The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1944-09-01
Letters To The
Editor

The Editor,
Chronicle-Star and Advertiser.
Dear Sir:
l guess some of your readers
were a little peeved, because OF
my criticism of the appearance Of
P~ascagoula in last weeks article
1t was friendly. constructive
criticism. That kind of criticism
has never hurt any one.
Again, | want to re-emphasize
the importance of drawing a
master plan for the entire bust
ness section of the city; and let
the individual plan his buildings
to conform to the master plan,
This master plan will require
some careful thought and dill
gent study. 1t must be done be-
fore the individual can wisely
plan his buildings. 1t is going
to mean the widening of streets,
and that in turn mean cutting
back some of the buildings.
know that here we are going to
meet some opposition from some
who cannot get a vision of a
greater Pascagoula. | want to
say to those that for every dollar
expended in widening your
streets you as an Individual land
owner will receive back in dol
lars and cents much more than
it will cost you and in addition
you will have the joy of a city
that you are proud of.
Sooner than the majority of
you think, there are going to be
cut-backs. cancellations of con-
tracts. withholding work orders,
that + going to mean men look
ing for jobs. 1t is already here.
Fortunately, in a very small way,
so far. l look for it to become
more and more acute. But
whether large or small to the
man who has lost his job, for
the many causes that men lose
their jobs it is just as Sc
rious as if there were thousands
seeking employment.
We have some good mechanics
here. As good as can be found
anywhere. We do not want to
lose them to some other city that
has been more wide awake than
Pascagoula. A good mechanic is
not going to stay idle long. If he
does not find work at his home
town. he will go elsewhere. So
the time for planning for a build
ing program is NOW. Do not
wait to see what some other
city is going to do let us
be the pace settlers.
l was talking with a promi-
nent man a few days ago. He
made a statement something
like this: Il have gone through
one depression without money.
/ made up my mind then, that
If l ever made any money, that
| vas going to hold on to it. /
have made q little money, enough
for my wife and me to get by on
for a few years. am going to hold
on to it just as long as | can.
We are going to spend just as
little as we can possibly get by
on" That sounds like pretty good
doctrine. Suppose that every
body practiced that same doc
Where would we be?
There would be stagnation and
another depression. Money in
circulation is a blessing. Money
boarded up is a curse. It is worth
no more than pebbles or scraps
of paper. | do not even suggest
a wild spending spree. l think
that all spending should be wise
ly planned. Placing our dollars
where they will do the most
good for the greatest number of
people. Let us look, for a mo-
ment, at how many people are
when you spend your
money. Let us suppose you are
going to erect a building. Let us
suppose you are going to con-
struct it of wood. The SUPPOSE
ton will hold good. No matter
of what material you build.
First there is the man who
owns the timber; then the men
who saw the logs and deliver
them to the saw mill; then there
are the mill crews who saw, dry
and dress your lumber; then
there r the men who deliver
the lumber to your building site;
then there IRE the brick masons,
the carpenters, the plumbers, the
electricians, the painters; there
are the men who build your
windows and transoms.
The men who make your nails,
your glass, your paint,
your roofing all sharing in the
erecting of your building, direct
ly. This is quite a number of
men, but not all. All these men
.patronize the grocery. dry goods
and hardware cforac All of tbox,