The Key West Citizen Newspaper, November 23, 1937, Page 2

PAGE TWO The Key West Citizen Published Daily Except Sunday By ‘THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO., INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President JOB ALLEN, Assistant Business From The Citizen Building Corner Greene and Ann Streets a Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe * County. Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter FIFTY-SIXTH YEAR Member of the Associated Press he 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 loca] news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ae Year dix Months Three Mont! dne Month Weekly 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 & revenue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. The Citizen is an open forum and invites discus- sion of publie issues and subjects of local or general interest but it will not publish anonymous communi- cations. IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST “Mug ““ADVQUATED BY THE CITIZEN > PRomplete Road to Main- Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land-and Sea. Consolidation of County and City Governments. Compliments are easy to ‘make and easy to take. _ Mogt business men are not half as busy as they think they are. Even a light weight politician can sling a sizable chunk of mud. Get rich. quick schemes multiply fast. eg than the supply of suckers. There are invitations that one is not expected to accept. To know them is tact. Taxes will not go down as long as the people look to their government for expen- diturés. - Join the golfers and become a “Mr.” in Gravy’s column—‘Doings Around the Golf Links.” Highway safety devices will never substitute for common sense behind the stearing wheel. Womanalikes changes, and her three ppiest cnyere'are anging her mind, r clothesApa het me, ‘Before’ she* weds ‘thé modern girl nts to*sé“two licenses—one for the ge sand the other for the auto. Abuse of power leads to such heights that makes the precipitation swifter when it comes, which inevitably it must. The secret of strength lies in restraint. Europeans visiting our shores and Americans returning from abroad derogate talks of war on the continent, but the American newspapers are chock full of war predictions. Either they are misin- formed or the powers that be in Europe are muzzling their press. STOP ANOTHER DEPRESSION There is a grave danger, pointed out by many responsible ecunomists, that the country may sink into another depression —unless corrective steps are quickly tak- | en. The same experts are generally agreed that two of the outstanding causes of the recent drop in business production and the collapse in security values are the Capital Gains Tax and the Undistributed | Profits Tax. The CapitalsGains Tax, by “ws penalizing persons who self Securities at a profit, dams up the normal flow,of, private | capital into productive industry. GA tian who makes such an investnfenp gitust take ail the risks of loss—but if/he {makes a profit instead, the tax deprives him of a large part of it. Under this condition, who can blame the capital for staying in “hiding”? The Undistributed Profits vents corporations from using funds to build up necessary reserves against bad times, for expanding inventories, for re- habilitating plant and equipment, etc. To quote a National Industrial Conference Board Survey, “The tax penalizes thrift and introduces tendencies contrary to con- servative financial practice. . .The tax in- volves the application of a new and unsub- stantiated theory of faxation. It is unecds nomic because of itgs,effects on corporate policies and practicés and not because oF the burdens imposed. The tax is deficient as a regulatory device. . .The law assumes a degree of uniformity among corporations that does not exist, and the tax is inequit- able primarily because of this assumed uni- formity.”” Two bills have been introduced in Congress by Representative Emanuel Cel- ler, Democrat of New York, to correct these taxes. In support of these bills is the practically united sentiment of eco- nomists, financial journalists, industrial leaders, and many men high in the govern- ment service. There is-no qualified oppo- sition worthy of the name. Prompt passage of these two bills should be the first move toward stopping another depression and reviving the recov- ery movement. Tax pre- NEEDS MORE THAN MONEY The agitation for Federal aid to edu- cation continues. Rep. Thomas B. Fletch- er, of Ohio, one of the sponsors of a bill to provide such assistance, says there are 4,- 000,000 persons in this country who can- not read or write their own name, that one- third of our children are taught by 250,- 000 teachers who receive less than $750 a year and by 30,000 teachers who receive | less than $400 a year. This is a bad situation, undoubtedly. It should be remedied but let no one be- | lieve that it can be done merely by throw- ing more money into the educational pro- cesses. Basically, there must be something else behind a program than money and better salaries, although these things will) help. There was a time in the United States when an education was worth the money it cost from an economic standpoint. An educated boy or girl could make a better living than one who §vas not so well edu- cated. Today, however, the statement is not always true. ples that prove that, for some reason, the earning power of the individual has not been increased by education. Sometimes we see exam- COSTS MORE EVERY YEAR The cost of war is mounting rapidly as nations develop new and improved weapons. Since the last great struggle tanks and airplanes have assumed increas- ed importance and defensive programs in- volve additional costs. Mechanization of THE KEY WEST CITIZEN You an Nation’s Balanced Production By ELIOT JONES Professor of Transportation and Public Utilities Stanford University _ As everyone knows a balanced ra- tion is conducive to health, a balanced ration being one which contains the essential food element. in the proper proportions. The propor- tions vary, of course, for dif- ferent persons: some require more protein, for example. than others. Similarly a balanced fertil- izer —one that contains the es- sential elements of plant food in the needed pro- portions — is necessary to ob- tain the maxi- mum output from land. As with per- sons, different pieces of land require varying proportions of the several elements. Some are rich in nitrogen, but are deficient in potassium; and the fertilizer used must therefore be re- lated to the needs of the soil. The principle of balanced produc- tion applies, of course, to manufac- turing industry also. In order to ob- tain the maximum output with the least effort the various factors of pro- duction—land, labor,, capital, and enterprise—must be combined in the proper proport‘uns. If there is abun- dant labor for manufacturing opera- tions, but very. little capital in the form of tools and machines, the out- put per man will be low’ and so will wages. Likewise even though labor and capital be abundant. output will be low if there are very few persons able and willing to assume th> direction; of industry, with its attendant risks. The merit of the price system under which we now operate is that it tends to increase the supply of that agent of production which is scarce, and whose scarcity reduces the produc- tivity of the other factors. If labor is d Your Affairs abundant, but capital is scarce, capital will be highly prized. A high rate of. interest can therefore be paid to those who furnish the funds that make-pos- sible an increase in the supply of tools, and machines. The increased supply of tools and machines will increase” the productivity of labor, and make possible higher wages. A high rate } of interest, under such conditions, is obviously not exploitation, as is some- times asserted. Likewise if 1abor and capital are abundant, but comparatively few are able or willing to assume the direc- tion of industry, with all that is ini- plied in the taking of risks, the entre- preneurs will receive (and be entitled to receive) larger profits than are necessary when skilled administra- tors are aumerous and risks are slight. It is clear, therefore, that one way to reduce profits is to promote settled political and industrial con- ditions, which reduces the risk of operations. It is clear, also, that one means of raising wages is to increase the sup- ply of the other factors of produc- tion. Provide better land (through the use of fertilizer, etg.), give the workers more tools and machines to work with, and increase the supply of competent’ administrators, ,and you have at work forces .making for higher wages. 3 These forces that make labor more productive, thereby incréasing the demand for labor, will not prove suf- ficient, however, if the supply of Jabor increases in the same ratio. It is necessary, therefore, through re- cuced birth rates, restraints on immi- gration, ete., to prevent the supply of labor from increasing more rapidly than the demand for it. jis doctrine will not please the militarists, who vor a large population,'so that there ill be many soldiers. but it is a com- monplace in the field of economics that the wages of anv given type of lebor will not rise if the supply of that type of labor increases at a more rapid rate than the demand for it. (Address questions to the author care of this newspaper) _~ | KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY Happenings Hore Just, Ten Yeere Ago Today As:Taken From The Files The garden contest which was. held last year and was declared an unqualified success, is to be held again this year, wth a nun:- ber of handsome! cash prizes: of: fered. It will begin on December 1 and continue until March 1. Un- like the one of last year, the con+ test will be divided into six divi« sions and each garden will be cias- sified in one of them. There will also be a prize for the most beau-! tiful garden, judged from every! standpoint, entered. Angthef- prize is to be offered for the best garden and premises. An-! other prize is to be awarded the! garden which shows the greatest improvement during the three! months the contest will run. This, will necessitate taking pictures of | all gardens in the contest from} the beginning to the end of the! three months. All that is neces- sary to enter is to call at the! Chamber of Commerce and place; on the list the location of the} garden and the name of the per- son who will undertake the work. Returns from the Red Cress roll call dr at noon today showed a total of $699.60, with a number of others to be heard from. The meeting was well attended this morning and all but two of the; captains reported the results of; their team’s activities. These two! were ill. First earload of steel for the} hangar at.the Meacham airport: arrived this morning from Birm-} ingham and is being trucked to the site today. Concrete for the flooring has been laid for some time, and all is in readiness for| the steel construction. The Am- bler Asbestos Construction Com-| pany of Pennsylvania and Cuba is the contracting firm. The local representative of the company says the work will be rushed with all possible speed. Work is also; being rushed on the landing field. -|fore marriage Miss Florence Og- Of The Citizen Stories about the special train which will bring 200 people to Key West Saturday to witness the game between Gesu High and the Conchs, are all true, and from messages received from . Miami there will be a great many others, including a band, which will stage a parade and act in the cheering section during the game. Two baseball games will be played tomorrow. One in the na- val station and the other at, the! barracks. Both teams are strong- er and more eager for action than at the previous contests. The con- test at the naval station will be between a fast Negro team and a local picked team. Both games will start at 3:30. Editorial} comment: If every reader of The Citizen could have heard Grosvenor Dawe talk at the! Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, his faith in the ultim- ate greatness of Florida would have been _ immeasurably! strengthened. Mr. and Mrs. William Andrew} Washington, 1440 V: report the birth of an eight-pound daughter in their home this fore- noon, Mrs. Washingten was be- den, j | seeeccccccsccccssesseces THE LOW DOWN FROM HICKORY GROVE It kinda seems like every time you turn around, you will run across somebody who is makin’ himself a living, in some nice and | easy way, or gettin’ himself elect-| ed on some idea that sounds; great, but caves in right prompt,. thereafter. And the ducks who. peddled lightnin’ rods, 50 years ago, they} arein the kindergarten, when you} think about how people are gettin’; organized ‘now, for something or Other; on this side or that, and diggin’ wp dues by the million. And the fellers collectin’ the dues, they don’t wear checkered suits, bat are sanctimonious persons, and they live in grand houses, and, they are just about ready—all the ; time—to make everything rosy { TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 238, 1987. DAFFY “DRIVERS BY NATIONAL SAFETY COUNCIL. How DID 1 KNOW “THAT Guy 7 GET OUToF MY WAY! SERVES Nebr., singer, born there, 30 years ago. WHO KNOWS? 1. What is the meaning of the recent anti-communist entente between Japan, Italy and Ger- many? 2. When and where wil! the Republican party hold its mid- term convention? 3. Who has been selected as the most valuable player in the American League for 1937? 4. Who is Jose Iturbi? 5. How large are the French colonial possessions? 6. How old ig Deanna Durbin? 7. What is the “Bedaux unit”? 8. Is the whipping post still used in the punishment of crim- finals? 9. What provisions were made for the enforcement of the Nine- Power Traty, relating to China? 10. What is the national income for the United States? ginia street,| and great for everybody. They are just ab r y, but not quite— a just about ready, but not quite) Joan Lowell, writer and actress. | And with so many schools, and | born at Berkeley, Cal., 35 years! everybody goin’, till they are any-' ago. way 15, it looks like the suckers would become extinct—like a! pror Theodore Lyman, Har- cigar store Indian, rd’ rofen it ft But. without. suckers, we would V"™'S Professor emeritus be sunk, and look what would Physics. born in Boston, 63 years (See “The Answers” on Page 4) BENJAMIN LOPEZ FUNERAL HOME Serving Key West Half Century 24-Hour Ambulance Service Licensed Embalmer COLDS; ‘STAR BRAND and : FEVER | CUBAN COFTEE Headache 30. of ee ERY AT TODAY— Wort in. Searhces rears men! i " s happen to our psychoanalysts, and ago. gotten man, he would have to quit business. eccccceccs| Liquid - Tablets | Salve-Nose the fan dancers—and who would} take the mud baths. And the for- | } 7 Yours, with the low down, } JO SERRA. } ecccccccccsce ? 4 “] Today’s Birthdays. t» “Reb-my- ecccecesosesecee Hl Li Frank Morrison, veteran secre-*‘ tary of the American Federation | of Labor, born at Frankton, Can-j ada, 78.years ago. 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 thee. The whole hemisphere will shine brighter, and pleasure spring up in every corner of thy heart. Helen Rogers Reid, vice presi-} dent of the N. Y. Tribune, born at} Appleton, Wis.. 55 years ago. Maj. Gen. Blanton Winship, governor of Puerto Rico, born at Macon, Ga., 68 years ago. } Rear Admiral Ernest King, U. S..N., born at. Lorain, 0., $9] years ago, —Benjamin Franklin. Ruth Etting of David City, | It’s Easy To Be Mistaken About | STOMACH TROUBLE sufferers should learn the truth about ULCERS, GAS, ACID, | INDIGESTION, belching, heartburn, constipation, ete., due to excess acid. FREE UDGA Booklet contains facts { of interest. Lh ceapeme mn ae ‘the press, ma) ve your first step tohap- py stomac! vomfort! Cli airy intern you to ask for the UDGA Booklet at GARDNER’S PHARMACY i THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. I. C. We Have Just Received A Large Shipment of — CLOTHES HAMPERS A NECESSITY IN ANY HOME. FOR ANY SIZE FAMILY. —GET YOURS NOW— Ds Made of Straight Grain Split Maple with bright colors in chain effect ‘with covers MEDIUM SIZE ... LARGE SIZE . OPEN CLOTHES BASKETS. Made of select White Bleached Willow. Size 27”x19"x13”" deep. EACH $1.65 ‘Today’s Horoscope! j Today's mind is intuitive, gifted! with keen insight yet liable te oc- cupy itself in pursuits that are} unprofitable, or perhaps lacking in application. It is fortunate that there is a spirit of content or | natural simplicity, for it will help| to make the life more happy un- der stress of disappointment. See These Items On Display In Our Store A COMPLETE LINE OF EXTRA QUALITY ALUMINUM WARE. army corps, together with speedier trans- portation plans, add to the sums that.heavy fighting will in¥olve. Experts have estimated that an army of 150,08@menyin a major battle -~could 2,000,000 worth of ammunition. The pay, of the seldiers and their subsistence is calculated as a minor item in the expense column but the destruction of material would be a considerable factor in cos tremember for many days to come. Not only is the future Jackie Mason of Miami got three: cost much more but the expense of “keep- {cheers when he stepped into the) és > - jring to face Jackson. He got a} ing the peace” is mounting. New battle- - and a lot of help when he| ships costs 360,000,000. Flying fortresses | id out in the fourth after receiv-| to bomb enemies are worth $259,000 each. |i™e & terrific lacing and accumu “4 a broken jaw. The Mason Defense measures, prepared | boy was rated good and laid it onl before hostilities, require huge sums as can | Jackson rapidly bat most ineffee- ia El : ine huge $5,000, |* ovide see wely, as evidenced by Jackson's} x | knockout of his opponent after he! Fireproof ‘had taken all that he had to give.‘ |} |All necessary land space has been} ——— and the second runway! Will soon be ready for use. This} will enable planes to light or take- | eff in four different directions. { :. SOME OF THE FINEST CUTLERY MADE. DINNER SETS AND ALL KINDS OF KITCHEN UTENSILS. AVAR’ .Y OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PRACTICALLY ANY KIND OF CARPENTERS’ TOOLS. SHERWIN WILLIAMS PAINT AND QUALITY HARDWARE FOR ANY JOB. DON’T FORGET, WHEN YOU’RE IN BADLY NEED OF A HEATER THAT WE CAN FULFILL YOUR REQUIREMENTS SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING CO. “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best” White and Eliza Streets PE BE SD Contrary to general notions, there is nothing sacred nor fixed about the price of gold. In London, in 1344, gold sold for the equivalent of $5.50, calculated in American money, In 1933, in the United States, the price of gold was increased to $35 an ounce. Economists believe that in 10 years the price will reach $100. Then those billions the United States has salted away underground will be worth almost three times they are today. Uncle Sam has confiscated all the gold individuals possessed, i, e. all he could lay his hands on and gave us pieces of paper instead of pieces of eight. The tyrant Dyonisius was more generous; he cut the gold pieces in two, and instead of paper, he gave the} be seen from Great Brits possessor a tangible half. | 000,000 rearmament program. develie: Young Jackson, Key West fight-} er; captured the show at the Coral{ DE Ga Casino Monday night} j when he gave the wise boys from jthe Magic City a lesson they will} to war sure In the Center of the Busi ness and Theater Distri EXCELLENT RESTAURANT lated necessari Phone 598 Chadd ndnddkdtndhitpdddd ddd Ckekekekhehehidedehd kdikdddddddddinpbindgdddbidddddded FF Peete et tet st geet ee tigitigi2ttitititztttins