The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 4, 1938, Page 2

LP, ARTMAN, President and Publisher JOB ALLEN, Assixtant Business Manager From The. Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled ta use for republication of all news dispateh<s credited to it or not atherwise credited in this paper and also | the loca} news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year = aaa $ Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate.of 10 cents a Lane. 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 diseus- 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 1. Water and Sewerage, 2. Bridges to complete Road to Main- A CODE OF ETHICS Those who ‘have challenged industry to “put its own house in order’ have been handed a direct answer. The answer is in the form of a “code of ethics” just adopted by the Committee on Industrial Practices of the National Association of Manufac- turers. The code, which will be submitted next month to the Gongress of American Industry in New York for its adeption,’con- stitutes a positive program of action, call- ing for better understanding and..coopera- tion with workers, customers; «suppliers, stockholders and creditors. It frowns on | child labor, reasserting that children un- der 16 should not be employed and that those under 18 should.not be placed in | hazardous jobs. The report indicates that the commit- tee did not take the easy way out—that of denial and counter charge. Instead of em- phasizing the handicaps under which in- dustry now operates, or categorically deny- ing charges brought against business man- agements, the report stresses the import- | ance of maintaining high ethical standards | to assure continued progress toward bet- f ter standards of living. | By assuming leadership to raise in- t aries practices to the Highest possible vel, the National ition of Manu- turers is in effect giving the answer to ose who seek to label “industry as un- aa and mercenary. “FREE COMPETITION’—WHERE.. Advice that can be had for nothing is | often worth just that. Few monuments are erected to per- sons who observed all the rules. Americans carry more insurance than any other people, and need it more. Advertising is telling, at the — right time, when the prospective buyer wants to | know. The individual who does you 4 kind- ness ig entitled to a kindness, some day, in return. We are for peace, but .we donot ex- pect to get it by running away from gang- ster nations. An Alabama newspaper describes a local horse show as “a howling success,” Neigh! Neigh! A poet has been jailed for writing a bad check, but a banker may write bad poems with impunity. The beginning of the New Year is a good time to return the book that you bor- | rowed from a friend a year or so ago. Tf the moon is inhabited the people | have little to talk about, as scientists say the weather there is always the same. Big business growg service at cinpouanis rule governs the growth of smalle: nesses, oa ering bari 1034 2991N% ica We read of a skeleton 2, 000 yéars old | being found with the legs wrapped around | its neck. We didn’t know they had upper berths that long ago. Gymnasium comes through the Latin from a Greek word meaning “naked.” Therefore bathing beauties may priately be called “gymnasts.” The panoply of modern warfare does not include honor or humanity. To agree to this, all we have to do is to reeall the World War, the Italian conquest of Ethiopia, and the present outrage of Japan i ‘on China, —> Fort Wayne, Indiana, on January 1, erected a bronze tablet to Carole Lombard, screen star, said to be the first such to mark the birthplace of a moving picture celebrity. Joan Crawford, nee LeSeur, (why did she ever change her name pro- fessionally?) also born in Indiana, Vin- centtes, to be exact, rates a tablet, too, and the eld city should bestir herself. The founders of Vincennes, as the name im- plies were French, and the people of La Belle France have a reputation for gal- lantry. same a appro- | Those who speak of “free competi- tion” in business séldom stop to name the economic activities wherein such a condi- tion exists. In fact, as C. F. Hughes recently | pointed out in the New York Times, | “there is scarcely a market of any im- | portance which is not tied up with ‘gentle- men’s agreements’”. He adds, that it is not the government alone that is receiv- ing identical bids but industries by the seore and points out that industry is satis- fied with a restricted market, so long as ward a larger market “through a lower price.” GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS (From the New York Times) Not very long ago President Roosevelt said | that the recovery of business during his first Administration was not the result of pure chance or a mere turn of the wheel in a-cycle: “We planned it that way and don’t let anybody | tell you differently.” Confronted now by the fact that a very sub- stantial recession of business has takén place, he has quoted an economist to the effect that “the continuance of business recovery depends far more upon business policies than it does upon anything that may be done, or not done ix Washington.” According to this reasoning, when business is good, the Government deserves the | credit and when business is bad the fault lies | with business. | Government policies have raised production costs, and now propose to raise them more. Gov- ernment taxes have prevented the plowing back into new equipment which would | doWer prices and widen the“market for produc- | tion. Government deficits have aroused a fear Aer still higher taxes than those which now pre- | vail. Government competition has discouraged the investment of private capital in a great in- dustry, the public utilities, where new con- | struction has been lagging far behind the nor mal rate. Government regulation has overstep- ped the bounds of protection of the public | terest, ‘in some cases, and become essentially in- punitive in character. fs It is somewhat unrtasonable, in these cir- | cumstances, to ask business single-handedly check a recession which governmental policies have helped to bring about. to The man or woman who begins to sus- pect that there are conditions in the world | that require remedies is making» a =step forward when he, or she, begins to suspect that improvement can begin-ai If we thought less abpyh y less eT getting and more about fr) ing, life might be easier for everybody. Fortunately, our health is more rug- ged than we suspect, but the human body requires care if it is to last long. The world is jammed with people who do not know as much as they think | . they know. it gets its price and is not attracted to- | You and Your,, the Nation’s Affairs Hidden Purposes By HARLEY L, LUTZ Z Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University: The wage and hour control bill that was passed by the Senate and re- ported upon favorably by the House Committee on Labor has been said to be a material improvem e n t/i over the orig- inal, crudely-|suran drawn Black- Connery Bill. The administra- tion wants the tion as at present. Therefore, ge ene pending bi} })chief passed and it stands among the foremost objectives of the special ses- sion. It would appear that one way of getting an obnoxious measure through is to submit first so atrocious a draft that even a partial correction of the defects will cause the revision to seem tolerable. History will repeat itself at the special session, if this bill does pass, for it will become law with no more serious or careful consideration than was given to much of the legisla- tion written by presidential advisers and rubber-stamped by Congress. Sepate examination of the plan of fediimal wage and hour control was ly inadequate, “and the use ittee gave the subject ght, for its favorabli ‘tade four days after the been received from the Senate The impossibility of accom the result which is openly sai Co} no report had unde: ference between leading a horse water and making him drink. me tragedy of the low-paid workers is that they stand in grave danger of being used as a catspaw, to e out certain hot chestnuts. In view of the futility of trying to put every one to work at a wage level fixed by decree, it is reasonable to speculate as to the real purpose of the bill. The plan will give govern- ment a new strangle hold on indus- try. It will subject every business concern in the country to the close mre peace and regulation of a new agency. On the surface, only who actually use child Jabor, are not now complying with oposed wage and hour pro- will be touched by it. But ‘the rsal inspection and police, | on the theory that any con- Bai Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation Tomorrow's Almanac snding at 8 o'clock this morn Sea jevel, 30.05. | (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday; not much change in temperature: light to moderate northerly winds. 5 Florida: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, slightly cooler extreme north portion tonight. Jacksonville to Florida Straits TUESDAY. JANUARY 4, 2538 because of the Sul account Wasm- ingtess doohh ch Cle = scarce as oe almost unas = - t= 1868— Brush 4 pians for mmprscnicg BS-omr q@ers. defeats army afer mar to mtenor. razes Eteepar com tal and eaves Afmes al w= six montns. 1883—The Pundias at effective attempt civil service. passed Looks as if there'd be a January clearance sale o' rubber stamps down in Washington. Second thoughts are best. When Zack Winters found bear tracks in his wood lot he rum home fer his sun and then staved there. se eccreeccecesseseeseees Today’s Horoscope Today carries the key note of Light to moderate winds, mostly Aspiration. There is 2 disposition northwesterly, and overcast weather tonight and Wednesday with light showers over extreme north portion tonight East Gulf: Light to moderate north and northwest winds, and partly overcast weather — and Wednesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS sometime be a violator, if | the chief purpose, namely to raise all j it i low wages and to shorten all work- weeks to 40 hours, is so evident as to warrant strong suspicion that the nits real purpose must be something else. That is, while it is possible for gov- ernment to decree minimum wages and maximum hours, unless the courts interfere, it is not possible for, the government to guarantee employ= ment for all at that wage or under maximum hours. is no way of compelling employers to ‘hire’ 2e same number. of workers as be- fore, or to prevent employers from! All of this means more reporting to Washington, more expense to maintain records and to fill out an endless series of forms and ques- tionnaires, a higher cost of produc- tion and higher prices to all con- sumers, without doing much at all for those now getting low wages. It { means another powerful tentacle of the governmental octopus securely wrapped around all business. This will certainly be one effect of the plan, and it may be the unemphasized, but real purpose of the plausible scheme to regulate wages and hours. (Address questions to the author care = this newspaper) KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Tomy As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen The Ferry Florida Keys is still at Fort Pierce awaiting favorable weather for continuing the voy- jage to Key West. If conditions ‘{arefavorable she will resume the trip to Key West, with a stop at |Palm Beach where a royal wel- come is planned. Parts have ar- rived at Daytona for the Monroe County and she is expected to start south either Thursday or Friday. is to be made on the outside route. Parties on both vessels are suffering from the cold. Ice an inch thick was in the ship’s buck- ets yesterday. Hundreds are vis- iting the craft here today, and no- | thing but favorable comment is {heard on every hand. It is much warmer today. Al- though last night was colder than the night before, today started out much warmer. This murning | the government thermometers re- gistered 50 at 9 o'clock, at 10 o'clock they showed 54 and at noon 57. They were expected to register 60 to 61, this afternoon. It will continue to get _ warmer said Weather Forecaster Hoyer.! Key West was 12 degrees warmer las% night than both last night and§this morning. I§ the New Year's Celebration at The Coral Isle Casino,.Sena- tor Arthur Gomez made the ad- dress of the occasion. He with the opening of the Overseas Highway, and what it meant to Key West. The address was nat- urally received by a large con- course of Key Westers and strangers. Editorial comment: Why not line up the East Coast Chamber of Commerce behind Key West's fight for that sub base. It’s quite a large organization and its in- fluence would be worth while. The educational department of = Woman's Geb is promoting ae oe of which Spanish will be < tt. Remainder of the trip} healt ‘ of the Missouri Pacific R. R., has | Moderately low pressure over eastern Canada extends sduth- ward into the eastern Lake region and upper St. Lawrence Valley; | while pressure is above normal this morning in other sections. Light to moderate rain has oc- curred since yesterday morning in the Florida peninsula and far western Texas, light rain or snow from Oklahoma northeastward over the lower Missouri Valley, and light snow throughout most | of the Lake region. }the Lake region; while elsewhere |readings are near or above the! | seasonal average. j G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charg: arrived in Key West to spend the | winter at his home which he owns in Key West. Mr. Williams heard at St. Louis that he could dzive the entire way to® Key West, but arriving at Miamifound that the road was not opened, and left his car there. He will re- turn for it later in the month. L. T. Bragassa ‘was reelected | president of the Federal Business | Miss Alice G. Garr, Ohio wo-| | man, has spent twenty years pur.) | sing, dividing her time | re Sonata acertoe| |reliet work in Central Europe] jana public health work in Greece. | to adventure. Artistic im taste, there is danger that these natures may easily become corrupted; Communist case—reasserts mgmt guarding against this, you are of Amenrican to meet freety ant well-minded There is a great distuss redress for guewanest tendency toward Oriental custems and travels. A bird Gog end 2 pigeee oe playmates at the nome af A D Lewis m Sweetest. Al ‘ Subscribe to. ‘The Citizen. oe OSSS SS SSSSESE SESS S SESS SSE SSSOTS COS SE SEES OS SESE SS SSDS SSS SHS SS OO OSe WE WISH TO EXTEND TO ALL OUR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS— BEST WISHES —FOR A— VERY HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. LC. pepetperpeerocgee eters nt ecco renee meen a4 2 CLS OSS SSE SSOS OHSS SS SSS ESOS SESE SEES LID IOTIII ISS. Association, at a meeting - held ; last night in the office of the fed- eral building yesterday. Captain | George T. Rice was named as vice president and Harry Watren was elected secretary. The Catholic Daughters ot | America, of the local chapter, will install the recently élected officers for the ensuing year at a meeting of the organization to be held tomorrow night at 8:00 o'clock. Enrique Marquez and, Miss fina Alvina were united in jage this forenoon in. the; e of County Judge Hugh They are natives of Puerto Rig, but make their home. in (Ke West. > J of Hg panera ‘The Educational Departmént of | the Woman’s Club, will hold a meeting of the organization at 4 o'clock this afternoon at the club rooms. Reports of the var- ious committees will be read. Coast Guard Cutter Saukee, Captain H. S. Browne, which left Sunday morning early with the Boy Scouts from Punta Rassa, re- turned to Key West late today.! Coming to Key West they sighted a barge from which distress sig- nals were displayed. They found three men on board who said they were left there last Sunday by the tug Norwhal. The Norwhal was to have returned Sunday but did not. The barge. was leaking and the Saukee “picked up the - men, towed the barge into port, SLIGHTLY DAMAG i POPP IPI PIPPI PIPPI PIO SP IOPIS PPE? DOMESTIC FLAT Gal. - PASTE WHITE P. of paint. Gal. TALL L LLL LL PRE- SPECIAL LOT OF PLASTER WALL BOARD, SELECTION OF PIECES - DOMESTIC GLOSS WHITE PAST, SOOT E TESTE INVENTORY SPECIALS ED-—CUSTOMES. CAN MAKE $15.00 SPECIAL LOT OF TILE, per piece —. PAINT SPECIALS FLORIDA KEYS OUTSIDE WHITE PAINT A good cheap pain, Gal. - $1.19 1.49 1.49 WHITE PAINT, AINT — Simply add a galien of linseed oi] to this paint and you have twe gallons “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best™