The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 15, 1949, Page 2

PAGE TWO THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FRIDAY. 7775 18 peee a a the Key West Citizen THE GREATER THE BETTER =| “MAYBE | SHOULDN'T HAVE TRIED IT” » _ sPRR ewan, onece sea Pebiicher A dozen different things are used as onty ase Newspaper in Kay West and far ax Key West is concerned, no better in- he Geares Coumy dication of business trends exist than the | . centhred at Kay West, Florida, as second clase matier | activity on the Overseas Highway bridyes | - J d You may be sure that if traffic falls off on the bridges its adverse effect will be felt in Key West. if traffic increases, bus: —— | ness in Key West will respond favorably sites | We may find the anewer to the fairly good se: | business in Key West te the continued ee or paper, and |. es. 3 a f° | monthly increase in the traffic on and re Ss | ciltant income from the Overseas High iP ieee nn 2 pete . way bridges. SPReCtAL NeTHCR Bvery month this year The Citizen hax ; 3 - ; rea@ing neti are ha published a story showing the increase vival have : business on the bridges. A story ye rda showed that the income of the bridge d 7 triet was $5.348.25 more last month tha G . t was in June of 1948. Passengers using the bridges last month numbered 5,690 Uniwed Stet | more than the total in June a vear ag img Ray © * and 3,352 more motor vehicles pass ver | the bridges last month than in June, 1948 y ~ UNM. 1930 WO MORE OER wT CRE wt | The Overseas Highway bridges are he ; THAN 14 MLLION TOS OREN FAM ES Key West's lifeline, and that lifeline | : OF ORANGES GROWN Tea? Quantity been showing a continued health ' «K * . . Se. ae Om oo ee | since the beyinning of this year, as com ] a ry : C6 beer of senmunnae + eee 1 | pared with traffic and receipts on the wns " enemas a= | 1 2 Beach and Bathing Pavilion bridges during 1948 3. Airports—Land and Sea. Of course passengers come and go, | Df Interest To You, But... ! feeeay 4 Consolidation of County and —_—_—_—_—_—_—_—_ Maver i Mn Ww but the travel south over the bridges ha« | ; ‘ — been greater than the outgoing trave T | ‘ T Classif Jot a lays nM which demonstrates that there are mar 00 te 0 4 y ; TODAY'S City Governments more people in Key West this year up to | ty RUSSELL RAY Sauk sk eee BIRTHDA ~ new than were here during a «milar { tent | a period last year. Fact is, we have heard a | Progressive th reasonable ac. | Tampa Oy AP Newshanes good many Key Westers say that apparent. |i" Wenine boage se ot a ene: 4 ly there are as many automobiles in Key | kicking hog ditkmn ef county end| Ce ) . . West today as there were at any time dur ry ' ave ghwege treet nd} Mie f 4 ing last winter. one * re sey " However that may be, of one thing |. ; ; iggy a oye . - one we are sure: trave! on the Overseas High F . therefore, would] ther, Charles & c bi way has increased in comparison wit . , ome a ceeding a age ‘ oa Deer Folks: what it was up to June of last year. And |“ ‘. en . al pe ugros . It may be trite to say it, but an edi- || the greater the travel the better the busi | ¢ to statics now ave Padgg- smoe . — tor Who tells ail he knows won't go far |] nes here ' he . . ~ perotirnart on wt he Gidey ny - 30 malls «| -— __ ‘ in his profession P ‘ t te system and 114] , ‘ THE ORACLE No national holidays have been ex. | vepresentation fr all sect ' codes 4583 mie of TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS tablished by Congressional action i 4 “ ie Bren cagny Po ; 4 pon - oa a = yon = ates a — . - : COAL IN Y “PLOWING UNDER” ™ effective service of | ot m . STIFLING PRIVATE ENTERPRISE | ling ee a The coal industry, it seems, ix passing Ss ° : 249.2 yah a ond $40 Poul M Alling A from a period of unusual prosperity as a The people of the United States are | hag ‘ “ 64.008 for rk ' verult of a decline in demand, following | f@miliar with the pious proclamations of |*" 7 ~ “ . an Whusual need during the wartime and | >“siness leaders in favor of the Ameri- |i, incet a oe . can system of private enterprixe and in- | « ‘ . ' mmediate post-war per ow faces | dividual initiative. If one believed all | cert s . sy the threat ef over-produ with the | that the big business oracles declare in ; lig ‘on “ Your Horoscope concomitant danger of cut-throat compe- | public, one would expect the leaders of | F z wed : ¢ trtien business to oppose any action, private or od In Penneyivania, the anthracite in- | governmental, that interferes with the tees thes dustry solved its problem by an allocation | velopment of private enterprise and con - g a long nin, ‘ Th 649) we ee plan. The bituminous § industr faces a | petition > . ‘* the5 4S more complex problem because of the We have called attention to the sub variety in the quality of coal. Ina | dies that the Federal government pay. t ho the anthracite plan operates with the | the airlines of the nation and the fact A blessing of the state government is | that compensation for carrying ma vivania, but nobody knows hether or | figured not upen cost rf reasonal le sot it violates the anti-trust law. The mat charges, but at a rate sufficient to guar a ter has not been tested antee the airlines an operating | t et « ‘ 000000000000000000000004 John L. Lewis, leader of the miners. | Naturally, the gravy is more | es . itical iggests a three-day work week to mair eptable to the operator es bode “ . Se pe | ing Politix a tain economic lity in th ed airline with a few neta ex te the rat | = daseg, ‘The sherter week - strates | Announcement ; ndefinitely until the w Not only do the airline operat . va PUR ET ET TOU ET e TEETER TTT TT greater product The t the government abysiddy hut th known, attracts the operat are vigorously opposing the erat . , t might solve the threat rregular carriers and attempting to | | ae | tion and price-cutting ade the Civil Aeronaut Board Without being better { the “large irreg ; Overseas Tra conditions facing the would not be inclined Recently, the ( Actor Boar “WHAT ARE HIS INTENTIONS?” ; l onfronted the farmers of t roceedings against an irrewular air = the early thirtic wher ing from Long Beach. ( r Peet, De pe ecdatbe Pre ught amd Baprese Server glutted the market and - The charge was that the (oom ry te reduce productror telt trequently tt oor that ’ - ‘ we. ei tee dha Siecteten Sec ceaeaieen 10be0 Aise Serving ALL POINTS O8 FLOREDA EEYS Berween Mina sad Bey Wan fenry A. Wal a " ede engers exclusty - ' | Ga erate between large cities at na ve er Piiprese \hedule knows th credited with originating the ‘air coact SUMMER EXCURSION - - to cut prod plan of travel which is devoid of frit ! FA RE 6 ave "Y Nes? t . throw employes out of their therefore heaper ert HPAVS of OF Pm A y ’ cheaper moy 15% Ovreber dhe eves ot Miami of (868 orks Me te prevent over-preduction It ne Recently teetifying before the S« . soy established policy in the nufactaring | Commerce Committee, the rokesman 21 BAY ROUND TRIPS TAVES MIAMI PANY GROErT business, We see no 1 b ne “irregular my per SUNDAYS) of 1260 ovum fhe NEW YORK $ill Se nigh! and aeviees ot ey Wer net be followed in the ‘ ( alifort declared th ach + ~) AM ; Lminir | at 87 t-t PHILADELPHIA $203 75° and coal-mining vice at $70 ‘ Senet Guth coable with a profit WASHINGTON, »< $ 93.70 hy Advertisers who get dy through the of modern ¢ BALTIMORE $ 97 6e- CAVES BEY weet CaAny . : ® ly through the ase « vile OF Babette. te ok € their budget appropr ment - -_ A M ond arrives «© Mice a + ee na The “irregulars” are wh © migh —~bhis 3 “a Freedom of th t live will | call an illustration of the pport re am PALLY G80Ert erve the interests b wesented ¢ + pendent wa ° hol tcp eo ; nF) a ry aaates nder the = theory { priv --. The reason so a 1 but they <eem to be r r » to the intelligence « ter ermmental regulations, which egard. FREE PHKAP end DELIVERY “aVKS —_—— exs of their purpose, are calculated toy) i FULL CARGO INST RANCE Did you stop to think that f reate and maintain mono} ' . . MAIN OFTICE end WAREMOUSE Cot Letes & Frome Om , : f cans ce0e PHONES, 62 AND The Citizen represents at» ' heap- | trave the benefit of a fev OF yews rere! agent est investment you can make fle Paties i - 7 : Pieker Off» Meewer ty eerr f ui