The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 27, 1936, Page 2

-: PAGE TWO TUESDAY, oCcToszE2 21, aE Che Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday Ry A WORD FOR OUR NAVY {South streets where ample space Cube = deme o<= eek on a | will be provided fer laying out cept for 2 iw comme ee jthe big show. THis show carries (Geom. «toe oo with Bemk Sylow ot @¢ coma! by Neeeeter £ | "KEY WEST IN You and Yo Today, October 27, the people of the THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President 40E ALL Assistant Business Manager The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only~vaily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe t Key West, Flori FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press -ie Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use ‘or republication of ll news dispatches credited to it gent otfherwixé credited in this paper and also | tt local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year six Months Three Months One Month ekly - "ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, L NOTICE rqs of thanks, resolutions of | etc, will be charged for at All reading notic respect, obitus the rate of 10 « Yotices for entertainments by churches from which derived are 5 t 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 land. Free Port. Hotels Bathing Pavilion, Apartments. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidat‘on 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 te attack wrong or to applaud right; aiways 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 g:o0d done by individual or organ- ization; toierant of others’ rights, views and ovinions; print oniy news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise with principle. After the rebels have taken Madrid, the real fight will begin, and it may end | in another world catastrophe. | Mussolini is grooming his son-in-law to be his successor, but he reckons without the people who may not continue to be so acquiescent, If Father Coughlin is going to eat up a reporter, he may find him quite in- digestible. Reporters have thick hides! and are tough birds. The Literary Dig wrong, and it will wrong this time. st has never been] not be found to be In the final analysis the poll will shox the vote favorable to Roose- velt. Florida is a B. V. D. state as far as the men are concerned. We are not at-| iempting to make a guess what the women wear in the Winter in this state——Times- |} Union. Why essay a guess; why not find | out, if you are curious. M Simpson wants to be Queen, but} that’s rather difficult. She’d have to be born again.—Tampa Tribune. Nothing in English law preventing a king from marry- ing a commoner. It has been done before. It is prescribed, however, the king cannot! marry a professed Catholic. City Council gets all dressed up and | ready to go after delinguent tax payers | and then decides that the season will not} be open for that kind of game for another ; three months. So, the 6@ld scatter-gun is put back in the corner, andyall hands turn; in for another nap.—The Key West Over-} Sea Sunday Star. | , Tampa hoodlums destroyed the plat- form on which Candidate Browder was | | for | peace j of many well-meaning persons to regard ; | the money expended on ship-building as} | understand the vital importance of foreign United States are accustomed to observe | Navy Day, on the occasion of the birth-| day of the late President Theodore Roose- | velt. This day was once observed in Key | West with great eclat, but since the aban- | donment of the Naval Station a few years | ago, the celebrations have been curtailed ! and the enthusiasm allowed to wane. However, it is still well for readers of | The Citizen to give a few solemn thoughts | to the importance of an adequate navy } the United States. In years of there is a tendency on the part} money thrown away. They forget that | you can’t wait until an emergency arises and then build .warships overnight. Neither can you wait until you need them to construct bases and fortifications. In agricultural areas there is a wide- spread sentiment for peace, which is en- tirely laudable, but, unfortunately, there | is a failure to comprehend the danger to peace that exists when any great nation is | without defense. The people of the United j States who are sincerely devoted to peace should not hesitate to support a naval pro- gram that will keep this country abreast | of any other nation power. It is cheap in- surance against. provocative ‘acts ‘that, they -inflame publi¢ opinion, in- evitably lead to warfare. Moreover, farmers are ‘beginning to once markets for agricultural surpluses. They should realize that without a navy to de- fend our trading rights it is not unlikely that other powers will encroach upon them. They can do so with impunity and without risk if they know in advance that we cannot assert them. They are not like- ly to tread upon us if they realize that a navy is available tp back up national policy. Our experience during the World War is conclusive that in any future con- flict other nations, if strong enough on the oceans, will disregard our rights and thus force the nation to decide between sur- render and fighting. It is highly im- probable that such a course will be pur- sued by any nation, engaged in a major conflict, if that nation has positive knowl- edge that an adequately prepared navy is ready for action. There is another important: function that the Navy must assume in future years, the duty of preventing any invasion of this! country. While the prospect may be dis- tant, none of us can read the future and! we have no idea what alliances may be} formed in the world. So long as an ade- | quate navy guards our shores, an invasion } is not probable and there will be a need | for a huge army of citizens ready to de- j fend the country. In this respect, the | navy substitutes for an army and enables | us to avoid compulsory military service | army. The campaign of 1936 is now its final stages, with both candidates and their supporters confident, and most of its history completed. President Roosevelt ! and Governor Landon have travelled ex-! tensively through a number of States, where party strategy dictated major ap- peals, and in less than two weeks the voters of the nation will go to the polls and determine who is to be the winner. Naturally, there is much partisan feeling and men and women, under the stress of political battling, have become overwrought. They have’ made foolish charges and predictions. There has been some ill-feeling engendered but most of.-it will blow away with the count of the bal- lots. Luckily for the nation most of the dire prophecies will not come true, _re- gardless of who is elected. in i NONE OF OUR BUSINESS Many Americans are highly concern- ed over reports that King Edward, of Great Britain, and an American woman, and the maintenance of a huge standing | c Nation’s Affairs =~ ¢ Economic Basis for Recovery | By GUS W. DYER ) , Professor of Economics and Sociology, Vanderbilt We have been having depressions in this country about every decade for more than a hundred years Some of these depressions were violent and worldwide, and some were com- paratively mild. The one chief cause of all de- pressions is un- warranted speculation that is inspired by abnormal ficti- tious prosper- ity. Due to hu- man limitations men_ misinter- pret economic conditions, and are led to mis- take the unreal for the real. ; The depression comes to save busi- ness from the effects of its hazardous detour, and bring it back on the safe road. After the recovery from a depres- sion men are cautious and conserva- tive for a while. But as business im- proves and prices rise they are led to take more and more chances on the future. The result is that they go too far..and the depression becomes necessary again. A depression is an industrial and not a political phenomenon. The re- covery from depressions is a problem of business and not a problem of gov- ernment. In all other depressions in this’ country before 1929, the respon- sibility of business recovery was put upon ‘business: where it belongs. In all other depressions the government confined its activities to its constitu- t governmental functions, and trusted business leadership to solve the problems of the depression. In every case after a reasonable time for adjustment the depression passed, employment was restored. and busi- ness emerged stronger and more effi- cient than ever before. T’.is is the first time in our history that the government has entered the business field to lead business out of a depression. This is the first time in our history that the government has taken over the function of general ; business director. This is the first time that untrained political direction of economic activities has been sub- tituted for highly trained expert eco- nomic leadership. (Address questions to the au Today’s Anniversaries 1811—Isaac M, Singer, sewing ventor - manwfacturer, born at Pittstown, N. Y. Died in England, July 23, 1875. 1827—Albert Fink, vailway engineer, manager economist, who revolutionized the traffic management of American railroads, born;in Germany. Died in New York, April 3; 1897, 1828—Jacob D. Cox, Ohio law- yer, noted Union general, Ohio governor, scretary of the interior, historian of the Civil War, born in Montreal (of American parent- age). Died Aug. 8, 1900 American asmus D. Leavitt, not- al and consulting en- ginecr of h Mass. Died at Cambridge, Mass. rch 11, 1916. ‘ 1845—M:zr'al'Re +O: Dewing, painter, born in New York. Died there, Dec. 13,1927. aoe 1 York City painter and art critic, and: s day, born at Lowell,} nyon Cox, noted New; The direction of busgini garded by socialists and’ c@mmunists as a proper function of ronment, Under our constitution, however, the economic direction of business is re- garded as entirely outside of proper governwhental activities. What are the results ¢f,our experi- ment? As a result of financipg the World War both for ourselves and largely for our allies, our public debt reached sity Sis re- the close of the war the debt was twenty-six billion dollars.’ When the depression came in ‘29 we had reduced this debt to sixteen billion dollars. debt is now nearly thirty-five billion dollars and is rapidly increasing. A big deficit each year adds to its huge proportions. It is estimated that be- tween eleven and twelve niillion peo- ple at the present time are looking |to the government for support. No one can honestly face these facts and claim that the problems of the de- pression have been solved. The prob- lems created by the new governmen- tal experiment in business, it is be- lieved, are far more serious to the life of the nation than any economic | problem of any depression. To attribute.surh improvement in business as we have experienced to these extra governmental activities is }a peculiar type’ o”* teasoning. How and why did we come out of all other depressions, without ,ayich .govern- mental leadership? Why, did we come out ef ail other depréssions witbout |a public debt and without’a protlem jot unemployment? | The statisticians of the League of | Nations show “that industrial produc- jtion for the world ‘not including the United States. for July, 1936, was 103 per cent of 1928. In the United States per cent of 1928.” Why have the other countries recovered from the depres- aes more rapidly than we have? | To attribute improvement in busi- ness in this country to an experiment jin business by the government may serve as useful political propaganda, | but it is not believed that it has any |place in economic logic. In view of ithe facts it would seem more logical to say that we have made-partial re- covery in spite of the obstructions ' placed in the road by the government. thor, care of this newspaper) | pacvcccccccccccccccscces irst of the celebrated jist essays, anonymously written dy Ham lton, Madison and Jay, defending the newly-written ; Constitution, appeared, H Seen { 1806—French under occupied Ber-in, aiter Jena. 1810—West F da annexed to | Louisiana by Presidential proela mation—people of Baton . Rouge district had declared’ themsel¥es ‘independent of Spain, declared themselves the Republie of West Florida and asked adnfigsjo.jto the ‘Union. : Napoleon battle of t j} 1871—William M. {Bweéd of |New York City, most notorious of ! American political bosses, quickly {raised t:wo-million dollar Lail de- ,manded when arrested. the of 1878—Burglars robbed Manhattan Bank, New «Yerk, more than two million es 234g 1933--Henry Mord, found ineli- gitie! rr ae 7 contracts, eventhough bepkeptzjjetter and i spirit of NRA code, because he did not sig@ itayo bers son of the above, born at Warren, ' Ohio. Died March 17, 1919. 1858 26th Pre man of letters, City. Died at Oyster Bay, N. Y. Jan. 6, 1919. Roosevelt, statesman, so'dier The Easiest W Pay For on the principal and th over a given period of very much like buying it to yourself. Sass satis si sass s saa a: is to pay for it as you pay rent. is to pay monthly, out of income, an installment mortgage and have the house free of all debt. It’s ' Liquid - Tablets | Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best i Liniment ay For You To A Home The logical way e interest, etc., and thus, years, pay off the entire a house and then renting the highest point in our history. At | This was a reduction in the debt of | one billion dollars a year. The public | in July. 1936. production was only 78 | | DAYS GONE BY ; Happenings Here Just Years | Ago Today As Taken From i The Files Of Tne Citizen “People ought to go out and vote in the general election,” said W. J. Sears, candidate to suc- | ceed himself as congressman from |the Fourth Florida District. who ‘was in Key West yesterday and , guest of W. F. Maloney, county tax collector. “When I am in | Washington and tell the house that there are 25,000 people im | Key West, they want to know why it is that of that large num- ber there are only 400 or 500 i votes recorded in the general election.” He explained that rep- resentatives in congress are seri- ously handicapped when their con- | stituents only vote one-fourth of | their strength and they are called ;on to explain this condition. the congressman concluded. For this jreason he urges every qualified i voter in the city to vote in the ! November election. Mayor Leslie A. Curry an- nounces that he is accepting do- nations to the fund being raised to aid the Cuban people leit desti- tute by the hurricane which swept the west end of the isiand repub- lic, one week ago today. Mayor reed is personally conducting ' 1 the program of soliciting and is ' meeting with much encourage- ment, he says. To date four con- tributions have been received which total $115. The American Legion is plan- ning to make repairs to the Le- gion Club House, and to secure funds for doing the work, wiil have the Cronin Shows, consisting of ten feature acts in Key West on Armistice Day. They will {open the attraction at Whitehead jand United streets on Monday, 1 November 8, and remain for sev- eral days. Further announce- ments will be published. While operating a band saw at the plant of the Sawyer Novelty Works, John Sawyer, proprietor, had the misfortunate of losing a finger from his right hand yes- terday. Mr. Sawyer was handling {a piece of lumber when the saw jumped and injured three fingers, one of which had to be am- putated. Bob Morton’s Circus, said to be better than it has ever been, will show in Key West under the auspices of the Key West Fire Department, beginning November 15. The attraction will be at the Gato grounds at Simonton and 1x4 Ideal CLA hh hd dh hadeded, for laying sheathing, ILO IO TESS SHEIBPIGIIISIISLOD SS. A Special Lumber Offering This is a new item with us. lengths from 18 inches long toe 7 feet long, and is tongued and grooved on ends as well as sides. It is put up in bundles seven feet long. Bundles are not broken, nor are any returns allowable on this floor- ing. The ideal grade compares with No. 1 Common, except that the lengths are short. | 17 clowns jtheir head. Further anneunce- ments will be made ef the erzan- jization which is considered one of the on the read Members the commutiee com posed of promment Miammn: whe went to Havana with medical = plies and $1000, donated by the city commission, returmed yester- day and were im Key West fer « few hours. Members of the com mittee are Ernest Cotten. ditee tor of public utilities: Joke B Orr, city mimvener, pelemist of the Shriners ang prominemt ip Rotarian circles; Dr. bold of public and Frank ER. Thereex; gineer. The visiters say weliar cnr A.B. 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It would be wise to let Browder blow off his steam; it will make him and his follow- | ers feel better without adding converts to | the cause. the wife of a shipping man, are almost in- separable companions. The evidence in- dicates that the British themselves are somewhat puzzled over the friendship. Maybe it would be just as well for us te worry about some other matters. Let the King of England alone and forget, for once, to be curious. After all, it’s none of our business, SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best™ White and Eliza Streets Phone ‘aaa a ae. Oh hdadedadi kd hoaddahad ddddidd ddd ‘4 i LALA AA AAA AAAiLAAAAAAAAAAtttAAstthihhhhdd ra, * ‘ iN N N N \ N \ N N \ N N N 5 PALELELLLLLLL LLL ¥.