The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 21, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING ©O., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant Business From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe if County. Entered at Key Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR : Member of the Associated Press fhe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not dtherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here, SUBSCRIPTION RATES wne Year ... Six Months . fhree Months . Qne 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 10 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- “land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, * _ Don't worry. It makes thin folks ™ thinner and fat ones fatter. Advertising is successful when it is “used intelligently and wisely. Occasionally a day dreamer is sur- ~ prised that a dream “comes true.” * p Borrow money from your’ best friend “and he ceases to be your best friend. Most of us are jealous of our rights, “especially the right to hold wrong opinions. The most distinctively American salute is executed by sticking up both hands. The trouble with the average person _/ is that he thinks himself so far above the average. How can a man tell whether a wo- “man’s hat is stylish without seeing the. price tag? After listening to committee members one wonders how any group ever agrees © on anything. # Ps Then there was the absent-minded oung doctor who billed his sweetheart oo two dollars a call. * “agree is the hope that never again will * there arise an occasion for our young men to fight in any war anywhere. ,. Change of heart on the neutrality of + the United States by the Administration » means just one thing, that British propa- * ganda is having effect. We have enough problems at home without shouldering Great Britain’s troubles. As everyone knows, speed is the great “highway killer. The motorist who drives at an excessive rate endangers not only his own life, but the lives of all’on the public streets and roads. He can offer buf one “excuse” for his conduct—that super-fast driving gets him to his destination sooner ~—unfortunately that destination is death. Wilson desired peace without victory - during the World War, and Roosevelt, fol- lowing suit, wants peace without force, As Wilson found so will Reosevelt find that while peace may have victory no less re- nowned than war, it also has its price. ’ Mrs. Roosevelt in her forthcoming book volunteers the assurance that we can have peace if we are willing to pay the price. That naturally leads to the question, what it. be delivered, One thing upon which Americans can ; POLL TAX AND VOTING Only 8 of the 48 states require the payment of poll tax as a_ prerequisite to voting, and all are in the South. They are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Vir- ginia. In these eight Southern states only 24.1 per cent of citizens of voting age went to the polls in the presidential election of 1936. This small percentage of actual vot- ers is due in part to the fact that com- paratively few Negroes vote in the South, and the poll tax is retained no doubt with a view to discouraging them from voting. The only Northern state which now imposes a poll tax, according to a_ recent publication, is Rhode Island, and there a citizen may vote without paying the by taking the “pauper oath.” The Constitution of the United States makes each state the judge of the quali- fications of its own electorate, except that the right to vote shall not be denied on ac- count of rage, color or previous condition We Geryituag, One tpt oddities among state laws tax respecting yoting“is'that of South Caro- lina, which |provides.that no Negro shall vote ina imocratic primary ‘unless he can prodtice a statement of 10 reputable white men who will swear that the appli- cant voted for General. Wade Hampton for governor of the state in 1876 and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. Obviously no one can comply with such a requirement, so there are no Negro voters in Democratic primaries in South Carolina. A FINDING OUT THINGS Some of the most stupid and futile activities of the present day may be seen in many of the “studies,” “researches,” and “surveys” by various government bu- reaus and college departments,. The . re- sults of a survey of the husband and wife problem by a department of Cornell Uni- versity wil] illustrate the point. After exhaustive (and perhaps ex- hausting) research, a report was issued containing these profound conclusions: “Men with $1,000 bank accounts on their wedding day have an advantage, as husbands, over those without such a nest egg. : “Morally upright couples pay more heed to their marriage vows. “Girls who have had experience in the business world have a better concep- tion of money values and thus make better wives. . “Husbands and wives of similar cul- ture have a better chance for placid domes- ticity. Bij “aig who hold their jobs and m good. ges are,more satisfactory.” Anyohe with aaditht age of 12 years or over Would know. those things in- stinctively; but only a group of experts could stat@ them so authoritatively. v NO FREE SERVICE There is a growing belief on the part of business men that many concerns are carrying the idea of so-called free service too far. The fact is that no such thing as free service exists. All service which costs money to perform must be paid for by someone, Take such a simple example as that of free delivery of merchandise sold, and it may readily be seen that the main- tenance of delivery trucks or messengers adds to the merchant's expense of doing business. his customers in the form of an increased price for his goods. While this is fair and proper in prin- ciple, the injustice lies in that the customer who does not demand delivery must usually | Pay as much as the customer who does. If 4 t He must pass this expense on to n@ one required delivery the price might be\correspondingly reduced. That this is! true. is illustrated by the “cash and carry” | stores and in a modified degree cafeteria system, The same principle applies businejs which supplies “free” or service to customers. by to the | all, facilities | In the long run someone) has to pay, although it is not al-j| price does peace demand, and if paid can} ways the customer who receives the bene- fit of the extra service, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN ' You and Your Nation’s Affairs : The Voice of Labor? ’ By J. E, LE ROSSIGNOL The bitter words of Mr, John Ly Lewis in a recent radio address about the impartial cursing of both labor and its adversaries have been embla- zoned in the public préss as first page news, whereas far more signifi- cant utterances in the same ad- dress have been scarcely noticed. Among them are the following: “Unioniza- tion, as opposed to Communism, presupposes the relation of employment; it is based upon the wage system and its recognizes fully and unreservedly the institu- tion of private property and the right to investment profit. ... The or- ganized workers of America, free in their industrial life, conscious part- ners in production, secure in their homes and enjoying:@ decent stand- ard of living, will prove the finest bulwark against the intrusion of alien doctrines of government.” While it is true that'Mr. Lewis and the C.1.O. have coquetted with com- munism, such statements as these show clearly that they have not yet gone over to that utopian and revolu- tionary cult, notwithstanding repeat- ed invitations and instigations by William Z. Foster, Earl Browder, and others of that ilk, and their disin- fenuous cooperation in recent labor disputes. In fact, Mr. Browder. though hailing the C.LO. as a step- ping-stone to communism, stigmatizes its “chief as “the very non-radical John L. Lewis,” while still hoping against hope for his social salvation. The declaration of Mr. Lewis in fa- vor of partnership between labor and capital calls to mind by way of con- trast the preamble of the constitution of the I.W.W., which reads thus: “The working class andthe em- ploying class have nothing in com- mon. There can be no peace so long as hunger and want are found among millions of working people and the few who make up the employing class have all the good things of life. Be- tween these two classes a struggle must go on until the vorkers of the world organize as a clas: take pos- session of the earth and the machin- ery of production and abolish the ‘wage system.” Though repudiating all of this, Mr. Lewis uttered a protest against pres- ent labor conditions and ‘a solem warning to the effect that, unless those conditions are mueh improved, | the wage-earners of our country may be converted to communism and rev- olution. Naively assuming ‘that the employers and the government were responsible for all the violence that occurred during the recent strikes, he said: “The real breeders of discon- tent and alien doctrines of govern- } ment and philosophies subversive of good citizenship are such as these who, take the daw into thein-own hands” And with respect to fair wages he said:,“Labor has suffered just as our farm population has suffered from a viciously unequal distribution of the national income. In the exploitation of both classes of workers ha. been the source of panic and depression, and upon the economic welfare of Loth rests the best assurance of a sound and permanent prosperity.” Here are at least three daring and debatable assumptions which should not pass unchallenged. As to violence and other violations of law, public opinion probably believes’ the C.I.O. 19 have been the first offender. As to the unequal distribution of the na- tional income, no respectable author- ity regards that as a chief cause of crises, Finally, the share of labor is a very large fraction of the national income, as will be shown in my next article. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) THE W 90 75 82 79 Highest Lowest Mean Normal Mean EATHER Rains have occurred since yester- day morning in many localities from the northern and central Plains States eastward to the north and middle Atlantic coast, Yesterday’s Precipitation .09 Ins. | being heavy at New York City, Norma] Precipitation ... .28 Ins. “Thin record covers 34-hour pe! ending at §% o'clock thin morning. ‘Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises Sun sets Moon rises Moon sets 5:54 p. m. 8:27 p. m. 11:12! FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Friday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Friday; mod-; erate easterly winds. Florida: Partly cloudy tonight | and Priday; possibly light show- ers near the extreme southeast coast; slightly warmer in north- east portion tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits; and East Gulf: Moderate easter-) ly. winds over torth ' ‘portion;| partly overcast weather tonight} and Friday, possibly showers i the Florida Straits. t i WEATHER CONDITIONS | The northern disurbance has| moved northeastward over eastern} Canada, and pressure ig low this} morning from the upper Missis-| sippi Valley eastward over the| North and Middle Atlantic States; | while high pressure areas, crested over southeastern States and the/ far Northwest, overspread most of! the remainder of the country, 1.11 inches, and Boston, Mass., 1.34 inches. There has also been rain in southern Florida, heavy at 6:29 a. M/F Myers, 1.28 inches. Tempera- tures have fallen throughout most 9:22 a..m,|of the Atlantic States, but have moderated in the Gulf,and south- P.M-|ern Plains States, and readings this morning are generally below normal from the Mississippi Val- ley eastward, and near or above the seasonal average over west- jern districts. G. S. KENNEDY, Official in/ Charge. Beware Coughs That No matter how many you have tried for sion. two, and it has no hyphen in , See that the py for it it Tellet yor want Caan) . Save a little of thy income, and thy hide-bound pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt never cry again with an empty stomach; neither wii creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor will’nakedness freeze thee. will whole« hemisphere The shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in evety corner of,thy heart. —Benjamin Franklin. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST if Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. I. C. Happenings Here Just Ten From The Files ~~ A contract for building the oversea ferries was expected to be signed this afternoon at 4:30 o’clock when a special meeting of the board of county commis- ;, Dean, College of Business Administration, Nebraska University |sioners is to. be held. Arrange- ments have been _ tentatively reached on one of the questions which is to be given consideration. ;Chairman Kirchheiner said 1 o’clock this afternoon that he could see nothing to prevent sig- natures being affixed to the con- tract. Until now the matter of the speed of the three fer- ries was the stumbling block to the signing of the agreements. The original proposal was that the ferries make eight miles per hour. This speed could be attained by the use of two 70 horse power engines. This was the statement of Mr. Gibbs, but who also stated that two 100 horse power engines would bring the speed up to 12 miles per hour and this advice was accepted by the board. The November city election will show a bumper crop of votes, jnext to the largest ever polled in the history of the city is’ the istatement made today by’ John Curry, supervisor of registration, The approximate number *' ‘quali+ fied up to yesterday afternoon was 4,100, according to the re cords. These include 2,800, who} KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1937, terfront. This will afford drain- age for the wastes from the Gas’ Plant which the people in that’ vicinity have been complaining Years Ago Today As Taken about for some time, ® Of The Citizen é REESE } appreciate whatever janes roller rolls / action the council would take. It was voted to refer the matter tole and theres the finance committee and the attorney, and a special meeting will be called next week to con- sider the matter. \ Editorial comment: “Navy Day”, should get more support here than in most other sections of the'»¥ country. An adequate navy should be a matter of concern to every section of the country, But since Key West would be one of the first cities in the country to suf-' fer in case of defeat of our nav. al forces, she, especially, should} be interested. pthed Captain George T. Rice, U.S.A. who married a Key West girl and is widely known in this city, has been detailed to command the local army post in place of Cap- tain J. B. Varela, who has been ordered transferred to Pensacola. With his wife and two daughters, Barbara and Ann, Captain Rice arrived on the Transport at San Francisco 'yésterday from a stay of two years in Manila, He im- _mediately: wired relatives here of this assignment to the command of ; Key: West barracks. . } Bids are being called by the city council for certain _ repairs have paid poll tax; 1,100, who are! which are to he made to the build- jexempt, and 200, who will vote | iny on the colored park site. The for the first time after attaining aqvyertisement is published in this jthe age of 21. It is conceded issue of The Citizen. that the vote this year will not equal that of 1921, the first year women voted and when the votes amounted to 4,500. It is believ-, d that the vote this year will be) tween 4,100 and 4,300. | Bascom. L. Grooms, manager of Ithe Key West Electric company,| appeared before the .city council last night and asked that some-, thing be done about the indebted- ness of the city to the conjpany, ! which at this time totals $32,500. ; He said his.company would accept: revenue bonds to the amount of: $20,000 as part payment of this { bill. This would leave a balance) of $12,500 and he said he would) STAR > BRAND | CUBAN COFFEE |! Is Deliciously Fresh! | —TRY IT TODAY— | On Sale At All Grocers Made woo befo: GARDEN IIPALLLLZLLLZLAELZLLAL ALLEL La Do you need a You can sure get on have a complete stock of dcors as low as $3.45. SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING C0. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” igaret street which will. extend WHEELBARROWS the strongest hard- Screen Door? 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