The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 7, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By : CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets JOE Newspaper in Key West and Monroe her of the Asso is exclusively entitled to use all news dispatches credited to ise eredited in this paper and also published here. Months ree Months fonth ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. “SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, respect. obi notices, ete. the cents a line. Notices for entertainments a re resolutions of will be charged for at by churches from which | rived are 5 cents a line n open forum and invites ¢ and su IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Eridges to complete Road to Main- snd. @-~e Fort. Hievels and Aparcments. bethirg Pavilion. Aicports—Land and Sea. Ce rsoiidation of County and City THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL always seek the truth and print it without fear and without favor; never be afreit ty attack wrong or to applaud right; always fight for progress; never be the or- gan ev the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction e2 always do its utmost for the never tolerate corruption or ‘ass publie welfare; njustice; 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 priaciple. A pig has such a awallet time of it. The polished nations of Europe are polishing up their arms. Nude palntinge are unknown in China -——there everything is left to the imagina- tien. Reformists in their impracticable way ry to make a heaven on earth but succeed ng hell. The best minds are seeking fresh and more promising paths to prosperity and happiness, instead of just going to work. The cost of printing the Congressional Record is $800,000 annually. Few peoplé read it. Under republican rule it ~was printed for $100,000 less. We Democrat? know how to spend the spondulicks. : The Congressional Record undoubted- serves a purpose, whatever it is; but the Appendix could be cut out because it serves ro purpose but the printing of pseudo-speeches and fool brie-a-brac. Hailie Selassie, like the millions who believe in justice, cannot believe it to be possible that one single nation, which has been declared an aggressor, to defeat the | will of 52 na But that is just what has happened. A physic oo axiom of modern s that nothing passes through space faster pt light—i86,000 ea a_second. ; That is practically constant... Now scien- tists claim that cosmic rays «travel, much quicker. Imagine anything going. : faster than eight times around the earth while batting an eye. When Hailie Selassie made his speech before the League of Nations at Geneva, Italian newspapermen hurled imprecations at him. They were ejected by the police At the conclusion of the exiled emperor's speech, all the delegates and gallery spec- tators sprang to their feet, cheered and applauded for several minutes. The out-| burst surely made Mussolini’s ears hum. ai | what the same. i ing | policy. | prevent disas j nations get together, make up their rund } United States and Great Britain, the world, and thus prevent another world | war. | by incompetents, who have lagged behind i men, but you can bet that incompetents are | | independents in this WHO WANTS TO POLICE THE WORLD? On dull days in many newspaper of- fices the staff writers nop on the past | when the present fails to produce some-j thing “hot.” | Such an experi recently cailed atten- | tion to the assassination of Archduke | Francis Ferdinand, of Austria, some! twenty-two years ago and remarked that | epitaph is written in 8,538,315 white | crosses that mark the graves of the World ; War dead. | Of course, few people believe that the | : killing of the Austrian noble was the cause | , of the war although it was the act which} ‘ precipitated a contlict for which Europe | as a whole, had prepared for some years. | The condition abroad today is some Lvery great nation is | feverishly arming itself and preparing for | a war that people and statesmen they abhor. Neverthele. the military | forces of all nations are being strengthen- | ed and only saps think that it is being un: | dertaken for a game of irierdly ping pong. ! The habit spreads and one also finds this country and Japan, along with Soviet |: Russia, putting great stress in military and naval plans. Sensible people regret the facts but are unable to do much about the matter, except to hope that peace, in a mysterious tashion, will be maintained. Other more excitable brothers and sisters orate profusely and pass resolutions con- demning war and even the nations them- selves have underwritten a treaty outlaw- war as an instrument of national insist ! | i Certainly it will be foolish if mankind engages in another great war but it is just as toolish to ignore the signs that point to-; ward such an event. What can be done to ster? The answer is not clear | but unless nations are willing to cooperate | with other nations there is no way. So long as any people thinks its safety lies in complete isolation, and other nations fol- low that lead, there will be no solution, ex- cept one, which we will discuss. If three or four of the more powerful how they will run the world, and build up| the power to make their conclusions effec- tive, there will be world peace. If the for ex- ample, build enormous fleets, able to hip any other combination of powers, then the United States and Great Britein can guar- antee world peace, We do not advocate such a course for | the world. We would prefer to see the; nations get together to all and live peaceably. However, if they cannot reach any agreement to this end, } and they seem unable to do so, then we prefer that some group of nations, with ample power, take over the job of policing on a bas ALERT INDEPENDENTS SUCCEED Independent retailers in Key West, like those elsewhere in the United States, have been, to some, extent, worried by the amazing progress of the chain store idea. ! In many sections of the country the | fight against chain store methods has} savored of the beyeott, and, at times, de- scends to senseless antagonism. We have said before, and we repeat, that no dependent, who is on his toes, progressive, alert and business-like need fear that a! chain store will take his business. He has advantages that the chain cannot equal. It is different with the stores operated | i in- | the modern tendencies of merehand The chain stores are not run by ng. super- not directing their policies or doing their thinking. They will, very probably put out of business the merchant who has failed to learn his business, who refuses to co- operate with others in his line, and the man who thinks that the public owes him busi- ness whether he is efficient or not. } Fortunately, there are not many in competert busines: men in Key West. The} ection are usually operated by level-headed business men, who will be able to organize themselves effectively and secure for themselves all / | the advantages that can be secured by any ! chain, The enemies of Governor Sholtz are | disappointed that he will not make the race | for the United States senate; they wanted the satisfaction of seeing him thoroughly whipped. : | proximately ’ laccurately 1200 miles | des is of justice \° THE KEY WEST CITIZEN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 Years} Agel Today As Taken Sven | The Files Of The Citizen KEY WEST IN | | One of the latest and most mar-! velous radio inventions is to be installed at Dry Tortugas light) station by the lighthouse depart-' ment. W. W. -Demeritt, super- intendent of jighthouses, made th s.statement this morning. The radigbeacon is really a compass or direction finder. They are al- so part oj the equipment of ail ocean liners of today. They have ian active operating radius of ap- 200 miles; indicate the direction from Which a radio message is being ent and the point from which it emanates. Regardess of the weather a ship within a radius of a radio beacon can determine its location and direc- tion and be enabled to steer to a point of safety. The Tortugas vadio beacon has been purchased and is to be installed at an early date. All shipping through the F orida raits must pass Tor- tugas, it is said, which con- sidered one the most important light stations in the world. For this reason, it is stated. the radio beacon is to be installed there. is Ancther of those exciting days of destruction was experienced today at the federal building when Deputy Collector in Charge L. 1. Bragassa and his jforee of customs officers sfestrayed about $30,000 , worth * contraband liquor.’ ‘They: aa vat 7 o’c‘ock and continued until the job was snished this afternoon. Almost nown brand of faney im- ported liquor was included in the destroyed stock, from imported ale to champagne. It was said at the federal building that more than 1,500 galons of liquor was roved valued at approximate- 30.000. Among the destroved stuff were many bottles of “four in one” which it is said sell for about $16 a bottle. But they are, all gone. nd pace ef excelent and there were but present to witness the “sad” event. i few ' Interesting up a certain | point was the game of baseball played yesterday afternoon at the! barracks beiween the Coast Guard and Liberty teams. The certain point mentioned was the eighth inning. From the first to that inning it was a hard fought bat- tle and the score was 7 to 7. In thai inning the change took place and the Coast Guard boys began, to pound their opponents’ battery and piled up a total of six runs, hich could not be overcome by the Liberties and the score was 113 to 7 when the exci to Editerial comment: In a re- cent murder tria! much stress was laid upon the testimony of a mys- tery woman. Never heard of any other kind. A baby boy weighing nine pounds was recently born to Mr. ani Mrs. Garland Richardson. Mother and son are doing nicely it is reported. In a previous an-! {Pl }nouncement it was stated the = larrival was a girl: Local Lodgé of the Order De- Mblay last night insta!led the new officers elected at a recent meet-. ing of the order. The new offi-’ vers ‘include’ Colton’ Park, M. C.; Joseph Mondul, S. C.; Will Ham- | lin, J. C. Mrs. Nettie L. Park announces the engagement and approaching marriage of her daughter Mar- Grace to John W. Roberts, jorie We will be pleased checks issued in payment charge to the veteran. that we are paying the fu r IN . : . \ iN) \ N N S son of Mr. erts. game planed for was ended he ; be Mrs. | ences 135 You. and Your Nation’s Affairs Pork and Taxes By GUS W. DYER Professer of Economics and Sociology, Vanderbilt University The demagcgue succeeds because he understands the mental limitations of the crowd. and capitalizes these limitations. He knows that the aver- age voter is governed by feeling rather than by reason Hence he ap- peals to prej- udice. poison and sentimen- tality. He knows he doesnt take any risks in making out- rageous charges against those who oppose him. Neither does he take any risks in making impossible promises. The crowd doesn’t think. doesn’t reason. doesn't investigate. He cant be wrong because he ts always for “the people.” All who oppose him are de- clared to be lined up with the inter- ests and against the people. It is the very limited mentality of the crowd that makes the indirect tax today the most dangerous weapon ever used by any government against industrial and social progress. The in- direct tax is not a new discovery, but up to & few years ago it was kept in narrow limits. The possibilities of the indirect tax as a great exploiting. de- structive political force in a democ- racy- are of very recent discovery The effectiveness of this new weapon ts inithe fact that a tax may be com- pletely hidden from the taxpayer if it is made indirect. If the tax is added to the price of the things that the average man buys he is incapable of recognizing it as a tax. It is always unpopular to increase direct taxes But indirect taxes are popular. The crowd will vote for almost any thing to increase indirect taxes, because the average person is under a hallu- cination that somebody else will pay it. This newly discovered mental! lim- itation gives politicians in charge of the government almost unlimited powers to spend and waste, and gain in popularity because they pile up great tax burdens on the,people. The processing tax on the necessi- ties of life is a striking example of the political possibilities of the indirect tax. Perhaps, no politiciag, in the past ever dreamed that anything like the processing tax could be put over on the people and made popular. But it was put over as one of the chief poli- cies of the administration, and would be in full operation today if it had not been stopped by the Supréme Court. Comparatively few consumers, perhaps, ever knew what the process- ing tax was “all about."«But they paid it—and as a rule, perhaps. didn't even know that they were paying a tax, and asked no questions. In order to understand the nature and purpose of this most remarkable tax, we may listen to a conversation «tween a clerk in a grocery store, ~.1 a poor woman consumer, soon (Address questions to the author, and Mrs, ¢ Among the charmi miscellaneous given by the groom's C, H. Converse, AG Barf Rob eis a scting to The w eekly. BENJAMIN LOPEZ }FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24 Hour. Ambulance Service Licensed Emba.mer Night 696-W KEY WEST COLONIAL HOTEL In the Center of the Business and Theater District First Cla Fireproof — Sensible Rates Garage Elevator Popular Prices ANNOUNCEMENT TO VETERANS to cash U. S. Treasury of the bonus without It is however nec that you be properly identified as we must know nds to the right person. Your American Legion membership card is your best means of identification. The First National Bank ot Key West Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation UOT II TI III III IIIS SS. the prenuptia’ events! after the processing tax went into effect Customer: 1 want a four pound pork roast. What is the price? Clerk: Fifteen cents a pound. Customer: 1 paid only 12% cents 28 pound fast week. Clerk: But that processing tax went into effect. The government collects practically 2% cents on every pound of pork now. as sing tax, and you must pay was before the pceet: What te Clerk: The government thinks that you and al! other consumers ought to pay a whole lot more for your food and clothing than you are now pay ing. The purpose of this processing tax you are required to pay is to raise a large fund to be used in rewarding farmers and farm corporations for destroying food and clothing material in order that food and clothing may became scarce and sell at higher prices. Customer me. Just give me three pounds. must eat less Customer: (A month later) has pork come down any? Clerk: Come down, 1 should say not. You know the government took the processing tax you have been paying and paid it to the hog raisers to kill between five and six million Pigs and shoats weighing up to sixty pounds each, and convert them into fertilizer and soap grease. If these shoats had grown up and been put on the market they would have added about a million pounds of pork to the meat supply. The government saw this, and had them destroyed in order to save the millions of poor consumers from the great hardship of getting their meat cheap. The result of this great destruction of food was td raise pork from 12% cents a pound to 35 cents a pound. It is wonderfu isn't it? Customer: Do you mean to tell me that a civilized government has adopted the policy of taxing millions of poor consumers of meat in order to raise a fund to reward the pro- ducers for destroying food and cloth- ing material so that the consumers will have to pay more for their food and clothing? Clerk: No, 1! didn't say that a civ ized government would do this o anything like it. 1 simply say, that is what your government has done Three hundred producers of meat and bread and clothing material were paid $38,000,000, from the taxes, as- sessed on consumers to reward them for not producing in order that con- sumers might be forced to pay more for their food and clothing. Under the processing tax the poor are forced to buy the material and build the scaffold on which they are | to be executed. It is a pity that the Supreme Court deprived the millions of poor consumers in this country of the luxury of paying powerful farm- ing corporations for the privilege of paying higher prices for their food and clothing. is a processing This sounds strange tc We Wel care af {is newspaper) SCREEN DOOR SALE 1-1-£ SCREEN DOOR WITH FANCY GRILLE WORF. COVERED WITH BRONZE WIRE. MAKES AN EXCELLENTE DOOR. SIZES 2’10°x6’10” (4 On Hand) 3’0"x7’0” (3 On Hand) 1-1-8” SCREEN DOORS COVERED WITH GALVANIZED WIRE FROM TOP TO SIZES 2’8"x6’8” (4 On Hand 2°10°x6’10" (7 On Hand) 0” (5 On Hand) 3°0"x7 PRICES FOR ABOVE DOORS ARE FOR PRESENT STOCK ONLY GET YOURS WHILE THEY LAST iTS: SCREEN DOOR SE’ eye and 1 spring. SCREEN DOOR SETS: and eye. 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