The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 16, 1938, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | Published Daily SF scbt Sunday By THE CYTYZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. lL. P. ARTMAN, President and Publisher JO ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From ‘The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets ‘Oniy Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County @ntered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclisively entitled to use for republieation of all news dispatches credited to the local news published here. ACTIVE One Year. Bix Months Three Months One 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 a. revenue is to be defived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- wion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous cormuni- cations. IMPROVEMENTS, FOR KEY WEST ‘ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN i ind ay ais Geet ensive | fy’ (Plan, (Zoning). Hotels andoApartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. From an obituary: “He was a man who had suffered much. He had been a subscriber to this paper since its first num- ber.” Why should business have to ask for « brief “breathing spell’; why shouldn’t it be allowed to breathe normally all the time? Al for a survey of past experience. f | their property for some time. it of not otherwise credited in this paper and also | | them. The parcels of land on this three- | | torquoise seas surrounding it, | particularly evident in Key West is “price Governor Cone made a wise choice in selecting George Cooper Gibbs as attorney general for the state to fill the vacancy created by the death of Cary D. Landis. £ . The welfare of Key West depends up- .6n the profits made hére, Profits depend n the business done. The business done iepenas upon the number of people who grade at home. . The area of Brazil is’over 63 times that of England, yet England yields a tre- mendous influence and sway over the en- tire globe, while Brazil is just another South American country. President Roosevelt missed his calling; che would have made a good traveling sales- a on the go. Mrs. Roosevelt, too, appa’ bd e a+ en a home-li ithe Italians : seeeed and 4 Last y | wah rel phest Saturday I uce’s followers gave the same medicine to the United States. It seems the sons of Ttaly must have their Roman holidays. | , r Italy spent $20,000,000 to entertain Hitler. That would have gone a long way to help toward payment of the War debt | or part of the interest, or at least it would have decreased the tension between the two countries, All dictators, aware of the vicissitudes | of their positions, keep a nice bit of change | in the banks of foreign countries, for emer- | wencies which always come, sooner or} Tater. Coming closer home, it will be re- | talled that Machado, of Cuban _ ill-fame, | had handsome, if not respectable, deposits | in New York banks. There are occasions when. two eandi- ~ dates running for the same office are per- Sonae non gratae to certain electors, and | that being the case should they decline 'o vote for either, or should these voters choose the lesser of two undesirables? Every voter should give expression to his preference and when confronted with such | & situation, it seems only-right in the line | of duty to make the latter their choice. Nothing seems to be gained by withholding their vote. Selling should be accordingly. This is the DON’T JACK UP YOUR PRICES Every knotty problem brings a request | Property owners of Key West have a | knotty problem before them, and they are | seeking more information before taking ac- tion. They cannot be blamed. The ma- | jority of people in Key West have owned It is dear to by-five mile island, flung high out of the have been | their possession for many years. Others | are now realizing the worth of this South- | ernmost Island. The question in the minds of everyone is “what should I sell my prop- | erty for?” | Estimates of local real estate agents | put the “abnormally high” prices for local | | properties at from 25 to 50 per cent of the | whole. The Citizen. certainly does not agree | with those few land owners who are hold- | ing out for ridiculous prices. But they are | in every period of land value increase. | That the few here seem to be much more | stubborn than is usually the case is unfor- tunate but not a matter for immediate con- | | sideration. Another, but more widespréad, evil, | which The Citizen has long pointed out is jumping”, which once again is turning | buyers away from this city, many of them never to return. Instances have been re- corded in which land has jumped from $1,- 000 one day to $3,500 the following day— and what is worse—this happens when an agreement has apparently been effected between buyer and seller. This is a prac- tice which is hurting the city. The rea] fault is in a false sense of ac- tual values of properties! Offered a nice | sum, that sort of Key West resident im- mediately’ thinks that he can get a better price and the following day demands double and triple the original amount. It is all a question of actual knowledge. Compare prices now being asked for prop- | erties with those of prosperous years, and a fair estimate may be obtained. When the property owner has thus compared prices and set a price with a fair amount of profit that is the price he should sell his property for within a certain. predeter- mined period of months. Prosperity cycles are very similar. Compare this property advance with those of other cycles, and an estimate year by year may be fairly well arrived at. It may be easily seen that a price this year will not be as great as a price five years from now. safe way to do business. The Citizen asks its readers to secure reliable advice—not | the next door neighbor’s—and then set a steady price for a certain period. It will be a better way to treat next year’s buyers. Such a prospect will en- courage outside investment here, which is greatly interested in Key West, and which can easily be stimulated by such treat- ment, “WHY RETAIL STORES FAIL” ‘Competition, from chain, stores , or. otherjstores, is an insi@@ificant factor in | thi ilure of independ@nt merchants. That statement goes against popular con- ception—but it is buttressed by impressive statistics. jing of the city | night and will be allowéd to par-| | press their opinions. | on its intial reading but with the) giqates | gone over and amended after the | | meeting tonight, if it was deemed | qualify than those in’ any other | advisable. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN HUMPTY DUMPTY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen The Meacham fresh water pro-|these and talk the matter over. |position and two ordinances cov-| Meanwhile he is interesting him- ering it will be studied at a meet-} !self in the political situation council tonight. The meeting is called for that purpose alone. President Ross C.| formerly been in a number of Sawyer announced at the last/ campaigns and enjoys them. meeting of the body that all will be welcome at the meeting to-) political developments were at- ticipate in the discussions and ex- | tracting a great deal of attention cipal of the two ordinances was | dates to qualify rapidly drawing passed at the session last week |to a close. It develops that can- M ity have understanding that it was to be! shams capa Sica ek aa been given one day longer to | section of the state. The local ex- jecutive committee decided that Men employed in the city scav-| yesterday was the last day. Fur- enger service quit work yester-| ther study of the law caused the day. The service was cut ma-| committee members to alter their The prin- | today with the time for candi- | THE AUTOMOBILE i man, It has proved an engine of death.| i | | eecccccccccesecccceeeces Court declare the original AAA Science has: made ite pertect-t VE EST YOUR ‘ chine. God makes the human brain. Lack of diseipline on some rane’ Can you answer seven of these | test questions? part , we og >| Keeps the ‘mor; same. 4, we pleud vain, To protect our lives “scourge: Each timé the comes out, frightful emerge. from accident It’s the figures that On a hospital cot lay a wee little tot. The white-clad nurse in the offing stands Fighting to save the little life Struck down by a reckless hand. The average citizen does not seem to care Or otherwise this would .stop. We do not realize the lives at stake Until our own are on the cot. destruction ; We welcomed the age of the auto- | mobile | But alas we have proved by test | | That of all the engines driven by) Hay 5 all in} | this report MONDAY, MAY 16, 1938. WHO KNOWS? (See “The Answers” on Page 4) . 1, How many persons are on | Felief rolls? 2. When did the TODAY'S COMMON ERROR Cuiras tec pronounced ras; not kiu’-ras. Supreme unconstitutional? 3. What. was the pre-war value of the French franc? 4. Will the 1938 dollar buy Turn te more than the 1929 dollar? Page 4 for the answers ‘ 5. Where can a farmef get in- eveceeesecse eeeees formation about forestry? What was a cithara? 6. What is the population of In which ocean are the Falk- | the Philippine Islands? land Islands? 7. Has Germany pledged her- Who won the recent North | self to respect the territory of and South amateur golf) Belgium? championship? ; 8 Who Where is the British military | Writer? academy? 9. How many motor vehicles What is a clearing-house as- | are registered in the world? sociation? 10. Are the rates for wheat How long is a fathom? crop insurance the same in all Name the largest river in/S s? Russia. Who is Edouard Daladier? What is entomology? In whcih state are the Cat- skill Mountains? KNOWLEDGE invented the type- “PEOPLE'S FORUM Soeecccsescvescoscceeees EXPLANATION fy Today’ 3 Sonoaens Editor, The Citizen:: There was a mistake in the j church notice of The Church of eeetesetsoresoas { Today gives great intuition and God, 1106 Olivia street, where L. This ridiculous has reached aia powerful, perhaps haughty na- A, Ford is pastor, and which ‘ Re point Where we all’ must pay the bill. ture, You ought to make a placé| cutred in Saturday's issue of | for yourself in the world, but do Citizen....The Church, of God se Enforcement costs are mounting, not be too anxious to tight, for, |\donriected >with >the Tomlinson The county needs money fn the! justification, but rather ‘seeks to Church)‘ of Géd, which recently till. mainly for the reason that he had So now by insurance and taxa- ‘tion to help others not so fortun- tion ‘For enforecemnt and hospital; generally has a fall. supplies, must pay for these dizzy; i bles drivers | Who kill more than the planes from the skies. FRANK C. SCHNEIDER. 651 William Street. Safety Council reports 18 per.’ cant rediction in country’s motor deaths for first quarter of the year. and Mrs. John Sands at home, 1117 Catherine street. their : win it by merit. Seek friends‘as started hete arid°which was mis- well as followers; use your posi leading. We want the public to know bride we have no connection whatever with them. , ate, and remember that paper aesee L. A. FORD, | Wilder’s “Our Town” wins Pu- Pastor, |hitzer prize for drama; Marquand Key West, Fla., {receives award for novel. May 16, 1938. i ee POPPPPOOPPCLLLELLL The New ros HIGHWAY terially with no carts operating at all in the city. Despite this, / Roy Lewin, manager of the serv- ice feels that a settlement will be | brought about some time today; and service will be resumed *in! full swing tomorrow. Discon- tniuance of the service was) brought about, Mr. Lewin ex-/ plains, by the inability of the city, to supply funds for the past three | months, because of the municipal- ity’s financial condition. Mr, Lew- + in says he cannot advance any more funds to pay the men and none will be available until the city pays the management. decision and to rule that today is the last under the law. Payment of poll tax is going on with a rush at the tax collec- /tor’s office this morning as the} zero hour, 5-e’clock on Saturday, | draws near. At 10 o'clock this; morning 2,750 had qualified by paying the tax. To this number} | approximately 1,200 must be add- ed as that is about the number of exempts on the rolls. Consider- ing this number, Tax Collector Maloney believes that the num- ber of qualified voters on Sat- urday will be not less than 4,000. W. W. Thompson, formerly, Editorial comment: The Citi- \editor of The Citizen, and one of zen boasts no “seventh son of “a the best known Key Westers of seventh son”. Yet it is perfectly | his time, now a resident of Mi-| willing to bet any reasonable sum | ami, is in the city considering the ‘that the second letter in the sur- prospects of founding a Key West! name of the candidate for Flor- Lodge of Loyal Order of Moose. jda’s next governor will be the | There are already a number of jetter “A”. members of the order in the city, Mr. Thompson says, and he is de- A 10-pound son is reported as sirous of getting in touch with being born this forenoon to Mr. OVERSEAS os CO, INC. Fast, Dependable Freight and Express Service According to Dr. Julius Klein, the well knowh economist, 33 per cent of such failures are due to lack of capital, 30 per cent to lack of experience, 34 per cent to miscellaneous causes, and only 3 per cent to competition. Dr, Paul H. Nystrom, another noted | authority on merchandising, estimates that 75 per cent of all business mortality may be attributed to incompetence, inexperi- ence, and lack of capital. The United States Chamber of-Com- | merce attributed 87.2 per ébat! of /failures ; to lack of capital, 31.4 per cent to incom- | petence, 4.9 per cent to inexperience, and | | 3.9 perlcent té gomdetition, with,ext?#dva+ | gance, ppwise credits, natura) disasters, etc., accdunting for the’ balance.! The Federal Tradé Commission re- cently investigated the underlying causes for the failure of 167 stores in 30 communi- ties, and found that it had been the result of competition in only 8 cases. Tt cannot be a coincidence that these four independent surveys reach almost identical conclusions. The adequately financed, thrifty, efficient and experienced i.erchant need have little fear of compe- tition, or failure from any other cause. —between— MIAMI and KEY WEST Also Serving All Points on Florida Keys between MIAMI AND KEY WEST * TWO.ROUND TRIPS DAILY (Except Sunday) Direct Between Miami and Key West. DIRECT EXPRESS: Leaves Miami 2:00 o'clock A. M., — West 7:00 o'clock A. M. Leaves Key West 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 2:00 o'clock P. M. LOCAL: (serving all intermediate points) Leaves Miami 9:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Key West 4:00 o'clock P. M, Leaves Key West 8:00 o'clock A. M., arriving Miami 3:00 o'clock P. M. Free Pick-Up and Delivery Service Fall Cargo Insurance Office: 813 Caroline St. Telephones 92 and 68 Warehouse—Corner Eaton and Francis Streets The Steamship Cuba arrived in Key West yesterday afternoon from Havana with 117 passengers | for Key West. The vessel also had ‘on board 15 passengers for Tam- pa. TOLL RATES AUTO AND DRIVER «...-.--------:0osesseesneeseees $1.00 EACH ADDITIONAL PASSENGER 25 is ; N . \ \ K . : : | There were a large number of | sponges brought to the city last evening, and several other boats are expected in the next few | days. GIOIVPIDIDIL ES Ss. N TRUCKS—ACCORDING TO SIZE 7 N) N) N) ) \) \) * N) ) ) A) A) A) ) i) \ wer. i | i 1 : | 1 } \ \ \) \) ) Ne A) A) \ ¥ wm. 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