The Key West Citizen Newspaper, January 5, 1938, Page 2

THE KEY WEST CITIZEN THE ADVENTURES: OF. OZZIE _ Lse SE TWO The Key West | Citizen DNESDAY, JANUAEY 5, THE WEATHER i338. BE HONEST ABOUT TAXES Ses Pebtek f Dalle Esces A rae THE CHTILEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. L. P. ARTMAN, President Publish. JOE ALLEN, Ansixtant Bi From The Citizen Corner Creene and 4 Only Daily Newspaper in Key West and Monroe County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Axsociated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to use for republication of all mews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited im this paper and also the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year S.x- Months Three Months - One Month Weekly Made known on applic SPECIAL NOTICE All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of Fespect, obituary notices, ete. will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents @ line. Notices for entertainments by churches from which | @ revenue is to be derived are 5 The Citizen is an open forum sion of public issues and sut jects interest but it will not publish un ations. a line tes discus- ce IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. Free Port, Hotels and Apartments. Bathing. Pavili Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County and’ City Governments. The radio star of 1937 is Charlie Mc- Carthy, a dummy. Education is not to be confused with going to college—not in these days. It is very hard for members. of dif- ferent political parties to see things the same way. If the residents of Key West don’ ti care to trade at home, nobody else will bother about it. Patriotism does not include the belief | that your country can do no wrong. Never- theless, right or wrong—our country. People who plan for their future ‘usually succeed better than those who do not, but there is no Jaw which requires you to plan, So far as we have been able to ob- serve, the modern flappers are able to take care of themselves, and, at the same time, two or three times as many men. People who complain about the type of public servants we have these days ought to take a look at some of those who walk up to the polls and cast votes. It takes an Oriental mind to compre- hend the statement of the Japanese that China could have avoided the horrible | carnage had it submitted to the enemy and surrendered |without a struggle. Next month the Federal Writers’ Proj- éct Will’ publish its first big highway tour, U3. 4; the’2;000-mile road mile by mile Oversea Highway from the mainland to this island city is referred to as the Ocean Highway. Over-confidence is the antithesis of | fear in business. The present recession | may be ascribed not to fear but to the lack from "esiese 3 Me: to Key West. The | Society, as we know it, could not be perpetuated without government. Whether it is the best, the best possible, or only fair, the continuance of peaceable live: the carrying on of farming, business, and commerce, or any of the hundred and one necessary modern activities require law and order, established processes, protective safeguards, and the cooperation only pos- sible through government. Regardless of some waste, and it can’t be entirely avoided, still the fact remains that the average citizen gets more for his dollars paid in taxes than for any other expenditure he makes. The average family head doesn’t pay as much taxes as his chil- dren cost the government for their educa- tion, if he has a moderate-sized family. A!! the rest of the benefits from government he gets beyond that! Government can’t operate without some money, and taxes are necessary. Every citizen should be willing to pay his proportionate share of the common cost of these beneficial services. The growing dis- | position on the part of many to taxes” should be frowned upon. It little hard to grasp how an otherwise honest, upright man can defend in his con- science, for example, a successful subter- fuge, or deceit, to cheat the government out of income, or other taxes. On the other hand, every effort should be made by tax officials to equalize taxes. that is, to see that every -eitizen is fairly treated, that he is not called on to pay pro- portionately more or less than his neigh- bors have to do. Yet, the task of perfect | equalization is hard to accomplish, just as | hard to maintain after its accomplishment, | in view of the changing factors involved. } Notwithstanding the many centuries | during which various governments have | collected taxes, the problem still calls for the thought and effort of good citizens. EIGHTY YEARS AGO | } } As proof of the fact that there is noth- ing new under the sun we call attention to | the following quotation from a magazine | article printed on October 10, 1857, as fol- lows: It is a gloomly moment in history. Not for many years—not in the lifetime of most men who read this paper—has there been so much grave and deep apprehension. own country there is universal prostration and panic and thousands of our poorest fellow-citizens are turned out against the approaching Winter without employment. In France the political caldron seethes and bubbles with uncertainty. Russia hangs as usual like a cloud dark and silent upon the horizon of Europe; while all the energies, re- sources and influences of the British Empire are sorely tried, and are yet to be tried more sorely, in coping with the vast and deadly Indian insurrection, and with disturbed rela- tions in China. Of our own troubles no man can see the end. If we are only to lose money and by painful poverty to be taught wisdom, no man need seriously despair. Yet the very haste to be rich, which is the occasion of this wide- spmpad calamity, has also tended to destroy the moral forces with which we are to resist and subdue the calamity. The above quotation comes from an ancient issue of Harper’s Weekly, which was reprinted in the New York Times. Anyone reading this quotation without knowing its date would at once conclude | that it was referring to our own day. It should be encouraging, therefore, to realize | that after the conditions described in 1857 In our commercial | the country recovered. of fear that there is such a thing as a re- | cession after over-production with the mar- | kets glutted and business temporarily stale- mated—hard times the consequences. The price of newsprint has advanced by 25 per centum, and as a result news- papers are forced to increase their price | of subscription. Key Westers who are sub- seribing to out-of-town papers have been made keenly aware of that fact. The Citi- zen’s subscription rate, however, will re- main the same, and no increase in price is contemplated. President Roosevelt has several times stated that he would balance the budget, each time putting it off “to a more con- venient.day.” At Monday’s appearance before Congress, he gave 1940 as the year of deliverance, and that happens to be or perhaps intentionally is tho last year of hi reign. It seems now that it nevor w2s hi sincere intention to balance the budget. ADVERTISING BUILDS SUCCESS Advertising is perhaps the most won- derful development of the modern com- mercial age. It is maker and breaker of business, big or little. It is the one factor of s cessful sales that is most apt to be over- looked by the merchants of small towns and cities. Advertising is not the weapon of big business; it is the power that will make little concerns grow into larger success. It is a science that requires study and, be it said, character. It cannot succeed if it is untrue. It must build upon faith and honesty. The Citizen is prépared te assist loca! business men in their advertising problems. It may say, with due modesty, that its staff knows something about advertising, and t their experience is available io ail , whe wish to use it. exclusive ES, THEY'LL ALL Se eee WHEN I GET PAID SATURDAY, TLL HAVE MY A BRAKES FIXED. MESSE I SHOULDA HAD MY BRAKES FixED FIRST! KEY WEST IN N DAYS GONE BY Today’s Horoscope Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken From The Files Of The Citizen Formal opening of the Hotel Casa Marina was held last night when 150 persons, including local folk and guests at the hotel, gath- ered for a dinner and dance. The dining room and ball room were decorated with nasturtiums and gladioli and attractive menu cards in purple and white were at each place. The Casa Marina orches- tra under the direction of William Dooley rendered a delightful pro- gram of music. The dinner, an excellent menu, was served at 8 o'clock in the main dining room, which is one of the most elabor- ate in the state, the music the orchestra enlivening the courses. Late in the evening the ballroom was a scene of splendor, when the diners assembled for dancing which was indulged in until 1:30 in the morning. L. P. Schutt, manager of the hotel, was an excellent host to his friends in | the city and guests of the hotel, and was pleased with the success of the affair. Under a general order issued by Commissioner General of Immi- gration Henry F. Hull, an immi- gration inspector will be station. ed at the Meacham Airport, it was learned in special dispatches to- day. The United States’ first air- port of entry to the country for arriving of aliens was designated as at Key West. Planes bringing aliens into this country will be | forced to stop at this port, or at similar ports to be established. Here they will have their papers examined to determine if they are legally entitled to enter this country. Experts who have look- ed over the port have declared that the city has taken the lead in establishing a field far in advance of aviations in this country. Arrangements are underway toward an entertainment of the officers of the Battleship Texas, which will be in port January 15 and other ships which are expect- ed to be here at that time, in con- nection with the visit of President Ci c, who will stop here en- route to Cuba. According to ten- tative plans the Texas, the bat- tleship, will anchor outside the harbor while a cruiser will be de- tailed te escort the president to the Texas. Owing to the continued high winds, the Ferry Florida Keys will continue her voyage to Key West on the inside route. This new ferry of the Monroe County Oversea Highway service, had en- countered heavy winds and high seas since she started her journey from Jacksonville to Key West. Editorial comment: Key West is on the way with the Interna- tional Overseas Airways, the In- ternational Overseas Highway, and the safest Submarine Path- ways. Tug Warbler, of the Merritt Chapman Wrecking Company, left port this morning on the way' to give aid to a vessel ashore on} the west banks of the Bahama Is- mM lands. The tug is commanded by Captain Dexter. Robert Arnold, district gover-- nor of Rofary, is due to arrive in the local Rotary Club. As he is accompanied by his wife, a num- ber of entertainments have been} planned for their stay. Deputy Sheriff Everett Rivas returned to the city last evening with J. W. Walker in his custody. Walker is charged with theft of an automobile at Matecumbe. He} was apprehended in Miami while the automobile was sent back to Matecumbe. There will be a meeting of St. Paul's church and all members are requested to be there as busi-/ ness of importance is to be dis-| Tug Narwhal arrived in port! this morning with the Barge Ma- tanxas in few. The barge is dis- abled with a broken rudder post and other damages which will have to be repaired here. Born Monday in Miami to Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Knowles, for- mer residents of Kéy West, a girl. a rT From and To -:- Boston, New York, Miami Jacksonville, Galveston New Orleans and Beyond From Key West alternate Friday From New York every Thursday From Boston every Saturday From Jacksonville, Miami and New Orleans every two weeks CLYDE-MALLORY ner C. E. SMITH, Avent Key West, Fla. Peninsular & Occidental Steamship Company Effective May 30, 1937 S.S. CUBA Leaves Port Tampa on Sundays and Wednesdays at 2:30 P_ M., arriving Key West 7 A. M_ Mondays and Thursdays. Leaves Key West Mondays and Thursdays $30 A. M. for Havana. Leaves Key West Tuesdays and Fridays 5 P. M. for Port Tampa, Fla. i farther information and rates call Phone 14 ; J. H. COSTAR, Agent | medicines vececececcesoosesesosese Today indicates a powerful re- cuperative nature and a skill in medicine. The native will have idealistic tendencies, with some desire to dig into sordid condi- tions and turn them up. A little too pugnacious, the thought should be constant, to avoid mak- ing enemies who may blast the hopes. German observers say world trade outlook remains dark, with trend in U. S. the decisive factor. Offer SCALP’ ITCH of several active be ial Lotion > im gently sooth- Sises S50 and $100. : MASONITE INSULATING TILE BOARD,. size cf sheets, 2'x4’, 4” thick, — edges. Present stock only 1x4 No. 2 BEACH CHAIRS, a select from Temperatures” Highest — Lowest Mean Normal Mean J Rainfall* Yesterday's Precipitation Normal Precipitation sure areas. crested overthe Narth Pacific States and lower Missis- sippi Valiey. overspread the re mainder of the country. Light snow has occuged dGur- ing the last 34 hours fom the eastern Lake region to northern New Engiand. and light te: mod- ~ im northeastern Fiorida. Temperatures have falien from ~ the Dakotas eastward ever the — 003 6:29 Barometer reading at 8 a. m: Sea level, 30.01. WEATHER FORSCAST (Till 7:39 p. m., Thursday) Key West and Vicinity: Gen- erally fair tonight and Thursday no decided change im tempera ture; light to moderate north an¢ northeast winds. Florida: Generally fair tonight and Thursday; no decided change in temperature. Jacksonville to Florida Straits and East Gulf: Light to moderate north and northeast winds. and partly overcast weather tonight and Thursday. WEATHER CONDITIONS Pressure is moderately low this morning from the northern Plains States eastward; while high pres Lake Superior region w@h reac- ings below zero this mermmg m northern Minnescta. auf some what cooler weather peewadis Florida; while temperatures cise where are generally near the sce sonal average GS KESNEDY. Official & Charge Japenese Governments assut ances on American rights will have to be precise te suhsfy hea In the Center of the Busi | | District | EXCELLENT Be cee WE WISH TO EXTEND TO ALL OUR CLIENTS AND FRIENDS— BEST WISHES —FOR A— VERY HAPPY and PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF KEY WEST Member of the Federal Reserve Member of the F. D. LC COMMON FLOORING large assortment to “Your Home Is Worthy Of The Best™ Dahl ca carat al calaccaiataiat $40.00 M. $1.60 up SOUTH FLORIDA CONTRACTING & ENGINEERING C0. Key West Thursday for a visit to POS PPCLCLCIALALLL LALA BL ddd Phone 3 Dibininmnananenemensonsnnnnennnnrene