The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 13, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO Published Daily Except Sunday By THE Cr N PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President » Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building and Ann Streets JOE A Corser Greene Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County. s second matter er of the Associated Press exclusively entitled to use news dispatches credited to wise credited in this paper and also pub‘ished he it or not otb BSCRIPTION RATE! ix Months Three Months ......... me Month Weekly une ADVERTISING RATES known on application. AL NOTICE ards of tha , ete, Will line. tainments by churches from which rived are 5 cents a line. pen forum and invites discus- sues and subjects of local or general will not publish anonymous communi- ks, resolutions of arged for at IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN 1. Water and Sewerage. Bridges to land. complete Road to Main- “rie Port. Hotels and Aparcments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. cx idation of County and City Cevernments, What we don’t know will never hurt you if you know it. No man can serve two masters; any job requires a person’s entire attention, The trouble with vacations is getting to Work when you come back to the job. South, is not the but the crop of peanut politicians Our peanuts come from d to any particular section, troubles—and This is a time- worn observation but it still holds good. has his most of them wear ckirts. Every man A writer wants to know if. spinach will keep indefinitely. waie and concerned the answer tively, “Yes. far as we are is, posi- The baseball season being at hand the ce small boy, regardless of age, will e intere-t in world and other problems. peace minor One dictator does not like the pres- ence of another in close proximity, so Car- denas ousted Calles, and he now feels the s of a tyrant. The road to suecess is that explains our difficulty our road to the mainland. always hard; to complete Once finished prosperity will be within reach. Behind the college boys and girls and nf re fun-making Future Wars,” may lie a good deal of bitterness atgthe preferential treatment shown their there may “Veterans of elder brothers and the hope soon be a war for them, too. The most fruitful fields for the dis. semination and propagation of communism are the illiterate countries such as Mexico and the countries to the south, and it is there communists are most active. Com- munism is not indigenous in literate coun tries. Edouard Herriot, who was overthrown the chamber of deputies in 1932 for his ind that France pay she Uncle Sam, now fears that he will be in-{ different in future toward La Belle. We too, and while we may learn to never forgive what owes nk so, love our eremies. we can friends who bilk us. \ wise Greek philosopher once said:! “The way to live forever is to have an in- curable ailment—and treat it well.” If ase or a tendency to have it, he will be very careful of his health, in-! ducing to longevity. On the other hand if he feels he is free of any ailment, he will be careless of his health and perhaps on that account die prematurely. There is something to the theory of nursing an ac- tual or imaginary disease and a longer | Efe. one has a dis j plishment of this project marks the attain- | boondoggling days are coming to -his health has been the subject for many | about his health and that the consequent ' take them too seriously. RESTORATION OF THE NAVAL STATION Last week The Citizen carried a con- fident announcement by Representative J. Mark Wilcox that activity would be stored to one of Key West’s notable waste places—the Naval Station, It is with justifiable satisfaction and some measure of pride that The Citizen! hails this manifestation of a break in the re- clouds that have so: long afforded us but a gloomy outlook. The successful accom- ment of one of the objectives for which The Citizen has striven long and earnestly } and refuced to be discouraged in its striv- ing. “I told them,” Mr. Wilcox is quoted as saying, “if they didn’t want it, to give it to some other agency that did; and if no | uch agency could be found, then to give it back to the city. Of course, they said they didn’t want to do that.” | Key West can readily undexstand that | the government is not likely to relinquish this splendid property with its po.sibilities for usefulness without arn equal on the coast. Having brought the matter to a point where some decision is plainly called for, i Mr. Wilcox has qualified as being really a representative of his people. No ad-! mini-tration could be so obtuse as to con- tinue to let this extensively improved prop- erty “go to seed” and no use can be made of it that will not mean men doing actual constructive work and getting paid for doing it. The Citizen regards economic as a crime against the public welfare. For j that reason it welcomes the move that our representative has made. A situation exists here that would be ridiculous if it were not tragic. A city forced out of the customary | channels of its economic existence becomes the reluctant recipient of hated charity, and millions of dollars are spent to no pur- pose except the maintenance of life on the barest terms of existence. While this goes on, there has lain idle, | as in this case of the Naval Station, op- | portunities for work where every dollar that was spent for labor would result in a permanent increase in the tangible assets of city and nation. The low wages that our people have been receiving have not given tise to as much criticivm on the part of the workers themselves, as has the fact that they felt that their work was being wasted. Restoration of the naval base and all other government units to activity would mark the of a wholesome change in the attitude of the government toward Key West. And, in several direc- tions, The Citizen sees indications that the ' waste beginning an un- lamented close and that men will again work with the satisfaction that comes with worth-while accomplishment. To the Hon Mark Wilcox The Citi- zen extends its thanks and congratulations and its confident belief that with his aid we can move on toward one after another of the objectives that we have so long car- ried at our mast-head. GUARDING OUR HEALTH How much one shouid worry about arguments. Some hold that a periodical physical examination should be taken with a view to discovering any incipient dis- Others believe that such examina- tions tend to make a person think too much eases. worry is worse than letting nature take its | course. | A recent radio lecturer on heart dis-; ease, which is at present the most deadly of all ailments, suggested a middle course. j While he advocated periodical physical ex- aminations, he warned his listeners not to Because, as he pointed out, many. persons live for dozens of years with heart troubie, and finally die of something else. But, as he further stated, the fact that | one is concerned about his heart may cause him to adopt a mode of living which ! will not tend to ease his heart strain, but} will be beneficial to his general health as’ well. The same principle applies to other chronic diseases. Concluding, he vice of Sir William substance: “If you nice chronic disease repeated the sage ad-} Osler, who said, in| would live long, get a and nurse it.” | } Graham . THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Affairs (Copyright Six Star Service) Selling Kansas! By WALTER E. SPAHR Chairman, Department of Economics, New York University A full page advertisement in a New York paper recently solicited adver- tisements for a Kansas City paper on the ground that the Kansas paper reached more than 70 per cent of all the farm homes in Kansas and that the Kan- sas farmers were great po- tential buyers because of their increased in- come from wheat and gov- ernment aallot- ments. “The income from the 1935 wheat crop alone,” said the advertisement, “totals more than $45 million for the state. The scheduled January and March A.A.A. wheat al- lotment payments for Kansas total, more than $23 million. A combined total of more than $68 million!” A map and table of the counties were given, showing among other things (1) the number of farms per county (1930 census), (2) the esti- mated value of 1935 winter wheat crop at 80 cents per bushel, and (3) | the A.A.A. wheat allotment pay- ments, January and March, 1936. The figures as they appear for some of the counties in Kansas should be seen and studied by the American people. Look at these: No.of Valueof A.A.A. farms wheat allotments 315 $1,600 $296,005 1,108 523,535 489 330,502 804 206,324 980 380,991 1,216 247,759 42,620 112,226 316,493 135,289 137,780 118,456 Counties Stanton Ness Lane Sherman . Trego .... Wallace .. Logan . Gove ..... Kearney . Greely Wichita Hamilton 143,507 Scott .... 186,364 There we see some amazing ex- amples of how the taxpayers’ money is used to pay farmers for producing little or nothing. In nine of the coun- ties listed above, $1,440,494 is paid, by the Federal government to 5,! farmers for producing no wheat at all—an average of about $260 per farmer. For every farmer in the state, the average income per farmer, from wheat raised and from government allotments combined, is slightly over $400. In other words, an ‘average of $260 goes to each of these 5,163 farmers who produced nofhing, as against an average income of $400 for all farmers in the state. But that is not all. In Scott it was $389.07; in Gove it was $355.61; in Hamilton it was $326.15. In Greely County the farmer who produced no wheat re- ceived $488 more than the average farmer of the state received from both production and allotment. It certainly would seem that any one with sufficient common sense to get along cs an average citizen in this country ought to be able to appraise this sort of government “carrying on” for what it really is. To pay people that we can pay them more for the little they do produce is probably one of the most amazing notions that has ever gotten abroad in this coun- try. The answer of sound economics to such an indefensible scheme is very simple. Those things are considered beneficial to society which raise the average standard of living for a people without accentuating inequali- ties and without otherwise endan- gering general welfare. This means increased wealth for distribution— not less of it. So far as 1 know there is nothing in economics which justifies either of the following two things: 1. To destroy wealth once it is produced. 2. To pay people for not producing. economic and indefensible principles and is definitely working against and undermining the general well-being of the nation. Such “planners” are economically illiterate and incompe- tent. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) TODAY’S WEA Lowest Highest last night last 24 houry -- 68 94 46 63.4 36 sai 32 44 54 72 42 54 48 76 36 50 - 62 78 72 _ 40 72 58 80 Kansas City .. 46 82 KEY WEST .. 71 78 Little Rock .. 62 84 Los Angeles .. 50 76 46 62 =D 80 Minneapolis .. 36 50 New Orleans 62 80 Pittsburgh .... 38 48 St. Louis 48 62 Salt Lake City 48 82 San Francisco 50 82 Seattle .......4. 48 70 Tampa™ . 62 76 Washington 42 54 Williston 42 56 Station— Abilene Atlanta Boston ......... Buffalo Charleston Chicago Denver Detroit Galveston Havana Huron Jacksonville Temperatures* Highest Lowest Mean Normal Mean 15 0 Tns, 03 Ins, Moon rises, Moon sets ...,. e Lest quarter, Apr. 14 ‘Tomorrow's Tides A.M, High . 3:54 Low acne T284 Barometer 8 a. m. today: Sea level, 30.06. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 8 p. m., Tuesday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- THER | erally fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change in temperature; j gentle variable winds. | Florida: Generally fair tonight land Tuesday; sli; | the southeast coast tonight. | Jacksonville to Florida Straits ‘and East Gulf: Gentle variable and generally fair weather i tonight and Tuesday. tly warmer on Hl os | WEATHER INDITIONS i Pressure is moderately high this | morning over Gulf coast districts | and Florida and the Lake region, ! Tampa, Fla. 30.08 inches, and | Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., 30.14 \inches; while areas of low pres- |sure overspread most other sec- | tions of the country, Eastport, Me., |; 29.72 inches, Williston, N. D., | 29.58 inches. and El Paso, Texas, {and Phoenix, Ariz., 29.82 inches. 'Fair weather has prevailed | throughout the country during the jlast 24 hours, excent in north- | eastern dis ‘, Where light to ' moderate rains have occurred. Temperatures have risen in the ! southern Plains States, northern Texas, and southwestern districts, ; with maximum readings above 90 {degrees yesterday at Oklahoma ; City, Abilene, Texas, and Phoenix, Ariz. and temperatures are above ‘normal throughout the greater ‘part of the country, except in northeastern sections. G S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge. PIRATES COVE Famous Fishing Camp on Over- sea Highway 20 Miles From Key West Swimming Pool Charming Surroundings Unsurpassed Fishing Excellent Cuisine Will Be Open Until May 15 For Reservations Telephone Pirates Cove Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Lrfective December 22nd, 1935. S. S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:30 P. M. arriving Key West 7 A. Leavés St. Petersburg on Key West 7 A. M. Monday. M. Mondays and Thursdays. Sundays at 4:15 P. M. arfiving Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays 8:30 A. M. for Havana. Tampa, For further information and rates call Phone 14. | sige Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 5 P. M. for Port J. H. COSTAR, Agent. for producing less (or nothing) so } Any “plan” that employs either of | these two policies is following un- § KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY | Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Teday As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen M. J. Coffey, vice president of | the T. A. Gislespie Pipe company, \is in Key West looking over the proposition of a water supply for | the city. The idea is to pipe the | water from the mainland to this jcity over the Keys. The Gislespie |company is one of the largest | manufacturing plants in the Unit- \ed States and controls a number \of subsidiaries. Discussing the ‘water proposition Mr. Coffey said | that “whether or not my company | will have a proposition to offer or | how soon I am not in a position te | say, and it will take some time te j Work up the proposition.” i | The Submarine V-1 left Dry | Tortugas 8 o’clock this morning | bound for Key West. This infor- | mation was received at the naval ‘station this afternoon. The V-1 is the large submarine which was lrecently launched at Portsmouth |navy yard and is the most modern i undersea craft yet built by the ‘navy. The vessel is to remain in | Key West waters around Tortugas | for several weeks engaged in deep ‘sea diving tests. She is due 3 | o’clock this afternoon, | The placement of restrooms in ‘the public schools was the subject ‘of discussion at the executive | meeting of the Red Cross Chapter ‘held yesterday with Henry T. | Reed, publicity director from ; Washington, ‘ gave a resume of the organization ‘ahd its finances and stressed the | fact that Key West should be pre- | pared at all times for disaster. ' Mrs. P. L. Cosgrove was elected treasurer to take the place oi | Mrs. Ells Ford who asked to be re- | lieved. | Wim. R. Porter, county commis- ‘sioner for the first district an- ;Nounces his candidacy for reelec- | tion in this issue of The Citizen. j Myr. Porter has been a member of jthe board for the past 20 years. He has assisted in many move- ; ments for the betterment of the city, and solicits the support of those who appreciate his efforts. Andres Lopez returned to the city caped United States prisoner who broke jail last November with two Cubans who had been sentenced to the state penitentiary. Marshal Lopez had been told that Ford was in Miami. He left Friday on a Jcoast guard vessel, Saturda: kkk FOE EE LE hb hdd stock of each Phone 598 J kikdkade had deddadad bd hide! hhh dd dd “Your ma WITIODOIDIIIIOVIOVIIIIIDIIIIIII SS. atending. Mr. Reed, United States Deputy Marshal yesterday with Charles Ford, es-/ MONDAY, APRIL | round his man, and returned! | yesterday. i | Francisco Fuentes and Pedro }Romero were arraigned before ‘Judge Gunn yesterday charged ; With having moonshine and other contraband in his possession. ficers were searching for an illic still when they found the liquer The accused waived preliminary hearing and will go direct te cri = minal court for trial : Editorial comment: Girls wh pick out model husbands be sure they are working models Plans for the Ma: be discussed this meeting to be held im the audite- rium of the Monroe County Higt School. Mrs. Wm R. Warren president of the Woman's urges all to be present. George Morton, who gave age as 17, was arraigned morning for preliminar charges of being connected a series of automobile trades was bound in bond of $1000 his appearance at criminal « The midnight fire last x the corner of Francis am streets resulted in a less of 000. The flames were second floor of the frame structure owned Jenkins Curry. They other parts of the building before they were quenched loss wes found to be greater thar was at first supposed. Olvia or two by spread & \ WE ARE ALWAYS PLEASED ‘ ‘N= TO MEET AND TO SERVE OUR VISITORS Corporation Chk kh hdd ded U. S. Government Depositary The First National Bank of Key West Member of the Federal Reserve System Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance 1936. Today’s Birthda j Secececcescer receccccece SaBBaABALA ALLL DDD DIP, (Li kdb d Ad hk bd Added de | CVALALAALAL AAA EE Ed | American Gold Band DINNERWARE We are proud to announce that we have just re- ceived a complete line of AMERICAN GOLD BAND DINNERWARE — Dinnerware that is conservative but modern to the last line. We Will Carry Open Stock Now you can fill in those broken pieces of a set or even get a new set, as we will carry a full piece. See The Complete Line On Display At Our Store South Florida Contracting & Engineering Co. 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