The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1936, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen except Sunday By N PUBLISHING CO., INC. P. ARTMAN, President EN, Assist ens Ma From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe | whose party happens to be out of power at dat Key West, F FIFT ocinted Press 2 exclusively entitled to use P republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. che SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year six Months Three Months One Month Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. ECIAL NOTICE cards of thanks, resolutions of ete, will be charged for at All reading noti respect, obitucry noti the rate al or general publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- tard. "re Port. Hotels and Aparcments, bathing Pavilion. Aizports—Land and Sea. fe rsolidaiion 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 fight for progress; never be the or- gan or the mouthpiece of any person, clique, faction or Class; always do its utmost for the public welfare; never tolerate corruption or injustice; denounce vice and 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. Flattery, to be effective, used sparingly. kinds of lying. should be This also applies to other If present immigration laws had been in force earlier, few of our ancestors would have gotten in. Uncle Sam is against any further tak- ing of territory by force. Since we got what the Indians had. When Eve voiced her misgivings about taking that first bite, the serpent probably said, ‘Applesauce.” There are certain property owners in Key West who can pay their taxes but do not. They pay their income taxes*to the government because they have to or else. People who have income taxes to pay are quite able to pay their local taxes, and do not let them tell you differently. If non- payment of local taxes meant incarceration in the hoosegow, the tax slate would be wiped clean. Ten thousand hard-working persons employed on WPA theater, music and art projects in New York will receive vaca- tions WITH PAY under the order author- izing such vacations issued in Washington by WPA Administrator Aubrey Williams. In the meantime the taxpayer works full time, many without vacations, and worries his head off to raise the taxes so the un- employed on government relief rolls can take it easy. Arguing weakly that Congress is more to blame than President Roosevelt for having surrendered its constitutional powers, Senator Glass delivered himself of the following condemnation of the New Deal in a recent speech: ‘We now have a system of government of privilege and discrimination, such as Patrick Henry de- nounced in the House of Burgesses when he made his brief speech that it was not proper to take the money of taxpayers of Virginia and appropriate it to pay off mortgages that had been made by thrift- less and unwise individuals.” | fice will continue for some years to come. ! would be to perpetuate the jobs of those another guess coming. R Speak frankly, CIVIL SERVICE AND PERFECTION One hears a lot of talk about the civil service. The subject has been before the public for years, with most of the talking | generally undertaken by the politicians! the time. The spoils system that has been gen- erally practiced for decades in the United | States is something of an evil. Most of us | admit it and yet, we are afraid, the habit of putting political favorites in public of- Usually a party, just coming into power, will justify deferred placing of jobs in the} civil service by explaining that to do so rewarded by the opposition. We are certainly anxious to see some system introduced in American Pouce that will develop what one would call} “career men” in government service. At the same time, the citizen who throws up| his hat every time civil service is mentioned and imagines that all will be perfect once every job gets into the classification, has there is nothing gn individual on the job as Gwing that he has to do it well he danger from civil service ploye soon gets the idea that for life, that the service is designed Thostly for his own employment and that he can sit tight and collect his pay. Whether this is to be compared with the danger that exists from political fa- voritism the reader will have to judge for himself or herself. The men and women who work for the goverrments of the United States, in- cluding State as well as Federal] establish- ments, are no better and no worse than other Americans. Some of them are cap- able, sincere and devoted to their tasks. Others are loafers, time-servers and ordi- nary bums with political pulls. Protected by a mantle of civil service they would continue to be divided into the same classes, perpetuated on the payroll. that: keeps much as k: or get put. CURIOUS YOUTH TAKES RISKS The story from Santa Monica, Cal., telling how a 16-year-oid boy lost his life while using a home-made diver’s outfit to explore the bottom of a yacht harbor, il- lustrates the insatiable curiosity that fea- tures the life of the average boy today. Not many express themselves through the use of a gasoline can for a helmet and a garden hose and a bicycle pump for a] life-line in order to see under the water and to explore places unknown but very many of them seek to understand life and to know it with equipment of mind and body that is just as dangeréus to happi- ness. Life is something of a puzzle to the boys and girls of this age. They grapple with its problems and confront strange is- sues. Very offen they have little or no guidance fron¢ paran}§ pr others. They move alongmysterious courses, seeking un- known goals that they jittle understand. Adults intevery community have a duty to assist ¢hé3é youngsters in finding themselves and beginning the journey of life along the right road. How many of us attempt to do our part in this great obli- gation? Jlow many of us become so en- grossed in our own selfish ambitions thet we lose sight of the youthful army that walks behind us and forget to mark the pitfalls that lurk in the shadows along the path? GAS MASKS FOR ALL The British government has decided to manufacture sufficient gas masks to supply the entire population: if it “be- comes necessary.”’ This, we submit, is one straw to show which way the winds of war are blowing. The only defense against the bombing of cities and helpless civilian populations, in the next war, will be superior air strength available for the job. The use of gas masks will be necessary to. protect citizens from stray raiders, even if there are adequate aircraft for defense. Under the circumstances it might be well for the people of the United States to know what is going on in the world and not to beguile themselves with the idea that they are living in a world where ag- gression is dead and war an outside pos- sibility, | the -were here last year and have many} THE KEY WEST CITIZEN KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just 10 vat Ago Today As Taken From | ‘The Files Of The Citizen | Fight ,ersons are known to! have been killed in the tropical! storm which swept over Nassau on, Monday, according to the first, di-! rect report on storm fatalities; Which has/reaghed Key West sinée catastrophe. This message | was relayed from the Steamship} Munomar. The message was re- ceived by the Tropical Radio Cor-; poration from the skipper of the: Munomar which is lying off Nas-' sau. The greatest loss sustained in Florida was at We: Palm} j Beach and Palm Beach where the! estimated amount is more than a million dollars. U. Ss. S. Bayspring, Captain James, sent yesterday from the local naval station to render as-! | sistance to any vessels which may be in need of aid, Bimini 8 o’clock this morning. | The Baysprine reports that the wireless station at Bimini is tem-| porarily out of commission and; the Methodist and Episcopal! churches and four residences are smashed. | ——— | i i i arrived at) A. Dice, alias Lorencio Ortega, entered a plea of not guilty when! arraigned before Justice of The! Peace Rogelio Gomez this morn- ing on a charge of killing his for-} mer sweetheart Mercedes Car-} mancha and her escort Manuel! minez on the evening of June} In the absence of the state! i hich capacity Judge; J. F. Busto is serving, a motion! was made by Judge T. S. Caro,| counsel for Dice, that the pre-| liminary hearing be postponed un- til next Tuesday. The request was granted. The money to de- fend Dice was raised by individual subscriptions among his colored friends. Two cars were slightly damaged this morning but no one was dam- aged when one car driven by Orion Demeritt turned into White street from South and crashed in- to a car driven on White street by| John Delgado. Two weeks ago there was a crash at this same corner when a bus struck a_ car driven by Noel Solomon, Troop 4 Boy Scouts will go to camp. This annual outing for the boys looked to be well nigh un-| attainable this year until today when the Rotary Club made a do- nation to the club of $35, the) balance needed for the trip. Bids for the construction of a} kindergarten building — will be! opened tonight at the meeting of the board of county commission-| ers. The building will be located! at the corner of Reynolds and| South streets. Bids will also be} asked for construction of an annex to the high school building to be constructed at the corner of White and Seminary streets. The| two structures have been long needed in Key West and_ will! prove of wonderful benefit to the interests of the city and county. Editorial comment: In keep- ing with the spirit of this fast age, incipient hurricanes seem to be rushing! the season this year. U. S. Destroyers Maury and Mahan have arrived in port and are a welcome addition to the ships now in harbor. There are a number of men on the ships who friends in the city who are glad| to see them again. Mrs. Blanche Herrick requests The Citizen to announce the en- gagement and approaching mar- riage of her daughters Miss Grace! Isabel to F. R. Dunaway, of Jack- je, and Miss Rebah Blanche! Smith, agent of the ee lory Lines in this city, Forty barrels of, fourteen year; old whiskey. which; have been! stored in Key West ‘for the past} four years were shipped today to} Washington. Collector L. T.j Bragassa said the liquor is,to be} used for medicinal purposes ial different hospitals throughout the country. | A + the “forgotten man.” Natich’s s s Affairs New Taxes Oppress Labor ‘By CLARENCE W. FACKLER , Associate Professor of Economics, New York University ‘American laborers, employed and idle, wishing to take a fling at fore- | casting their likely status during the next year or so, might do well to ac- quaint them- selves with the probable effect of the new tax law on the de- mand for workers. Whatever anyone may think of the jus- tice of the new tax levies on corporations, it is true that. in the long run, labor stands to lose. the most. As in the case of other recent legislation, these heavy taxes, which are now laid on undistributed profits, have the appearance of benefitting In reality, in- dustrial production will eventually be discouraged, the demand for labor reduced, and the “forgotten man” left poorer. After a three months’ debate, Con- gress has solved the problem of how to get $700,000,000 more to spend without disturbing the voters. It has hit upon the Tugwellian theory of taxing the undivided profits of cor- porations. In writing the law, it has laid a tax of $7 to $27 on every $100 of profits which corporations Go not pay to stockholders, but which they retain instead and spend for expan- | sions and improvements. If this were the extent of the forced contributions, the financial burden could possibly be borne, but when there is imposed a tax of $8 to $15 on every $100 of income, and a capi- tal stock tax and excess profits tax to boot, the matter becomes a great deal like loading down a mill-horse with weights. All factors taken together, any cor- poration finding it desirable to keep its earnings, will be forced to pay on the average about $35 out of every $100 of income to the Federal Treas- ury—a rate approximately 130 per cent higher than heretofore. To all appearances, corporations are coming to be looked upon more and more as concerns organized pri- marily to pay the costs of govern- ment, instead of being considered as undertakings established to provide the greatest amount of goods for con- sumption. (Address questions to the au’ Today’s Anniversaries 1794—Thomas_ Corwi circuit lawyer, congressman, gov- ernor, senator and secretary of the treasury, born in Bourbon Co., Ky. Died Dec, 18, 1865. 1797—Danie! Drew, spectacular pital st-promoter of his day. jimpoverished in his latter da born at Carmel, N. Y. Died Sept.! 118, 1879, 1805—Hiram Powers, Cincin- nati clock factory worker, among America’s greatest sculptors, who: lived in Italy the last part of his e, born near Woodstock, Vt. | Died in Italy, June 27, 1873. 1828—John S. Pillsbury, Min-, nesotz noted miller and gover- | nor, born at Sutton, N. H. Died in Minueapolis, Oct. 18, 1901, 1840—Simoi Baruch, Confed- erate army surgeon, Camden, C. and New York City »hys viau. father of a noted Americana, born in Germany. Died June 21, 1849— | philosoph Hung Jan, 22, 19 1869—Sy-vester Scovel necr-contractor, noted respondent of the Sp: can war, Lorn in Allegbany. Pa. Died i Havana, Feb. 1905. SACK SONVILLE FLORIDA pe shower sot water teen beet AIR CONDITIONE! COCKTAIL LOUNGE - COFFEE SHOP Slight increase for double occupancy Sey HOTEL DESOTO MOTEL SATRER Po Enterprises which are viewed in this light simply will not employ labor to build new plants and equip- ment. Nor will they be able to hire even a few workers during hard times, because the penalties imposed on providing funds for these pur- Poses are too heavy. The results may not be felt until 1937, and even then may be hidden in the maze of circumstances devel- oping meanwhile. It will, therefore, be some time before taxpayers get wise to what is really going on, be- cause the decline in the amount of food, clothing, and shelter that they are able to obtain will be gradual. Such taxes may drive “corporate surpluses into the open market,” as Mr. Tugwell desires. But in the course of time these levies will also drive more labor on to relief rolls as surely as leaves fall in Autumn. It is an odd fact that in remembering the “forgotten man” by heavy taxes on the industries in which he is able to work, the government has pro- vided over $1,400,000,000 to continue him on Federal relief until the next Congress meets in January. Labor must realize that the ap- pearance of prosperity just now comes largely from the activity of a Federal government which is spending $1 for every 46 cents of in- come, which is laying out this money at a rate of over $1,000,000 an hour, and which is incurring the largest peace-time deficits in the country’s history ($4,760,000,000 in 1935-36). This extravagance has cost $13,000,- 000,000, and increased the public debt toa a |-time high of almost $34,- Right now the local, state and Fed- eral governments, in order to defray public expenses, are taking in taxes as much as one-sixth of the national income which the people produce each year. Yet the national debt mounts continually. When interest rates rise later on, the cost of carry- ing this burden will increase pro- Portionately, and taxes will be ele- vated to still higher levels. So, inasmuch as there is no like- lihood that conditions will be al- tered very much in the near future, labor must dig deeper into its pocket each year to pay indirect and direct taxes. Besides, workers run the very good chance of receiving smaller weekly incomes because of fewer hours of employment. For, as Fed- eral deficits are translated into taxes, business is curtailed by the poorer prospects for profit, and the employ- | ment of labor declines. thor. care of this newspanerd e, Nausea and Sick 1, due to Constipation. zancoazerdare Dearest ia rbd tre erin ¢ FOLDING BACKS ARE MADE Sale Price ADJUSTABLE THING FOR THE Each “Snow Bird’’, Gre Wood Tub. Will N« 4 Qt. 6 Qt. Has a large foods hot or cold Each South Florida Phone 598 YAC Regular Price . ICE CREAM FREEZERS: 1 GAL. 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