The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 9, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen | Published Daily Except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P, ARTMAN, President JOE ALL! Assistant Business Manager From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe Count, est, , Florida, as second class matter Entered at K FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press Whe Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published here. une Year ‘ix Months fhree Months ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of | ‘Tespect, obituary notices, etc., will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which % Fevenue {s 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 Water and Sewérage. Bridges to complete Road land. Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. If y you want: to realie how time flies recal] that it was 19 years ago this week, that the Armistice was signed. Governor Cone is going to make a -drive for intangible tax collections, and «hopes to derive about a million dollars “from this source, although intangible means something on which you can’t lay “your hands, Political bossés and organizations are having an increasingly tougher time to put “it over on the people as the electorate be- comes more enlightened, and demands honesty in government and a proper ac- counting of stewardship. This was demon- strated most emphatically in New York in “last Tuesday’s municipal election. Other boss ruled cities will take heart and shake off the yoke of inefficiency, incompetence, misrule and graft, The special session of Congress will. “meet November 15 and is supposed to deal “with matters of great and immediate im- =portance. In the light of that fact, it “might consider turning its long deferred “attention to our gravest national proble “—taxation. The national debt is at ‘edo thigh, and rumors of prospecfive new and “higher taxes are preventing dustria} yer «pansion and re-employment. = The public is getting weary of political Seconby” “promises from all sides that : brokgy .as, soon as made. iy ; of Dade, Broward and Palm Beach GOVERNOR CONE AND A LOCAL “BUM” SITUATION The best the vagrant crop can expect this year when they get into the cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach is a free ride in police cars to the northern city limits or the usual room and board at those cities’ jails in return for hard labor. That’s what the police chiefs of those H cities say. In spite of the fact that the sheriffs coun- ties, following Governor Cone’s orders, have announced they are not running the “hobo express’ this year. The Governor has been determinedly carrying on a campaign against the prac- tice. Last week he said it was “something, beyond understanding in a free country.” Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard Waite; reports that Key West of late has _ been little bothered with transients. According to reports in the Sheriff's office, a total of only seven vagrants have been arrested; since August, 1936. None were of the’ more serious criminal type. However, when the F. E. C. railroad! into this city, it was quite a different! ition. A large numbef of “boes’” vell-known criminals nted in many’ Thig@fact worries thé-Sheriff's of- Because soon the complete Overseas Highway thoroughfare will be rown open to the public. And it has every reason to expect a large influx of undesirable visitors again. The plain facts of the matter, Chief Deputy Waite stated, are that (1) nearly 100 per cent of hoboes and _hitch-hikers are panhandlers, (2) there is a fairly large class of petty thieves among them, and (3) the more dangerous criminals form an element. The people of -Key West should take warning at an approaching — perplexing situation. The local police will do their best to keep the city clear of the undesir- able transients, but Key Westers must co- operate closely with the Department, Es- pecially should all suspicious characters be promptly reported. The bridges will bring with them many such problems, And.as they arise they must be solved, promptly and well. Otherwise we may suffer serious sequences, ray fice. con- HOW TO DETECT PROPAGANDA The Institute for Propaganda © An- alysis, described as a non-profit corpora- tion, has set up headquarters in New York city, under the leadership of Charles A. Beard, historian and specialist in demo- cratic government. In a recent monthly letter it enum- erates. seven ‘‘tools” in the propagandist’s kit for fooling the public, including the name-calling device, the glittering general- ities device, the transfer device, the testi- monial device, the plain-folk device the tard-stacking device and the band-wagon device. Advising, how to detect propaganda HE Uhktitute § §varns us that the propa-} % wandist “appeals to our hateand fear by giving ‘bad names’ to thosd findividuals, ‘Stblips, nations, policies, practi¢es, beliefs THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You and Your Nation’s Is Less Time In his recent address to the nation the President touched on the perennial theme of increasing mass purchasing power. This time the argument went as follows: “A few more dollars @ week in wages, a bet- ter distribution of jobs with a shorter work- ing day will al- most overnight make millions of our lowest- paid workers actual buyers of billions of dollars of indus- trial and farm products. That increased vol- ume of sales ought to lessen other costs of produc- tion so much that even a considerable increase in labor costs can be ab- sorbed without imposing higher prices on the consumer.” This passage falls into two sections which should be examined separately. In the first part, there are the millions of the lowest-paid workers who will become buyers of farm and factory products after they get the “few more dollars a week" which the wages and hours+bi! intended to give them. ion is that they are not Lows ~ anything = with such vag are at present receiv- ing. Thif"was not intended, but there clearly waso@odeliberate effort to make a spetial pled for the highly dubious wage and hour control plank No one knows how many there are whose wages should be increased, nor how much the reise should be. If as many as 5.690.000 workers were to ret. on the average. a weekly raise cf $5.00, it would mean. assuming full time employment for all, an annual aegrenate wage increase of $1,300.- 000.000. While this is a tidy sum, it is not any large number of billions There is a considerable discrepancy between the moderate weekly in- crease suggested for each worker and the optimistic total effect of this in- crease on sales volume. It is also implied that a shorter working day will contribute to the By HARLEY L. LUTZ Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) Affairs More Money? | = | bye , if billions of new sales, Time is said to be money, but Mr. Roosevelt is say- ing that less time equals more‘moneyi It looks like a case of double count- ing, in which a wage increase is added to shorter hours in order to get greater total purchasing power. In the second half.of the above quo- tation, it is said that the increased volume of sales, totalling billions by the new, arithmetic, OUGHT to lessen | other costs enough to make price increases unnecessary. { True, it ought, but will it? This is just plain, wishful thinking, It is a case of generalizing, scatter-gun | fashion, regarding the whele produc- tive process, as if the principle of de- creasing cost were universal. More- | over, it ignores the reasons for de- creasing cost when this tendency is found. It would be very nice indeed if we could give the masses more money to spend without its having any effect on the prices of the goods which they buy. We have dallied too long already in this economic dreamland. | Some industries are able to reduce unit costs as their output increases, hence they can sell their product at lower prices. It is putting the cart before the horse, however, to say that greater demand is the key to this price reduction. There is always a potentially greater demand for any article as the price isdlowered, even without any artificial wage increases. The secret of the lower/pyice as pro- duction expands is lower unit co: and the reason for lower unit cost all of the economies of large scale pro- duction. An important element in this cost is wages. If the labor is efficient, and is made increasingly so with the aid of abundant capital, capable and ag- gressive management, and vigorous ‘ development of technical improve- ments, then high wages are not in- consistent with low unit costs. Under such conditions labor is increasingly productive, and this fact is usually recognized in the level of wages paid. But it is evident that these conditions are not met by the government's wage program, nor by that of organized labor in proposing to enforce wage demands by political action. Hence it is only a pious hope that such wage increases will not be refiected in prices. | | Temperature® Highest Lowest . Mean . aes Normal Mean | Rainfal Yesterday’s Precipitation Normal Precipitation © hin reco: 24 coding at § o hin ‘Tomorrow's Almanac Sun rises . 6:41 Sun si Moon Moon - mm. . mm. m. PM 3:33 8:34 mt ) High Low Barometer reading Sea level, 30.07. WEATHER FORECAST (Till 7:30 p. m., Wednesday) Key West and Vicinity: erally fair tonight and Wednes- day; moderate easterly winds, Florida: Generaliy fair tonight and Wednesday. Jacksonville to florida Straits! and East Gulf: Moderate easter- ly winds and partly overcast! weather tonight and Wednesday. WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure is low this morning} across thg;entire northern border of the country, THE WEATHER § North Atlantic States and Lake .|La., 1.00 inch, Little Rock, Ark., . th, | west. . mm. Gem} with centers over, 7 Precipitation .has been general since yesterday morning from {Texas northeastward over the region, with heavy rains at Pal- jestine, Texas, 3.93 inchés, Dallas, |Texas, 2.28 inches, Shreveport, 11.14 inches, and Memphis,, Tenn., 1.12 inches. There have also been moderate {to heavy rains over the far North- i Temperatures are somewhat} {below normal this morning in the} |Plateau region; while elsewhere| readings are generally near or; above the seasonal average. | G. S. KENNEDY, Official in Charge Does Bladder Irregularity GET YOU UP? Make this 25c¢ test. If not) i pleased in four days go back and get your 25c. Flush the kidneys! las you would the bowels. Hel nature eliminate poisonous waste and excess acids which can cause! the irritation that may result in {getting up nights, scanty flow,) {frequent desire and burning. Get} 'buchu leaves, juniper oil and 6; other drugs made into little green! tablets. Just say Bukets to any ; druggist. Locally at Olivieri’: j Pharmacy.—advt. \ | | Miami yellowtail. |“Bluefish Blues.” j As all Key Westers know, you) don’t have to wait for day to catch fish in these ters. Some places may ter than others, hut ene of the pleasantest is off the ‘pier at) South Beach. Here, if your luck; is good, you may hook a fair “catch.” Even a piece of mullet on a string ¢an legd to romantic en- counters. I threw in my line and spat three times, in honor of; Neptune, and waited. My first) “bite” came when a iovely bru-} nette in a blue bathing suit fris! ed along and smiled. She 2 followed by another pretty awipk and a bright-eyed youth. They evidently thought I needed help a rainy} wa- be bet- jfor they unwound their line and from then on it became con- test. She asked me if I was an Ox- ford “grouper” and I gave a grunt and said I was just another Then the girl in the moray silk suit asked the tuna, liked best, and I replied, Then Jack, the young snapper with her, said he loved muttonfish up in Pom- pano where, he was raised, but it a TUESDAY, NOVEMBE} TODAY IN HISTORY 1806—Napoleon enacted a cash ed apart levy of more than from Germany. from 1809—Inhabitants of the vil-| 1918—German lage of St. Louis petitioned to be | cates. incorporated as the Town of St. Louis. 1936—Suit to Inquiry lost by 1824—In Presidential election, of the U. Andrew Jackson received plural-) Kaiser enjoin Hearst.— Ruling S. Supreme Court that ‘ity but no majorjty of electorial | national bank directors as obligat- recognitl $100,000,000 jrish Land League. Senate votes and House of Representa-/ed as bank officers in the care of tives chose John Quincy Adams ¢ bank as winner, | 666 Liquid - Tablets Salve-Nose Drops sets. 1872—Boston’s worst fire did lamage of $75,000,000, | | / 1880—Word “boycott” came) into use when Capt. Charles C.! Boycott, Irish land-agent, declar-| was a poor sale fish in the stores, so he usually ate mackerel. His} cousin was a shark at boxing and sparred with Kingfish Levinsky, | the Jewfish champ. Suddenly, his “bonita” gave a wahoo and} pulled in her line, but it was only a porgy on the hook. So we ali quit sunfishing off South Beach pier and had canned salmon for} supper. Key West, Fla., Nov. 7, 1937. Linim céibs and FEVER first day Headeche 30 minutes, Try “Rub-My-Tism”-World’s Best STAR ++ BRAND CUBAN COFFEE Is Deliciously Fresh! —TRY IT TODAY— To get the most out of your Armistice Day mid-week vacation. travel in one of Florida Motor Lines’ new Zephyr buses. Many frequent departures and convenient schedules save both time aera tee pape large . $ 8.75 7.45 3.75 West Palm Beach Tampa .. Orlando ... $15.75 13.45 6.75 8.75 14.40 13.25 LORIDA MOTOR|INES It Isn’t Cold Now, But The Chances Are It Will Be HAVE YOU GOT A HEATER? WELL, WE HAVE. AND THEY’RE YOURS FOR $6.60 EACH. YOU COULD MAKE A COLD NIGHT AWFULLY PLEASANT WITH ONE OF USE ITI OUR ECONOMIC OIL HEATERS. N THE BATHROOM, BEDROOM:OR ANY OTHER ROOM IN THE HOUSE. MM. Cabinet Type Heaters $16.20 RIGHT IN TUNE WITH FALL CLEANING IS “Radiant” Furniture and Floor Polish GOOD FOR WOODWORK, PIANOS, FLOORS, FINE FURNITURE, ETC. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT, IT CONTAINS CEDAR OIL. 16 OZ. BOTTLE 15¢ 24 OZ. BOTTLE 25 32 OZ. BOTTLE 30¢ “GIVE US A RING—598—WE DELIVER “SUDDEN-SERVICE” eastern and central Canada andj} on the north Pacific coast, and is} jalso relatively low over southern, Briefly, the name-calling device ex- | Texas; while moderate high pres- sure areas overspread most dis-| oc sacs maken eine Rockies eastward over! Lieeied Rate plains itself. The glittering generalities triets from Californie. and the device is to identify a program through | southern aie t 696- the use of “virtue words,” in other words, ;the South Atlantic States. Ne ee the reverse of the name-calling device.! — aca The transfer device is to lead us to attach former loyalties to whatever is being of- |} fered. The testimonial device explains it- self, even if some of them do not specify that they are bought. The plain-folks de- vice is well-known through the habit of; politicians. The card-stacking makes the | unreal the real and lets “half-truth mas querade as truth.” The band-wagoff*de- ee vice is to convince us that everybody else : “doing it.” If readers will keep their minds ated | c they in syloes atinik | various examples of each of these gy BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME rving Key West Half Century and ideals which he would have us demn and reject.” con- In Miami a man was arrested for not paying a 30-cent lunch bill and held in durance incommunicado like a desperate «criminal, preventing him from having a prescription filled for his child which died “later and whose death might have been ~averted if the medicine had been ad- ministered in time. The Miami papers blame an inadequate police system for “the tragedy, The faulty condition will be reorrected now, but an innocent child had to sacrifice its precious life to avoid future bungling of this nature. 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 crediters-insult thee, nor want oppress, hunger bikgeetetemil) Gakedneds freeze thee. The hemisphere will shiney; brighter, and pleasure spring up injevery corner of thy heart. § Benjamin Frankjin, nor 35¢ EACH 35¢ EACH It spreads whole “STAR” OIL MOPS WITH HANDLES “STAR” DUST MOPS WITH HANDLES “SNOW BIRD” OIL MOPS WITH HANDLES. 14”. Saves oil, saves time, saves labor EACH 60c According to The Citizen’s Washing- ton correspondent, the United States treasury has $1,689.04 that belongs to 710 Key Westers or their heirs. That the balance of the amount due those deposi- tors in the defunct Island City National bank, when the receivership was _ termi- Snated in 1923, and for which no claimants appeared. From the bank's assets about 80 per centum was realized for the de- “positors, and this proved that the institu- “tion was not in such a deplorable condi-| tion as was generally believed at the} “time. | is is will have little trouble l\deabdadadaddiddad hi hd ddbedd ddd ddd ddd ddeddid, SS IT PT PT TT TSE EEA tools.” aking THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST of casualties—a Spee SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING C0. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” White and Eliza Streets Phone 598 BLLLLLL GLE LILI MMIIIIaaMaaD ss. America dents, a hundred Americans v Wher know that we we would and with pr the high- | re- ght, | Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. L. C. ways tomorrow ported you v though for once wrong. were ri love to b