The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 16, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE C\T'ZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. From The Corser Greene and Ann Streeta unty Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. , Florida, as FIFTY-SEV H YEAR Member of the Associated Press he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of ail news dispatches credited to {t or not otberwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub‘ished here. §$UBSCRIPTION RATES Une Year .. Z ss Bix Months Three Months - ‘me Month .. Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. All reading uotices, cards of thanks, resolutions of ¢espect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cen's a line. Notices for enterta| nts by churches from which & revenue is to be d dare 5 cents a 5 The Citizen is an forum and invites discus- interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- tations. If everybody minded his own busi- , what a great business that would be! Rough seas ahead for the republican party,—and it may founder on the rocks steered by Landon and by Knox. One fraudulent vote cast illegally is the equivalent of destroying the expressed will of an honest voter. That must not be. A republican lamentation is ‘Three Long Years” (of Roosevelt). They might as well reconcile themselves to five more long years, because Roosevelt is in the bag for another term. Columnist Winchell a rat in “IngRATitude.” is meaningle: s that there is This observation s for there is alsoa rat in “oRATitud Maybe it is a different kind of a rat, but as Burns would ay, a rat is a rate for a’ that. aobby The story concerning the fertility of the crawfish printed last week in The Cili- zen, reminds us of the bacterium under favorable conditions can multiply in 24 hours to 180 millions. That appears to be a “more abundant life.” fact that a single Italy has again defaulted on her war debts to the United States due June 15, Pobre It she cannot pay her just debts but has spent a billion dollars calculated in American money, to finance a war of ager on against defenseless Ethiopia. Key West might be isolated, when it comes to elections. If you remem- ber, Grady Burton carried that sector in the governor's race, and in so. doing put Hodges out of the running. For if Hodges had received the vote he anticipated in the island city he would have entered the second primary, but the Burton workers were on the job and they stuck.—Miami Friday Night. but not Politics makes strange bed-fellows. Paty will be heard in the interest of the candidacy of Petteway, who, it is under- stood, has the endorsement of Governor Sholtz. In the campaign for the first pri- mary, there was no more bitter ‘and vit- riolie denouncer of the Sholtz regime than Paty, and furthermore the latter has stated he will stump the state against Sholtz should the governor run for the senate. There was a Charles Townshend in 1775, an Englishman who also had a plan —to tax the colonies. This too, was un- bearable with ‘the result known to all. The 1936 brand, one Charles Townsend, has in view a racket which is reaping a rich harvest of dimes and quarters from many who can ill afford the stipend. The differences between the Englishman’s and the American's plan is that the latter's will never be enacted into law. Hulienloda on its face, the Sholtz an- nouncement that he expects to become ex- alted ruler of Elks and at the same time serve Florida in the U. S. senate comes as tacit confirmation of Whirligig’s predic- tion yesterday that Sholtz will not be a candidate for the senate. One of the rea- sons Elks pay their exalted ruler $25,000} expense money for his single year of serv- ice is because he is required to visit every lodge at least once during his incumbency. The Elks job would make a first-rate trav- eling man of a U.S. senator.—Miami Daily News. number END OF SCHOOL MEANS BEGINNING Schools all over the United States have recently ended their sessions. Every city, including Key West is sending forth from school scores of young men and wom- en, many of whom have received their last formal scholastic training. To the graduates of the schools in this city who will continue their studies in| college the closing of school is not as im- | portant an event in life as to the larger who will begin to work, the leaving behind them knowledge. It is important, however, as we see it, that these high school graduates, who | have no hope of college, get the right idea } of their own future. There is no reason for them to believe that what is popularly called education depends upon going college. There is no reason for them believe that their “learning” days over. Some of the best educated men and women that we have ever met were those who went to no college, and many even missed a high school. Besides, we must remember, that a student only gets out of school a measure of what the student's character cortributes. This being so, and | no one disputes it, the non-college man or woman, busy through life can continue to | acquire intelligent aids to full living by maintaining an acquisitive and_investigat- ing mind. = Let us all realize more that we know very little. While mankind has made wonderful progress along the path of human intelligence the field of wisdom has been barely scratched and many things remain to be unfolded to the human intellect. Let us always con- | tinue to pursue the truth, organized paths to to j to are fully than ever, A SOCIALIST RULES FRANCE Leon Blum, the Social took office last week as Premier of France. So fa the French Republic still stands and, ap- parently, the end is not yet in sight. Undoubtedly, Mr. Blum’s Govern- | ment faces extremely difficult problems and intends to attack them vigorously. Just how he is going to satisfy the various classes which compose his majority in Par- liament is the subject of much speculation. The new Premier promises legislative action to deal with political amnesty; a forty-hour week; collective contracts; pay holidays; a large public works program | for improved economic, scien- » Sports and tourist equipment; na tionalization of the manufacture of arn of war; creation of a wheat board, with other agricultural boards to come; exten- sion of school age; reform of the Bank of France; and a revision of the laws in favor of public servants and war veterans. Shortly afterv he promises to initiate a second series of bills concerning national funds for unemployment; insur- ance against agricultural calamities: mai agement of the agricultural debt system pensions for aged wor tiie country; and simplific figeal and relief affairs to be finance ad by “Tevenues “out of the accumulated fortunes of re- pression and fraud.” Shey Apparently, the new French Premier a great deal of work to do. sanitary, ards, and! IMPENETRABLE SILENCE j Before Harry Houdini died, that | greatest of magicians agreed with his wife | that he would try to communicate with } her from the spirit world, although he had! long scoffed at spiritualism. After his death in 1926 his widow watched and waited for a message. Finally Mrs. Houdini confessed that she had abandoned hope of ever having a communication from beyond the grave,! and said: “The silence is impenetrable; there is only a void.” | The Society of Psychical Research re-|: fuses to accept as authentic any of the many reported. messages from the “other | world.” } After 48 years of painstaking investi- | gation of thousands of alleged communica- tions through mediums and relatives of de- | ceased persons, the society has not found | 2 single one which has stood the _ test of! scientific examination. ) Yet many sincere persons believe that | they have had such communications, and | no one could convince them to the con- trary, so strong is the power of belief and! | imagination. | eraliy THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your. Nation’s Affairs The Big Industry Myth By GUS W. DYER Professor of Economics and Socioio; Much of the radicalism of today, it is believed, may be traced to the very general belief that the big industries have killed off small factories. People in general ac- cept the con- clusion that the man of small means no long- er has any sort of opporiunity to go into busi- ness for him- self. The ac- cepted expla- nation is that the large capi- tal and mass production make it impos- sible for the smal! factory to survive. The destruction of small business by big business seems so evident to the politician and the sentimental re- former that proof is not considered necesary. The theory is that men of small means are forced by changed conditions to become mere cogs in a great machine, the unwilling ser- vants of all powerful masters. This theory based on an unsupported as- sumption is the chief source of the stupid prejudice against large enter- prises. When we turn from this gloomy, pessimistic picture and open our eyes to the real facts of our industrial life, we find no foundation for this myth. it hovers over Washington, however. and is the chief source of inspira- tion to those who would destroy the American system of industrial free- dom. In 1929 there were in operation in this country 210,959 factories of all types. The size of a factory is very accurately measured by the number of wage earners employed. The num- ber of wage earners also indicates the extent and type of machinery and the output of small factories rarely justifies the use of costly ma- chinery. The large use of costiy ma- chinery is profitable only in mass production. In 1929: 7,426 factories had no employ- ees at all. The proprietors did all the work, just as their ancestors had done long before there was even a dream of the industrial revolution. 95,767 factories employed from one to five employees. The aver- age number of employees in these factories was a fraction less than three. 53,524 factories employed from six to twenty employees. The av- erage was less than twelve. y¥, Vanderbilt University 25,524 factories employed from twenty-one to fifty employees. ‘The average was less than thirty- four. 12,467 factories employed from fifty-one to one hundred em- ployees. The average was less than seventy-two. 279,734 wage earners were em- ployed in factories that worked from one to five employees. 595,708 wage earners were em- ployed in factories that worked from six to twenty employees. 814,405 wage earners were em- ployed in factories that worked from twenty-one to fifty em- ployees and 891,671 wage earners were em- ployed in factories that worked from fifty-one to one hundred employees. In 1929, 2,581,518 wage earners or more than one-fourth of all the wage earners in all factories were em- ployed in small factories. The num- ber of employees in 174,313 of the 210,959 factories in the whole coun- try ranged from one to fifty. Small factories, it would seem, are increasing rapidly. under the decen- tralizing influence of the electric- gasoline industrial revolution. In 1925 the total number of fac- tories for the whole country was 187,- 390. In 1927, the number had in- creased to 191,866, and in 1929 the number had increased to 210,959. This was an increase of over 5,000 fac- tories a year for four years. The average number of employees in all factories in 1925 was 44.7. In 1929, the average number had fallen to 41.1. With constitutional protection to business made secure, the opportuni- ties for men of characte- and ability with small capital to go into the man- ufacturing business for themselves were, perhaps, never before so good. In many ways the small factory, under present day conditions, has a decided advantage over the big fac- tory. The rapid development of small factories in the small towns and ru- ral sections of the South and West from 1920 to 1929 is positive proof that the new industrial conditions are decidedly favorable to industries of this type. The depression arrested this devel- opment temporarily. The great move- ment is now ready to begin on a much larger scale, and it has been ready for some time. Unwarranted political restrictions on business in general, and hazardous -uncertainty created by political attacks on the very foundation of constitutional pro- tection, constitutes the great obstruc- tion to this forward movement today. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) Highest Lowest Mean Normal ‘Temperatures* We ..80 Mean 82 Rainfall” Precipitation 3 T. Ins. .al Precipitation _ What bel; Sen vets Moon rise: Moon 6:02 Tomorrow's Tides AM sets High Low 12:43 barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, WEATHER FORECAST (Till m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: tonight and Wedn at mg vari Flo G and Wednesda: Jacksonvill and E ly wind 8 >. esday$ gentle to mode northerl da: nerally fair to st Gulf; Moderate norther- becoming variable; gen- fair weather tonight Wednesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY’S WEATHER Fair! y winds, becom-! tonight ; Florida Straits and | urbance is cen-, = this bout 400 miles ef Bermuda, moving northeastward, and pres- ure continues low over the At- lantic and Guif States, Miami, Fla. inches, and Boston, Ma. 29.68 inches. KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Elevator Popular Prices A weak high; Sa | pressure area overspreads lower Lake region and Ohio Val-; ley, Detroit, Mich., 30.00, and a disturbance is moving in over the | northern Plains, Williston, N. D., 2 inches. Light to moderate {| showers have ocevrred darin: last 24 hours in portions of cen- tral and southern Flori north and midd! and in North Dakota and Minne. ota. Tempe some- | normal this morning! in the Lake region, Ohio and up-! per Mics Valleys, and} North Dako! re above the sezsonal a’ e throughout most other sections east of the Rocky Mountains, Huron, . report- ing a maximum 3 y of 104 de} past, ztures are 5. KENNEDY, Ae ial in Charge. Be iD Ke Saperatan GARAGE sm devect coneechon wah lobby RATES....from $2.50 The MAY FLOWER : 300 Rooms with Bath and Shower 00 WEST PA BEACH ith Baths and Showers Open all the Rado and every modern come vwentence ond strece for sommer snd timer Comfort, RATES from $2.50 GARAGE service. ‘% Reasonable Rates Posted in Every Room MANAGEMENT i| flows fre the j KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | i Happenings Here Just 10 Years | Ago Today As Taken From | The Files Of The Citizen | Ruth Bryan Owen writes from’ to The Citizen s thanks t and ; Coral Gables, Fla., | as follows: Please expr to the people of Key Monroe county my __ grateful thanks for their support in the jcampaign. I became a candidate | because I believed I could effecti- ively serve our state at this time. | The cordial response which I have ' ree ived from the district has in- creased my devotion to Florida ‘and its people. I cannot express ‘in words my thanks to those who helped my candidacy, but will try by local service to 1 state to jjustify the those | who gave la w confidence of e their votes. warning was ithe United Staes department of the ci Federal Reserve Banl: the series of 1914. The notes are jon the Chicago Reserve Bank. The bills bear the ure of President Andrew Jac’ rd have the color lines placed im irk instead of silk thread. notes of on eting of the apter DeMolay night was held and the followin officers’ elected: Colton Park, master counsellor; Joseph Mondu!, senior counsellor; Will Hamlin, | junior counsellor. The new of- i ficérs will take the oath office at the regular mee next week. Clements of The home of Mrs. Jaycocks was a scene and ast night when her grandson Bryan R tertained his many honor of his fifteenth anniversary, Various games were played and several prizes award- ed. Dancing was indulged in until late evening with music furnished by the Jazz orchestra. Delicious refreshments were served | throughtout evening. gaiety pleasure dson en- in birthday the Thomas Victor Russell, died late Monday afternoon at his late home, 826 White street, was buried yesterday afternoon {following funeral services at the | Congregational church, by the pastor, Re cldrid This Liquid Kills Skin Itch Quicker ing six kinds of itch nes, Imperial Le iy into skin folds and | pores to reach and kill itching of | eczema, rash, tetter, ringworm and ; common itch. Two sizes, 35c and $1. i who condacted The |, Conta j ing med j | Time. South Florida Phone 598 ‘aan weertrebiveedsuiebbabaetn y at an e ing Robert’ Lift Housekeeping Burdens From Your Wife---Modernize Your Home. 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All friends of the family are invited to be ceremony and attend tion to be held Monday 502 Margaret street at the the Coast Guard boat in port last night with of liquor which were se vicinity of Fort Myers rned over mC IINOLE ACKSONVILLE FLORIDA Two new execut Arthur American Le Bolivar Recic of was Miss « was a cay arge number Monday aft brated her Smging niversary zi and games were by the group of older merry Just as he was preparing t jte the fed ng FEAL LALA AAA AEE DEE VETERANS Safeguard Your Bonus Bonds Deeds, Jewelry and Other Valuables We have a few safety deposit boxes for rent= to responsible persons. The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation - % N N & N N) : N . 0 A ded dada daddies dA ddl mM \WesersrrrssrrrsorcsS | x. POP PP PT BaP AS#. on, S VETERANS Put Some of That Adjusted Compensation Money Into Something That You Will Enjoy Thru The Years. bh hededdead duds Supplies, Etc. White and Eliza Streets faded Wier ar wr.