The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 21, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | PENSIONERS OF 2000 A. D. | i { ! | i { The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. P. ARTMAN, President » Ansintant Business Manager The Citizen Building Greene and Ann Streeta This is only 1936, but if history re- peats itself there will be veterans of the World War still alive and drawing pen- © pee sions in the year 2000. aper in Key West and Monroe County. Daniel F. Bakerman, last survivor of the Revolutionary War, lived until April unly Daily News Catered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter R : - —- ! Hiram Cronk drew a pension as a veteran y entitled to use| of the War of 1812 until his death on May credited to} 1 in this paper and also | | «he Associat for rept bli Ex = 2 as 13, 1905, at the age of 105 years. Five = soldiers of the Mexican War were still on vhe Year Bix Months * Three Months Jne Month .. Weekly i the pension rolls 80 years after the close 3 | of that war. H In this connection it interesting to ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, {| note that two mothers of Civil War veterans 1 > ¢. SP AL NOTICE ! were still drawing pensions up to four or 1869, or 86 years after the war ended. | rds of thanks, resolutions of c., Will be charged for at All reading notices, respe the ra Notices for entertainments by churches from which to be ived a line. vites discus- al or general cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. "me Port Hotels and Aparcments. bezhirg Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. wsoiidation of County and City Governments. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always fear and seek the truth and print it without without favor; never be aid to attack wrong or to applaud right; fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, do its utmost for the never tolerate corruption or faction or class; alwa public welfare; injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ization; toierant of others’ rights, views and | | opinions; print that will elevate only news a not contaminate the reader; never cop promise with priaciy Rome wa.n't built in a day; probably it was a government job. You write your real declaration of in- dependence when you get, and stay out, of debt. Wesi is too provincial for advertising to pay Advertisers who think that Key re running a provincial business. i West making your; activ You needn't} wait on what your neighbor does. ee | Beautify Key own home more ait by We hold no brief for Mussolini but the | Ethiepians will be better off under Italian dictatorship and its civilizing influences than under the rule of Haile Selassie and its re freedom ! five years ago. They were Samantha But- arrer, a negro woman of Athens, Ala. Although the Civil War ended j two who followed Gant may be alive and | drawing a pension in 1959. Considering | the vastly greater number of those unreasonable to suppose that some of them will still be in the land of the living in the | year 2000. A youngster of 17, who listed in 1917, would be 100 years old then, ; And with the greater span of life which modern science making possible there will doubtless be many to attain that age. en- | BEAUTIFY YCUR YARD Every year, about this time, there is a resurgence of the idea that Key West ought to be more beautiful. There is dis elaboration and, sometimes, com- with an occasional splurge of ac- cussion, mitte ! complishment. The Citizen would do nothing to in- terfere with other plans, except to call every reader’s attention to the obvious fact that the g of Key West que-tior of beautifying individual Every Key Wester can do much to make his or her premises more attractive, and, without waiting upon committees. get busy, as individuals, and proceed to beauti } do so. Key West is like a gem in the ocean and all of us should do everything possible to make this gem scintillate, and par- ticularly row “when Spring unlocks the tlowers to paint the laughing soil.” WRITING LIKE COCKROACHES “The handwriting of the public school | svaduate resembles the meandering of an} says Prof. Robert ; intoxicated cockroach,” E. that the ability to centlemen is wholly who insists and talk important knowledge of mathematics or geography The professor feels that the schools of today are neglecting the proper emphasi: o Rogers, of Massachusetts, write as as writing and oral expression and urges that our up teaching the, three R's or the fundamental skills. After- wards, he would devote time to “establish international ideals and insight concerning schools speed While * is possible it our proof. or ¢ mericana” sings of thee, writer may occasionally te. We do not think he is rn. e he would be on the radio i stead of “in the news.” it set jn-j ject a te | 1 | | | the United St od warning finger at all federal judges not to oie with the oath of their office, or else. The! ion will also put other judges, equally | i tes has p | In the Ritter conviction, the senate of | a | | deci: guilty but untried, on guard. According to the authaer of “Americana’s | e on¥eminine forms, the | zitist painted the legs df the dancing girls | ata local drink Now | either the arti-t not} pereeption of loca ng place backwards. or the author does know overly much about the construction | and lo of them is wrong. know who is? ion of the pedal extremities; And who are we The Ci the platforms of Dan Chappell, candidate fer governor. It is with reference to the ex- penditure of mitted to the ci which it is expended. It might be a good thing for city and county to do the an n heartily endorses one of large public furd: to be sub- also exact same thing, and then give ac- | sideri one } | to other rations essential to in the modern world so that the child can build up some sen e of reality concerning other times and other people: There may be something worth g in what Prof. Rogers has ard it deserves the attention of school of- ficial., teachers and all those with what we call modern education. peace con- said, concerned TRADE AND THE BONUS Distribution of the soldiers’ bonus will begin in less than two months and about $1,700,000,000 will be available in cash if the ex-service men and women desi This is some dollz 2 splash in the business world re and experts expect trade to improve in res- ponse the stimulus. Already hopeful alesmen are planning determined assaults man to upon the recipients and manufacturers of | motor cars, and like necessities, are buoy- | ant. ' Key West will receive its share of the | flood of cash and participate in the — busi- i ness that results. In the fight for trade | many of those who get their bonus money izens, and the purpose for! will be over-persuaded to buy, with the re- | | sult that some of them will acquire a head. | and make good use of the money that is re- {ton of West McHenry, IIL, and Samantha! in} 1865, it is quite probable that a veteran or | who |! | tought with Pershing in France, it is not} like: a; | ache. Every individual should be on guard f THE KEY WEST tee emnet as ' KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY 1 | Happenings Here Just 10 Years | Ago Today As Taken From | The Files Of The Citizen i | Propositions submitted to Mon- jree County Water Supply Board {were opened today at a meeting of the board. The proposals are ifor bringing a fresh water supply ito Key West from the mainland j Were made by the E. G. White ; Engineering Company of New York and the Fuentes ny, fof the sar cit, hese proposi- | tions are to be taken up‘at a joint H the Water Supply | Board, the Boara of County Con- {missioners and City Council. |company which desires to s: | propositions Yor this servic twee! Co this date and the ds the joint meeting can do twas said. Captain Ste no: dhe will be a_ delegate from Key West to the Harbor i Convention to be held in Charles- ten, S. C., 26. rms an- Ajil ’ On Monday evening a whicul held av the home o7 Mrs, Rosie Waison, corner Varela a streets, in honor of son, Julius G. Whitson, who married last Wednesday to Miss Amparo Montejo, daughter Mis. Jose Montejo. of this Onty near relat and close i frcenc were present to parti the enjoyable pleasures of this event. rece; Wu city. es pate ir All property owners on White street and other citizens interest- ed in the widening of White sureet are ungently invited to at- nd omeeting of the White Street Covic Improvement Assoc’ a- tion, fo be held in the auditorium Jor the High School tonight, com- ;mencing ai 8 o'clock. L. T. By |gassa, president of the associa- | tion, says the time is now ripe for 1 of the discussion of tentative plans for this proposed improvement of White street, and the installation of a white way the full length of the thoroughfare construction of isidewalks, and general beautifi tion. About one doz porters, members jtion of Reporter jrived in the city {noon and will remain here Friday to meet the of the Georgia Press I ati here that day. | : eWwspape i n newspaper of the of Hav esterday A’ssocia- Na, a after until 200 As- The nearly tion headec ac] Martinez Ybor, chief of t | commercial the department They phere is state are the them to ; of of Cuba. section io extend greetings to | Georg’ans and accompany Havana. A Florida Night last meeting of cl School. progran night at the lite- Key West Wo- the Monroe County Mrs. Melvin rge of the progr: dn Tingworth the committe the interesting events of ried out Russell nd as niusic | Na You and Your tion’s Affairs Distractive Regulation By CLARENCE W. FACKLER Assistant Professor of Economics, New York University The railroad cause patronage to the quarreling cooks allowed the porridge to burn and duplication were to be eliminated without reducing employment or wage rates. Earnings were to be safe- guarded through new control devices. Fixed charges were to be reduced by | reorganizations. And, to give effect to these aims, a Federal Co-ordinator was empowered to publish and en- force necessary orders and to ar- range for pooling associations excused | from compliance with anti-trust laws. Briefly, the railroads were to be saved |by more plans and regulations ema- pot boils badly be- have go elsewhere. Fifty years of Fed- eral regulation and opposition | thereto have consumed a great deal of time, money and effort which might ; Board "Today's A ive - ] Andover | Orange, X eco 1782—Friedrich Froebel, man founder of the kindergarten em, born. Died June 21 3—Samuel J 2 gregational missionary th colored in the United States and} Africa, father of the American of Commissioners for ‘er-j missions, born at Torring- Died at sea. June 16. eign ton, Conn. M1818 H Calcutta 1785—Reginald the English bishop of wrote the hymn, “From land’s Icy Mountains, re- ser well have been devoted to keeping in ad- vance of com- petition or at least in step i h it. From i ; largest in i vestor through the ranks of labor to the most insignificant shipper | and traveler, much concern has been manifest over the steadily growing competition of highway ’ transport, water routes, pipe lines, and@ airways. Everybody has, in fact, stopped to ‘look and listen” longes than either the regulato: who have been con- cerned mainly with the mafntenarice of security prices, or railway man- agement which has been overly busy staying within the law. As a,rule, such napping at the switch, would mean industrial suicide. But’ inasmuch as | the railroads did 77 per cent of the { ton-mile business in 1929 their hold upon transportation could hardly be shaken off in seven years. Normal business recovery: will, of course, restore a great deal af income which the railroads have lost during the depression, but their ills are much too chronic and far too Subtle to be cured simply by a return of traffic, which cannot at the moment go else- where. What is needed is still more efficient service at lower unit costs and newer types of service offered at attractive rates. This sort of progress calls for better equipment, faster op- eration, and the use of more modern technical improvements. At the start (1887), Federal regu- lation was designed to prevent eco- nomically destructive discrimina- tions, pools, and unreasonabie rates. But, down to 1933 this interference had failed to protect the public, labor, and capital to such an extent that the enc: road Transportation SS to safeguard and maintain an adequate nal sys- tem of transportation.” Waste and (Address questions to the aw the meeting was the talk by Mrs. A. R, Miller, s‘delights on the Flo- rid. Convention of Y Clubs. ry. J. Y¥. Porter. the mosquito and the problen: provides, and also re u the Monroe evening. This is the s of talks to be physicians on jneaith They are to be given formances at the the sr. dise nedial na theater last fivst of a en by local problems. twes ter. Ed torial ce Congr asked to birds, but i hens migrate nent: the migrat birds — calle the hbors protect those to ne { P They make quite Terms as low as $3.94 | per month puts in your home. counting of the expenditure of every; ceived. It may be a long time before there! dollar. | is another such windfall. Million Users Sealed-in-steel G-E THRIFT-UNIT in. both Monitor Top and Flatop Models“ G-E's exclusive FORCED-FEED LUBRICATION and OL COOLING mean quieter oper- ation, longer life and lower gperating cost. 5 Years Performance Pro- tection. Now “DOUBLE THE COLD” with even Jess current than ever before. ELECTRIC CO. Woman’s| CLPIMIOLIIILILIIIISISLIIIIAE STI ISIIIIOIIS ST: |nating from Washington rather than , April 3, 1826. | by more freedom to operate as pri- | vate enterprises. Not only has little been accom- plished, but political planners are of- 5 | fering nothing new. The Co-ordinator ests the familiar remedies of still nore regulation, the reorganization of the ICC with himself in control. the perpetuation of his office, and eventual government ownership. The President has resurrected the old pre- scription of labor-management con- ferences to end the difficulties. Even the recent decision of the ICC to as- |sume the function of management by ordering a 44 per cent reduction in passenger fares smacks of the old practice’ of trying to swallow the medicine bottle to cure the gout These lower rates must encourage ar. increase cn leading roads of betweer ‘90 and 100 per cent in coach traffic to eliminate the existing per mile loss of 27 eents. t Asa matter of fact, only a few sim- ple rules of justice, together with a little “uncommon sense” are neces- si Railroad management must be encouraged to reduce operating ex- penses. Expenditures for pensions, so- cial security, dismissal wages and higher fuel costs cannot forever be increased. And most important of all, officials must be urged to determine what products can be handled better by them than by competing concerns, what losses in shipments and passen- gers are inevitable. what new services can be installed, and to what extent costs can be lowered and rates de- creased gradually. | Emerson in 1866 wrote: “Whenever |1.see a railroad 1 look for a republic.” Today he would be compelled to ex- claim: “Whenever 1 see a railroad 1 | look for Federal regulation.” Plainly, |the more intensive and extensive the publ regulation, the closer the | country is to nationalization of prop- |erty—and so to fascism or socialism, between which, as Mussolini says, re is little to choose. 1816 sh March Charlotte Br novelist, b 31, 1855 1830—James Ort terian pastor, profe explorer, born at X.Y. Died im Peru, i877. ort Seneca Fall Sept. 25 1838—John Muir, American naturalist Scotland. Died in Los Dee. 24, 1914 fam bern it Angeles. 1838—Charlottte E. Br organizer of woman's clubs. president of the General Federe first a ‘* % ‘s N & » \ ‘ N 4 & N \) . \y d WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED TO MEET AND TO SERVE OUR VISITORS The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve System thor, care of this newspaper) ards, they have their migratory actions suddenly stopped Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Ccrporation U. S. Government Depositary William H. Malone is in receiy a telegram from Palatka an- tion F. F West to the of ate Grand Master of the Odd Fellows MM LBM LD LD LD MM ML LM LM BM hi ng the ele dh A Ad A AA A | Order of UITIITII TIO I TIA 2 2 eae SESS SSS SS SII sss sees ia aim Poultry Netting Large shipment just received widths from 12” te He bearing wire. ! 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