The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 28, 1926, Page 4

KEY WEST CITIZEN & THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING Co. L. P. ARTMAN, President. “st. 2 mas, MOON, Business Manager. eal etd . Key West. Florida. 4s second class matter Mersber of the Asnoctated Press OR Reperioted Press is exct i eae pig ye af ot > Dy dare An p wt» 4 otherwise credite in Ld and also ot S the teva) wews published here. $i GS SUBSCRIPTION RATES Jre Month Weekiz_. 2 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. Tarde of tnanks, resolutions of respect and obituary atices other than those which the paper may give as Metter of news, willbe charged for at the rate of 5 tents a line. Notice of church and ‘society and all other enter- eeente from which a revenue is to be gi dd will red for at the rate of 5 cents a lin “the Citizen, is an open forum and invites discussion l¢ issues and subjects of loca) or general it it will not publish anonymous communica- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Road to the Mainland. Comprehensive City Plan. Hotels and Apartments. ‘Bathing Pavilion. © Folks who send anonymous letters to the news- Paper are helping to fill up the wastebaskets. ‘9 make the political pot boil nowadays, it of- seems to be necessary to burn up considerable "There are a good many candidates “who will be _ pretty sure of being elected this fall provided they e»s: ) Travel is said to be broadening, but it should- vat broaden the head so much that you can't get “It is claimed=ihat the political parties, do not ', keep their promises, but it is doubtful if anyone is _ 5 deceived by it. F : 4 Perhaps there would be more proposals of mar- in Key West if there were fewer bathing and more washtub ones. Phe government lost $80,000,000 by the recent nitions explosion, but we have not yet been asked J observe meatless days to make up for the loss. Probably one reason why many people are dis- satisfied with the photographs which are taken of them, is that they are made (o look as they really . The president is working industrially to pro- wide fish food for his family, but no one will blame “if he knocks of Saturday noon and calls it a A PRACTICAL GAME Se CHOLES * One of the finest things that families can do for their young people is to build tennis courts for them’ in their back yards, where they can play to their:heart’s content. Such courts in many fami have -beon the very salvation of their young folks, and have made them contented around home; and kept them interested in a healthful sport. ~The. majority of town back yards do not have 4 for a tennis court, and yet there are many that do. When families provide such facilities, they make their homes a kind of neighborhood cen- térand there is no trouble about any lack of pop- wlarity for them or their children. When they are batiing the little woolly ball, they are not saying sappy things in some dark place or burning up gas- and endangering traffic on the streets and Dighuays. * THE VINE SHADED HOME eae: One of the characteristics of these old places where many of us came from as boys and girls, was thet many of those homes had climbing vines all over their porches and doorways and well up to the reofs. These vines gave these houses a very home like and romantic appearance, and they linger in one’s memory. Then there came a time when a good many pedple objected to such vines, on the ground thet interfere with painting a house, and perhaps eraw dirt. ot course many of those old vine shaded homes ene decadent looking, and there was a general | Yet the two A home rug down and let go air about them. things do not necessarily go (ogether. needs both beauty and neatness, and the hard and DaEP house which is wholly undecorated does not | would like to see | lo6K entirely attractive. One mere houses pianted with those beautiful running vines that the old folks loved so well. TAMIAMI TRAIL TRANSACTION The Monroe county commissioners have again | won the praise of the people by the splendid and | most successful manner in which they have handled the Tamiami Trail proposition relative 1o the section of that important highway passing through the un- developed mainland portion of this county. Not many weeks ago it was announced by the head of the state road department that the Tamiami Trail proposition concerning Collier, Dade and Mon- roe counties was definitely closed. At that time Monroe county was completely shut out of state road department cooperation and state financial aid. With the Dade county commissioners sticking loyally to the Monroe county board and the backing of all the newspapers in the territory involved, the Monroe county commissioners worked without ceas- ing until they finally succeeded in getting the mat- ter opened again. The contract with the road department, ap- proved, signed and sent to Dr. Hathaway on Mon- day of this week, closes the agreement and grants Monroe, county everything the commissioners have been contending for. scientious, well directed effort, and spirit of har- mony under which the Monroe county board always proceeds with business matters. The mainland portion of Monroe is a wonder- | ful region, capable. of development into the most | productive area in the whole world. This Tamiami Trail will be ihe first highway penetrating that fer- tile section to afford an outlet for settlers there. The proposed road from the townsite. of ‘Poinciana on the west coast of Monroe county to the Tamiami Trail will be another highway of utmost impor- tance to this county, for it will create a flourishing community over there that will increase the tax values of this county and will induce a rapid in- crease in improvements of all kinds in that wonder- fully productive and pioneer section of the state. The county commissioners are proceeding along the right lines in affording the people and prospective citizens of this county on the mainland good roads and other advantages which are justly due them, and which will mean that thousands of others will invest, establish homes and follow their avocations in this as yet undeveloped but promising portion of Monroe county. MUSCLE SHOALS AT WORK After a brief shut-down, the power of Muscle Shoals again flows into the channels of indusiry, through a new arrangement whereby the Alabama Power Company resumes the distribution of the en- etgy generated by this great governinent plant. The new contract, like the former one, is tem~ porary, guaranteed only until Congress reassembles in December in another effort to make some final disposition of the big project, but in the event that such disposition can not be agreed upon the power may be utilized as at present for an indefinite per- fod. As a matter of fact, there seems to be little probability that Congress, particularly the Senate, will agree upon the terms of a long-time lease to anyone.. The deadlock which has existed for five years appeats to be firmer than ever. While a special committee of Congress has by & vote of four to two approved the lease of Muscle Shoals to the Alabama Power Company and asso- ciated companies under the terms of a bid sub- mitted by them, strong opposition is seen in the Norris group favoring government. operation, and the group headed by the Alabama senators, who fa- vor the bid of the American Cyanimide Company. So uncompromising are these three groups that it seems probable that a proposal of either inevita- bly will be opposed by ihe other two, so that a maj- ority for any one of the three will be difficult if not altogether impossible. From the standpoint of the country at large, in view of this vexing situation, it is fortunate that the power of Muscle Shoals is not going to wasie, but that it is available for industry, while the gov- ernment is receiving at least a moderate return up- on its inves:ment in this “white elephant” born of the World Wor. SIX MILLION IDLE It is remarked that out of 42,000,000 possible industrial producers in th's country, 6,000,000 on an average are idle on any given day. There are Some are people Some many causes of such idleness. who are out of work or are changing jobs. are employed on seasonal occupations, in which work is not regular. Some are laid up by sickness j or accident. This idleness of workers is one of the greatest losses of industry. The business genius of the fu- ture may not be the one who can speed up on in- dustry so much, as one who can show it how to run | regularly without any shut-downs. President Coolidge is said to be very effective | over the radio, but this form of persuasion does | not always induce the fish to bite.” It is claimed that the public will listen to the | facts, but the politicians say they will listen better if the facts are slightly decorated. So much for intelligent, con- | The Ghumble Seat OC CECCCSEONTESETSOOSOOSSOOSSOOSOOHEDOSSOHEOSLOHTHHOOHTASHDSSOOOSOSEENOOSEE | Stewarts 4 BY CHARLES P. STEWART NEA Service Writer $ 77 ASHINGTON—Pending before the Interstate Commerce Com: mission—It was argued recent- ly and the, commissioners are think- ing it over now—ts what looks like a very dinkly little railroad case, which, nevertheless, involves con- siderably more money than the war debt al) Europe owes to the United States, “ The suitrgad is the St. Louis & @ Fallon, a 9-mile tine running out 6f East St Louis, ‘The Interstate Cammerce Commis, ston has tentatively valued this at $550,000. ‘The road’s mana; contetels that itis worth more. tyicgtheamountigf the commigei estimate. Split With Government The point is According to law,.a railroad which earns more than 6 per cent net profit on its fair value must divide the ex- cess evenly with the federal govern- ment Onan $850,000 valuation the St. Louis & O'Fallon. earns considerably | more than 6 per cent and has some- thing to divide with the government, On x basis of more than twice | $850,000. it makes nothing tike 6 per | cent “and has nothing to divide. The question, obviously, is one of j valuations, How made? The Presidents’ Conference Com- mittee, an organization of the ex- ecutives of all the important rail- roads in the country, argued the St. Louis & @ Fallon’s case before the Interstate Commerce | Commission, contends that a rail- road's criginal cost has nothing to | do with what it is worth today—that | it is worth now as much as it would cost to reproduce it at present high prices. 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