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

PAGE The Key West Citizen ubiished Daily Except Sunday THE CxTZEN PUBLISHING L. P. ARTMAN, Prexident and oa JOB ALLEN, Autixtant Business M. From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Two Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County THE WHY OF TRADE-AT-HOME In common with most of the citizens | of Key West we believe mest sincerely in | the advantages te be secured by the | thorough practice of “trading-at-home.” Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter | Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press issexclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited t not otherwise credited in this paper and cal news published here. $10.06 ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE . All reading notices, ecards of thanks, resolutions of ybituary notices, ete, will be charged for at © of 10 cents a line. for entertainments by churehes from which is to be derived are 5 cents a line en is an open forum and invites discus- »ablic issues and subjects of lecal or general interest but it will net publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST3” ADVOCATED BY THE CIPIZEN} | | situation. It is a doctrine that is often misunder- stood, in that some people would go so far as to demand a blind adherence to the theory without regard to the facts of the | The essence of such a course of | conduct, if it is to be a community success, | requires the intelligent co-operation of the } merchants as well as the buyers. | It is the paramount duty of local mer- chants, or- sellers, to be alert in their bus ness, to present to their customers attrac- tive goods, fairly priced in line with mod- err competition and te keep up with the | best modern merchandising practices else- i af 5] Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Read to Main- land, Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Price fixing is a grand idea for every- body except the consumer. Two can live as cheapiy as one if the | government provides for both. It’s strange how alienists employed by where. This does not necessitate, or re- quire the elaborate displays of metro- politan stores, but it does mean meeting [ | the prime. essentials of trading that make buying profitable to the buyer as well as | the seller. The obligation which rests upon local ‘titizens, as:buyers, demands that, before chasing merchandise or serviee out of tawn, they give local business houses the ppportunity..of handling the business. No b@yer shotid;’ thfodgh sheer laziness, or a ca@meless idea of economy, thoughtlessly send money out of tewn. The foolishness of such conduct can be easily demonstrated te any reader who has the slightest doubt of its correctness, or of its value to a civic } community. Fortunately, we have had a generous | observanee of the “trade-at-home” ideal. | Key West boasts many progressive busi- | ness houses, where service to the buyer is | as much the keynote as profits to the seller. Of course, this policy exists be- | cause, in the Iong run, business men know the defense always agree that the criminal | is insane, Building up a business is not all Iwck, regardless of what the young man just out of. college may be inclined to think. Buying for cash, and saving some of | your monthly’ income, is one way to get the return of prosperity in your own house- i hold. Business, to succeed, must be profit- | able to buyer and seller. Few sensible peo- ple object to paying a profit for real service. Fernandina and Key West are re- ported to be the “boomiest” towns in Flor- ida.—Tampa Tribune. That's right: from the gloomiest to the boomiest. — John Bull, receiving a somewhat cold; shoulder from Uncle Sam, three Owe huge sums to UndiggSamtéhs15.| | West will take with reference to that it is an adjunct to profit-making. Our local buyers, as a rule, do patronize local businesses, and, we are convinced, in the majority of instanees, with pleasure and | profit. But what attitude the people of Key local buying when the road te the mainland is completed is a matter of conjecture. Ad- vertising will be more necessary than, ever. THE “SCORCHED EARTH” POLICY The scorched earth policy of the Chinese, which leads them to destroy everything that cannot be saved from cap- ture, including buildings, cities and ma- chinery, has been severely criticized by military crities of other nations. It seems foolish, for example, to blow up factories, schools and other buildings that might stand to serve the people, soon- er or later. The economic loss is enormous and the Chinese ean hardly afford such destruction. Latest dispatches from China, how- | ever, indicate that the Chinese may not be ‘veep ipabigh. infer, all. is endeavoring Japanese, in several sectors, after captur- to cast his lot with Benite and -Adelpin ® ine They have something ir ‘eomniéh_alP Vitals It seems that the Mestroyed centers, have systemat- oved all drachinery for Japanese ther areas and then ee | could not be transported. In both Communist and Fascist coun- | tries the individual is little more than an organ of the community; to be sacrificed to it like wood or straw. Se let us be on our guard, and do not let anyone tell you it cannot happen here. With the purge of the Murphy act, the tax slate is wiped clean and a 1939 cer- tifieate on a property will be a morsel easerly gobbled up by the speculator. Tax dodgers will find their property in’! jeopardy unless they get in line and be- come good eitizens. Of course, there will be unfortunates who will find themselves unable to pay their taxes, and tax cer- tificates purchasers will pass them by, but as before it will be easy to differentiate between the chaff and the wheat. Privilege is granted reluctantly so often because of the abuse ef it. Fishing is not permitted from the bridges, but the practice has Ybeen tacitly allowed. In preparation for fire, the county has placed buckete at intervals, bearing the wording : “For Fire Purposes Only.” Evidently the anglers do not believe in signs for they are using the buckets for their own conven ence in cleaning their catches. Orders have been given to arrest the gui bt } out a patrol the anglers are cox; safe from the clutches of the law. “If this-is so, the only question is whether the property is to be destroyed by the Chinese or the Japanese, whose policy of removing it to Japan or Manchukuo makes it a total loss to the Chinese under any circumstance. KEEP OUR POWDER DRY Men and dogs gone mad should be lethal-gassed. Times may change but truth never changes, and the eternal truth that sword swallowing egomaniacs always perform one time too many, and perish, does not provide a retroactive remedy for the sufferings inflicted by these maniacs while they are allowed to run loose—nor can the world unscramble the eggs in thei omelets of damaged world conditions ng they are gone. i While we keenly desire to be a good neighbor, we de net propese to ever again lend England our lawn mower—nor can any of them borrow our cat for raking their burning chestnuts eut ofthe fire. While we are willing fer Asia te be made | safe for Englishmen, we are quite stub- bornly convinced that the partnership of Adolph, Benito & John can and must mud- | dle through without our aid. We do, however, remain thankful for THE KEY WEST CITIZEn KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Takes Around $20,000 worth of liquor road from the mainland to Key and two boats with more than $5,- West would answer the transpor- 000, said to be the biggest liquor tation problem and for travel oth- haul ever brought inte this port, er than by train. At that time, H. was brought in Saturday night. H. Jackson had never heard of > boat, the Angelico, which any road’) He ~wasGn! ved ta formerly the Orga, is well- make n here, having been in pee leoking At ri toils of thé law on two pi $ | and mote } [occasions “The vessel, with ‘a*had been “ skiff and record haul of all sorts felt the plam was feasible. In a of liquor, was taken near Knight's letter to The Citizen Mr. Jackson Key. There were some’ seven writes of his prediction that with- men on board the two boats, but in seven years autos will be rid- as they were landing the liquor ing over the Keys. This was said {when the Coast Guard boat 2250 ' te a friend while riding over the appeared, they made their escape railroad. “That prediction is be- on the key. consisted of 112 4% gallon jugs of congratulations to your city on | aguardiente, 56 one gallon jugs of }the completion ef this road and } Bacardi, 48 bottles of champagne, | the benefits that must follow”. }87 sacks of beer, and 117 loose | — }gallons of the liquor. There were! [gitorial comment: The state @ number ef piles of licuer on the!road board will map out year’s Key which had been taken from program, aceording to a news des- | the Olga. and also a large quan-‘patch Now if they onld put tity which had not been removed ' those overseas bridges in that | from the hold of the ship. }program, what an encore they —_ twill receive from Monroe county- | Am Orlando man, in Key West} —- for the first time im six years,| Officers for the coming year forecast then that an automobile will be elected at the meeting of ef Keys, FECRR.| ing them, he? The capture madejing realized now and I extend; the Key West Woman's Club to be held temorrow afternoon. The j election will be held at a regular business meeting of the organiza- | tion at 4 o'clock. In addition to FRIDAY POINSETTIA—TRIOLET Poinsettia as rhumba girl ,» Will dance at Christmas time, ‘choosing offieers the club will name delegates to the Fourth An- nual meeting of the Florida Fed- eration of Women's Clubs to be héld in Coral Gables late in the month. W. R. Kenan, president of the Florida East Coast R’y., and ‘a party of officials, arrived on the morning train and are today look- ing over the property at this end , of the line. The Ferry Florida Keys arriv- ed in port yesterday afternoon from No Name Key and will go on the ways for repairs. She is to have a bent shaft straightened, and other defects remedied. There will be 2 meeting of Girl | Scout Treop 4, Wednesday after- noon, in the Hall of the Scottish Rite Masons. An entertainment which is to be held at the end of the month was the sole subject of discussion. The bamana dance te be given at the K. C. Hut tomorrow night is to be the first of the kind ever given in the city, end a large at- tendance is anticipated. The pro- THIS SATURDAY-—or A BRING IN YOUR OLD CAR DRIVE OUT A BETTER CAR EASY TERMS This Saturday morning begins a nation- With crimson skirts in rhythmic swicl Poimsettia as rhumba girl, With golden crown and tiny curl Can beat a sturdy rhyme. Poinsettia as rhumba girl Will dance at Christmas time. BILLIE CAMERO. Member of the Creative Poetry Group, Key West Junior-Senior High School. Two hundred and fifty army officers face retirement for ail- ments as Craig checks on infirm. ceeds will be used for the pur- chase of baseballs and uniforms, for the Juventud Latina. E. J. Shannahan. of Big Pine Key, was picked up by Captain Roberts of the Florida Keys, four miles off No Name Key, yester- day. His engine had gone dead and the vessel was drifting Only two marriage licenses were issued during the past week, as recorded in the records of the county judge's office. Weddings were authorized as follows: Gas- ton de Cardenas y Forcade to Carmelina Hernandez y Bieras Lawrence McKinney to. Phoebe Rogers. ek Se eecccceseccscscscseees Conveme: ~nithy borrowed, They're no longer mine Books, pencils and pens. disappear, wo Are slow t repay I like to give freets But don’t like I pre Their ha I had my mone 1 loaned D Tasked mv manev 1 lost my meney an old, unreliable car—one that nags -—uerica, continue to trust in God—and keep our gunpowder dry. seen before. Thousands of used cars— many of them modern cars with the veloped in the last few years—go on sale at prices far below those of several months ago. Never has there been a national, co-operative movement like this to make better, more modern trans- portation available to so many people! This National Used Car Week comes at just the right time | for used car buyers. The season—the and the values are all in your favor. This is the week to bring in your old car and drive out a better car. A great many 1937, ’36.and "35cars are have improved greatly in the last few years. If yours is older, you'll find it 2 real thrill to drive a car with modern style—bigger, roomier body —luggage space—safety brakes—bigger tires— smoother, more powerful engine— better gas mileage. Many of the dealers kind of guarantees. If you are driving you with repair bills and threatens your safety every time you take & out — ths is your great chance to own a saicr_more modern car. : ‘Your present car may cover the down- payment, and you can pay the batence on easy terms. If you have no car t trade you can still take advantage of the low downpayments and casy terms during this sale. Go earty! — before the best bargains are snapped up. Don't ict National Used Car E: Week a car < tunity to DRIVE A BETTER CAR! SEE THE CLASSIFIED SECTION OF THIS NEWSPAPER FOR NATIONAL USED CAR EXCHANGE WEEK SARGAINS SPONSORED BY THE AUTOMOBILE DEALERS AND MANUFACTURERS OF THE UNITED STATES