The Key West Citizen Newspaper, August 18, 1937, Page 2

PAGE Baer The Key lest Citizen Published “Daily Except Sunday By EN PUBLISHING CO., INC. ARTMAN, President » Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe _ County. Entered at K st, ‘Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for re! ligation.of all news-dispatches credited to it or not Rierwise credited in this paper and also the localimews. published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year ..... eee : Six Months "Three Month: Peeeeecreae Ofte Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of i0 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which @ revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. | IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- Jand. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County’ and City Governments. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of Any person, clique, faction or class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue. couilmend good done by individual or organ- ization; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com- promise with principle. Success is ; hard to define and still harder to achieve. “You must cooperate” often means “let me have my way.” a « All towns are hick towns, only some - are bigger than the others. ~ indefiniteness. Most mone intentions are damned by Manana never comes; it is always in the future. The checker-playing store-keeper is dying: out. Key West is unique in that it never had them, at least not§nsofar as the writer ‘knows. ° When converted at a revival, an Ala- bama ex-sinner said: “Friends, I want to confess everything bad I’ve done, but I can’t until the grand jury adjourns.” An electric sign on Broadway, New York, proclaims to the world that the oranges of California have “a richer juice and a finer flavor.” Since only Florida and California raise oranges to any extent the advertisement is a reflection on the Florida product. Judgment is left to those who try them both. mele HW Medical care should no longer be con- cerned exclusively with tare of the sick, but also with the health guardianship of the noniif®y welt’ THE Ta ter Ws Hest The portant as it arrests the former. We might adopt the Chinese fashion and pay the doc- tor so long as he keeps us well, and stop payment when we are ill. It is said that the man who can give an honest opinion of himself gives world reason for forming a good opinion of him. But if we do give an honest opinion BRITISH SOCIAL SERVICES Great Britain is not considered a com- munistic or socialist State and yet, we are advised, that the total annual cost of social services in 1934 was $2,000,000,000. Since the population of Great Britain is little more than one-third that of the United States this amount is nearly equivalent to $6,000,000,000 a year in this country. A recent report of British social serv- ; ices find that it includes three categories: (1) Constructive Community Services —education, public health, medical care, j-eare of the mentally diseased, care of the lind; unemployment exchanges, training centers, etc. (2) Social Insurance Services—na- tional health insurance, unemployment in- surance, and widows’, orphans’ and old- age contributory pensions.\ (3) Social Assistance Services—non- contributory old-age pensions, unemploy- ment assistance (the ‘“dole”). and other j Services of local public assistance. The money taken from the taxpayers” pockets for these services increased eight times between 1900 and 1934. The vari- ous services touch about one-half of the to- tal population ‘‘at a dozen or more points during the course of a lifetime.” Space does not permit a more de+ tailéd report: of the facts disclosed by the survey of the British social services but what has been written is enough to em- phasize the trend of this phase of govern- mental activity and to indicate that the United States will probably follow British footsteps and develop and expand the so- cial services that have been initiated here. “APPEALING” FIGURE DISAPPEARING “There is no more appealing profes- sional figure in American life than the well-trained rural general practitioner who keeps abreast of advances in his profession and to whom patients are something more than a ‘common nature’” says the New York Times in discussing the recent gift to make possible in Boston, Mass., the estab- lishment of a medical center for the de- velopment of “rural medicine.” If the general practitioner is so ap- pealing the nation might as well do some- thing for him because the type is fast dis- appearing and, under present conditions, will disappear by the end of another gen- eration. The family physician, so long the object of veneration, finds the hard lesson of economics against him as he sees the ‘young specialists crowd into his practice and take from him the cream of his busi- ness. : The backbone of the practice of medi- cine as we know it is the family doctor but the odds are against him. The medicos jin North China how has it been on may be the end. who are vigorously opposing the spread of ‘state medicine might find, upon reflection and study, that in permitting the family physician to pass away they have lost their mainstay against socialized treatment of individuals. If the medical associations would do something about making the field of the general practitioner more at- tractive financially there would be less need to worry about state medicine. WCMEN AS POLICE A world survey of conditions with re- spect to the welfare of women and chil- dren made under the auspices of the League of Nations discloses that in 18 countries women are employed to a greater or less extent as police. The largest number are employed in the United States, with Great Britain and Argentina following. Satisfaction over the results obtained through the work of policewomen is expressed by all countries reporting, except South Africa, where wo- men police formerly used in Cape Town have been discontinued. Not all the countries which ‘Women on the police roster use them for making arrests, however, as a great many Wetailed to duty only as matrons or for investigation work. The employment of women in this and other branches of public service appears to be steadily increasing, and the spread of the idea, particularly in countries in which women have the ballot, is an indication include the | that in time very few human activities will | | be closed to them. | You _and sYour™ Why is there (presumably) a rela- | tively large proportion of unemploy- | ment in this country in the face of various manifestations of pronounced business recov- ery in other di- rections? This question is oft- en discussed, and often the explanations advanced are far removed from the eco- nomics of the problem. Much of the discussion of the unemploy- ment problem has been = acterized by wishful think- ing rather than by an understanding of the economics of the issue. Some- times the economics of a problem is not pleasant to face, and often it ap- Pears to run counter to what so many people like to regard, though sneer ficially, as humanitarianism; “superfi humani doubt ; ‘and -g t coated ine 9 hoi wate! possible, rr introd ery. Thismay)s tarianism, but ft i it is not even hi merely a mixture of g ; confusion of thought, and demagog- uery, The economics of the problem is rather simple. Wages, as reflected in wage rates, are the prices of labor. These are determined by supply dnd demand, just as the price of any thing is the reflection of the interac- tion of the forces of supply and de- mand. If the supply of labor is too great relative to demand at any time, the supply can be moved only by reducing the price of labor, not by increasing it. The supply of any- thing of value can be moved if the price is reduced sufficiently. But to assume that the supply of anything can be moved more easily, with a given demand, if the price is raised, is to reveal an ignorance of onagof the simplest principles of economic When, therefore, a business reces- sion hits a country, or when prices fall and the prospects for profits fade, the solution lies in a slash in costs and prices by producers, and this includes a slash in wage rates. A cut in rates in proportion to the cut in o' costs, assuming that all costs are in proportion to the fall in the pri of the products, will result in the’ (Address questions to thi Nation’s Affairs | The Unemployment Problem By WALTER E. SPAHR Professor of Economics, New York Universit employment of the unemployed I will even expand the ‘otal paid out in wages beyond what would other- wise be the case because this propor- tionate cut in wage rates reduces unit costs so sharply that employers’ in- | comes are increased sufficiently to in- duce them to expand operations and to increase the total wage bill. People are inclined to concentrate their at- tention upon the question of wage rates and to stop short of analy: the relationship of wage rates unit costs to the total wage bill and the purchasing power of the cig earners’ total income in terms commodities. The true economics of the unem- ployment problem has been stated clearly in a recen’ work, Banking and the Business Cycle, by Dean C. A. Phillips, of the University of Iowa, who says among other things: “A program of reduction of wage rates, which brings costs into line with prices so that entrepreneurs are in- duced to embark upon greater pro- ductive operations, will put unem- ployed workers back into jobs, will is|expand the aggregate of wage pay- ments, and will enhance the total vol- ume:.of consymer purchasing power. 9 4 The, he brutal truth is that the stand- org fe for the American people jas sien drastically” since “1929' for the siinple:reuson that the policy of aeees high wage rates has re- es employment = ory rod jon of goods that” constitute inl = bad matter of shorter hours is like- wise a question of their effects upon unit costs and the total wage bill. The raising of wage rates, or the'shorten- ing of the hours per week, beyond what the economics of the situation will permit, will. increase unemploy- ment and injure labor. Purthermore, it will accentuate the movement to- ward an increase in the use of ma- « inery. Economic principles ¢ometimes seem harsh. But the fact‘is that con- formity to them is the quickest way known to remove humap distress, The surgeon who understands the principles of his science ‘and oper- ates or prescribes accordingly, -even though the patient suffer pain tem- porarily, is much to be preferred to the untrained, ingratiating practi- . | tioner who says kind and pleasing things and uses narcotics but pre- scribes wrongly and delays recovery. The relatively large unemployment of today is due to the use of sym- pathetic but largely unsound: pre- scriptions instead of those based upon the economics of the problem. The brunt of the consequence of this “sympathctic policy” is bosne by the unemployed. author care of this newspaper), WHO KNOWS? 1. How can a farmer obtain a rehabilitation loan? 2. Can stamp collectors bbt a reproductions of stamps of United States? ‘ 3. Are freight rates United States uniform? 4. With Japan seizing territory in the possilie to prevent war? 5. Where can I find the ex- pression, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard} his spots?” 6. 7. Who was the most powerful of the Greek and Latin gods? 8. What proportion of persons} gainfully employed. P| skilled class? z 9. Howsmany times has Hagpld) S. Vanderbilt suopesst oll. defdpa- ed the America’s 10. If the Post - delivering a Hie recover compen thereby sustained? adel ti me (See “The Answers” on Page 4) Lawyer—-Do you ‘il to name Miss Devine as witness? Actress’ Vietim— her own advertising. let do Where was the Appian Way?| Today S Horoscope parm develops ae. full, of initiative in business en- ferpiibes. On its better sides, a he: strom >usiness man and a good l& but if there the citizen will result; be bad aspects to fortane or lib- erty, and laxity in training, pris- Great cau- |tion is needed in the conduct of ' daily affairs. Beauty Unadorned | ianaee “Have you seen Nerah’s evening frock?” “No—What does it look like?” in many places it’s. very H | Tike “Nora.” TRESI | oF OUT OF IREZ One application gives prompt relief. te oily bose soothes the parched skin, new her A Service for Travelers For the ever-increa: sing number of patzpns who are planning a journey our bank offers ~ AMERICAN EXPRESS as a protection uations of $10, $20, $50 for each $100 purchase | | | | Teller about them. TARVELERS CHEQUES for travel funds. These Cheques, issued in convenient denomi- and $100, cost only 75c. d. They are spendable wherever travelers go, and carry the added and important feature of a prompt refund by the Am- erican Express Company in case of loss or theft before your second signature is affixed. Ask the WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1937. Order DeMolay this evening af the Coral Isle Casino. An or chestra has been provided. The floor has been put in excellent The floor committee is !composed of Gerald Hernandez, Higgs' Joe Pierce and Allan Hampton. KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen condition. The S. J. Groves Co., highway Curry and Mrs. Samuel contractors, have as their guests presided at the punch bowl. | at the Big Pine Key construction} camp this afternoon upwards of; Mr.-and Mrs. Leland Sawyer, | "1G al it Ki T 100 Key 'Westers, city and county of 904) Raton,street, announce 3 patentee : oe coat be jofficials and other well known pitth’ at? 4:15 ‘this’ morning of i bes of. the ae He was later | folk of the county. The Big Pine daughter. - Mother. and. child atv caret aeiescdetity sestthal ay aan ee Se nO Fenortpih ap eytinhy well: | Key Largo and brought to Kee ‘about to be moved as the work in| 3 i West. jthat section of the highway is) ¢i¢y Cétinelt Git abet tn an] brumetiemnee jabout complete. Except for build-| yiay session this evening at 8 WOMAN, 87, NEVER TIRED — ing the Key Largo Bridge has o'clock. This’ is the council’s —TAKES IRON DAILY completed about all of their work ‘second meeting in August and| “I am 87, go to church and ate on contracts extending over MANY: very little business is done at/tend er aa eo not get a months. The company has ex-: tii tired. eat an p well, than! perienced many pleasant moments, ‘n= et en to Vinol iron tonic.”—Mrs. M, since their work started on Batdorf. Vinol tastes fine! Orie Keys, and it is for this reason that; A dance is to be given by the'tal Pharmacy. the officials of the company de- meas cided to have a get-together meet- OVER-SEAS TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. joyous meeting which affords an! Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service opportunity to the company mem- | —~between— ‘MIAMI and KEY WEST lof the treatment accorded them. 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Full Cargo Insurance Office: 813 Caroline St. Telephones 92 and 68 Officers rounding up seven The Kirchik-Wright elopement is expected to terminate in a marriage of the young people in) Havana within the next 24 hours. { The marriage, it is understood, is} only being held up pending er arrival of Miss Kirchik’s mother, Mrs. Rosa Kirchik, from Key! West. This morning Mrs. Kir-| chik and son Jack boarded the P. and O. boat for Havana and this is taken as confirmation of the stories that the wedding will take place immediately upon their ar-| rival in Havana, Editorial comment: The fool killer is still loafing on his job,| In Key West, as in any other town! you can name, there are more folks than a few who think the proper place to stand and hold a! conversation with one’s friends is} the sidewalk. | One of the prettiest showers of} the season was given in honor of} Miss Naomi Curry Tuesday after- | noon at the home of her sister} Mrs. James Keaton. A_ color, scheme of pink and white was! carried. out in the decorations of} pink and white roses. A guess-/ ing game was played and the prize! won by Mrs. C. Cottrell and a) second prize. went to Mrs.! Rendueles. Miss Curry’s little sister wheeled in a little wagon 3 laden with ‘beautiful gifts which were given to the honoree by the little lady who was master of this section of the party. Mrs. Roland IALILLLL Ldn) WE HAVE AN IMMENSE STOCK OF MATERIAL FOR MAKING STORM SHUTTERS. CALL US FOR INFORMATION AND PRICES GET THAT OLD ROOF TIGHT. THIS COMPANY OFFERS A VARIETY OF SELECTION FOR ROOFING AS FOLLOWS: Prepared Roll Roofing Channeldrain Metal Roofing Corrugated Iron Roof Paints and Elastic Roof Cements SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. A THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” White and Eliza Streets Pope Pius told 1,000 pilgrims, includ- | Gen-| ing a large group of Americans, that new- | aj} ly-weds were the hope of society. That is} pons society does depend on them, -_) most newly-weds are hopeful. of ourselves, doesn’t that tend to give us| an inferiority complex in return? erally our self-analysis would portray distressing picture and lead to discourage- ment, Phone 598 ea a ah ah ah eect SiSOLIALD ADDED IOLIODaIODOIaDa AOSD ee A IIIT TAIT I ITI IOI I ITI ISS PAPER EEE EEE hd