The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 2, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen: EN PUBLISHING CO., INC, . P. ARTMAN, President Manager tizen Building and Ann Streets Corner Green Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe « ntered at Key West, F FIPTY-SIXTH ¥ Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. "SUBSCRIPTION RATES 1 $10.00 j 5.00 One Year Six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, NOTIC All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, ete., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which a revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- isnd. "re Port. Hotels and Aparcments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Cx solidation of County and City Governments. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN | WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right; always fieht for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or (’ass; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice aud praise virtue; commend good done by individual or organ- ization; toierant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise with principle, y to have the last word in an that word is “Ye It is e argument i Senator Borah is said to again. be sulking In other words, being himself, ball umpires usually satisfy every- body except the players and spectators. A modern popular composer who can make a judicious selection fragments from old tunes. is one of That Vermont mayor who vetoed an increase in his own salary must be a tax- payer as well as an office-holder. A California woman has left her hus- hand six times, but always returned within a week. Enough to discourage ayy man. A newspaper is a business enterprise that prints for nothing the political speech- es the radio gets paid for transmitting the night before, Henry Ford says a woman's place is in the home. But her refusal to stay there has appreciably increased the demand for Henry's product. At various times a certain Ohio wom- an has married, divorced and re-married | two different men, thus illustrating that some folks will try anything twice. Government experts report a new method of analyzing the human breath in! six minute: Some wives can make a rough analysis in about two seconds. A British safety authority s driver should learn to skid his car and then bring it out of skid safely. If we ever learn that it will be through a correspond- ence course, ys every Many a man is poor because his} credit was too good. Merchants, in their | eagerness to keep business away from com- petitors, often grant greater credit than the financial condition of the customer! warrants. | x | posing peacetime preparations for war be- “DON’T” FOR A HAPPY FOURTH Fourth of July is a safer holiday now- adays than it used to be—but it still results | in a great number of deaths and accidents. The tragedy is that all those accidents and deaths are preventable. You can have a, “safe and sane” Fourth that is also an en-! joyable Fourth—if you'll following list of “don’ts’’: 1. Don't forget that the proof of Fourth of July patriotism is home | remember the | protec- tion. 2. Don't shut your eyes to the ee Fourth of July hazards: Fireworks, auto- mobiles, drownings, fires, firearms, falls, | poisons. 3. see that they are the safest procurable. 4. Tell the children why home fire- works are always dangerous. Bb. Don't neglect clear your | premises of all rubbish. ° | 6. buildings. Don't Keep If you must have home fireworks, | ‘to Don't discharge fireworks near | Get out in the open, let children matches ae play with matches. out of their leach. 8. Don't let children spark- lers. They remain hot some time and are | dangerous. 9. Don’t let children discharge tire- works unattended. 10. Don't let children stand too close to fireworks that are being discharged. 11. Don't let children pick up un- | discharged fireworks. They might plode. ' ! 1 Don’t keep fireworks in the home | uncovered. Keep in tin box until used. 13. Don't forget, above all, that most | Fourth of July accidents can be prevented. throw ex- 2 PROPHETS KNOCKED OUT When the German boxer Schmeling defeated the American Negro, Joe Louis, it was directly opposite to the prophesy of neatly every so-called sports “authority” in the country, These writers are not alone in their failure to gu right, for the odds in the betting, given by the “wise guys” were heartily favoring Louis, too. The sports prognosticators evidently had little opportunity to really know what the boxers were doing in the way of train- ing and preparation, or they had __ their | own opinions so fixed as not to be able to form a sound judgment. Almost all them seem to have made a guess based on the last time they saw the contenders fight but a careful review of their records might have warned the experts, if it hadn't been for the German’s age, that it was a doubt- | ful match at any rate. To get back to the prophets, and what they said before the fight. One said that Louis “can knock the Teuton out when- ever the idea occurs to him.” Another was worse, who predicted that Louis would “belt the daylights” out of Schmeling, then added: “I see no chance of an upset ihis time because we are dealing with known factors in this fight.” Oh, yeah? so on with most of the eight or nine hun- dred authorities on our sporting events. WAR DENOUNCED AGAIN | We see by the papers that some five hundred student leaders, representing 87] Southern colleges have denounced war and protested against peace-time army and | navy appropriations, i The boys are on sound ground, we think, in declaring that youth has a right to vote in a nation-wide plebiscite in event | of the eminence of war if the government expects to draft them into its service but | they are foolish in thinking that the way to avoid future war is to be found in ring- ing declamations against the evil of war. They are on the wrong track, also, in op- cause of the simple fact that, without them, any nation becomes helpless and defense- less. Youth and its high ideals are no- where regarded with more esteem than by | this writer. In the hearts, if not the minds, of the young people of this nation is to be found one of the greatest assets that any people can possess. The ardor of opinion and the hatred of evils, however, should not interfere with sounder judgment that ! requires every nation worthy of enduring | to be prepared to.take care of itself in a world that contains aggressors. of | »' Moon rises ; Moon sets | Friday |: THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your ! | | | i | Nation’s Affairs Debt Can Scuttle Democracy By HARLEY L. LUTZ Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University During the coming campaign we are sure to hear much about de- mocracy. The present administration will be accused of destroying it, while its spokesman will claim for the party the title. “Defender of the Faith.” There has al- ready been much talk on this subject, and numerous books and arti- cles have been written about it. In general the writers are pessimistic Some of them know so little about life under an autocracy that they urge a change, which is about as sensible as advising the use of 8 buzzsaw for trimming fingernails. since it cuts wood well. or arguing that because Danie) got along in the lions’ den, therefore the lion is a safe j household pet. Most of the discussion nas missed the real point. Democratic govern- ment has suffered in America. but few-pedple have realized how or where the tnost deadly attack on it fas been made Yet this attack has Been perfectly upen and above- board 4n order to appreciate its full force jet us consider what is meant by de- mogracy and in what ways it can be * Preserved or destroyed Popularly understocd, democracy means self-government, the right of the people to determine their gov- eenmental policies This is correct as far as it goes but it 1s rather vague The true essence of democratic gov- ernment ts the popular control of the public finances The ‘evolutionary War slogan. “No taxation without representation,” was a sound sum- mary of the democratic principle. This means that as long as the peo- ple. directly or through their chosen representatives, really contro! the public purse. they may enjoy demo- cratic government and institutions None can become a dictator without depriving the people of their right to consent to tax levies. The people have to pay the taxes under any form of government. but it is one (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) TODAY’S Teneo. Highest Lowest Mean Normal ---88 eas) ---84 Mean 83 Rainfall* sterday’s Precipitation Normal 0 Ins, 03 Ins, Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises . 5:41 a. m. un sets We rend - m. am. Tomorrow's * High Low isarometer B a. Sea level, 30.07. FORECAST ‘ WEATI (Till 8 p. m., Friday) *y West and Vi fair tonight; F: partly possibly occasional show- e nile to moderate east to edpthea:t winds, flor da: Generally fair tonight; pertly cloudy with — local thundetshiwers in afternoon. @ecksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: ad southwest winds over north! portion and gentle to mogerate! to southea't winds j south pert'on and part!y overcast j Weather tonight and Friday with a few svattered showers, Gen- east ov WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure continues moderately « SUTTOITLIRRITE TOTO ANNOUNCEMENT TO VETERANS We will be pleased to cash U. S. Treasury checks issued in payment of the charge to the veteran. The First National z. TIPILLEILPOLLPLEL LLL ing Moderate south! that you be properly identified as we must know that we are paying the funds to the right person. Your American Legion membership card is your best means of identification. Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation SIISSI ISI ISFILS ISLS. 5 ;mingo Milord who has been tran thing to be able to say how much shall be paid and what the money shall be used for, and another very different thing to have no say at all about either. Under all of the for- eign dictatorships there is no legis- lative consideration of a budget. The dictator simply announces what it shall be. With full power to tax as he pleases, the dictator is also free | to spend as he pleases. While popular contro! of the finan- ces is the inner citadel of democracy, there are outposts that are essential to its defense. Without freedom of | speech, df the press and of peaceful assemblage, for example, there can be no discussion and criticism of oppres- sive taxation or of extravagant ex- penditures. Without due process and trial by jury, any outspoken critic can be summarily imprisoned or executed. The most insidious attack on demo- cratic control of the finances is that which has been made by borrowing. As long as funds can be borrowed, an administration can spend as it pleases without asking the people to consent to taxation. This method ts the more treacherous, since the people, feeling no increased burden of taxation, are likely to assume that they are really controlling the financial policy. Ordinarily it is true that govern- ment loans cannot be floated without soma taxation to support the public credit. This is not the case if the loans are in the form of paper money, since no interest is paid on such debt, yet the people are forced to accept it. Taxation is also. less necessary when the borrowing ts done through government - controlled banks. The government in effect then creates the funds it borrows, for the loan opera- tions tend to increase bank reserves and thus to enable the banks to lend further. The conclusion ts that the demo- cratic method has been under fire. Excessive borrowing from inflated bank reserves, themselves a product of previous loan manipulation, is an j; autocratic displacement of the peo- j ple’s control over finance. Had there | been a frank reference of the whole expenditure program of recent years to the people, with a request that they consent to taxation sufficient to carry it, there would have been an amazing discovery—the discovery of how much of that program was un- necessary. WEATHER thigh over Florida, Miami, 30. 16! inches, and is relatively high over | eastern distr while moderate | disturbances are central northeastern Texas and northern Louisiana, and the Rio Grande} Valley, Shreveport, La., 29.76 inches, and Brownsville, T 80 inches. Showers and thun-| derstorms have occurred during | ‘the last 24 hours from eastern Texas and Oklahoma — eastward | to the middle Atlantic coa:t, be-| heavy at Texas, | 2.38 inch , ba, 1.16 1.86 i July Miss., 1.42 ine’ be 1.78 inche heavy rain panied by : an hour. Light to moderate | have a occurred | of eastern Flor'da New} ind the Lake Supe: ior re-} Somewhat cooler weather resulted from showers in some soutie and temp | tures y below no mal in mest sergtheastern sections; j while else vhéeG reddihzs are gen-| somewhat above the sea-! ask gion. has | erally i eenal a S. KENNEDY, “Official in Ch | Wee ! = PALA S| | Bob Steele in j | THE LAST OF THE WARRENS, Serial and Comedy Matinee: 5-10c; Night: 10-15¢ | bonus without It is however necessary : » N Bank ot Key West Ni nN N ) N & . N) i New York is first and Ky | million dollar bond issue and iwith a !leased to Monroe the bond issue. i ithe total cost 0 ‘of 1 completion | brid, | the matter and clarify ‘join any kind of lodge | pledge to mind their dance | not satisfy the city attorney x. PIPPI OL LE DDO ee eee oe Lee eee girerividivisircepiaEon Seececesescccesceceseses — Today In Hi ees = opinion. This he | effect that there was | in the city ant of a necessary part KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen police tion should ing the ready action as cited of this article wa Honorable Jorge A. Ponce, Cuban consul for Key West ar- dan acid Among the a rived yesterday and as: d the th eit . duties of the office this morning.) SYS MOrmnE ove oh. Ie | was Rev. C. A. B Mr. Ponce relieves Honorable Di skill, N. ¥.. wt igned to ta ate Dr new ferred to the Cuban cons Miami. The new consu’ expre himself as being delighted his surroundings and ga views as to the clean and health conditions he found here. Asked which was the important consulate maintained by the Cuban government Mr. Ponce that.‘ West ssed with his most said second, the guarantee Turner in Discussion of asked by C. A. P. nection with the three bridges on the highway mainland, occupied most of of the meeting of the ast night. toll the the coun- The that long to time ty commissioners tentative contract the Turner provides conyany float a ter form a bridge construction company pital four- teen After 1 bridges are finished they working of million dol'ars. be the will county sum of $600,000 y amount equal to the interest The county is al pay interest construction % years at the 13 per cent interest on the of construction. At of the — period will into the the county. A be held this morning an prisoner on Christe so required to sa savin patel terday afte to a period o ZIMA AO SIL ALDALA DADs OLD PAPERS For Sale oC : THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WWIII IIIS LI ISS ta’ cost the the pass hand of mecting will to the Editorial comment: e wil or society provided it does not contain own a basi ness, . Elaborate preparations z ing on in connection — wit to be given Saturday at the Country Club as 4 celebration. The promises to be a delight/u part o one Key is today without a ‘sergeant of pol It w de- j cided last night at a meeting o the council to pay both to {date and abolish the position. Some time ago Mayor pointed Everett Rivas. men LLP MD LS CLS A ME a a 8 Curry ap- This did council they Harry Roberts. The asked to render so appointed Wr ar ara ae 4 VETERAN Put Some of That Adjusted Compensation Money Into Something That You Wil! Enjoy Thru The Years. Lift Housekeeping Burdens From Your Wife--Modernize Your Home. 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