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Volume VAX IV. V amber 81
IT XT A OOIIDA BEBALD, IT VTA GOBDA, FLORIDA
Friday, August 18th, IttBg
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Published Weekly Friday
Entered nt the poetofflce at PunU
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PAUL K. GARRETT
Florida, a second -ClAM
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Editor
Punta Gorda Pub. Co.. Publishers
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Adrian p. J.irdan Vlce-Pre.
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AmettcM Press Aaaodation, New
Yurk, N. V.. foreign Advertising
. Representatl ve
'effect. If Florida people are paying
; first-class-plus prices for second or
fourth rate gag, it would seem that
jhere is an opportunity for the next
legislature to distinguish itself by do
ins at least one sensible and useful
I thing by enateing laws that will pro
i tect the consumer.
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"Lee county is to build eight miles
of State Road No. 5 at ouce; eight
miles of road that apparently will be
gin nowhere and end in the same
plaCo. The Chatlotto county stion
is still to be built and construction
seemingly is in the far distant future.
The other end of the pavement will
lend to where the Caloosahatchee
Rows and where Fort Myers hopes
some day to have a bridge. Tho Idea
seems to be to build tin- road and I
when Charlotte county gets her part
built and bonds are voted and a I
bridge built, then it will be there all I
ready for use. Meantime it seems
no one will be helped much, except
the contractor8"--Arradia New.
N'ov.- we wonder what's the matter
with the editor of the News? Maybe
the dengue's got him, or it may be
just a plain case of hardening of the I
We can hardly believe that!
of r al action on this ro;id has'
I him to become jealous or
I, for why should he be' scared
Good roads, progress and prosperi
ty go hand in hand, but good roads
Invariably lead the procession.
The auto has put mosi of the
blacksmiths out of business, but they
ontrht to be able to get jobs beating
the drums in jazz orchestras. '
While we are engaged in this fly
twatting and tick-dipping campaign,
why not start a movement to extermi
nate the peanut politician, gossip,
rattle r.ako, chlgger, knocker am!
other reptiles and vermin?
A discussion as to the relative
deatruetivencsa of various kinds or
powders was in progress a few days
ago when Dr. Blount remarked:
"Face powder is just as dangerous
as gun powder ii man wears it home
on his coat lapel."
Kaiserlsm ami ccarism went out
of fashion in Europe sometime ago,
but here in Charlotte county the peo
ple still have to invoke the power of
the courts lo secure the tights and
privileges guaranteed them by the
const itul Ion and statutes.
live
sign
or jealous?
Tiie Xcws sems to be exemised
over tiie prospect of thf- Lee county
people building a road that will lead
nowhere, but there is no danger of
this. Private capital will build a
bridge across ihe Caloosahatchee, and
I a ferry can be ttRed until Ihe btidge
is built if the road is finished first.
Charlotte county's end of the short
route has been opened to the county
line; engineers are here now making
a final survey of the route of .State
load Number Five through the coun
ty and just as soon as this is fiin
ished a bond election will be called
for the purpose of authorizing bonds
lor enough to pay Charlotte county's
;Part of the cost. There is no doubt
; about our ability to issue and sell
jlhe bonds or tho willingness of the
people to authorize them.
We're not very old or very wise,
but never yet have we heard of a
highway being built overnight by
magic, just as if the whole thing had
been dropped out of a clear sky, and
why the News should feel that it is
a mistake for someone, somewhere,
to starl building a badly needed road
is more than our small mind can
comprehend. Anyway, those Lee
county folk who voted the bonds are
all 21 or over and it is they who will
pay the freight. If they are satis
fied ihe rest of us ought to be.
of the fruits of their labor, the value
of which is beyond the possibility of
expression in terms of dollars and
cents.
The textile workers, who produce
clothing, the coal miners who supply
fuel, the railway shop men, who
maintain the instrumentalities of
transportation, and the trolley men
who are necessary to quick and con
venient transit in two cities these
are the larger groups of operatives
who have quit their pari in the na
tion's industry as a protest against
the reduction of their wages.
Without attempting to assess or
place the responsibility for these seri
ous interruptions to production and
, transportation, it Is nevertheless fair I
jto point out that two years ngo thej
j Republican candidates and their sup-1
porters promised the American work-j
ers a golden age of prosperity and n I
.practical insurance against unemploy
ment and lower wages if they would
only vote the Republican ticket.
There were to be reforms in the
government, an expert management
of public affairs, a tariff that would
uphold wages for those in industry
and guarantee higher prices for those
in agriculture. In this buzz and hum
ol industry every one was to be as
busy and blithe as a bee gathering
honey against the coming of winter.
And of course, this prosperity was to
be of the famous Republican brand,
warranted lo last a life time.
1 1 any of the ",000,000 unomulnv.
led through inability to find work and
the 1,500,000 on strike against low
er pay were lured by these Republi
can pictures; of dawning prosperity
into voting for Mr. Harding and his
Republican Congress they must he
sadly undeceived by this time. if-
the fanner was misled by these prom
ises of better prices for his products,
which since 1920 declined billions in
value, he must share the worker's
disappointment and dissatisfaction.
Not only has the Republican ad
ministration failed to bring a new
and greater prosperity; not only has
it tailed to continue the prosperous
conditions which prevailed when it
came into power, but has actually
turned the country's previous pros
perity into an industrial panic.
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The DeSoto County News is now
appearing as a Iwice-a-week pap r,
the change having been made two
weeks ago, anil it is one of the very
best ones in the state in fact, it is
one of the two best twlce-a-week pa
pers in Florida.
Willi prospects lor a bumper tour
ist crop, a better market lor fi-h,
high prices for fruit, a good Reason
for vegetables and good prices for
them, considerable building activity,
repair of old roads and opening and
construction of the Taminmi trail,
there is good reason to look forward
to ihe next twelve months, ;il least,
as prosperous one for this section.
STAGING A COME BACK
For a considerable time there was
a great slump in the business done
by mail order houses; in fact, the
business of many fell off lo such an
extent that they were driven nearly
"to the wall," but
Sales totals of the great mail or
ders houses now show an enormous
increase, particularly in strictly farm
ing sections.
This is not pleasant news for retail
stores in the average small town, but
it is what they may expect.
There is only one way in which lb
insidious mail order campaigns can
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It is usually the man who does the
lit to help his town who howls the
loudest about its shortcomings.
When the perpetual knocker begins
to knock the best way to slop. him is
to ask what he has personally done to
remedy the things he is kicking
about. If he is half a man he will
be ashamed to continue knocking un
til he has spent some good hard work
on bettering conditions, and after he
has done that he'll love his (own too
much lo injure it by knocking.
Marlanna Times-Courier.
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Since we are all supposed to be out
helping to make the world belter,
why not do it in half the time? If
we put in the lime spent in kicking
into correcting, gosh! what a hole wc
could knock in the things we don'l
like! Most people who don't kick
say "what's the use?" because they
think they are powerless, so they
waste their time grumbling. There's
no use kicking and grumbling be
cause there never can be an end to
the cause for kicking and grumbling.
Aa s-oon as one thing's cured, an
ol her bobs up. When we're shaving
by wireless there'll be a kick be
cause the static shakes the razor.
Meantime suppose we all bull iii and
better things, ami meantime also'
smile. i
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According lo the Klssimmet
ley-Gazette, Floridians m e beini
up by the oil trust. Says l In
ley Gazette: "Auto owners art
aware that the gasolfate sold in
tda is of the poorest qualit)
bandied at the highest price,
drivers from the north and
laugh at the lack of its power
they buy it. tilling with all ntihore i
cause there is nothing else procure
able. A dozen years ago gasoline of
"94 test" used to retail in Oregon for
one-half the price We of Florida are
now paying lor something thai is
around a "fin lest." That means
we are paying at least three prices
if nol lour. No retailer knows the
qtiallty of the gasoline lie handles;
he sells what is delivered to him;
and it Is n question if the state ex
pert knows any more about it than
the retailer." Granting" that the
Gazette is right and that Floridians
pre being held up in this way, who
iR to blame? The oil trust has nev
er been noted for an over sensitive
conscience; in fact, we don't recall
anyone ha.ing accused it of having
u conscience so no amount of rail
ing or walling ;:t u wotild have auv
be combatted, and that is by local
merchants frankly explaining their
merchandlseing possibilities to the
people through advertising.
I, is a well-known fact that the big
'mail order concerns maintain depart
ments of considerable magnitude to
I check up the towns where local mer
chants appear lo lack enterprise.
There they concent tale their bat
teries of advertising and catalogue
distrlbut ion.
The mail order houses never pros
pers in a town where the local mer
chants advertise consistently, because
the mail order men know they can
not compete with the local store if
(he merchant understands his busi
ness.
The cheapness with which the big
mail order man can buy is more tnnn
offset by the low overhead the local
merchant can get along with.
To hold his own, however, Ihe local
merchant must not hide his light un
der a bushel.
The public needs educating to n
I knowledge that they can buy at home
as cheaply, that they can actually see
what they are buying before they pay
for it, and that they do nol have to
jWtiit somitemes weeks for the deliv
ery of the article they want,
i The National Cloak and Suit com
pany reports a heavy increase in its
business, all in the country, though
lit is doubtful if this great concern
i carries anything like the line of up-jto-dale
goods carried by local stores
throughout the country.
When the merchants get ready to
jlalk plainly to the people they will
(have nothing to fear from the mail
order man, but if they remain silent,
I then the outsider will surely burrow
his way into their profits
Self-satisfaction has spelled many
a bankruptcy
Grab x'oiir Wallet!
Nobody knows what this new tariff
bill is going to cost you. Ii takes
years for the effects of new schedules
to work out in actual business prac
lice. But it Is going to cost you a
lot more in cold cash than any tariff
ever cost you before. And, before
it is too late, you had better deride
whether you want to pay.
Remember, the cost to you is not
what the Government collects in du
ties, but the amount bv which nrices
can be raised because foreign goods
are kept out. That is why wires are
pulled lo get high rates in lines
where little or nothing is imported.
We raise most of our own food. Vet
the tariff is going to put an increase
cusi oi s i.uuo.uuo.oof) per year on
our food alone.
The McCuraber-Fordney BUI hoists
high the duties on everything you use
through the day, from the bd you
rise from in the morning to the gar
ment you put on at night. The pow
er on Susie's nose, the leather in
Jimmy's shoes, the button on father's
shirt, and the thread that holds it
there all are to cost mnra ii ii..,
tariff has any force.
These taxes are actually laid, not
lo raise money for the Government
but to affect business. A is to oav
more for a thing in order to benefit
R. That is all there is to it. If a
does not pay more, there is no "pro
tection." You who read these lines are A.
Who Is B? Nobody knows. Con
gress debates, nnd stews and fixes
some rate or other on each article,
then oozes off back home to get re
elected if possible. The law. a close
ly printed document of dozens of
pages, is turned over lo the custom
house men to enforce, strictly "a
iney cannot change a letter or
a comma, or inject a ray of common
sense. Many imported articles are
not covered specifically. Endless
streams of rulings are issued. Is a
canary a trained animal, a musical
instrument, poultry, or a luxury ?
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HARDING I'KOSITIUTY
Some million and a half American
workers are at present on strike.
They are losing 150,000.000 a week
in wages and the country is deprived
The whole mess unsettles business,
clouds its future. It may be three
years before a given industry can tell
how the tariff will hit it. The only
safe way is to charge you, the con
sumer, all the tariff will bear, Col
liers Weekly.
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Regardless of Price, They
Still Lead All in
Value
I wish to call to the attention of the public the following
letter just received from Mr. A. C. Barber, Sales Manager
WILLYS-OVERLAND, Inc., Toledo, Ohio:
"IWauso recent price reductions on some lines may be a trifle mis.
leading . m,,,,,. of our prospective Overland or Willys-Knight purchaser
e feel .ha. i. is well , tlli, time to brlnR again to your attention certain
l-eitment figures having to do wi.h relative prices.
"When we made our price redaction of March 5th, this ve-.ir the per.
tentage of reduction .n Overland Ton.i. totaled 17 percent; on the Over,
land Sedan 1 per, en.; on ,be W Ulr-Knigh. Touring 4.) percent: and on
.he Sedan. HI percent; as compared with those, the Chevrolet Touring l,
been reduced but He percent; and the Sedan 3d percent; ,he Hui, k Tour,
mg has been reduced 22 percent! and the Sedan 35 percent while .he
...udebaker Touring baa been cut but 21 percent! and the sedan 30 percent.
"These percentage ligres rathe,' starUlngly disclose the fact that
ve made our cut in March and what the public was Justly entitled to e,-
1 , ,u ,ha tim trom "m' other manufacturers they are just now re
ceiving. ' '
"As most of our dealers know. e ate no. able to build nearly e.HuCt.
ea. to supply ,e present demand. We have ,, file here enough orders
to run our factory a, its present capacity to September 15th. All of which
ends to convince us that .he public is very quick to appreciate value
and is not easily misled by ingenious advertising.
"We will continue to be,,,. , effort nrd supplying the splendid
demand already create,, for our product, and will work towards .he rcflne
ment and perfection . what e believe ... be the two greatest automobile
value on the market."
You can recall that when we made our price reduction March 5th there was nn
other company made one at that time, and as a result of our steno L L j t .
you have had the pleasure of bnyin OVERUNDS
bargain, where others have bought other cars at a high price KN,CjHTS at a
J. E. Sk lpper
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