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THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER THE LONG ISLAND TRAVELER 69ih Year \Home Newspaper Of the North Fork\ Established 1871 PUBLISHED THURSDAYS AT SOITTHOLD FREDERICK C, HAWKINS. Owner and Editor WALTER B. OAOEN, Associate Editor DUplay Advertising Rates on Application Entered as Second Class Mntter at the Post Office at Southold, N. Y., un- der the Act of Congress OD Mftrcta I, 1879. i!:J! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1939 Regular Republican Nominees Chief Judge Court of Appeals Irving Lehman Justices of Supreme Court: William Stanley Miller Nicholas H. Pinto A. David Benjamin Edwin C. Morsh County Clerk Frank Markvart County Coroners j Morley B. Lewis I Radford C. Shanklin Supervisor S. Wentworth Horton Town Clerk Russell L, Davison Superintendant of Highways Harold D. Price Receiver of Taxes John Edwards Justices of the Peace i Assessors Herbert M. Hawkins William B. Reeve S. Brown Tabor A. Halsey Brown Kenneth Monsell Daniel H. Horton Ernest W. Morrell Walter C. Grabie School Director John W. Duryea Charles McNulty Stewart W. Horton Nathan Davis Town Trustees Emmons Dean Frederick Tabor Editorial s Dictators and Security being of the people of the State. Rather are thy seeking to bring race track gambling back, in order that they, themselves, may share in the loot that must come from the legalization of the use of the parl-tnutuel machines, through which the money bet on horses is distributed — The pool does not all go to the people who wager their ' money; a pretty good percentage of it goes to the owners of the ma- chines and a small portion of it goes to the State as a gambling tax. Note that the gamblers take no chance. They play a sure thing — Their bank is one that can't be broken. Betting the pari-mutuel is a very fascinating thing. People who never thought of betting attend the races, see hundreds Hocking up and putting their money into the machines, try it, perhaps they win, then it is so good a thing they bet again. It is so easy to win, and if they lose, they bet again to recoup. It is far more dangerous gamb- ling than poker, or some other small gambling game that is played by only a few — There is no limit to the number who can and will play the pari-mutuel if it is in operation. In cities where pari-mutuel has been present at the races, it is found that it is the laboring man, the man and woman of little means, who seeks the fortune. And it doesn't do away with illicit gambling at the track or any other place. The record of pari-mutuel has shown that everywhere where pari-mutuel has appeared. One does not argue that the handling of the wagered money is not according to rule — There is no short changing — Every dol - lar put into the machines is accounted for — There is a fixed per- centage that goes to the machines and State and what's left goes to those who wager. But all this is wagered money, and if some are winners in the end some must be losers. The machines do not make money. They simply equalize money and pass it out to those who hoM the winning tickets. It were well that those who wish to preserve the Constitution from becoming party to a thing that will in the end cause a lowering of the standard of morals among the people of the state by the per- mission of this gambling device, should be ready for the question on Election Day, Nov. 7, and vote \No\ on this amendment to the Constitution. Odds and Ends [ s o IT t i ] T HE WEEK'S C HAFF To the average American the thought of a dictatorship is ab- horrent. Yet we hear much these days about security, social secur- ity and other kinds. Now, economic security is apt to flourish un- der a dictatorship. The reason is obvious. When the government can plan everything, it can plan so that every man can have a job at good wages. But the trouble with all that is the political angle. If everything could be so arranged that every man could have a good, productive job at good wages, everything would be fine. But the trouble is two-fold: First, many working on government jobs simply put in time without giving adequate service for their wages, and, second, most of their jobs are manufactured. Most of the projects are uneconomic — that is they are not self-liquidating, hence are merely another tax burden. In Germany, for instance, under Hitler, everybody has work. But what do they get for it? Long hours and food cards — a mere existence. Yet we have to admire the German people for their hard work and industry, even at the price of liberty. Economic security is a snare and delusion. Right here and now, in the U. S. A., we find many an old couple who have scrimped and saved, labored through long years, only to find themselves, through an economic cataclism, in a state of dependency in their declining years. But under our American system through the years, the in- dustrious and thrifty, have been able to pass the twilight of life in peace and comfort, without aid. Just now, and for years past, the whole world seems to have been upset, economically and otherwise, but we hope and expect a return to sanity in government, we hope to see the day when Utopian ideas will be discarded, when this coun- try again returns to a state of good old common sense. When horse sense returns the thrifty and industrious need never worry about their future security. For much security takes away initiative. De- pendance upon the government for a living will soon bring about economic disaster and governmental chaos. Hitler is near the end of his rope, principally b^ecause the German nation is pretty low eco- nomically. Armies must be fed, even at the expense of the civilian population. We prefer democracy without two much security but more opportunity. o Pari-Mutuel Wagering! The followitig editorial appeared in the Commercial Advertiser on October 10th. It discusses a proposition which will appear on the ballot as a cortstitutional amendment at the coming election: With election day less than one month away, there are many people who would not consider participating in an effort to lower the morals of the people of the State, much less actually vote for an Amendment to the Constitution of the State of New York that would make one of the most destructive forms of gambling legal, who haven't thought of the proposed Amendment to remove the prohibi- tion on gambling, and allow the use of pari-mutuel betting machines at the race tracks of the State. Nevertheless civic bodies, churches and the Grange are discussing this proposed amendment to Section 9 of Article 1 of the constitution. Raymond Cooper, Master of the New York State Grange, in a special letter to every subordinate Grange Master, writes: We would especially call your attention to the proposed amend- ment to our State Constitution under the heading 'Proposition No. 1,' Pari-mutuel Betting. We hope you and your members will study this proposed ahiendment, learn its probable effects on the morals of our young people and vote 'No' on the proposition. Literature has already been sent out to you and by the facts therein contained we are sure you will feel that we do not want our State to lower the standards of its {leople by legalizing any gambling device such as the pari-mutuel pfeople propose or any other form of gambling for that matter. Now one can well believe that the Grange will discuss this matter and when it. comes to consider its action should it^go on rec- ord, and most of the subordinate Granges probably will go on record, it will be found th^t the Grange, representing the farmers'of the State, will be pretty solidly against the Amendment and will so vote when they go to the polls on Nov. 7. The proponents or advocates of the pari-mutels — at any rate those who would bring about the change in the constitution, are not for the change through any desire to promote the morals or well • •••••••••f^-f- By Senator Ford I wish somebody would figure out that new British-Soviet trade agreement. The Battle of Washington is still on. Our august legislators are still dis- cussing our neutrality. The whole argu- ment is a matter of whether we should be neutral with the embargo, or neutral with \cash and carry.\ In other words it's a question of which nations we are going to be neutral against. * * * * * Like Thanksgiving, Automobile Week has been moved up. The 40th annual au- tomobile show opened in New York on Sunday. But unlike Thanksgiving there isn't a turkey in sight. There are bigger cars, smaller cars, faster cars, and slower payments. Every year we wonder how the man- ufacturers can possibly improve their products. But after reading some of the advertising I have an idea that when the engineers begin to run out of new gad- gets, the advertising departments will just write 'em in. Making such drastic changes in cars each year looks like a trick to shame peo- ple into buying new cars. Any minute now they'll be J bringing out a car with a horn that sneers when it passes a last year's model. »»»»»»•»• The belief in some quarters is that Hitler is waging a war of diplomacy. If modern diplomacy consists of sub and air raids then let's have a nice old-fashioned war. • •••••••a This European war is turning out to be a series of conferences. Confer- ences ere being held in every language including the Scandinavian. King Gustav called a conference of the Baltic States, and Russia is hold- ing conferences with everybody who has something that Russia wants. Russia, Germany, and Italy, the new triple threat, are also in a huddle on self-defense. That is the self-defense of small nations. Hitler and Mussolini are tired of having countries like Poland and Albania defending themselves. Congress should incorporate a non-conference clause in our neutrality bill. We won all our wars.^but never won a conference. Miss Perkins, our Secretary of Labor, has asked the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. to get together. E Pluribus Union! The newspapers carry an item of dis- pute between a man 108 years of age and his son 78. It seems the old gent who recently inherited an estate of some $77,000. objects to his son's ap- plication to be the appointed guardian of his father's property, alleging that the old man is \'crippled with rheuma- tism, weakened in body by age. and physically and emotionally incompet- ent.\ The old man comes right back with a statement t h a t his \boy\ is not capable of handling his own aflfairs. If these two kids keep on quarreling, somebody else will have to take a hand. One old philosopher says: \Before you invest, investigate.\ This seems like pretty sound advice, considering the millions of poor investments made in the past. The Omaha World-Herald recently made this statement: \All our life we've been hearing that the world is just on the verge of falling to pieces, and every morning we get up and look out the window, and there it is.\ Judge: \Tell me, why did you beat up this man?\ Mr. Spanker: \Well Judge, I comes home and patches this guy in the par- lor with my wife on his lap. He mon- keyed with my radio and busted it. No guy is gonna bust up my radio and get away with it.\ The Dunghill Cock Observe the Cock! said the wealthy and plodding, Apicius. He has found a way into my granary; and though he stands on a large Heap of Corn, where he may gratify all his wants without Pain or Trouble, yet he scrapes with as much Eagerness as if he were earning his scanty Pittance on the Dunghill. And is not his Master, ans- wered I, daily chargeable with the like \Folly though he boasts of Reason, and ridicules the undistingulshing Opera- tions of Instinct? Providence has fur- nished him with Abundance, but he toils with anxiety for more. He im- patiently searches for new Treasures, whilst he should be enjoying those which he possesses, and in the Midst of affluence he suffers the Evil of Pen- ury. Senator Ford We can find out how helpless and in- competent some people are when they are called upon to do something they ought to be able to do without think- ing. Onoe in this country the great Share- The-Wealth program gained great pub- licity. But lately there has been so little wealth to share that we haven't heard much about it. n ^ v ENUE S O F L I F E By Crews Jewell Dr. Townssnd gained fame, and for- tune, by advocating old age pensions of a nature which even the most crack- brained theorist knew could never come to pass. Millions fell for it. Millions of old people still hope for it. But to put it in practice would ruin this country in five years and the beneficiaries of the plan would be worse off than they are today. Meanwhile, the boys who are promoting it arc living off the fat of the land — at the expense of the poor old folks who expect that Utopia is \just around the corner.\ Taken altogether, the whole thing is rather a cruel hoax. The promoters of the scheme know it is economically un- sound, but they continue to collect con- tributions from people who are still hopeful that it will work out. It is all very sad. Women may gad around with holes in the toes of their shoes, according to modern styles, but men must con- tinue to wear their holes in their socks. If we do each day something we dis- like doing, we build character and are on the road to somewhere. RE-ELECT FRANK M a r k v a r t County Clerk H« has served you well BRICK, TILE Lime Cement Building Materials Mason Supplies Paint Hardware \Jf^(uia44a^tUu FOR BUILDING AND HOWl RIMOPiUNG I JOHNS-MANVIILE m Lehigh Valley Anthracite The Coal That Satisfies \ GOLDSMITH & TUTHILL NEW SUFFOLK PHONE PECONIC 6424 SOUTHOLD PHONE 3767 the more you save Yourself Someone says that it costs $400 a year to keep an elephant clean. Well, most elephants we have seen don't look as though $400. had been spent on them. Intelligence Test: Here is the criteri- on. If you can answer all of the quest- ions of a two or three-year-old child, you are rather intelligent. \If you're not very careful you are going to have trouble with a brunette,\ warned the fortune teller. \H'm mused the patron, \That's my wife. What makes you think I will have trouble with her? Fortune Teller: \There's a blonde hair on your coat. THE WORLD'S FAIR If one is in need of mental rejuvenation, a trip to the World's Fair is highly recommended. Second only to the colossal magni- tude of the Fair, is the transformation of an unsightly city dump into a fairyland of rare trees, shrubs, flowers, and velvety lawns. Engineering feats combined with beauty of design and expres- sion, defy all attempt at description or power of comprehension. Here, with surprising ease, comfort, and trivial expense, one may, virtually, see the world on parade. A hundred and sixty million dollar show has been gathered together from all parts of the world and assembled in our midst for all to see — at the admission price of only fifty cents. To duplicate that which one may see at the Fair would take years of travel, and would cost a fortune in money. Here, nations vie with one another to demonstrate the progress which each has made to enrich civilization. While the \big show\ may give one a fair idea of the advance- ment made by our own people, it cannot help but give one a tremend- ous mental uplift as to what the future portends in the future en- richment of civilization. If we are prone to believe that we have leached the zenith of cultural and industrial development, the ob- serving eye will catch a glimpse of a future, not so distant but that those of us in middle life may, someday, look back on the present time and realize that the golden age of development had, then, only just begun. Research workers in the electrical field, for instance, are not content to rest with the knowledge of how to harness that mysteri- ous force in order to serve humanity; but, in their endless search, are striving to find out what electricity really is, and why it acts as it does. Thus, through research, we are discovering new and aree f country a man may say greater secrets which will cpe;i up vast new fields of industry, re- i j;'^®*',,.})® ~ \ ^ suiting in greater employment and higher standards of living. Science is leading the way to a consta^ly expanding program for the future welfare of all. The laborer, the teacher, the scientist, the industrialist, the banker — all are at the threshold of an era which will eclipse any that has ever gone before. A great change is coming just as surely as the sun sets in the west. And those geni- uses are looked upon today as being little short of miraculous, will, someday, seem insignificant vvhen compared with the geniuses of those yet to come. \My son.\ said the minister to a small boy who was digging, \don't you know that it is a sin to dig on Sunday except in a case of necessity?\ \Yes sir,\ replied the boy. \Then why don't you stop it,\ asked the clergyman. \ 'Cause this is a case of necessity,\ replied the son, \a feller can't fish without bait.\ his wife. It is well to remember tliat .from the c.irliest days young men have as- sumed great responsibilities and dis- charged them well. Why take the time and trouble to run your errands in person when it's so easy, so quick, so satisfactory to telephone. There are so many ways your telephone can help you—re- lieve you of work and worry. For shopping, too—when you haven't time to go in person — or would rather \take it easy\ indoors . . . just reach for your telephone! RIAD WHAT KUSV W O M I N HAVI W m n i N MAtTHA DEANI, rAMOUS RADIO HRSONALITY \It takes niy friends anywhere from one to one and a half hours to market for the weekend, but I save that time by using the tele- phone.\ \To pick up the telephone and talk to loved ones miles away is some- thing that cannot be described.\ \The telephone means a lot to me. I do all my marketing by it. And a great deal of downtown shop- ping too.\ th0> find out. Speaking of sore feet at the World's Pair, one seasoned traveler says that the more experienced travelers keep off their feet. Don't overdo it. Inioy Ih* long OUIaNC* Tclcphen* CqII Oamantlrolion—at th« •all SyiUm Eihlbll, N«w York Worid't fair NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY
