The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 20, 1937, Page 2

- masters a’ PAGE TWO ‘The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE Coen Cid Co., INC. th Cofner Greene and Ann Streets Onty Daily Newspaper in fis West and Monroe Ci Member of the Associated Press the Associated ‘Press is exclusively entitled to use for republi¢ation of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. une Year - Bix Month Phree Mori Ine Month . Weekly —. 130 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 © revenve ig to be derived até 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- tion 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 eS Watértand Sewerage. F Briitgae to compléte Rowd to Main- land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing ‘Pavilion. airports—Land and Sea. Consoliditidn of Cotinty and City Governments. (Evidently a ‘OChinaman’s Chance” means complete frustration. : = Zowskiritz is One football player who does not have to make a name for him- self; he’s already got one. Some folks do not Know of the dif- ference betWeeh meum and teum, nor does this writer. Do you, dear reader? The preceding Florida legislature created a water commision; what is it do- ing to justffy its éexistenice? Letting George do it? “Necking” is a friction-worn groove under the head of a railroad spike. It also méuns something else, which needs no ex- planation. Th taking an oath we are sworn to tell the “whole” ‘truth. This seems to be » superfluous because in telling the truth we must tell it whole. Truth becomes falsehood if it is presented in any other than its right relations. The Japs won't mind sinking all the ships of the U.S. navy, one at a time, if all Uncle: Sdt asks ‘is an apology. Apologiz- ing isy t Btock in trade, and they are it; they are also masters at laughing in’their sleeves, One of thg effects of the world war is only now being felt; it has destroyed the common frorit of white against yellow and lowered the prestige of western na- tions in the Orient. Italy and Germany recently joining With Japan in ‘an axis against white hations has further lowered the prestige and placed ‘the yellow races on an equal ‘footing. This ddvantes the insidiots “yellow peril” closer to its goal in conquering all Asia first and then con- tinuing its conquests to dther spheres. Newsprint houses, on which news- Papers are dependent for the paper. on. which they print, have anmpunced a $10] per tén increase ra aty 1. This ths od ia and other higher wage + and similar costs, gre passed on down } ethe Tine, in many eases to the little fellow who can least afford to _pay. Many newsappers will faise ‘their advertising rites ‘to offset | these added costs, making it more difficult for the little fellow in busindss to -adver- tise, detFease to sme extent at least all advertising, and to thet extent reducine sales, inéreasing ‘unemploymerit.—Sanford Herald, CHRISTMAS FOR US ALL | In a few days most of the residents of Key West will be enjoying the happiness that comes every year with the Christmas Season. Families will be re-united for the holiday season and everybody will be mak- ing a contribution to the gaiety of the cele- | bration that marks the advent of the Prince of Peace. Naturaliy, our thoughts turn to the wars thdt now rage in the world and we wondér how long the earth will continue to suffer the scourge of battles. We cannot but think of the men and women, in for- éign land8, who suffer and utter a prayer té Wastén' the coming day when peoples shal} live together in a fair world on terms of ,brotherly love. Here in our own community, unfor- turiately, there will be some families to whom Christmas day, and the festive week, will be nothing but the passing of new days. For various reasons they will not at he able to share in the joy that most of usi}.~ { will revel in. To them, too, our thoughts turn and from our hearts issues a fine sén- timerit, a hope that, somehow, they too will share the merry Christmas that we will have. ; The difference betweén the péople abroad who suffer and those who live in our midst is that while both have our good wishes there is ‘something that we can do for those at home. Every reader of this article can make Christmas a delight to some other person, and by so doing realize a greater blessing during the holidays. Let’s make it our business to share the blessings that Christmas brirgs and learn anew the real road to inner happiness. MR. du PONT SPEAKS SENSE What the country needs is some thought along the line of the speech of Lammot du Pont, who recently discussed a plan to create 3,000,000 jobs through planned investments involving some $25,- 000,000,000 of private capital. Mr. du Pont, omitting criticism, said what has been done “is behind us” and suggested that we “leave it there.” Mr. du Pont urged stabilization of taxes, laboring conditions and laws, so that industry could understand the condi- tions under which it must operate. He said the actual rate of taxes, or the scale of wages, were not important. He admitted that “the purchasing power of a part of our population is too low” and that “some parts of our agriculture ‘are disorganized.” He insisted that industry alone can in- crease the nation’s purchasing power but, added, that it canriot do so when there is so much uncértainty. Mr. du Pont goes-a bit further. Point- ing out that conditions in the United States are generally better than in many other countries he is not surprised that “the bulk of the responsibility for future social ‘beét- terment should be placed oy industry’s shoulders.” He adds, “It belongs there and industry accépts that responsibility.” We are quite frank to say that in Mr. du Pont’s declaration the naion has some- thing. If other responsible leaders of in- dustry express themselves along the same line there will bea new birth of confidence in our industrial Jeaders. Fundamentally, the people of this country take great pride in the industrial progress of the past and, despite the recent critical attitude, are anxious to return to their ‘former faith. THE AGE OF FLYING There may be people who do not be- lieve that the world is entering upon a real flying age but the evidence continues to accumulate to the contrary. Consider, for éxample, the recent re- quest of Pan American Airways for bids on new planes, to be designed to carry one hundred passéngefs at a cruising spéed of } 200 miles-an hour a distance of 5,000 miles. Already this company, with which Col bindbergh is associated, has 86,000- pound flying boats under construction i. fective Janie | withthe assurance that they will enable | Security;|-the United States to lead foreign countries jin commercial aviation for several years. n| The new craft will maintain this su- ; Premacy. } The proposed giants, it is estimated, will cost around a million dollars and be able to make an easy, non-stop flight from this country to the any capital in Europe Serious consideration of their construction indicates very plainly that ocean liners reu*t look to their laurels and fight for j their trade in the near future, THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Ie ‘Nation’s ‘Affairs Government Versus Nature . ‘By GUS W. DYER Professor of Ecdrivinics and Sociology, Vanderbilt University Nature is‘a'builder. Nature’s forces ate always constructive, ‘It was the constructive quality of nature’s forces — broth fe out of chaos and has brought man and human so- ciety thus far on the long road of human progress, All Teal progress comes from co- | e@perating with nature’s con- S.ructive forces. Consti- tutional indus- trial freedom gives the most perfec: cooper- ation of gov- ernment with nature the world has ever seen. Our marvelous industrial progress is the result of this cooperation of man with nature in the field of industry. We are again in a depression. A de- Pression is an expression of nature’s constructive social forces seeking to restore business to a normal, whole- some state. Nature sends the depres- sion as a cure for a serious industrial G*:ease, and with it a remedy for re- lieving the industrial body from the will effect; of the ites remedy ysed. and we eome out ¢apable than ever bi depféssions before 1929 we gav the cooperation that we: demand nature, and in every case our ery was quick and effective. Wher. we obey nature’s command at the beginning of a depression and reduce the prices of the commodities and services that we have for sale to meet the demands of the lower mar- ket. business continues on the lower level. The lower prices tend to re- store confidence and i: spire all who have resources to buy. They buy be- jase they know that they are of- fered unusual bargains. buying raises eeaat and the advanc- ing prices inspire additional buying. ‘Thus normal business is restored and the normal prices of services and commodities are restored. Un the midst of the epression of '29 political leaders took ove: the lead- ership of industry, This was the “New Deal.” The New Deal repudiated na- | ture’s constructive forces as out of date and refused to obey the command es ee services to the lower market ea On the other hana, the New Deal, to show ‘its contempt for na- ture’s control .nder industrial free- dom, arbitrarily raised the prices of commodities and services higher than | they had been under inflated pros- perity. Then the market demands were artificially raised to reach the high artificial prices by flooding the markets with billions "ot dollars of gift money. Nothing like this was ever done before by any civilized or uncivilized government. It was cer- tainly a “New Deal.” This policy, of course, brought about a temporary “dope dream”— prosperity that could last only ‘so long as the dope held out. The grow- ing conviction that the “dope,” of ne- cessity must soon be withdrawn is bringing us. back to the point from which we started, seriously weakened by the destructive effects of the “deadly drug.” Experiments ir, eco- nomic quackery are costly. When we ate ready to cooperate with nature, and are willing to sell ‘our commodities and services at the prices and ‘values fixed by nature’s forces, the road is open for the great- est era of industrial development we have ever sxnewn, It is man’s prerogative to repudi- ate nature’s constructive forces and take up arms against nature’s con- structive laws, All other living be- ings cooperate with nature. who refuse to cooperate with nature in the end will be destroyed by na- ture. It is for our leadership to say whether the depression shall be per- manent and destructive or temporary and constructive. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) oil TODAY’S ANNIVERSARIES Coe cesecoccccecccecesecessossscuresececesesoeee- 1510—Ambroise Pare, Frénch j founder of scientific-surgery, born. Died Dec. 20, 1590. 1794—John D. Godman, natur-} alist, physician, editor of the first } medical journal west of the Alle-| ghanies, born at Annapolis. Died! in Philadelphia, April 17, 1830. em { 1813—Samuel J. Kirkv Towa farmer, her Civil War ov- érnor, senator and secretary of the interior, born in Harford Co., Md. Died Sept. 1, 1894. 1820—Mary P. T. Hemenway,| Boston founder of vocatignal | schools, promoter of things edi ca- | tional and charitable, born in; New York. Died March 6, 1894. | 1821—James H. Trumbull, Con- | necticuit’s noted historian, phil-| ologist and author, born at Ston- | ington, Conn. Died at Hartford, Aug. 5, 1897. 1860—Joseph J. Holland, noted! actor of his day and son of a not- ed actor, born in New York. Died Sept. 25, 1926. 1861—Cyrus Townsend Brady, Protestant Episcopal clergyman, popular and prolific novelist, born fat Alleghany, Pa. Died’at Yonk- ers, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1920 Subseribe to The Citizen—20c. weekly. Today In History poceddevevecccceccesecce 1803—United States took form- {al possession of Louisiana, bought | from France. Louisiana of today ‘only small part of purchase which ‘included about one-quarter of! | United States of today. 1915—British complete evacua- | j tion of their ill-fated Gallipoli,’ | Thrace, adventure. j | “{982—Kight urién trainmen! leaders convicted of conspiracy in| Los Angeles. 1924—Fritz Haarmann, German | slayer of 24, sentenced to death} rin Hanover. 1926—Biting an apple, a Paris hotel chambermaid discovered a stolen two-million dollar dia- mond. 1929—The Pope ceased to be “prisoner of the Vatican,” and for the first time since 1860, a Pope entered the City of Rome. 1932—Germany’s new chancel-! lér, Kurt von Schleicher, restores freedom of the’ press and of peace - ful assembly. CAMERAS TO OFFICERS Sacramento, Calif—If present’ plans materialize, the 67 members of the state highway patrol of California, will have a camera as a regular equipment, enabling them ‘to make photographic rec- | ords of accidents and the like, ' which “aie later be used as evi- jose | IL, JACKS ONVILLE FLORIDA ENJOY COMFORT at the foie Mattress and reading sec en” LA CONCHA HOTEL | €~ In the Center of the Busi ness and Theater District EXCELLENT RESTAURANT Garage Elevator Fireproof in wu LONG DIST > K LAME Lonc Distance rates for calls made between points within the United States, on , both Christmas. and New Year's days, will be reduced. ‘The low night rates that are now ih effect every night after seven and én Sundays will ap- ply 6n both pérson-to-person and station-to-station calls made Christmas day and New Year’s day. If you can’t be with out-of- town relatives and friends you can “‘voice visit” with them by long distance telephone at little cost. Since these holi- days are Saturdays, you can place calls any time from co For that ‘ul gift to th® family—have a con- venient extension telephone installed in your home. CE zen DA AAA AAA A ALL Ad ei: 7 P.M. Friday until 4:30 A. M. Monday, on both the Christ- mas and New Year week-ends, and obtain the low rates. Take advantage of this op- portunity to make both Christ- mas day and New Year's day this year a time of greater hap- piness for your loved ones and friends as well as yourself. With these special low rates in effect you can talk, a: distance of 100 miles for 40c; 500 miles $1.10; 1,000 miles $1.85, and greater or less dis tances at a corre- spondingly low cost when using station - to -station service. Pétyon-to- Person service is slightly bigger. SouTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TeLeGRaPH Co. | INCORPORATED | She would accept a $5 dole check, | ow of this city insisted on work- % MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1237, = seccccecce eveccces Today's Birthdays { | | { William B. Warner of New PYork, piiblishér of McCall's and | President of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers, born at Hannibal, Mo., 63 years ago. Harvey S. Firestone, founder of the Ohio Tire Company, born in ; Columbiana Co., Ohio, 69 years ' | ago. Dr. Stephen Duggan, director of the Institute of International Education, New York, born there, p6% years ago. Wittion N. Talley, opera singer, born at Nevada, Mo., 31 years ago. Elviry Higgins reckons as how th’ only thing she'll git In her Christmas stockin’ is a run. You'd think them politicians wouldn't throw cold water on indus- try fer fear they might freeze it up. WANTED TO WORK NAIRN CENTER, Can.—Before Mrs. Ann Tenho, 70-year-old wid-} ing for three days with a-pick and shovel gang, BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME fest 24-H ae | wen cane Pies 135 696-W Dr. Walter S. Adanis, director of the Mt. Wilson Observatory, California, born in Syria, 61 years ago. Prince George of England, born 35 years ago. 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