. M. 2:00 P. M. P& UNITED STATES FAST ROUTES FOR: PORT TAMPA—HAVANA—WEST INDIES STEAMSHIP CO. MAIL Ly. Key West for Havana 8:30 A. M. daily except Sunday and Wednesday. Ly. Key West for Port Tampa 7:30 P. M. Tuesdays and Saturdays. Tickets, Reservations and Information at Ticket Office om the Dock, "Phone 71 PTI A222 22 SLOSS SOIL ISD. SESS SSL SS SBS Se. Keep Your Food Sanitary By Keeping It Cold Thompson Ice Company . Incorporated LOM | wr wr rT aaa mae: of the people of the United States pay income tax. Resolve to save your money. If you deposit it in the First National Bank we will take care of it for you and make it grow. Thus you may become a member of this preferred two per cent of the population, 4 Per Cent Interest Paid on Savings Accounts. Why Cook With Gas? 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