The Key West Citizen Newspaper, December 22, 1949, Page 2

WHY BUY IN KEY WEST? It is true that the standard of living ina given community depends. upon the volume of business done, but it ‘also de- pends on the distribution of the income in the community. rs There are other factors involved, but we started out to call. attention to the current Christmas shopping and to urge that buyers try the stores in Key West be- mas gifts. Increased business for local merchants means increased income for the com- munity, This means that local buyers, who trade at home, will have a part in improv- ing the standard of living for local families. You may not be interested in the eco- nomic welfare of some of your fellow citizens until you realize that, as they prosper, you may expect to prosper. The welfare of local merchants affects other people, including employes, and every- one who expects to sell them anything, either in the way of service or goods. We do not urge local buyers to trade at home at exorbitant prives. Merchants in Key West who expect your business, ex- pect to meet competition, in price and quality. They must if they expect to stay in business. Give them the opportunity to serve your needs and, if they cannot do so, that is their fault, not yours. ANALYZING THE MINIMUM WAGE The new Federal wage and hour bill will soon come up for consideration by Congress. The influence it might have on the economy of the country, if it passes, fore going elsewhere to buy their Chirst- | Au ZACHARY was a man whom the years had’ condi- tioned against shock. He was like his cousin in some ways,:unlike His cheeks were ruddy, his eyes deep-set under heavy brows. When ges seem di bed him, he had sehook his face never to betray it. In the case of Trib Valse, he had known, with a sort of re- signed fatality, that sooner or later his cousin would turn up to trouble him again. That knowl- edge had come in the form of a new letter from the War De; ment, correcting the former an- nouncement that Valse was dead. Zachary had read it without any outward show of emotion, For a moment his face had flushed with anger, and he had half risen to send for Marsh and Huff. Then he had sunk back again, and had carefully burned the letter, saying nothing. Long before he had burned his bridges behind him. The Gun was his, now, to have and to hold, the first thing of any value that he’d ever managed to get hold of. And it would take a good man, he re- flected. grimly, to take, it from him. A better man than Trib Valse. Not that he underestimated his cousin. It was simply that he had made his plans, over the years. And he had stacked the deck so heavily in his own favor that it could ap but one way. 5 & Trib Valse was back. Word had| by right of inhe ~ been brought to him, and| cousin was alive,’ it wo ‘alse himself = be along siferens were oes Ca very soon now. at meant aj} your attemp' ipersonat fight, just as he had always rt ou'll pardon my bluntness, is known that it must. a damned poor bit of ioking. He looked up as Valse pulled[ Anger, wildness grew alse, up before Lundeen’s and tied his] but he fought it down. Always, horse at the chewed hitching rail|ever since they had been before it. From his window on Hoge Zachary had. had the second floor, Zachary was | ¢! ‘ect on him, the ability to stir to be in town, was a ranch owner, ,. bald-headed man, had been Lundeen’s man of all work, still was,-And Mike de Polo the first. to jer, among, should be given much more consideration it the country, and still here. He by the public than it has so far received. First of all, the bill would raise the minimum wage to 75 cents an hour, almost double the present level. Partisans of the measure say that a further hike to $1.00 is planned. The wage—along with overtime i him to unreasoning rage, able to study him unobserved for g rag hale. TER Ration ‘as’ a. squabe- a moment. Even after the word ’ which he had received, the change | 7ACHARY saw the flash of an- three had been good in Valse was shocking: the snow- ger, and apprehension stirred | friends of Valse's in the old days. white in him, Not that he was afraid of | GFT TIES Botany. - Superba Manhattan ROBES $7.95 and Up KANTOR’S mens swor Me acter white hair, the lines of suffering CACTUS IS STICKLER * dleft London by plane and took a THE LOW DOWN FOR ITS CUSTOMS cutting of their pet cactus wi ae nee them. But they had to say good- drom SYDNEY. — (?).— Mrs. Mabel bye te theinccactss - in. Sydney. after 40 hours in a week—would be re- 7, Whitney kept a cactus growing at! Gu otom;.men destroyed the cut- quired of every employe engaged in inter- HICKORY GROVE her Wembley, London, house alt! ting. as a noxious plant. es’ | State commerce in any way. i . through World War Il. mouel Cactus—prickly - pear here— It ctatsiename tied ake eatenetaito ches. Well folks, i ladies and gentle-! blew tiles off the roof, and made/ caused big damage to Australian yn men, U.S.A. citizens far and near,}a mess of the garden. But the farming and grazing land by its merce provision would confine the law to {7 will now sound off on how our} cactus survived. | rapid spread. a limited number of enterprises, most of Jold Uncle Samuel has gone fran-|_ Mrs. Whitney, her husband N. | \ Che eemeen of the year, when] them large. But recent co ecisi in- | tie: on garnering under his wing, | 7: Whitney, and their daughter] Hindus of the 3rd and 4th Cen- : et deblnlone An re bus N | Joyee decided to move to Paes! i recognized the diamond as Warts | fee een im various situations | dic. ‘ “ e the electric light business. Now icate that the judges are taking a very Won't “stop teadin'-keep poe ce North, New Zealand. They the"hardest of all substances. ea ouet seleemen & on your trail, you take to the hills. You have het out, haven't you? t. THE ORACLE | have the money to buy, and ' : ’ SANTA CLAUS SPEAKS soopiees, it is natural that | broad view of what interstate commerce in i YES 5 SE " ae }the power business not just a A 5, See es ile § Shentietty shewld be frequently ques- | volves. For instance,’ in the ‘ase of retail | subject for the private power peb- See there th oneeyer =H ey: stores, it is quite possible that operators |Ple to wrestle with—it is every, Yours with the low-Abura, ; e a Hie © qemeratly accepted as a man| who make out-of-state purchases would | ¥°™"’s and every man’s job to} JOE SERRA. | 3 a _ “ sesemtle @. Nick tron - Shaki put a quietus on socialism before s U ' ene ° m2 » patr be considered engaged in interstate com- | we all break out with it all over. ; i] Olvetmee He is advertising | merce, and subject to the law. Whoever you are that may be At a». widing life and color to the Theoretically, the pending law is de- |Perusin’ this essay, you are in STRAND coasitionss « r * How the average - ke - ‘a for the same stripe of expensive | ———————_—_____ { € . 4 files # a a signed _ —_ and — unskilled and [meddling 23 is now being prac- } Thursday - Friday - Saturday ‘ e wus ste » role makes a er- | marginal workers. Yet there is grave |ticed on the kilowatt folks, once N 1 if i lorthwest Stampede ecto doubt if it would work out that way. Many |the Govt. gets electricity com- | : : 1 > H penne Oa whe Dan served who have studied it believe that it might time to gaze around for more j and JACK OAKIE ty for more than 20 years is | actually reduce employment. A con businesses to barge into. Folks ; Techmicolor Western ie resides : esas packed) Viegas Sit the Govt. | Coming: EVERYBODY DOES IT Paul Dougtas, Linda Darnell, coburn, m Denver and oper- | for instance, might find it impossible to ns sand Sy an ee ae wi oa or. a ; i ele i wer business—think- | with no commer- | keep on employing inefficient workers if aby it is the Gilce nige babes: | | pletely under its thumb and has | joan estan gawes craic | | hee own este Helm, Charles it had te pay them 75 cents an hour— {need to be alerted. j ores that children up to eight | whereas it can profitably employ them at} Uncle Harry says he is fighting ain gerd him as genuine, but! a lower wage, and so give them an oppor- comaiueee sete ly Sueht i ONROE COOLED \ Risker - the —_ 8 | tunity to improve their skills and qualify pee eae He is asking in the j Thursday - Friday - Saturday ‘ netr fait ts shaken. | for better jobs. same breath for more money for j mc hat age try hard to be- ay. it seems certain that big | Be dams Bod Dieser: Powe sta: | entene! antes | a big |tions across the land. And that | vc cuosny se ‘ have « hard time doing } percentage increase in the minimum wage |—putting Sambo in all those { as To mee DR would start the wage-price inflation spiral | power houses—is Socialism, 100 WOLFE * perfect in very detail. | going again. The least productive worker |e peoa tiara is a first cousin | Tenens AOU ESTA tefimite ideas on how | would then get a rate of pay very close to} it "aoe ss queer, don’t it, | JUAN COLORADO i Denver man spent) that of many skilled workers—and_ the |says Henry. Quite so, I says, but j Bewt pe een See Santor 3 tellars on his outfit in don’t tell me—start work on your (, i latter would naturally demand a boost for themselves. What this could do to the cost of living for all workers needs no elabora- bild-proof dignity, must not ex permit bh children nor SPSTING A LITTLE EASIER regarded ety where-—across the ‘ We have nothing ‘ov Russian people talin, Molo '¢@. “wmell bad as part- A ogiel Mowe m intended to World peace N nder that a . omt of the sited States is — { war against Rus- eeapons and the skill ss “ wite the whele bunch of he w And best of all, 4 en tkherchief givers a, * eeee @ G1 Ge well to get a hankie vo ack e difficult be easily * adviser | that the individual touching the cord will tion in the light of experience. “IT WON’T HAPPEN TO ME” In reading about accidents that kill other people, we are apt to dismiss the matter with a careless, “It won’t happen to me.” Maybe not, but just the same, it might be a good idea to remember that the vic- tim of the fatal accident was just as con- fident before the accident and as irrevoc- ably dead afterward. Not so long ago, a young woman, us- ing a health lamp, took a sun bath in her bathtub. Somehow, there was a contact and she was shocked. Later she was found dead. This illustrates the danger of using electricial appliances in and around the bathtub. There is danger that the cord will become wet, thus charging the water, or receive a serious shock. The moral is to be extremely careful how you handle the cord that comes with ! your electrical appliances. Be on guard when water is around. Do net handle electrical plugs, ete., with wet hands or Motor Vessel Etah Leaving Key West for Mariel, Cuba SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 Automobiles Accepted Until 8 A.M. Saturday Tourists’ Automobiles, $39.50 (Each Way) —FOR SALE— STATE SALES TAX FORMS for LANDLORDS MINIMUM ADDITIONAL COPIES 3 For 5c 2c Each THE ARTMAN PRESS while standing on wet floors or wet ground. Watch yourself and you may live longer! IN CITIZEN BUILDING |