The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 25, 1946, Page 5

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1946 British Change Minds About U. S,! By ROBERT N. COOL AP Newsfeatures Writer NEW YORK. — “I do not like their principles, I do not like their manners, I do not like their} opinions.” 1 All in all, Mrs. Frances Trol- lope of England made it abun-{ dently clear in 1832 that there! was little she did like about Am- erteans, especially those of the middie west where she spent two years, eee “Certainly midwesterners the kindest, most generous and @est hospitable people in a country famed for. these great virtues are; This statement comes from an- other “lish writer, Graham | Hut whose book idwest at Nox was published recently by the University of Chicago Prem. After five years as Di- tettor of the Office of British information in Chicago, Hutton hes Written what critics agree is am outstanding study of the cen- tral states. ses In the century between publi- eation of Mrs. Trollope’s “Domes- Americans” and tie Life of the Hutton’s work, the attitude of British authors toward America) epperently has made a full swing. Our forefathers reacted vio- lently to the literary lashing of Charles Dickens, who in 1842 depicted them as a nation ef tobacco-chewing yokels, @runkards and sharpers. After touring as far west as St Louis, the author of “Pick- wick Papers” wrote in his “Am- erican Notes:” They certainly are not a hu- merous people,’ and their tem- perament always impressed me as being of a dull and gloomy ehwracter. In shrewdness of re- in which the ominous word! were built except for military mark, and a ,certain castiron | ‘stranger’ had been given al purposes “makes many people quaintness, the Yankees, oF Peo-/ friendly flavour. ‘Howdy, Strang-| wonder if the taxpayers of Flor- ple of New England, unquestion- jer,’ is not a hostile greeting, and! ida got their money’s worth for ably take the lead—as they d0/ jit was invented in America.” that $20,444,119.91. Pd mest other evidences of intel-|' te would leave’ it to native For general government $7,- agence i writers to, be pessimistic abou 5 ent. It is in-| He went on ‘to infuriate ‘his}the American character, Bes Milas rete are abe the American fans by observing: “l} geclared. fiscal year ending June 30, 1939, was quite oppressed. by the pr In this he differed widely | a total of $3,771,024.73 was spent vailing seriousness and melan-} from the judgment of his Toy the state for general govern- eholy aiv of business, which was| countryman, one Capt. Basil ‘ment. Thus, in the short period © general and unvarying that at] pyan, who in the 1830's com- | of six years the cost of general | every new town I came to I! plained: “In all my travels, | government has more than. dou- seemed to meet the very people} bogh among heathens and 8 4 whom 1 had leit behind’ at the jast.” But a hundred years later, on the eve of the second world war, Dr. Denis Brogan. Brit- ish author and educator, te- turned from an extended tour fo tell his countrymen that, the, u States was “ihe «most int ting country in the world.” in his widely read book, “The American Character,” Brogan explained away such assumed na- tional characteristics as boosting and boasting on grounds of his- i) be towns, t Declaring that Americans have wh to give the world “both materially and spiritually,” Dr. to’ said. build their up WESTINGHOUS REFRIGERATOR| WATER HEATER | Now oe eR NY REE eT RESTAURANT EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIE S| §) m MAXWELL] COMPANY, Incorporated Furniture and Furnishings 909 Fleming Street * ; Spare Their Tampa Electric Seeks To Stop Transit System TAMPA, July } —(FNS)—! | Francis J. Gannon, president of | of $67,601,579.44 was collected by | forests, plants, crops, etc.), a to- ‘Tampa Electric company, told| *@tion. The balance was ac-; tal of $5,875,767.47. was spent by ; counted for by grants and dona-| the state. : the State Railroad Commission} at'a hearing in Tampa last week, that authority to abandon its! street car system is sought be-! ‘cause it had shown a loss for the | funds, ete, {last 10 years, except during the! wartime peak, He declared Tampa Electric’ company had not sold its street cars of Tampa Transit Lines for ; a profit or as a “round about way” to avoid responsibility to, unionize street car operators as! suggested by Raymond Sheldon, | attorney for the street car em- ployes. “We made the deal,” Gannon said, “to get-out of a bad situa- tion; and. we have no interest | whatever in the bus company or | any other transit line.” Tampa Transit Lines is pur-| chasing the street cars’ and/ equipment for $85,000, | | 837,506.73, only $81,177,661.28 was! was widely publicized all over |and who got it. I will try to THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FACTS and FIGURES By FULLER WARREN’ For the fiscal year endirig bled. The increase in Florida’s June 30, 1945, Florida’s state/Population from 1,897,414” in government took a grand total) ‘™ 1940 to 2,250,061 in 1945, sure- : ly would not account for such of $121,837,506.73 and paid out! a stupendous increase. I am go- $119,380,630.03. That is a lot of ing to find out why, and if I do money. And most of that $121,- I'll let you know, 837,506.73 came directly from the| For development and conser- pockets of the people. A total vation of natural resources (fish, tions from the federal govern- The protection to persons and ment, earnings of departments,’ property, a total of $2,203,745.49 public trusts, transfers between! was spent. Only $2,049,286.06 was spent Apportioning the $67,601,579.44 for conservation of health and which was colleeted. by direct, sanitation. Florida was very low taxation equally among Florida’s' on the list of states whose citi- population of 2,250,061 means/zens were rejected for military that state government cost each; service because of physical dis- person approximately $33 for the | ability. It had the highest rate fiscal year-ending June 30, 1945,‘ of rejectees for one particular While the total amount taken ' disability —~which shocked and. in from every source. was $121,-| embarrassed us all when the fact actual operating receipts—the’the nation. The bad condition remainder was accounted for by! of health in Florida revealed by} public trusts, and transfers be-| the draft would seem to indicate tween funds, The total amount: that the state is spending far too paid out for operating the state; little for the conservation of} government was $83,412,161.16. health and for sanitation. ; You surely must be interested’ Next week I'll tell you in more in knowing where all that mon- detail where your state money ey went, what it was spent for, goes. Gannon said, and added that the, tell you. All the facts and fig- entire system is rundown td such, ures I'm going to pass on to you an extent it would require at'are from the state comptroller’s least $2,500,000 to rehabilitate it| ast report. sufficiently to provide adequate | setvice. ———$—$—— | The largest slice of state mon- ey:was spent for public welfare, hospitals and correctional insti- ai neeessity. Pioneers had to | The MAXWELL CO. || is Proud to Present Brogan painted this idyllic pic-! tutions — a total of $23,156,829.67. | ture of Saturday night on a} The next largest cut went for typical U. S. main street. | education—the sizeable sum of “There was over the street and, $21,883,317.06. over the town that indefinable: American air of happiness and highways, ease, at least for the young.!The shabby condition of most There was that general friendli-; Florida roads and the fact that ness and candor. It was a world} during the war no new roads among Christians, T have nev- er ericountered any people by whom I found it nearly so dif- ficult to make myself under- stood as by the Americans.” To which his ¢ontemporary, | Mrs. Trollope, chimed in: “Strong iy indeéd must be the love ‘of equal- | Red Cross, thinks it’s fine that ity in ‘the English: breast if it} so many easterners are coming survive a tour through the! out west on vacations this sum- Union.” mer but) believes they, should be The trend toward sympathetic | reminded that it isn’t all moun- treatment of American life by, tain moonlight and full fishing British \ writers commenced in’ creeks hereabouts. 1888, critics point out, with the; Specifically, she feels they. publication of Viscount Bryce’s' should do a bit of boning up on | monumental study, “The Ameri-! poisonous plants, poisonous can Commonwealth.” | snakes and dangerous insects be- | Qn a regional scale, Hutton’s| fore they go batting. around the analysis of the midwest has been | peaks and plains. To say nothing said to approach, the high stand-; ef how landslides start and such ard set by Lord Bryce. like. | WILD: WEST STILL. {| wea 1S NOT TAME CASPER, Wyo. —(AP)—Mrs. A. E. Winter, Jr., accident pre- vention chairman of the Natrona County Chapter of the American THE NEW ' On Display || {pupil of the eye of a king pen- Running a close third were/guin is a perfect square, when with $20,444,119.91. ;half dilated a hexagon, and when fully dilated a circle. PHONE 682 KEY WEST, FLA.| |! VENETIAN BLINDS Sey : Ours Hasn't. Either ' To a radio quiz,I'm a devotee, ,A reference book is upon my | knee, * The answer's right at the tip of my tongue, But my telephone bell has never rung. When fully contracted, . the Are Calling MORE: THAN EVER If you’ve experienced a delay recently on a call to a nearby ~ : town,’ you may have Wondered why, since most of your calls to more distant places are going through promptly. 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