The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 14, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunddy By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. it | Prove, to our satisfaction, at least, From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press «he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year six Months Three Months .... One Month Weeks Made known on appli All reading ne respect, obitua churches from which ents a line. and invites discus- s of local or general h anonymous communi- The Citiz sion of public interest but it v cations. 1 not pub | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST #DVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN ‘Water and Sewerage. Le:dges to complete Road to Main- aad. “ree Port. Hetels and Aparunents, Rathing Pavilion. Alports—Land and Sea, Sensolidation of County and City Governments, Spain is now trying out the dictator’s substitute for the ballot box. Florida wants no more boom in real estate; it wants it to remain real. | the form of letters from a Princeton. pro- | WHEREIN MEN IMPROVE Every once in a while we are pleased to chronicle something that seems to that manners and men have improved in the | world in which we live. An example of the kind comes to mind as we read a newspaper story from Port Arthur, Texas, sent out by the As- | sociated Press, and calling attention to a! book in the ljbrary of the. Texas town, | bearing the title, “Miller on Clerical Man.- | ners.” The volume was published in 1852 in | fessor to a theological student. Evidently | the would-be ministers of that day were | rough and ready folk, used to the out- doors and somewhat free from the re- | straint that is now imposed by custom as well as law. ‘ | Among the gems of advice, passed on | to the rising class of clergymen, the fol- | lowing is reported: “Among the offen- | sive habits, the first I shall mention is that | of spitting on floors and carpets | of the; apartments in which you are seated.” The good professor also advised against — ting in church.” ' Of course, we are conscious that there | are some horrible examples of the race of | man who continue to expectorate wher-i ever they happen to be, regardless of | looks, health and manners. At the same! time, we judge that the clergy is free of } the disgusting habit and that many other | citizens are not accustomed to violate the rule laid down by the gentle adviser of the | last century. Given a few more decades | and, maybe, the roughnecks and hicks will | learn that spitting is not practiced pro- miscuously in the best circles and that modern sanitation is against it. SHOULD BE COMPENSATED THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs Collective Bargaining ; By GUS W. DYER f Professor of Economics and Sociology, Vanderbilt University Wild assertions and .unsypported claims by demagogues have. misled uninformed people with reference to the so-called tabor prpviem. Capit: } izing the old prejudices of the poor against the rich, radi- eals have cre- ated the tm- pression that labor is at @ great disadvan- tage under American free- dom, on account of legal and other discrimi nations against labor This un- warranted as- sumption ts 3 used as @ jus- tification for radical legislative poli- cies. Labor has the first claim on the gross income of the employer-organi- zation As a matter of fact, labor must be paid whether there is any income or not If there ts no income the em- ployer must go out, mortgage his Property and borrow the money nec- essary to pay the wage earners in full Wage earners have first claim— over stockholders, bonc holders and the banks that have made loans to thg corporation Many. railroads have been in the nands of receiyers for some years. This means that the stockholders get nothing But the wage earners get their wages in full regardless of the losses of the owners of ‘the business. Under our taws it ts a felony tor an employer to use any surt of com- pulsion to prevent an employee from giving up his job But employees are permitted under the law to engage in boycotts and other methods of com- pulsion in order to force employers to their terms. if an employer breaks his contract with an employee. the -mployee can go in court and recover four the loss sustained. An employee may break his contract at will, and the employ- er has no practicable way of recover- ing anything for the toss, The right to brin; employee, practically, The fair minded, intelligent man will find it difficult to discover any real discriminations against labor under American industrial freedom. “Collective bargaining” is the means by which radicals hope to gain their objectives by force and compul- sion. But the name is misleading. Under our constitution there question but that American citizens have the right of collective bargain- ing. Collective bargaining has been practiced from the beginning of our history. American citizens in any sphere of life have a right to form an organization and make contracts as an organization with other groups or with individuals. A bargain is @ contract. If contract be substituted for bargain. it is plain to all that there is nothing new in groups making con- tracts as groups. There are two parties to every bar- gain, every contract. Under Ameri- can ideals, and American law. there is no place for any sort of compul- sion in perfecting contracts between two parties. If compulsion is used by either party. the contract is nul] and void. It ceases to be a contract It is fundamental and essential that each party to a contract be absolutely free to enter into the contract or to re- fuse to enter as he may see fit. The only type of collective bargain- ing under our constitution and our Anglo-American ideals of freedom is that which gives full recognition to both parties to exercise their inalien- able rights of freedom. To confer on any group of employ- ers or employees the power to use compulsion in perfecting contracts is not to give to such groups the right of collective bargaining, but is to con fer on them the power of dictator- ship. Such power is deadly and an- tagonistic to the whole theory of con- tracts and can have no place under free government. DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Three aliens entered a car of grapefruit in Havana. They came to Key West and were almost dead when discovered. While on the trip;from Havana they ate almost three “boxes of the fruit whichponly increased the thirst fron{,Which ‘‘they were almost |dead when taken from the car. They Avere turned over to immi- gration authorities and are being held for investigation. County officials and Rotary Club baseball teams will meet in a return engagement Thursday |afternoon at the navy barrack: | The court house aggregation say they are going on the diamond with the determination to even up the score with the Rotes and it is !expected that the contest will be witnessed by a large crowd of fans, since the game comes cn a half holiday. Editorial comment: One Am- erican in every 10,000 is a mil- {lionaire. Are you one of the [lucky ones? Florida has 51 th lionaires, but not one of them is a Key Wester. A baby boy weighing five | pounds was born on Sunday to Mr. and Mis. W. A. Knowles. Mr. and Mrs. William Knowles of 907 Georgia street are rejoic- ing over the birth of a daught jin their home Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Johnson | are being congratulated upon the | arrival of a baby girl born to j their home, 1021 Varela street, | Saturday afternoon. | will hold a meeting at the Mon- ree county high school building | tonight starting at 7:30 o'clock jfor the purpose ef opening bids jfor the purchase of school bonds te the amount of $200,000. The bond issue is being fleated fer the purpose of raising funds fer the construction of twe scheel buildings and fer the improve- ment of other school ‘uiiding= and grounds. | Customs officers destroyed 228 quarts of intexicating iquer frem the rear veranda of the pesteffice building yesterday. This liquer | was seized some time ago when caught while it was being tran= ported in an automobile which was also seized and seid. The Government has just recently given authority fer the destruc- tion of the liquor. | There were 15 cases disposed of in criminal court this merning The one which awakened greatest interest was that of D L. Cash charged with Hlegal po session of liquer. His attermes ‘ moved that the search warrant 4x not describe the place where liquor was found but described a « place nearby and should there ore be quashed. The case was, after consideration by the covert. _ nolprossed. Sheriff Cleveland Niles called a conference of. city and officjals this marmming te mve-ti- county gate the whipping af twe city of-- ‘ ficials who were kidnaped last ‘week Wednesday night. Present at the conference were the sheri Judge J. Vining Harris. Attorney Arthur Gomez. Soliciter J. F. Buste, and Chief of Police Ivan Flwoed Sheriff Ni vised The Citizen his office bad been working on the case since the outrage was perpetrated aad but deemed it best to work on the, quiet for the present (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) ‘eialaacngs sanctions Seeing America is a good way for Americans to spend their time and money. It keeps American money in America and helps prosperity. Mussolini boasts that he can put 8,- 000,000 men under arms in a few hours, but he doesn’t say how long he can keep them under arms. The meat markets of Key West quite frequently advertise “All Ingredients for Souse.” We always thought that the bar- room was the place for that. With the calling of bids for the con- struction Of three units of bridges, every Doubting Thomas now quickly crawl into his hole and pull it after him. should Asked to form a sentence containing the names of the democratic and republi- can standard bearers, a Key West school boy wrote: To Garner votes Roosevelt will be compelled to Landon Knox. Judge Musmanno of Pittsburgh vol- untarily did a brief stretch in prison to learn what it is like to be on the receiving end of a sentence. If we got full justice few of us mortals would go through life without involuntarily doing a stretch, brief or lengthy. Babson, the financial expert, s in the event of World War, for example—he would rather have his money invested in the rural districts than tied up in city office buildings. Must be afraid the foreign planes will get him, unless Uncle Sam’s can shoo ’em away. troubles—another Bishop Gallagher, the spiritual su- perior of Father Coughlin, is quoted as say- ing the voice of Father Coughlin is the voice of God. That is debatable, to say the least. We do not think God is for Lemke anymore than he is for either Roose- velt or Landon. Politics being what it is we don’t think God has anything to do with it. This is not tourist propaganda, but} when Key Westers visit in| Miami their chances for sudden death via auto are much greater in that city than in either Jacksonville or Tampa. For the first six months in 1936 Dade lead with 48 deaths, Duval was next with 32 and Hillsborough last with 23. Over 100 deaths from the automobile in six months in three counties alone, and most of them in the three cities mentioned, when with the proper care not one fatal accident might have occurred? Key West has one of ‘the lowest death rates from autos in the United States, it may be mentioned incidentally, | Gus Langley, of Morris Plains, N. J., was “ready to die’? seven times, he as- serts, in the North Carolina death house, where they shaved his head, before re- | ceiving news of the seven reprieves which gave him a chance to establish his _ in- nocence. Last month Governor Ehringhau: signed a full pardon for the man who faced death after being convicted of a murder that he did not commit. Parole { Commissioner Gill approved a suggestion that the Legislature pay Langley for the time he spent in prison and it seems prob- able that legislation to this end will be passed, H The experience of this man bears out the suspicion that the verdicts of juries are ; not always what they are expected to be.; It reminds us that our system of ¢rial by jury is not infallible, even though we| readily agree that it is, from. the stand- point of the accused, the best in the world. Plainly the man in New Jersey is entitled to compensation from the State that sub- jected him to such punishment and there! are others like him scattered throughout | the United States who probably deserve the same treatment. ——— | AIR RACE ACROSS ATLANTIC An International trans-Atlantic Air Derby, from Paris to New York, is to be undertaken on May 21 of next year, the tenth anniversary of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh’s historit flight from New York ! to Paris. | One stipulation of the contest will re- quire that the take-off be on May 21 at Paris regardless of weather conditions. Aviation experts claim that sufficient prog- ress has been made to warrant this provi- sion and it is hoped that at least a score of airmen from many nations will participate in the derby. AN ATHLETE’S GREAT RECORD | Back in the year 1925 a young maw started to play first base for the New York Yankees, in the American baseball league, Since that date the playerhas par- ticipated in every game of his. club, every season, and last week played in his 1785th ball game without being absent a single time. Such a record deserves notice any- where, anytime, and in baseball it is not surprising that Lou Gehrig has broken the tecord for straight games. As a matter of fact, he broke it some time ago. So here’s luck to a man who has made a remarkable record of endurance and one that will stand for many years, \ Today’s Anniversaries @eooreceescorsccccccccer 1742—James Wilson, Philadel- phia lawyer, signer of the Declara- | tion of Independence, one of the first U. S. Supreme Court jus- tices, born in- Scotland. Died Aug. 28, 1798. . 1760—Luigi Cherubini, famed Italian composer of music, born. Died March 15, 1842. 1792—Seba Smith, Portland, laine and New York’s noted polit- satirist-journalist, born at Brickfield, Maine. 1868. 1818—Lucien B. Maxwell, fron- an, friend of Kit Carson, ac- in the Far West in the 1840's, New Mexico owner of the cele- brated “M 1 Grant,” born at Kashasia, Il. ed July 25, 1875. ilmore, who 5 fame died aged 38, in Died July 21, 1883. seulptor, though he Ireland. ent attorney and inventor, who patented a motor car hack in 1879, born at Clarkson, N.Y. Died at Rochester, N. Y., Jan. 17, 922 i 1922. 1857—William A. Locy, North- western Uni ity’ ist, born at Troy, Mich. Died sae 9, 1924, JOE ALLEN Died July 28, i Boston ; ago. | U. S. Senator Scott M. Loftin lof Florida, born at Montgomery, Ala., 58 years ago. * i | Alice Stone Blackwell of Boston, | humanitar‘an, vorn at KE. Orange, IN, J., 79 years ago | Margaret Sanger of, New York, |birth contro! leader, born at Corn- fing, N. Y., 53 years ago. ; . Laura G. Fraser of New York, noted sculptor, born in Chicago, 47 years ago. > President Karl T. Compton of the Mass. Institute of Technology, ; born at Wooster, Ohio, 49 years . ago. | Dr. Matthew Luckiesh of Cleve- !Jand, famed physicist and electric- ‘al engineer, born at Maquoketa, Iowa, 53 years ago. Rabbi Barnett R. Brickner of Cleveland, born in New York, 44 | years ago. KEY WEST | COLONIAL HOTEL noted zoolog- | i} In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Class—Fireproof— Sensible Rates Garage Elevator Popular Prices : ‘Pay For it to yourself. CREDIT. The First National OC Lakh hdd hikaahukdeahadadnr| ' is to pay for it as you pay rent. SES RE MOREHIY. out-of if on the principal and the infere: over a given period of yeat mortgage and have the housé free of all debt.dt’s . very much like buying a house and then renting CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD'OR BUY A HOME OR REPAIR OR MODERNIZE -ANY TYPE OF BUILDING ON INSURED Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FOS ALEPPALAAD AAA AL LL dda The Easiest Way For You To Od he hud ude uf A Home * The logical way ome, an installment etc., andthus, pay off the entire Bank ot Key West il ddd kd hddidedé a Two of the fastest fighters in j this part of the state are sched- uled to meet in the squared circle t the Athletic Club. : ; Young Franks of Tampa and Kid , chair-| Farne of Key West. . Tariff Commission,|T, Warren born at Abington, Mass., 71 years! scrappy and fast boys as an added a ! YOUR DESTINY BY LE MAES They are Stamp. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN, KEY WEST, FLA. Manager R.| has secured these attraction to the usual fight show,! LOOK YOUR BEST Improve your skin. Relieve the tation of pimples and blotches with soothing, scientifically medicated Resinol Name City and State Date of Birth Write Plain—Enciosing 16¢ Com and Stamp A 4936 Reading to The Citicee Reeders by Specul Ae rangements for a Limited Time only TEN CENTS Com and fA Baa Daa aL hhh dadedidkde dade dideddididddaddchdadad NEWS HAS JUST COME THAT THE STATE PLANT BOARD IN- TENDS TO MAKE THREE COMPLETE SPRAYINGS OF FOLIAGE IN KEY WEST IN THIS CONNECTION THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO INSPECT DAMAGE ALREADY DONE‘TO OUR ROSE AND FLOWER GAR- DEN BY THE PLANT BOARD IN TWO OPERATIONS THERE IS NOTHING ONE CAN DO.ABOUT IT. Key West must sub- ject itself to this wholesale plant destruction, OR ELSE AS SOON AS THEY COMPLETE THEIR DESTRUCTION IN OUR GARDENS, OUR FLORAL DEPARTMENT WILL BE OUT OF BUSINESS. KEY WESTERS ARE ADVISED NOT TO PLANT ANY- THING THIS YEAR OF CHARM OR BEAUTY, LEST SOMEONE IN GAINESVILLE OR TALLAHASSEE WAKE UP WITH A BAD FEEL- ING SOME MORNING AND DECIDE THAT THE CAMPAIGN OF DESTRUCTION HAS NOT BEEN SUFFICIENTLY THOROUGH AND MUST BE DONE OVER AGAIN. White and Eliza Streets Phone 598 “Your home is Avorthy of the best” But the Plant Board won't let flowers grow m your yard ¢ ; they can help it. WWIII IIDIIIDOIIDIIOIIII IIIS SS, (LiAdbkbkkdkdddbddidktiktiiadiAdhbeirkadhdabdadhAdddddiddd S