PAGE FOUR THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929 APPLIED EDITORIAL COMMENT UNITY OF PURPOSE EDUCATION at. 20 20 MIRAMAR COMMENT CALIDONIA DISTRICT RATES ON PANAMA MAY HAVE NEW MAIL TO BE THE WORKMAN THEATRE LOWERED (By SMITH)
In the near future, the Calidonia According to a recent announce Published on Saturday Ly WALROND, at the office No 72 The timely editorials that are from time to time District, Panama City will have the ment in the interest of intended pasCARLOS MENDOZA Street No. 72, Panama, published in the Workman, are worthy of the highest P0. Box 74, Panama Box 1102, Ancon facility of a new moving picture sengers of the Panama and California appreciation on the part of readers of this Journal.
theatre, according to an announce RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION Coast, the Panama mail Steamship Without any attempt at flattery, one can safely say ment made by Geo. Henry of the 40 Cy.
ONE YEAR.
Isthmian Company, through its that the Editor is to be congratulated on his careful firm of Henry Co. during this SIX MONTHS choice of subject matter, and the management must be weet Agents, the Panama Agencies Com.
THREE.
complimented on the presentation of these not only Mr. Henry has had many years of pany, has reduced the rates of fares ONE MONTH.
highly intellectual, but wisely written editorials.
experience in this department, having on three of their first class steamers wish to make a comment on the editorial of the last served as manager of the Excelsior namely City of Sanfrancisco, City The Liberty of the Press is the Palladium of our rights JUNIUS issue (Saturday, Dec. 14) entitled The Two Bugaboos. Theatre on Ave. near the real of Panama and the Corinto.
It is as true as an axiom that these two complexes way station for many years, and The 188 rate is now lowered to will sever his connection with this 146 and round trip, which would exist manifestly amongst us, and of course, as the author playhouse in order that he may give be 390 is now reduced by 12 and THE WORKMAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1929 justly said, they are mythical in essence: yet, they are his attention to this new venture.
as pernicious as they are infectious. They exist here in one half per cent and is valid for the garb of a morbid, character destroying, blood suck The new structure will, when comtwelve months from date of issue.
GOD BLESS THE ing monster that eat at the very vitals of its victims. pleted, be able to accommodate about This 12 and one half per cent is 500 persons, and will be equipped The worse of the two is the Inferiority Complex.
also applicable to all intermediate with many modern devices of a modern movie house.
ports from Panama to California.
This is the prayer of the West Indian workers of This disease has a wholesale grip on us, and we are in its toils as it were as a weakling in the hands of a scowthe Panama Canal for the Metal Trades Council. It is ling, savage giant.
European and American films will fervent and sincere, and we believe it will be heard by be used and by this means, it will But by far the saddest aspect of the whole affair is Him who heareth prayers and answereth them. We are that the contagion affects the ignorant no more than it cater to section of the public to BUY FROM THE WORKMAN told that we should not render evil for evil, nor curse in does the intelligent which such facilities were never be ADVERTISERS AND GET return those who curseus, neither should we reVALUE FOR YOUR MONBY The sooner we shake ourselves free from the grip fore offered.
taliate in kind against them that spitefully use us. All of this monster, the better it will be for us, and we will this we also believe, and so we say, GOD BLESS THE not be able to hold up our heads as men should until we realize this fact.
TRY At this time, the West Indian workers of the Canal Tis not the blood of kit or kin Tis not the colour of the skin, are offering up a fervent prayer for the Metal Trades Tis the true heart that beats within SALAD OIL Council who do not soften, nor grow less severe, nor feel That makes the man a man and brother.
any compassion. The Metal Trades Council who are FOR FRYING merciless in their aggressiveness to harrass, torment, The author has dealt so fully with the subjeet that and demoralise the silver employees of the Panama further comment would necessitate quoting his very For sale at all leading Grocers words. Readers who did not have the privilege of readCanal. The personnel of the Metal Trades Council are Panama Coca Cola Bottling Co.
sons and citizens of the great United States of America, ing last week editorial should procure a copy of the paper and read, mark, learn and inwardly digest the Panama 65. PHONES. Colon 84 the home of the brave and the land of the free. These, gist of that essay.
they are proud to be, as they are in duty bound. But alas! what have they made the Canal Zone for silver AN APPRECIATION employees? What bravery have they exemplified. and what freedom have they permitted silver employees to Day by day, history is being made, show that the Canal Zone is a possession of these great in every department of human endeavour by improvements on old United States, and that it is a portion of the place where systems, and by the invention of now men are brave and freedom reigns?
The answers to these questions are to be found in That this is undoubtedly true, the history of their activities since the assumed dictator71 Central Avenue needs no comment nor reiteration ship of the wage scales of the Canal Zone. For the Improvements are made by indivisilver employee, these wage scales have been made unIn connection with its Branch Store at Calidonia duals in their various vocations and stable and inadequate. They have undergone innumerenterprises and these same folk make next door the Half Cent Store improvements to old standards alable revisions to the detriment of the silver employee.
ready accepted.
With the exception of a few rates which, thank GoodHAS JUST RECEIVED This reference can well and titting.
ness, they did not succeed to reduce or hinder, the wages ly be applied to the improvement of the silver employees, in general, have been the target recently made to and by the members of perpetual reductions. These wages have, in the of the Panama Wesleyan Choir, and main, been kept out of proportion to the price of comwhich fact was publicly made known modities. out of proportion to the earning capacity of on Sunday 15th inet. when the celthe employee out of proportion to reason, equity, and ebration of their harvest festival fairplay. All these things have been done at the instigatook place in the Church, and a word tion of the Metal Trades Council, and for which May of comment to those who took care GOD BLESS THEM!
of the arrangements (including the musical programme at 80 in the The people of the and the silver employees evening) is not too much to mention are brothers in labor, although the do not admit Sung exclusively. by the very on their behalt this. They are rather relentless in their propaganda best colored ágainst the silver employees. They demonstrate by singers Those who wore eyewitnesses on this occasion, can well testify to the these that they are fiercely angered with, and are desauthenticity of such a statement and perately indignant at the presence of the silver employ Through the courtesy of the dealers these Records have been to make mention of our local prima ees in the Canal Zone. They are incensed and furiously specially obtained so that everyone in Panama can pass a merry Donna and her partner in their duet is impetuous against the silver employees, and are resentChristmas listening to the beau. ful music.
within the scope of journalistic par.
ful at their mere existence, yea, they are irate and have We also carry in stock a large selection of even now become exasperated. By their fruit do the The Sacred text of Seripture My silver employees know them, and may GOD BLESS spirit faints from the story of Ruth THEM!
the Moabitess as interpreted by these two vocal celebrities, will never In the face of all these circumstances, the The Best Known in the World be forgotten, the harvest home, inon many occasions have declared that they are not inimical to the silver employees; but that the love of their Brand New Pianos and Second Hand cluding the locally built boat by the pastor and other attractions will add offspring which imposes the duty of providing for them, Electric Pianolas imposes the other obligation that of killing the silver greatly to the history of the church and the pages of same should be employees to make such providence. Mercy! greater all Suitable for Christmas Presents love hath no man than this, that he killeth his brother to made where they can be reviewed trom time to time.
provide for his offspring. Truly, a truculence like this is recorded in history.
When in need of good music pay us a visit and AN BYEWITNESS.
Cain of old killed his brother whom he was supposed to be satisfied.
have loved, and he did so under a pretext. He received his blessing. May the receive theirs for killing GET YOUR the silver employees because of their offering to the Government of the United States of America in the Canal Zone. Let this be a contribution to history, and DONE AT THE let ten thousand silver employees, their wives, their No. Calidonia Workman children, and their aged dependents say, with one heart and one voice, GOD BLESS THE Printery La Exposición Musical ones.
FOR THE CHRISTMAS Large Assotrment of Columbia Records ds, and lance.
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