The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 25, 1938, Page 2

aioe bene De P1032 Two ni Key West | Citizen THe CrTEZEN L. BP. ARTMAN, President and Publisher SOE AviaN, Amintaut Business Manager From ‘the ( suilding er Greene Ann Streets ey West and Monroe Oniy Daily Newspaper in County Entered at Key West, Florida, as second class matter Member of the Associated Press fated ress is earivmvely entitled to use i n of all news dispatehes credited to herwise credited in this paper and also S published herej The ADVERTISING RATES known on application. SPECIAL NOTICE es, cards of thanks, resolutions of pituary notices, etc, will be charged for at 10 cents a line. ments by churches from which rived are 5 cents a line. ‘itizen is an open forum and invites discus- issues and subjects of local or general put it will mot publish anenymous communi- IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST | (YADVOCATED By (THE CITIZEN i Water and Sewerage. Bridges to complete Road to Main- land, Free Port. Hotels and Apartments, Bathing Pavilion. Airports—Land and Sea. Consolidation of County Governments. "Key West is now the eynosure of eyes. : Owing no one is being rich, though the person who has no credit doesn’t think so. Life grows more and more stereotyped, except for what women humorously eall their hats. President Roosevelt has some wonder- ful ideas, if they would work; but being impracticable they don’t. An exchange observes that a little typographical error can cause more fuss | than a jackass in a tin barn. Secretary Hull denounces irresponsible talk about foreign policy, but he probably will not “have denunciation enough to go! around. Webster defines a comedian as an amusing or entertaining person. But that definition was written before the advent of radio. It is estimated that 40,000,000 persons had some_kind of a vacati@n ig 1937, and mary of. found their’ way to Key West, the southernmost ciff of the United States. The circulation manager of The Citizen advises that there has been a cen- siderable increase in subscriptions persons living in various parts of the United s. These new subscribers want the paper to read of local conditions with a view of making Key West their permanent home. Stat “Know Florida Week” is about over. It urges the study, consideration and con- templation of Florida and her many nat- ural, climatic and man-made attractions. As in the past 11 years the anntial obser- vanee is sponsored by the Floridy Stes] Chamber of Commerce, in cooperatién Witt the local Chambers “4nd gther sorganiza- ORS, aes nom The bafd of Avon wrote: “What's : name! That which we call a rese by other name would smell as sweet.” We read that natural oil of reses cost $175 a pound, while the synthetic rose oil, under a difier- ent name, sells dor $22.50. Professional “sniffers” ef perfume, we are told swear they carnot tell wherein the oils dif The consciousness of the user of the differ- ence in cost gives it the value since the ef- fect on the “sniffer” is the The \ er of a paste diamond feels the same =! it, me SUICIDE BY TAXATION “The bigegst problem facing the nation today,” says Roger Babson‘ “‘is not the re- cession; not the jobless; not the railroads. It is our taxation system.” Unsound, ex- cessive and inequitable taxation coupled with unprecedented government extrava- is slowly driving the nation to com- mit suicide by Reform in govern- ment spending and taxation is the eryir need of the moment. As Mr. Babson declar- ed, the only basic poli n our present sys- tem is an almost fanatical desire to conceal taxes from the ultimate payer—the conr- sumer. Taxation has been instrumental in bringing p enterprise and industrial progress to the present point of stagnation. Mr. Babson points ten differ steps that should be taken immediately : 1. Broaden the 2. Pare down excessively high income taxes. 3. Re- duce capital gai sessments. 4. Elimin- nate tax-exempt securities. 5. Tax govern- ment employes. 6. Remove the’undistribut- ed profits ta op the present policy of virtual “embezzlement” funds. 8. Clamp down or special local taxes . Lower real estate taxes. 10. Cut public spending. These are concrete suggestions fer a practicat’prégram of solvency and business oncoma ge which, if enacted, taxation. to ome tax hase. of social security TRE KEY WEST CIT!IZEY THE NEW SC RUB WOMAN TAIS PLACE NEEDS creanin' / Wedding Called Off Because Of $5 Fee (By Axsociated Press) HELENA, Mont., Feb. 25.—The woman held the pocketbook when she and a man entered the mar- Triage license bureau. “How, much does a cost?” she inquired. “Two dollars”, clerk. “And how much does a minis- ter charge tor “you?” “Well, I the customary fee is 'at least ii “Hime, saad’ We lady wouldn't pay $35 to marry man en earth”. And she walked out, the license replied the ' following. or. life. aapieee ment ad wages would re-- lffiend C sume their upward march in step with the} rising standard of living that progress for constantly has characterized American the last 150 years. AFTER THE BONUS—PENSIONS (Christian Science Monitor) of the next few years it How long is the memory American People? Within the be gradually and increasingly dinned into their ears that they are forgetful and ungrateful of the services rendered by men who risked their all to serve in the army and navy during the World War. will | An effort will be made by veterans’ lobbies—is be- ing made—to shame them into granting blanket pensions to widows and dependents of former service men by saying the nation owes a debt to them. : How. long,, indeed, ,is ,the, ,,. memory, ..of,,the + American people? Does it recall the putposes of/President Wood- row Wilson in obtaining the provision of wat risk insurance by the Government for miembérs of the armed forces during that conflict? Wilson was a historian. He knew the costs of wars and how suc- ceeding generations went on paying for them. He sought to avert the need and the demand of pen- sions by providing in advance for compensation to the families of men who fell in the service or as a result of it. But that was not enough. Does the.Amezican public remember the Adjusted Compensation acts of the early 1920's? Bonus agitation was begun then. nation could finance and that would do the veter- Statesmen tried to meet it in a way that an the maximum good at the time he would prob- ably need it most. The adjusted compensation was arranged to be paid in 1945 and after. Does the American public remember that? But 1943 was not soon enough. The vetefans’ lobbies had 4o collect the bonus before raised. Theyginduced Congress to override Pres dent Roosev@t’s veto in 1935 and pay it imm iately. One @rgument that weighed heavily wi many citizen§ was that here was a debt that it w been acknowledged to the veterans; why not p and it discharged? The implica- eting the obligation nm lischarged in later years tions carefully avoided committing th this implication, but softened the many ¢ th Thousands of American former service ressmer with today $aetifices mad thd. et-penmens or in pressure group pension scanc such: as those aft War reduces er the Civil discharg: around to day and most of the ti a regular old-fashioned gab fest that is a real treat for one who likes that sort of thing. Charlie is an old sea-faring man and we talk shop by the hour. If I recollect correctly, he sailed on the old S. S. Oceanic, formerly owned by the Spreckles people and sold to the Matson Steamship Company. His trip was from San Francisco to Sydney in Australia, and many were the good times aboard this old tub. Well, as I have said, Charlie is a great guy and we get along fine. We used to anyway, up until last nigh#, but now I have a real grievance against him. I breezed in, my friend wasn’t busy, and I said. “Charles, my boy, did I ever tell you the'time I was at sea with a cargo of cot- | ton and we discovered fire in the hold?”,. And he. says. rightjback at me, “I suppose you dumped your cargo and went on @bout your business. So what?” Well, there I was. We DID dump the cargo, or most of it, but I wanted to tell him the story, and what can you do’ with a guy that knows all the an- swers? Sol says, “Sure. We got rid of the cargo. But that isn’t it. Don’t you want to hed¥ the story?” And he says, “No”. And that was that. Oh well, YOU can’t talk back at me, so I'll tell the story to you. Seems that once upo a time when I was considerably younger than I now am; I went to sea Nothing of any unusual interest happened for some time and 1 plodded on about my tasks and tried to learn something about navigation (failing. of course) until one bright and sunny day the mate came to the skipper and reported fire in the hold. That s nothing. what is a fire. that so important,@ disrup peaceful pursuit of our eve slive Bn#I theppered to the ae see day ink. LOW, re tch- and usly cargo was cotton _when that stuf: ed a trofthRY mais iy « he ae Sindee ho ‘ated more fu Trailer Library Provides Curb Service In Books (Ry Axseciated Press) R 25.—“I couldn't rary” » n Denver, thet feet and the deck-so-hot one d/starcely stand on it. The ickly odor of the edtton burn- ing—and no land for about five hundred miles. Swell story if I ever get around to writing it. And my PAL, Charlie, didn’t want to hear it. “Ever been ,in Yokohama, Pete”, he says. And I answered, “Sure [ve been there, who hasn’t?” And he says, “Did you} ever go around much while you| was there?” “Of course”, I) cracks. “What sailor doesn’t?” | “Well”, he says. “Let me tell you about the time I was there and) the night I had to be carried back } aboard ship”. “Listen you”, my} dander rising, “I'm the bird who's} supposed to be telling the stories / around here”. “Oh, you are, eh?” he says. “What ever give-you the idea you could tell stories?” That’s Charlie. A great pal.| Always ready to listen whenever I fell in the mood to spin yarns; As I get it, this gentleman ar-} rived in our midst sometime in November of 1935 for.a day of; two stay. He is still here and; is going to try outdoing me in} sticking around. Originally from Port Arthur, Texas, he's” been around about as much as the law; allows and finally landed down here with us looking for the ideal spot to live. He says he's found , it. If you don’t know him, you should. And when you see him say hello for me. This is the week of “La Se- mana Alegre”—the Week of Joy "35 there was a festival held and the “Pirates of Pen- " was performed on the ng night. There were ball games, tennis, swimming meets, massed drills, golf, a public ob- nce of George Washington’s rthday, a field meet, and exer- ommemorating “El Grito de ", the Cuban Patriotic Day. year, nothing. Why? Orleans tds" her’ Mardi *@nee + St. Louis «its Veiled -Pro- phet.;Ball. Atlanta, the Peach Blessom Festival. And others ali is oxer the,country... Why should we let something that really belongs to us lapse?.. Lack of public sup- port? Maybe. Lack of enough spirit to really promote the thing? More than likely. But such a should not be. It is too to do anything about e that next catch napping La-Semana Alegre is ours. S$ put it over. us Even At Water Plant (Ty Annectated Press) DENVER, Feb. 25.—There were 56,000,900 gallons d Mayor Ben Stapleton, so m unreasonable demand he asked for a drink. “Just water", he said ter started pouring arou t was wh plain he ew. bess, but we just ter”, the waiter re- will have to drink incident occurred at a ded- ation banquet in Denver's new filtering plan There are no con- t! plant where a thirsty man can get a drink Subscribe to The Citizen. TEXACO of water all} Gallup survey finds 63 percent of nation against spending by U. S. as PWA starts power pro- gram. CLASSIFIED COLUMN Seecccccececcccescscoses SPANISH INSTRUCTION SPANISH INSTRUCTION by Miss Benildes Remond, Spanish Teacher, Havana, Cuba, Callere graduate. Private lessons., For particulars apply 1112, Varela street every day except Sun- day, 12 to 9 p. m. jan23-mon-wed-fri- Im» TEACHER'S REGISTRY ‘TEACHERS register now. Imme- diate and future vacancies. 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