The Key West Citizen Newspaper, October 12, 1937, Page 2

yorberrt eee eee eae SEReP Pewee ee eee PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC, L. P, ARTMAN, President JOE ALLEN, Assistant From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Entered at Key FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR 3 Member of the Associated Press ‘f The Associated Press. is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news) dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in thig paper and also the local news published. here, une Year Six Mont! ‘Three Months yne Month Weekly ..... ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application, SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of fespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which « 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- land. Free Port. 3 Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments, You are beginning to show some in- telligence when you listen to the arguments of those who are against what you be- lieve in. According to the Haskin Information Bureau, there are 123,000,000 rats in the United States. This, of course, does not include the two-legged kind. Merchants may be in business a very long time and everybody knows him, but eventually the one who advertises is the one who is best remembered and gets the business. - He who laughs last, laughs best con- tinues to be as true today as it was when first uttered. It is not just another axiom, it is a fact. 4 Let us keep the United States out of other people’s wars. We can if we will; do not let anyone tell you differently. In the President's Chicago statement is seen the fine Machiavelian hand of England, which would like to see the United States | study American labor problems FAILURES During the current “breathing spell” the public should make every attempt to absorb the pro and con arguments rel-' ative to national problems with which, Congress will have to deal next session. | Among the more serious of these problems is that of taxation. Undoubtedly soaring | government expenditures will necessitate | further increases in ‘taxes in the near future. , Likewise, tax laws that were hur- | riedly adopted during past sessions amid | .a confusing crush of other legislation, will ! profitably bear careful investigation and, | " es, revision or repeal. The capital gains tax and the tax on _ undis- tributed earnings of corporations come un- der the latter heading. Both of these. tax laws have largely failed in their pri- mary purpose—of raising new revenue. They have caused a vicious and dangerous disturbance of normal] business activity. The capital gains tax, which taxes | capital gains but does not allow deduc- tions for capital losses, accentuates fluctua- tions in the security markets. The undis- | tributed earnings tax effectively prevents | | cumulating reserve funds for the liquida- tion of debts, and plant improvements; it forces them*to adopt a reckless policy of declaring abnormally large dividends in order to avoid 4 confiscatory tax on their undistributed e&rnings. Commenting on this, the New York Times recently pointed out: “The present law could be tolerated only in the belief that the most important function of corporations is to pay taxes.” Procrastination in the revision of both of these laws simply forestalls the date when industry will be allowed to forge ahead on a sound post-depression footing. HERE COMES THE DUKE! The announcement that the Duke and Duchess of Windsor will soon visit the United States for a prolonged stay creates new problems for officials who must de- cide exactly:the status of the former British king and his bride. Socially ambitious dowagers all over the country will also be aflutter as they plan to demonstrate that they do not be- lieve very strongly in the doctrines of democracy. The Duke will find, no doubt, that there are people here ready to fawn upon the erstwhile royal person and, more than likely, he will be disgusted at some of the spectacles presented before him. That the former monarch plans to indicates a continued interest in the welfare of working people and may be a tip-off to his ambitions to carve a_ political career for himself as a citizen of the world. LISTEN TO THIS JUDGE There may be lawlessness in small cities and in the rural areas of the United States but we doubt if many judges have | \ an djYour Affairs Atop ‘Tax May Hit Cupid 4 By HARLEY L. LUTZ a. Professor of Public Finance, Princeton Universit: where the proposal was again advancéd to re- quire husbands and wives to make a joint return of their combined in- come, This is not the first time such a scheme has been proposed, but the fact that it could be seriously advo- cated indicates how far the government is willing to go in penalizing those who have incomes to be taxed. In this case, it is a clear and defi- nite penalty on getting married. The degree of the penalty cannot be de- termined in advance, either, for a ‘woman ho has ah income of her own can never what her hus- band’s pie i through the years. Thé more.-pro: jus he be- avier be the tax on her income if it must be combined with the husband’s income to deter- mine the amount of her tax liability. Therefore, the scheme may provide another element of uncertainty and friction in the already troubled state of matrimony. It may require amend- ment of the statutes to recognize an- other valid reason for granting sepa- ration or divorce, namely, that the husband’s large income subjects the wife to an unreasonable and exces- sive tax on her own income. The proposition to require joint returns in all cases is contrary to our fundamental notions of personal in- come taxation. We have always jus- tified this tax on the ground of per- sonal ability to pay, and we have al- ways held that this ability is indi- cated by the amount of income re- ceived by, or legally in the possession of the individual. There is some dan- ger of overworking this theory, for no-one can say exactly how ability varies with income. Yet it is the best defense that we have for our policy of taxing incomes at graduated rates. It is clear, however, that we shall be hopelessly at sea in attempting to apply the ability principle unless we limit its application to individuals. the social or fam- er sons has no significance. The indi- vidual’s personal ability to pay, as in- dicated by his own income, is not in the least affected by the income of any other person with whom he may be associated in any sort of relation- ship. It is a travesty on the ability principle to assert that the wife’s ability to pay income tax on a cer- tain amount of her own income is to be measured by the amount of her husband's income. For example, suppose that a wom- an who earns $3,000 a year is con- sidering matrimony. At. present, in her separate return, she would pay tax at four per cent after deducting | once. the earned income allowance. If her husband were earning~ $10,000, she would pay, under the proposed cent and surtax rates up to six per cent. lf he had an income of $50,000, the wife's surtax rates would rise to twenty-seven per cmt. This woman might conclude thrt single blessed- ness would be thy better state for her, in face of such a scale of tax penalties. Since the Treasury evidently has no scruple about advocating any scheme that will increase the reve- nue, we may ask why the plan stops with husband and wife. Why not re+ quire brothers and sisters, or par- joint return? Much more. tax could be secured in this way, and no greater violation would be done to the ability principle than under the proposed plan. Indeed, why not re- quire all partners or groups of busi- ness associates to make joint returns? As a matter of fact, our present methods of taxing business corpora- tions is an application of'a theory of mass or group ability. It “soaks” the small stockholders at rates that are justifiable, if at all, only on the ground that all corporate stockhold- ers are very rich persons. Those who approve of our existing methods of scheme, the normal tax of four per | j Meacham upon his arrival } ents and adult children, to make a | TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1937, , KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Driving automobiles with flat Of The Citizen men of. the ‘city, nae the two who church is to be repeated at a jearly date. Possibly Friday night of this week. This will be by re quest. A few new numbers are to be added to the original pre- gram. 5 yt ——- ‘S Horatio Ortega and Miss Re- }sario Garcia were married. 9 o’clock this morning in the of- tires is threatening to ruin the are.entering the ‘race as a result fice of the probate judge. Wit- surface of the boulevard is the of the meeting. Ambrose Cleare,! nesses were Paster statement made by County En- John Park, Leo Warren, William Manuel Garcia. ‘and The bride’s home Perez gineer Watkins. Yesterday aft- Freeman and. Willard Albury are! was at 1110 Vircini ernoon County. Engineer Watkins the five others who received the the home of ie geo wel seit counted seven cars being. driven’ along the boulevard with one or} |more wheels travelling on the: rims. This, he says, is an excep- tionally large number, but the practice is common, and con-' stitutes a real menace to the suf-, facing of the thoroughfare. This surface, is comparatively soft, and the rims of the cars will cut deep-' ly into it leaving a sear which will hold water. Eventually the scar widens and becomes a_ serious fault in the surface. The prac- tice should be legally ended at t “IT am very much enthused; over the prospects of opening the Oversea Highway” said Malcolm here this morning. Mr. Meacham said he saw Carl Fisher in Palm Beach yesterday. “That highway is go- jing to mean great things for the people of Key West and Monroe County” Mr. Fisher told Mr. Meacham. Florida is certain jhave a big year this winter. They; are boosting the Oversea Highway! all along the line and especially in Florida, In Palm Beach yes-; terday it was all the talk, con- {tinued Mr. Meacham, for they, realtze it will be a great boost to’ this section of the state, and es-| pecially tourist travel along the} east coast. “I shot a collector in Miami and want to get in the house” Edward Burrows, of Homestead! told his uncle, Perry Burrows, of ! j | business taxation can scarcely cavil at the new scheme. At least, we can say for the pres- ent fiscal administration that it is consistent in the conception and ap- plication of a program that will de- stroy the country’s long-run taxpay- ing capacity. When all other insti- tutions are under attack, why should matrimony. be spared? (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) THE WEATHER Highest Lowest Mean Normal Mean R. Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation . “Thin record covern 2 cuding at 8 o'clock Tomorrow's Al 86 ns, Sun -rises . - 6: - Mm.) .,over the far Sun sets - 62 ' Moon rises oe . mm. Moon sets 12: . m. 5:26 10:15 |scattered showers over south por- tion, WEATHER CONDITIONS A low pressure area of consid- lerable intensity is central this with a narrow trough extendin; |southwestward to a weak “Low” Southwest; whil: high pressure areas, crested over {the South Atlantic States and | mid-western Canada, overspread | most of the remainder of the , country. ; Light to moderate rain or snow has occurred since yesterday morning along the northern bor- der from Montana eastward |New England. There have also been showers in southern Florida, to! 612 Mickens’ Lane, when knocked at the old man’s door last} night. His uncle admitted him’ and Burrows continued the tale.| He said he shot the man once in a leg and then in the abdomen. I) want to get away from the offi-' cers he said. Perey Burrows had! no haven for his wayward nep- hew. He immediately got in! touch with the sheriff, and the nephew is ndw in county jail. 22a if i Two more candidates weve. en- tered today in the race for city council and five others were en-! dorsed last night at a meeting of about 20 prominent businegs men.! Ross Sawyer, former presiderit of the body, and Karl O. Thorpaga one of the best known business) fai morning over eastern Canada,|; ' he, endorsement of the body. There is already a movement on foot to establish an auto ferry to Cuba, ana this constitutes some of the recent good news which has been coming to Key West for the past several months. Just who are behind the proposition and when it is proposed to make the announcement public and out- line the schedule to be in- augurated, is still withheld, but that the movement is assuming shape, is a positive statement by one who knows, Editorial comment: It was good to have the Cuban. delega- tion. here. The more “people know about one another, the less likely they are to fall out! about trivialities. The musical entertainment re- cently given at the Congregational to ~ Varela street. 666 Liquid - Tablets | Salve-Nose Drops Headeche 30 minates, Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best Liniment MALARIA COLDS first day LA CONCHA HOTEL |} Im the Center of the Business and Theater District” —Popular Prices First Class —Sensible PLAY SAFE— temperature ALL M ICE REFRI These refrigerators By keeping FOODSTUFFS at the right in one of our ETAL GERATORS are doubly HEAT- PROOF and absolutely air tight $20.00 «« Easy Terms—10 Days Free Trial On Display at THOMPSON ICE COMPANY, Inc. —Phone No, 8— WE ARE OFFERING MANY REAL VALUES AT PRESENT AND NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.LOW PRICES ‘ Ch hhh hhh hhehrhealadan | ini tnewetin nanan lenses aM. (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) = an KERRI rere. to hold the bag for her in the Orient—7,000 | ver given an acquitted defendant the miles away. Watch perfidious Albion; } 8@me advice that Magistrate Charles Solo- her motives are sinister! mon handed to a 22-year-old man in New York. The judge told Alphonse Orlando, accused of taking another man on a fatal “ride,” “Pick yourself a good undertaker and a good burial spot, because you're next.” Gang killings in metropolitan areas are well-established institutions and ex- cept in rare occasions the police are un- able to convict anybody for the crimes. It has about gotten to the point that the criminals have their own execution squad and there’is no appeal from their sen- tences. paiposent et 205 eta aa G A monument will be unveiled ot day, November 14 at. Matecumbe, ° tedi- cated to the civilians and veterans who lost their lives in that vicinity in the 1935 Labor Day hurricane. There will be an appropriate program arranged in connec- tion with the ceremony, and Fay Marie Parker, one of the civilian survivors, will unveil the monument. In fine monuments are reminders, and this one will recall the fury of the elements, and typify man’s im- potence and helplessness in the madness of nature. This column does not doubt for a moment that British diplomacy was behind President Roosevelt's unprecedented chal- lenge to Germany, Italy and Japan in hid Chicago speech. For some time British statesmen and prepa; eve visiting the United States, pstensibly to pay the president a friendly visit, but really their purpose was to groom Presi- dent Roosevelt to think in terms of British foreign policy and have him forsake this country’s historic policy of political isola- tion. Playing on his delusion of grandeur they have apotheothized him as the savior of the world, just as they did Wilson twenty years ago. However, it will not be so easy to pull the wool over American eyes this time for we are now more sophisticated and have lost most of our guillibility. just corporations—big and little—from ac- i FUNDS FOR SPAIN? There are twenty-six organizations registered Gvith the State Department un- i thNebtrality Act for the purpose of securing c@ntributions for relief in Spain. "_S" Shiver began they had col- lected $47 . of which $214,980 “I been sent t§ Spain, $151,514 used for pub- licity and expenses and $146,482 in cash} remained in this country. In several cases organizations a sent no money to Spain, others had sent | less than they spent in this country and in| others all funds collected had been hors] warded to Spain. If you expect to contribute money to the cause of Spanish relief be sure to in- vestigate the record of the organization | through which you plan to make your con- | tribution. Key West and Vicinity: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday, possibly moderate to fresh northeast to east qyinds, Florida: Partly.¢léudy tonight and Wednesday, pos showers in extreme south portion” and near east central coast; ss! tly warmer in extreme north portion tonight. showers; Jacksonville to Florida Straits:| Moderate to occasionally fresh northeasterly winds; partly over- cast weather tonight and Wed- nesday, scattered showers. East Gulf: ‘Moderate northeast to east winds; partly overcast weather tonight and Wednesday, western Texas, “New Mexico, being heavy at Fort Myers, Fla., 1.10 inches, and El Paso; Texas, 1.13 inches. | Much colder weather has over- “spread the northern Plains States and extreme upper | Valley, with temperatures , the Dakotas and Minnesota. Temperatures are also some- what below norma! this morning in southeastern sections, and are above from the lower “Lake re- gion southwestward to the Mexi- |eas border and in southérn Cali- southern; TEXACO ASBESTOS FIBRE ROOF COATING AS LOW AS 55c PER Mississippi | of} ,freezing or somewhat below inj at thi | fornia. ‘ G. 8. K Official pe eager NEDY, Charge 2 Save a little of thy income, and thy hide-bound pocket will soon begin to thrive and thou wilt never cry again with an empty stomach; neither will creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor will nakedness freeze theél= The whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart. —Benjamin Franklin. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. L C. 2 s Ade KEY WEST. TIIIZIAAL ALLL LLL 2A LLL LLL eae eee eee Le . 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