The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 12, 1938, Page 2

NANO MANUN MHD» PAGE Tw The Key West Citizen / Pattished £ except Sunday By THE CITIZEN PUBLISHING CO. INC. » ARTMAN, President and Publisher Assistant Businéss Manager The Citizen Building ireene and Ann Streets 30E ALL F Cor iy Daily Newspaper in’ Key West and Monroe Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter the Asnccinted Press is exclusively entitled to use all news dispatches credited to therwise credited .n this paper and also | the local news published here. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Weekly ADVERTISING RATES Made known on application. SPECIAL NOTIOR All reading notices, cards of thanks, resolutions of respect, obituary notices, etc, will be charged for at the rate of 10 cents a line. < for entertainments by churches from which nue is to be derived are 5 cents a line. “itizen is an open forum and invices discus- { public issues and subjects of local or general but it will not publish anonymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN Water ard Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land. HELP THE CHINESE | The appéal of President Roosevelt, asking the Americar people to contribute not less than ene million dollars, to be ex- pended by the American Red Cross in the aid of suffering civilians in war-torn China, should meet with a responsive outpouring by the people of this great nation. No one can read the dispatches that come from the Far East without sympathy for Chinese civilians, particularly women , and children, suffering from the ravages of war that apparently know no:bounds: a | The behavior of the Japanese soldters ht’ Nanking, where raping and lootifi#*- has been practically continuous for more than; a month, is but a reported example 6f% | what has probably happened on a scale larger than many suspect. The war that devastates China today is not of her seeking. It is a war waged in defiance of a pledged word and in dis- regard of covenants with other powers | which stand idly by while Japan takes ad- vantage of China’s defenseless condition and seeks that which the Mikado’s govern- ment promised not to seek in the treaties that limited naval construction. There was a time when nations went to war over broken treaties. There was a day when strong and self-reliant powers, | having given protection to weaker peopie, Free Port. Hotels and Apartments. Those who think they~ can’t, usually are right. Consolidation of ¢ Governments. The first line of defense against crime | is religion. AT i a j A good way to climb up the ladder of | suecess is to remain on the level. We believe in national defense, but j Uncle Sam shouldn't stick his ‘neck out} too far. 4 | Don’t be careless with your income | tax ret: fd + Remember that’s what got Al | Capone into trouble. seo the object of thought is truth, but if ‘somyou are inclined. ta think that it is falsi- figation.. 5. gHis iH (a ) '° Mesopotamia, a beautiful word repre- senting a*beautiful country, is now called | Iraq; neither a pleasant sounding nor look- ing word. g The whole of Key West is laughing | at the situation created by the hiring of a | so-called publicity’man from Miami who | came, saw and got soused to the gills. lute enough to foree Other nations to stick to their word. That day. it seems, found in 193% T japanese j coun’ ide the ing bombs leave millions distréts and woeful want. < yo: The people of Key West no doubt find it hard to realize that men, women and children are being murdered in China. Families are being destroyed. The innocent suffer with the victims and the fortunate are those killed by the bombs that drop al- most unher=ided from the sky. What fate is in store for those who live? God only | knows but perhaps some of them may find a brighter day through dollars contributed to their welfare by the American people. Any reader of this newspaper, who | wishes to participate in a work of mercy, may do so by making. a. contribution through the Red Cross,.-Similar societies | in other nations are also seeking funds with | which this experienced dispenser of relief | can give aid to,suffering human, beings. in.; a far off land. We hope the response jwill be prompt and generous h¢speaking =the sympathy of America for the Chinese 0- ple. 2UGGR9 YRAS P22 DAVE SHOLTZ, CANDIDATE (Ft. Lauderdale Daily, News) i For bare-faced gall hand the palm to Dave! Sholtz. It is inconceivable that anyone except Sholtz could summon the courage to come again before the people of Florida- seeking political favor. It / is unbelievable that any man who dealt with the | public as did Dave Sholtz, whose record as gov- The war on the highways between the | living and the swift continues with in-| creased regularity, and the race is to the | swift and the battle to the strong, never- | theless, 3 Charity loses nothing of its loveliness | by being entirely wis The TUETH have given us,a conegete exa wisdom. is nothing maudlin in their philanthropic giving. ., > Bah It is now open season "for ddvettising / schemes of all sorts, some of very doubtful benefit to this community. In most other eities the endorsement of Chamber of Com- merce is the primary requisite before a merchant will do business with an adver- tising promoter, A familiar verse, as the stenographer | might pick it up from your dictation: laza Grape men allry mindus Weaken maka Liza Blime And departing Lee B. Hindus Footbrin Zona Sands a time. —Sarasota Herald. Hundreds of.copies of The Citizen are purchased daily in sizable batches by the visitors to Key West, today one man alone ordering 110 copies to be forwarded to his friends and acquaintances in all patts of the United States. That kind of advertising is more helpful than the money spent by the county commissioners and local business men for advertisements in balky newspapers issued in Miami. The local merchants are almost bled white by the corstant raid on their fimancial re- sources by the Miami papers, and by other advertising schemes emanating out of ou> neighboring city. ernor was so unsavory, to say the least, and whose regime was characterized by such ruthless disregard for the common practices of political . decency could Summon the temerity to again of- i | fer himself for public office. Dave Sholtz as governor of Florida brought ‘isrepute on the State. His term in | iod df utter"dnd blatant disregard rights of the public. His official t blushes to the cheeks of honest | di Hit: () Wigriians. _ He has neverfetuted chargss th Taade Auaihsl-him as a venal and unprincipled official. He threatened libel suits against a Miami \ newspaper for an expose of his regime, and he bellowed loudly when the ‘shafts of publicity sank into his horny side. Yet he did not sue. And the charges made by that newspaper today stand unchailenged in court. Dave Sholtz went to Tallahassee “without a dime,” according to a great many people who con- ‘ tributed to his campaign for governor. He wept and wailed up and down the state for funds with which to make the race, and with which to con- tinue it through the second primary. He raised the money, he made the race, he was elected. The rest is history And it’s sordid, shameful history, burning honest Floridians who love their state and glory in its greatness and who still cling to and hg@por the homely virtaeS "of ‘honesty and Dave Sholtz would be United States from Florida. But Floridians haven't fi Dave Sholtz as governor, nor the Sholtz the Sholtz practices, nor the Sholtz shame. Sheltz repudiated Florida when he lived in 3 the Governot’s Mansion. He shamed decent ana 18 low. Who would enjoy a honest Floridians. Now comes their turn to re- pudiate him, to show him unmistakably the ex- tent of their scorn. the full measure of their re- vulsion, the full extent of their utter and never- i. wad contempt. And they WILL show him. Without a doubt. You and Your Nation’s Affairs | Professor of Public Finance, Princeton University A serious weakhess of recent feds ‘Act of 1932 restricted the deduc- eral ineome tax poliey has been unwillingness of government t give the taxpayer an.even break. One ex- ampie of this altitude is the 5 1 restriction omj firm would pay no tax for the year the deduction } of the.net loss, but it would thereafter of capital fosses: while the vol- | taxing alt eapie i -~al, gains. Far}? This policy is without defense.-!t | the. goverm-| was introduced to squeeze more tax ment. this is | out of such business profits as were | case of “Heads | being shown during the depression, vin, tails you }on the ground that the government } Another | needed the money illustration. to | only the spirit of fair dealing which be discussed | government should always display in * more fully) taxation, but also the basic theory of ; here, is the| income ; treatment off So far as business income is con- { deductions for | cerned. the capital which produces | [the income is a vital element. in the | in the ordinary j long run. the capital from the use of | usiness is| which income is received must be | guished | conserved. or there Will be less in- the loss |come and also less tax. In the eco- | sale or exchange uf a ‘nomic sense. the first and most im- { ously. a net loss is | portant obligation of every business | ite of a net profit The | is the preservation of the invested ! Under any conception of : It_ violates not ; economic obligation deserves ; ideration ahead of its own reve- | demands. i A netloss or deficit in ordinary cut 4 d year | rent operations. is a drain on capitak:(} me | Uniess and until it ir made good out or- | of subsequent profits, it is a definite } the | impairment‘of capita! resources. The earlier income tex law was sound Jnining the taxable income of iater ‘years For éxample. a firm has a net loss of $50,000 in of $10,.09@7in the ne profit “of $25,090" in Query sfias ther is law has provided. A net loss @edue-|net income except that which tion was introduced in the 1918 Act, | earned in excess of the losses of en- | but with special provisions for its ap- | terprise. The only debatable question | plication which were designed to fit | was whether a two-year period was j the post-war liquidatio: munition | lorg enough for an adequate counters plants. As the law stood from 1821 to | ba’ancing of losses against profits. | 1932, 4 net loss of one year could be| In contrast, the present law is in- | carried forward as a di ion from | equitable and short-sighted. [t puts | any profit realized in the second year | the government in the very unattrac- ; if the loss exceeded the profit of the | tive position of being willing to second year. the excess could be de-|snatch at whatever bookkeeping | ducted from any profit of the third | profit may be revealed in year. Hence, from 192] to 1932 the | year’s operations. regz correct reply to the problem stated | previous impairment of capital, above was that there was no taxable | rerardiess_ too, of the effect three years. The net loss of in | is another case of sacrificing one year exceeded the net its of | ture in order to gain a temporary $25,000 in the two years follewing | vantage today. (Address questions to the euthor care of this newspaper) 2 eseccesscecscscocescces| Today’s Birthdays Sunday's | Sesccccsesssescesssstose Horoscope John L. Lewis, labor Iléader, born at Lucas, Iowa. 58 years Set -ag <—o? ecicapeaanes Today promises one of consid- of erable mental ability, benevolent, | and with deep sympathies for the} unfortunate. Push, to make the! ; Roosev: 4s it strong effort will give an im- ao Pre Heage wt petus that will hold till a mark is| and widow of the late Speaker, ™#de on the roll of fame. j ' t U. S. Senator George Kansas, born in Lucas Co., i 59 Yearsago. ‘4 hork: 54 yeors ago. “TOO VIGOROUS BALTIMORE.—Harry Bates of | this city "shook hartis so vigor- ously with a friend that he snap- ped a bone in his right arm. Dr. Jesse F. Williams of Teach- ers’ College, New York Cityg not- ed physical - educator, at Kenton, Ohio, 52 years ago. Dr. James H. Kimball of New York City, noted U. S. metegrolo- gist and weather expert, born in Detroit, 64 years ago. William Faversham, oldtime actor, born in England, 70 years ago. COULD NOT WRITE BROOKLYN.—E. C. Abraham tried in a court in this city for forging two checks, proved that he could neither read nor write. IN TIME TO ENJOY MEAL BEFORE TAKING FERRY Stone Crabs — Turtle Steaks Steaks Phone No Name No. I Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Craig, Mgrs. LoNG DISTANCE tele- e service will bind you to ! sories. Note the prices in today’s Nearly all of them are of French Lew | modern store. Seer ilieprernnn-n eagpeupvenmresnpsasenteantrars SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1938. ‘THEY ALL PARLEY-VOU: | eecccccccerccesssseceses At The Stores IN LOUISIANA CoURT THE WEATHER (ny A > PSSCSSSS SESE SSSSSSOSSESES : VILLE PLATTE, La, Feb. 12— ‘Temperature’ ——— ; i ; ‘ This is one piace in the United Highest The parade of progressive mef- | States where a Frenchman, yank- — is—those: ay a Normal Precipitation Almost all misdemeanors are en to pega eget egrets pews aoe +t ro ah > West's |35 used only in one of those rare | sun 55 723. i / Tises s as city’s only }C@8eS when perhaps one member Gun sets ,of the jury understands English Meum rises sina 4 atne. : Moon sets Eighty per cent of the 28,000 -Fun moon. Mth X ;Which constitutes the judicial; on bathroom ‘and kitchen acces-i district, speak French fluently. sigh spo —— Tomorrow's Tides . AM. Pe 213 sc 249 23 Barometer reading st 5 a m= Sea level, 30.21. display. |or Acadian descent. | ee French speaking too are Judge | Public Utilities ix: Careaiend Frage and ae oer} Why not hot water for your;court and law-enforcement of- home? The Florida Publi¢ Utili-| ficials, as well as the lawyers. The ties Company asks the question | pleadings and court records are| (Till 7:30 p.m. Sunday) and proceeds to answer it. tin English and Court Stenograph-; Key West and Vicinity: Gener —o jer Mrs. John B. L. Fontenot, | ally fair tonight and Sunday; com- Appelrouth’s jJudge Fruge explains, “merely! tinued mild temperature: moder “The Store of Fashion” advanc- translates in her own mind from | ate casterly winds. es reason why the slogan in to-/French to English and puts it} Florida: Generally feir tonight day’s space is true. Our most |down in the latter language on! and Sunday; slightly wermer om gat ‘east-central coast tonight. *\ winters in bed because ‘ @etided that he Would remain in ‘bed “Gh Febfiarl 2 tind Wave the job of weather foretastiniefo the arc for fresh fish, caught daily. a Special selling this weekehd on j Shoes, suits and polo shirts” Men —drop over! - “3 i 1g. Going into hiberna- ‘with thé ‘first sigti¢ of winter, Did you see the fine array of, fresh fruits and vegetables pug- chasable at this favorite grocery and market? 6 owner of the diamond ring he of- fers at a large discount? goodies anit This popular really. worthwhile sales every weekend. Visit them this eve- ning for your weekend require ments. ' t F i a t wit ee Who's going to be the fortunate '! mouth. FOR YOUR BATHROOM MEDICINE CABINETS: TOILET SEATS: All metal. All mirror door. Size 11”x16". Ready for use. Just hang it on the wall— Made of heavy guage metal painted light green. Size— 17” wide, 10” deep, 23” high. 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