The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 9, 1937, Page 2

+ 1 oan | issues and subjects of local or general e it wil not publish anonymous cummuni- i THE KEY WEST CITIZEN “ ? _ WILL «lways seek the truth and print it a without fear ar! without favor; never be efraid te attack wreng or to applaud right; aiways fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, $ faction 7s do its utmost the i publie tolerate corruption or | injustice vice and praise virtue; evmmend food due by individual or o ization; tolerant of others’ q opinions; print only news that elevate © ; ‘and not contamicate the reader; never com promise wiiu principle, IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST AOVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerrge. Bridges to complete Road to Main land. Free Port, Hote!s an¢ Apartinents. Rathing Pavilion, w ee eat eres Abovrte—Land and Sea. Consclidation of County and C:ty Governments. s No, Polonius, Mr. Slean does not emanufacture liniment; he bui'ds auto- mobiles, but not so many at the moment, : The reason we feel like apologizing to ‘ur readers, every now and then, is that ‘we realize, from what some of them say, how much better they could do our job. Since it is true that we follow, gen- erally, the line of least resistance, it fol- lows that those who buck the line will be the victors in any endeavor, mental or pliysical. There should be a law against persons holding public office if their taxes are not paid. No public official can require obedience to the law if he himself is a glaring offender. It is reported that the Duke of Wind- sor plans to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson on : April 27. This is the exact date on which Wally’s divorce decree will become final, and no time will be lost. The city of Kissimmee wants new resi- dents, and so does every town and city from “the sand hil's of Leon to the coral shores of Key West,” as the politicians sate it.—Sarasota Herald. It is one of the tenets of the Supreme! Court never to give out interviews, but the latest attempted assavlt on the Constitu- tion, the foundation of our liberty, may be sufficient p.cvocation to become articulate in self-defense. : Seiten Sei deieincecihen aetna aed Westbrook Pegler says €airo is pro- need Kai-ro. But how is: Kai-ro pro- ins Morris in 8:8 Petersburg We were ‘stumped, too, un- we ae of .the former German fire But the Literary Digest says Wairo rhymes with faro. : Advertising to be ffective must be constant. Key West has been made known te the world in word and song for many ~~ and as soon as trenspartation means adequately established, the effect |: ues advertising wil! he indubitably seen _and the expected reward in visitors reaped. ene weather. Eggs are hij et because cold wea’ Jaying capacity of hens. A few days of warm weather in Winter time re- duces the be ae price of eggs. The | actors and the cold weather drives pom the de:eand and supply of all ies. fey! all steed The mi real value of a human life is measured by material income. The reat host of lawyers, doctors, singers, writers, small retailers and is not based on merit or worthiness. | preachers who are receiving small in- Water is the pst drink in the world | comes have just as good a right as “ and contri*wtes more to general wel- | other group to combine and “hold uy fare than all other drinks combined. | those from whom they receive thei ote Yet it practically has no value for |incomes, and, by force, compel them drinking — pur; . Mean, bootleg |to “come across” with whatever the whiskey has a value of a dollar a'outlaw band decides its members pint. The lack of value in water is not | néed. due to a conspiracy in Wall Street, nor to any sort of discrimination against water from any source. The sole cause of its .ack of value is its great abundance. It is not scarce. The high value of bontleg whiskey is not due to its worthiness, but solely to its scarcity. Many people want it and the supply is limited ‘ihe directors of great corporations and the common laborers employed by them receive compensation for their services under the same law, The values of goods and services are determined by their scarcity regard- léss of their_merits cr demerits. Value If it is right for one group to repudi- ate market values and “hold up” those from whom they receive their in- c@mes, and force their victims to turn over to them what they need, then it is right for every other group to do the same thing. To accept this very low, unethical principle means to revert to the ethics of the jungle. The principle is not only destruc- tive to industrial progress, but is de- structive to the very foundation of social order. (Address questions to the author care of this nomenanor) MY LITTLE CHURCH IN THE MOONLIGHT In the thick shadows of night; I paused beside a rusty gate That stood veiled in a perfuthed profusion of flowers. The open church door was exhaling a heavy incense. I saw no one, yet there was a presence as of many worshipers . . They stood with me. I was not afraid of them. Soon I wae lost in the crowd as we edged through the doors... I knelt with them and found PEACE, After all that was what I wanted . . . wasn’t it? Hae ad the moon erept out from the clouds flooding the Sabb tubry. fellow worshipers were no longer with me, [Beet in the incensed beauty of this shrine My soul found God, . i which, as a community we must take be: | fore we can be considered a desirable community in which to invest time and | money, until we have first paid to our policemen, our firemen and other creditors | at whose expense the city has been run, the money due them, Again, it is perfectly obvious that there is only one source from which this money can come; and that is the source provided by the mutual agreement of all of us, the tax levy. z It was made plain at the meeting of the City Council on Feb. 3rd, that there was neither need nor intention to distress property owners who were getting no revenue from their property; or who, for other reasons, were unable to pay. je There is a sufficient amount tS delinquent tax list, of taxes due on producing property, and on property ed by citizens who can find money fe every purpose except to pay-their debt to the city, citizens who do pay their taxes on property in other cities, to enable the city to meet its obligations and in so doing to better conditions so that more and more property would move into the productive class. We question the right of debtors to the city, or of men who are reputed to represent debtors, to assume to represent the city in a case where the interests of the city lie on one hand, and the assumed interests of the debtors lie on the other. No judge would presume to act in a judicial capacity, in a case in which he was financially involved. He would promptly disqualify himself; and if he did not, his findings would be subject to ques- tioning in a higher court. Councilmen who are delinquent, or whose interests are closely involved with those of delinquents, are in exactly the same category. Their findings are subject to review by the authority which placed them in the position they occupy—the public. Fortunately, they are not appointed for life. Not only can they be removed, if the public so desires, but at stated in- tervals they automatically are placed be- fore the public for review. 2 z , The question of whether the City of |The socnlizht seemed a divine radiation, Key West, or the debtors of the city of! Tinged as it was with strains from an organ played by ghostly Key West are to secure representation, is| y, Bi Pine cian the aout: one that the public has the power to de- cide as it deems best. Now when my soul is ill from temptation and realities, I flee to that hallowed spot Where incense and music mingle . To MY LITTLE CHURCH IN THE MOONLIGHT, —JOS, C. McMAHON. THEY WANT TO GET IN There must be something to the United States, after all. In spite of the perpetual howl of the calamity - brethren } and the dire prophecies of the/dour seers there are people in the world anxious to get into this country. Smuggling Chinese into the States, at from $50 to $500 a head, is said to.be. a well-organized business along certain bor- ders. Even airplanes are used, along with ships, trains and automobiles. It’s a luck- less Chinaman, however, who happens to be the cargo when the border patrol gives close pursuit. The story is told of bundles dropped from fleeing ships and there is an idea that airplanes, too, have thrown overboard their cargoes of determined Chinese, anxious to get into the United States, after having paid well for the trip. Key West Jr.-Sr. High School. THE TELEPHONE © GIVES YOU PROTECTION CAN'T AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT Sees sare iL is to be hoped that you will never awake to find a marauder prowling around your home. It is to be hoped that the smoke and crackle of a blaze will never threaten your house and personal eae Lae Bi property. HERE’S A BALANCE! It is to be hoped that no member of your family will have a*suddets and disperative need: for u/ docior: Old age pensions have som ople La Raid es eo But ahoold-any Gnetgency quack the mlety of your worried. They wonder who is going to ‘ home or family, the telephone may be the messenger that pay them. They tell you that, with our) quniiintie Ament aad national birth rate declining more than And every day, the telephone pays its way by taking one-third of our population will be over your voice to almost anyone you wish to reach, and by fifty years of age in less than fifty years. bringing the words of others who wish to reach you. It seems tough but, then, there are The value of telephone service is immeasurably high, other statistics. One says that the popula- the cost is low. Order telephone service for your home— tion of the United States will begin to de- today, cline in the next fifteen years. Fifty years from now, says he, we will have only one- third as many children in the nation as now. So what? Merely, that if we have fewer children to support the nation may; °° be able to care for its old people, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE CITIZEN—2Me WEEKLY SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH Co. INCORPORATED | of the annual meeting of the Board No complaints were voiced. at Fire Control of the District of Florida held at the J. val su D. 77 WILMIIIIIIIE SLE GIVE LL GIGI L IIL. ner, atorney for the board. expected to arrive in Key West. about February 22. according to} advices receved at the Cuban con- tive will be bound to Washington,! Rotary international. night to her home in New York. .| George Kozma Damian. father of the deceased, and the four year old daughter of Mrs. Dallakin, ac- unty court house this ‘|lands. Members of present were: W. Palm Beach, chief fire vasdeat" seg 9! E. Taylor, Stuart; L. S. Har-| Try “R rd, Fort Landerdale; A. 0. at CONDENSED THE Preadeat Gesdido Methain. | OF KEY WEST a atthe ey late. The Cuban chief execu- . *., where he will extend toj President Coolidge and Sectetary % «276,060.47 of State Kellogg an invitation to) al be his guests at the Pan-American conference to be held in Havang 30,080.76 in 1928. : | ties _ 171,800.16 z mes ! Stock of the Federal Re- President Andrew Miller, of the; serve Bank 4,500.00 local Rotary Club, and Mrs, Mil-| Temporary Federal De- Jer, will leave this afternoon for posit Insurance Fund 50186 Miami where they will attend the; United States Govern- inter-city Ladies Night. of Ro-| ment Obligations di- tarians tomorrow night, in honor | pec onr fully $612,571.98 af Hates Me Bakers Sree ot Cash and due from Banks 366,479.40 979,051.28 Thé body of Mrs, Roce Dalla- LIABILITIES beastie kin, who died yesterday in her Capital ............... as = ee = * apartment at the Air Station Surplus, Undivided, Protits and and Reserves seth reservation, was forwarded — last Depeite co clio sieee. ba $1,462,532.48 Member of Federal Reserve System Member of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ¥ ROOFING SPECIAL . 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