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

TRE KEY WEST CITIZEN ‘Vou and Your |; Nation’s Affai airs | A Few Questions Answered shaty ree | Sive citizen, is spending a few By WALTER E. SPAHR days here with relatives and Chairman, Department of Economics, New York University | friends. He arrived yesterday pond amd Sate oe from Havana. Mr. Ashe gives a diubiaiihed fi pe eat graphic description of the -de-fin. . vastation of the st¢rm ‘ in) ‘ensuing year. ; He was on the first train arriving PAGE Two The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday Ry ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. VOTES!!! KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY ppenings Here Just’ 10 Years’ pa fear a From a a Ths OF Thee Occupational licenses number ef 284 were taken out pase ments The greatest possession of a free peo- ©. Sbameman ceaeat ple is the ballot—the right to vote. Itisa 40E ALLEN, Assistant Business Manager defender of our liberties and a weapon! From The Citizen Building | Corner Greene and Ann Streets against injustice. =e Yet that invaluable heritage is not prized by millions of otherwise good citi- zens. Proof of this statement can be found in undeniable statistics. In most! elections, less than half of the persons who are entitled to vote do so. It is exceptional when an élection brings to the voting | booths more than fifty per cent of en- franchised citizens. One result is that public officials are elected by minorities—the vote of the ma- | jority is silent. Another, and worse result, ; is a flagging of interest by the people in ar ot Ait be charwca gue ge; @ thing which vitally affects us all—our government. the marshal was om foot ly, Eugene Ashe, former president of the Key West Chamber of Com- merce, and an actively progres- Only vaily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe firms and places of Key West during the October accordimg to the in the office of Judge Hugh Gann This is considered g wonderfully “FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press -he Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use tor republic: of all ws dispatches credited to it or not otherwise din this paper and also the loc ait news pub ed here. = BSCRIPTION RATES From many questions asked by) valuation, rather than other factors, readers I have selected several that| affected our wholesale prices. One are closely related. In answering|may, however, point out bow these these questions 1 am forced to make price bern red a a eres Neat - |the multitude of forces affe: 3 ences to “Index| It may be recalled that in October, | i? Havana after the hurticane ang), Young Franks, fiyweight Key numbers:’ The| 1933, the Federal Government em- | Witnessed the condition Before aM¥ qos. of fiatic fame. will to- layman reading | barked upon its gold-buying program | activities were started to remedy morrew night < Sams Tuck- these answers | to depreciate the value of our dollar, | the destruction caused by wind - “ may not under- | and that this lasted until the end of ; and The d £1, socking little southpaw ef New stand this terin. | January, 1934. In October?/1933, our | mde le devastatihn W324i Zersey in a 10 round bow the An index nui index number of wholesale prices was | terrible to behold, he said, ut! Athletic Club. Both th leds’ ber is a statisti- | 71.2; in December it was 70.8; in Janu- | the work of rebuilding and repait-! | - cal device forjary, 1934, it was 72.2. Legal devalua- | | ing was started at once and the are good boxers and hard Mttimg Womner recemed 30.999 | change effected was marvelous. | u=*T 20d the fans are locking egg and Theedere Beeerve place on January 31, 1934, when the ize was m lous.! rorward te a snappy. ain One Year ....... 3ix Montns: Yhree Months .. One Manth Weekly .... All reading cespect, obit the rate of stating or mea- | tion of the dollar by 41 per cent took | suring business scrappy Notices for entertainments by churches from which a revenue is to be derive 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an oven forum and invites discus- sion of public issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL abyays seck the truth and print it without tear 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; tolerant of others’ rights, views and opinions; print only news that will elevate and not contaminate the reader; never com promise witn principle. Go to the fale tomorrow and vote; don’t be a slacker. That Europe’s statesmanship is bank- rupt is not as important as the fact her morality is bankrupt. Liberty is a word almost taken for granted, yet eternal vigilance is its price, and men have died for it in the past. The Swastika is a Sanscrit word mean- ing ‘ well-being.” In Germany it is ad- visable to wear the emblem to enjoy well- being., The day will probably come when all political campaigns are clean and free of ! suspicion, but brother, you and I will not see the day. King Edward who is now managing all of England, ete., should be able to manage just one woman, even if she is an American gal, Sign on auto tire cover: promised me this car; Roosevelt gave it t me; don’t let Landon take it away.”— Florida Times-Union. “Hoover | | Be a good citizen and go to the polls tomorrow and vote, not as impish pre- judice whispers into your ear, but accord- ing}to the dictates of your conscience. “Maurice A. Ryan, of Columbus, O., 42 years old and weighing 175 pounds, lives entirely on bread and milk, and says he never wants anything else. How could he want anything else on such a diet. The Sanford Herald quotes Mayor} LaGuardia as saying that elimination of slot machines in New York “materially re- duced the income of certain public offi- cials.” So did legalization in Florida.— Fort Myers News-Press, Although human thought is intangible it is nevertheless one of the most dynamic forces on earth. If political doctrines were not held in check by counter thoughts and actions, our form of government } would soon be. changed, especially singe the human mind likes to tinker with ex- periments, often with disastrous results. In his talk before the local: Club, Lt. Wm. Klaus, U. S. N., gaid that the people of Key West are Navy minded. They should be, having had a Naval Sta- tion for so long. The lieutenant should have been here a few years ago when the local Naval Station was placed on an in- active basis and seen the gloom that per- Rotary | This year, there are great issues be- fore us. mark an X opposite names of our choice on the ballot. Only by doing that, can we have popular government. In Germany the right to vote has been virtually abrogated—at the last elec- tion citizens had a choice of endorsing Hit- ler or of leaving the ballot blank, there being no opponent. That is true of Italy, of Russia, of Greece, of a dozen other powers. And here in America, where we still have that right which preserves our freedom, half of us don’t trouble to exer- cise it. So vote tomorrow. It is not only your privilege, but your duty; do not shirk it. The ballot contains three amendments for your consideration: The Social Se- curity Act, the abolishment of the slot ma- chine, and the merger of city and county. The Citizen favors social security, the rev- ocation of the slot machines and the con- | solidation of the City of Key West with the County of Monroe. Let us make our percentage of votes the largest in the state of Florida, A COMMITTEE REPORTS Some time ago a committee to study the country’s resources and report its find- ings to the President was appointed, and that report finally has been made. Among the findings of the committee are the fol- lowing: Most of the territory occupied by the United States is not naturally suited for a permanent civilization. Danger of a national disaster through soil erosion may be averted by a com- prehensive progtam of erosion control, if made fully effective within 20 years. Since 1929 enough labor and machine | capacity have been wasted to have rebuilt practically all the factories, railroads and utilities in the country. There are 175,000 different govern- ment units—including Federal, state and local—managing the affairs of the Amer- ican people. This last item is perhaps the most en- lightening of all, and gives the reason for the ever-increasing tax burden, and the fact that one person in every 10 is now on the public payrolls, Now what dBes the committee recom- mend? That more government agencies be established, of course. It suggests the em- ployment of national and local planning committees to advise and cooperate with the 175,000 agencies already in existence. OFFENSIVE SIGNS In keeping with what is becoming a world-wide protest against offensive signs and billboards, the authorities of Paris have decreed that no signs shall be dis- played on the famous thoroughfare, the Champs Elysees, which advertise any goods notjactually sold on the premises. Reeéntly protests were heard in Eu- rope..congerning.objectionable American billboards which mar the landscape. In this country the Women’s clubs and other organization are’ waging a campaign against the billboard nuisance. By their erection of signboards which spoil thg natural scenery along the high- ways, and by their encroachment in resi- dential sections of our cities, the billboard people have brought upon themselves the just resentment of that section of the pub- lic which has regard for appearances. No matter where we may stand, | it is our duty as well as our privilege to | j Moon rises activity or price | levels. As used here and in any other statistical article, an in- dex number is a numeric 1 average of a considerable number of business activities as related to a given year as a basis for comparison. That given basic year is always 100. It is much the same as stating tem- peratures as being so many degrees above or below zero. In the case of prices the averages are of prices only. but in the case of general business activity index figures include a wide variety of productive activities. When was the law pint of the ge pression reached; 4 il Using as a guide ue commonly ac cepied index of productive activity. as published by the: Board, of Gdver- nors of the Federal Peserve System. we find that the psy point was in hed 1932. The index then was 53, This'm: be compared with the average of 100 for the years 1923 to 1925. The pres- ent index for August. 1936. was 107. Tie low point in wholesale prices was in February, 1933. The index then was 59.8 compared to the 100 for 1926. The index for August, 1936, was 82, or 18 points below the 100 for 1926. When did the principal rise it. our wholesale prices take place? It was in the months April to July, 1933. The average rose from 60.4 to 63.9. No other four months have shown such a sharp rise. This unusual rise was due to the delayed buying caused by the uncertainties generated | by the political campaign of 1932 and the doubts raised in peoples’ minds from November, 1932. to March. 1933: to the talk of currency inflation: and to the supposition that if the currency were devaluated prices would rise as a consequence. How did devaluation of the dollar | afiect our wholesale prices? One cannot sa: definitely that de- | index uumber of the price level was | 72.2. For four months after devalua- | tion wholesale prices were practically | steady. A slow rise began in June, 1934, and has now reached 82. How did the index of productive activity behave during these periods? In October, 1933, it was 76; in De- cember, 75; in January, 1934, it was | 78. It sagged to 71 in September, 1934, and since then has risen, with some ups and downs, to 107 in August of this year. How did these indexes of produc- tion and of wholesale prices behave during and after the period of the N.R.A.? This Act became law on June 16, 1933, j ;The, production index jthen 91. | Th law was declared uncuhstitution- tal in May, 1935. The production index had fallen from the 91 at the begin- | ning of the N.R.A. to 85. It rose from 86 in June, 1935, to 97 by October, and | now is 107. Wholesale priees in June, 1933, wére 65. In May. 1935. they were 89.2. For the remainder of the year | | the they were practically steady and are now 82. How did these indexes of produc- tion and of wholesale prices behave during and after the period of the This Act bi 1933. It was dec!ared unconstitutional on January 6, 1936. The index of pro- { duction in May, 1933, was 78. (Here again we are comparing with the year 1926, as 100.) In Janu. ry. 1936, it was 98. It is now 107. The index of | wholesale prices in May. 1933, was 62.7. In January. 1936. it was 81. It is now 82. The index of the prices of farm products in May. 1933, was 50.2 (the low was 40.9 in Feb., 1933). In {| January, 1925, it was 77.6. It is now (August) 84 Food prices have gone from an average of 65 for 1933 to 84 for Au- gust, 1956. The cost of living has risen during the same period from 76 to 82. (Address questions to the author, care of this newspaper) eee TODAY’S Temperatures” 86| seas 82 Normal Mean , Ra it~ ‘Yesterday's Precipitation Nornai Precipitation 4 cebord covers our period ats jock thix morning. Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises 36 a. m. Sun sets 5:45 p. m. 10:13 p.m. Moon sets 11:02 a, Tomorrow's Tides “tT. Ins + 12%ns.' PM. High 1:16 Low _ 6:54 5:49 Barometer 8 A.M. today: | Sea level, 30.10, | WEATHER FORECAST | (Till 8 p. m., Tuesday) | Key West and Vicinity: Partly {cloudy tonight and Tuesday, prob- ably light showers tonight; gentle to moderate easterly winds, Florida: Generally fair ‘ahd con- tinued warm tonight and Tuesda: except for scattered light‘ showers on extrme south coast tonight. Jacksonville’ to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to mod- erate easterly winds and partly overcast weather tonight and) Tuesday with scattered showers; over extreme south portion. H on the principal and the very much like buying a it to yourself. CREDIT. |high perssure areas, one over the ‘Atantic States, Hatteras, N. C., | ate, jnorthern Plains States, and heavy ‘the south Texas coast. Mica cold- over a given period of years, pay off the entire mortgage and have the house free of all debt. it’s CONSULT US HOW YOU CAN BUILD OR BUY A HOME OR REPAIR OR MODERNIZE ANY TYPE OF BUILDING ON INSURED WEATHER WEATHER © singled iIONS A trough of low pressure ex- tending this morning from ward to the upper Rio Grande Valley, with a disturbance over eastern Kansas, Kansas City, Mo., 29.5@ inches, separates two strong 30.36 inches, and the other crest-| ed over the far Northwest, Kan- loopa, British Columbia, 30.52 finches, and extending southeast- ward into the northern Rockies. Precipitation has been general during the last 24 hours through- out the greater part of the north- ern and central portions of the country, with snow, mostly ntoder- in the northern Rock‘es and rein inthe lower Ohio~ Vai'ey, Louisville, Ky., 1.06 inches. There have also been light showers in extreme southern Florida, and on eg weather has overspread north- western districts and southward over Kansas, Helena, Moft., re- porting a minimum temperature of four degrees; whi'e from*the West} Gulf States and Mississippi Valley eastward unseasonably mild weath-| er prevails. 3. S. KENNEDY, Official in‘Charge SIDIIITILIDTSIS SMO The Easiest Way For You To Pay For A Home is to pay for it as you pay rent. is to pay monthly, out of income, an installment The logical way interest, etc., and thus, house and then renting ; water was being j; most of the trees were replanted ; concessions will open at | head and United streets next Mon- | day for a stay of two weeks. M ' | the oil] rooms of the Lumley AAA? ' ne law on May 12, | nell and James streets would soon Within 48 hours lights were turn jed on, street cars were running. supplied and The J. L. Cronin Shows, havi 10 attractions and a number White- bers of the American Legion state that buses will pass the grounds. “We are short of funds to repair to when they editorial get im action —Merth and Se ment: After lis atiienen or a while to a pianist ac- panying his screech owl cer was r artist’s execution. music with one voices, 2 asked how he He rephea that he was im faver of it the building as well as our quota ; for child welfare work,, but thes: | conditions will be remedied with the returns from the Shows,” said a member j legion today. of But for the prompt arrival of fire department and the quick and effective work of the apparatus the fire discovered in Hard- ware store on the corner of Grin- have developed into a confiagra- tion. As it was the damage comparatively slight and the tablishment is going ahead usual today. The oil room was a mass of flames when the a ce rrived but was readily ex ed as the two pur swung into action at full capacity. j Mr. Lumley estimates his los: at $2,000. s was es- as pers Deputy United States Marshal Lyalle Van Valkenburg, reports having a lively time with a group of bootleggers at an early hour yesterda: of Alberta and Waddell streets. ; He ran on seven men unloading A total of 83 . and Mrs. Louis Smith Mother Mrs Miss Florence West. ITCHING Wherever & occur and Bowes aerated the am praree quckl) was mace Smith was freshmen ~ | ulated at the university ef North Carolina this year. Over-Seas TransportationCo..Jnc SERVICE BETWEEN Key West and Miami NOW MAKING DELIVERIES AT KEY WEST —_—_— TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WE FURNISH PICK-UP AND DELIVERY morning at the corner! booze from a skiff and placing the | liquor in a large Cadillac car. reached the scene as the last ¢ was placed on the car and the He !entered the car and stepped on! the | : i .77, Lake Superior region southwest- } SERVICE OFFICE: 813 CAROLINE STREET TELEPHONES 68 AND 82 ae carers Pra n lawns; long hand spring steel teeth. WHEELBARROWS: EACH steel tray paint black. ed on hardwood handles and riser blocks. ‘Steel wheels and stand. ‘Cap. 3 Cuz Ft $7.25 “" SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. le 20 gauge Mount- A well ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES WHITE OR BLACK RUBBER COVERED ELECTRICAL WIRE No. 14 No. 10 DOUBLE BUSHED ARMORED CABLE (BX) 250 Ft. Rolls 3%c Per Ft. Broken Rolls 4c We also carry switches, switch plates, cleats, nail knobs, plugs, and all oother wiring appliances. INCIDENTALS FOR THE HOME STEEL LAWN RAKES: made substantial rake for fine and 32 1c Per Ft. 2c 29 2? tose 5 GALLON GASOLINE Heavily galvanized wrth strainer im nezzie. $1.75 ANS bras EACH FUNNELS: brass strainer for straining gasclz seme. 8 Qt Gailvas wie Juxt the thing ane or kere a \LLALLALAALAALALAALAAAAAAAAAAAA AAA Ab A The First National Bank of Key West Corporation si ChMbed ded hike didide ddedddede “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” White and Eliza Streets 0 hikdekided diddidietededdtebbbd dt Abbé A Le When we become more civilized the billboard will go the way of the town crier. As an advertising medium it is an an- achronism alreaay, | vaded. It tore our hearts out; and all be- cause a former chairman of Naval affairs did not get the political support in Key West he felt he ‘deserved, Phone 335 | TITIPOC IOP OIL LOCO LLL LLL LI eaaae: PAID TEITT EESTI TN ‘- iti dtkdittttitttdbddéA ee OAM