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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
You and Your
Nations Affairs
What Kind of Farming?
By JAMES S. THOMAS /.
President, Clarkson College of Technology

and 1853 per cent of it Is electrically
operated and requires very little at
tention.
Again. nearly half OF this machin-
cry in manufacturing plants is driven
by power not made in the plants. but
purchased from central utility plants
This means that about half of all the
machinery used in manufacturing
plants is driven by power purchased
from some 2.137 electric companies
This gives industry big advantage
over farm operations. The farm pow
er plant is divided into millions of
small units, carried about hither and
yon over the farm to wherever the
job is to be dene.
Likewise, farm production Is large
ly seasonal and. owing to climatic
changes, necessarily irregular and
often spaSmodic. There are always
rush periods and lax periods, no mat
ter how perfectly the work is planned.
If the average industrial manager had
to work under the limitations that are,
in the very nature of the case, i'm
posed upon the farmer. he would be
driven to the mad house.
American farmers have an invest
ment of some $3.700.000000 in ami
mails and machinery which they can
use only few weeks, or even days,
in the year. Flowing, for instance. is
very seasonal but it utilities 1873 per
cent of all power on the average
American farm while threshing takes
rs per cent of it. Thus two very sea-
sonal operations on the farm require
for chnrf nnrin6c Ok
of the farm power for the entire
year.
There are also striking contrasts in
the disability of farm power and in
dustrial power as represented in dol
lars and cents. The farm power. bill
is approximately $4,000. 100000 a year.
The estimated gross value of farm
crops for 1928 was $12.3O2. 100000
The products sold for cash produced
approximately $9,870.O00.000. The
power bill was. therefore. about Is
per cent of the gross value of the out
put.
For 1927. the gross value of manu-
featured goods in the United States
was $62. 100000. The value added
by manufacture" was $27.585. 000. 900.
The fuel and power to produce this
cost only 6.87 per cent of the value
added through manufacture.
It is evident from these facts. that
the nature of farming. the seasonal
exactions on power. and the nature
of the enterprise in general makes the
cost and the adaptability of power a
most important item in American
agriculture Labor and power consti-
tute about 60 per cent of the cost of
agricultural production. New sources
of power. new methods of applying it.
having ii ready at all times. and being
able to pay for it only when in use.
must be very important factors in the
success of the American farmer.
What sort of agricultural life do we
want in America?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
CHILDREN AND GROWTH

Health is an important asset in life,
seldom appreciated by those of us who en-
joy it.
Hundreds of children in Key West are
growing up with the slightest instruction
in matters relating to their growth and
proper development. Hundreds of adults,
serious minded III many things, look on
without apparently realizing the import
ance of getting these youngsters off right.
Athletics have had a marked influence
OH the physical development of American
young people and the recent Inauguration
wonderful step in the right direction.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24


Custom officer l.. c. Taylor's
car was almost completely de-
molished in a spectacular acct
dent which occurred this morning
when it collided with a larger car
inside the F. f. C. terminal en-
closure near the car ferry piers.
The larger car was transporting
a load of liquor. Inspector Taylor
was on the lookout for rumrun-
ners. The driver OF the other car
spied Mr.. Taylor, leaped from the
car which, running at full speed
crashed into the other. Though
Mr.. Taylor tried to avoid the
crash the larger car pursuing its
zigzag course plunged against the
Taylor car and came to a stop. It
is to be marveled at that Mr.. Tay-
lor escaped injury. The driver of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

country consisting as it does of about
100000 horsepower is divided into
approximately 24.612.000 units. animal
and mechanical. The average unit.
therefore, is slightly more than two
horsepower According to the Agri-
cultural Year Book of 1880. these
mules, 19.476.000: tractors. $4,000:
electric installations from central sta
tons. 100000: and individual electric
plants. 100000.
In addition to these. there are a.
10000 passenger automobiles on our
farms. but no use is made of their
aggregate horsepower in the above
estimates.
Our. farm population January l,
1929. was 27.51 900. This means that
we have one power unit for every
farm inhabitant. OF these. only wind
mills and electrical equipment work
without mans attention Hence. near
ly every single unit of power re-
quireS more or less of somebody S
time before it is even ready for SER
vice. So. in spite of the high aggIe-
gate of power on the farm. time losses
III u1OVHiS lIOIiI OiIS Jul W duOlIIcf
and other peculiar and necessary linn
itations in applying power to farm
work. 1t takes two n,dn-hours to get
one horsepower actually at work on
the job.
Nearly all mechanical power now
used on the farm is larger than one
horsepower. Hence. there is no pos
sible way to apply much of it because
the jobs are too small to make ii
feasible. IT is just here that cleo
tricity can bridge the gap and supply
the farm with an unlimited. always
ready source of power for these small.
odd. out of time. temperamental but
absolutely necessary farm chores.
The manufacturing situation is diff
ferent. easier In this field we find
about 1911 1863 mills, shops. and fac
tories as against 6.37l $40 farms These
mills and factories have 39.032.0l4
aggregate horsepower as against the
50,000.000 for the farms. Besides. the
industrial power is centrally located
g.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Dan Navarro Cones Key West cam
paign manager, did a fine job in securing
$50 votes for the winning candidate, in
view of the determined and powerful OPP
position by the followers of Candidate
Petteway, whose propaganda was that
only through the latter could Key West
expect any cooperation in Tallahassee In
its deplorable economic condition. the Is
land City fears for the worst. and must
take into account any and everything that
appears advantageous in its struggle for
existence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

A nuptial event of internatio-
nal Importance will be celebrated
in Key West on the afternoon on
June 80. The wedding party will
arrive from Havana that after
noon and the ceremony will be
performed at a place yet to be
selected. The high contracting
PARTIES are Jukius Reese, member
of the firm Of Rees and Cordovo,
extensive dealers in farm nipple
ments and machinery, whose par
ents reside in Germany. This bride
to be is Miss Dora Belle Nelson,
daughter of Robert Manuel Mel
son, the manager of the Havana
Eectric Plant and systems.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
WEATHER FORECAST
(Till 8 u. m, Thursday

Ill 0 y. H., thursday
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Thursday, pos
sibly occasional showers; gentle to
moderate southerly winds, hecom-
ing variable.
Florida: Partly cloudy tonight
and Thursday, possibly showers in
south portion.
Jacksonville to Florida Stra IS
and, East Gulf: Moderate sOuther-
ly winds becoming variable over
south portion. and moderate shift
ing winds becoming northerly
over north portion; partly over
cast weather TONIGHT and Thurs
day with scattered showers owe.
south and central portions.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
SIDEL rs
By MARCY B. DARNALL.
Former Editor Of The Key West Citizen

According to the Literary Digest citi-
zens of Decatur, Ala, pay the highest
gasoline taxes in the United States-12
cents a gallon. Of the II cents the state
gets 6, the county 3, the city 2, and the
Federal government l. The first state to
tax gasoline was Oregon, which imposed
a tax Of one cent gallon in 1919. Last
year gasoline taxes for the whole coun-
try totalled more than 8O8 million dollars
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Another fellow who fooled the doc
tors is William Haas of South Carolina,
who as young man was rejected because
of weak heart when he tried to enlist in
the army. He has never been able to OBJ
tain life insurance for the same reason.
Yet he is still alive at the age of SO, and
his wife, who was frail girl when he
married her GA years ago, is still living.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
Governor Talmadge's advice to AL

NUVtIHUI IdIIIIaugtS duVICe 90 AT
Smith ct AL not to "take-a-walk" is sound
advice. He thinks those who oppose
Roosevelt and his New Deal policies should
fight within the party and not outside its
pale. 1t takes nerve to oppose popular
openly against the denomination of Frank
lin D. Roosevelt seem to have what it
takes, though defeat unquestionably is
theirs, for not only will Roosevelt be nomi-
mated at the Philadelphia convention now
in progress, but he will be at the head of
this government for another four years
four long years according to Republican
calculation.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Lawrence Thompson, an Indiana
farmer is an obliging soul. One night re-
Gently two men awakened him and asked
his aid III rouding up some hogs which
broke down. Thompson gladly helped
them, but when he checked up next morn
ing he found that he had assisted the
strangers to steal his own hogs
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

d HN"SA w hot Va
operations than
to industrial op-
erations. Farm
work cons ist S
largely Of scat
tered jobs. odd
operations. de-
pc n mt upon
seasonal condi-
tons. and 9TH
erWise difficult
equa tIonS not
met with in in
dustry. to tn e
same extent.
For instance.
the farm power
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Freedom means freedom of action
until one runs counter to some law set up
for the common interest Directors to the
activities of the plant board should bear
this in mind
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
Louis Springborn of Chicago has

Louis Springborn of Chicago has a
sensitive nature, and brooded over the
fact that his family turned up their noses
at him. when he brought home only $18
after staging a robbery. Then in a sud-
den fit of disgust he gave himself up to
the police and declared he would go
straight
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

A century ago, advertising had be-
come synonymous with claptrap and mis-
representation and nobody believed that
mere truth would sell goods. Many a
Key West merchant still believes in the
century old fallacy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Advertising payS-also III politics.
Cone got ID votes i'll the first primary be-
cause he was unknown in Key West and
did not make himself known. m1sthe
second primary, Cone advertised and re-
ceived an increase of nearly 1000 per
Centum.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

the other car was not identified
hence no arrests have been made.
Preparations are being made
for Fourth OF July Celebration
on an elaborate scale and the pro
gram indicates that the day will
be a memorable one in the his.
tory OF Key West. A great varie-
ty Of sport events have been ar
ranged and other events in the
celebration which will be fit
ting one for the one hundred and
fiftieth anniversary of American
independence. News from Havana
says that there will be about 100
athletes from the National uni
versity here to participate in
the events and that there will
be golf players, baseball and foot
ball players and a number of
sprinters and runners. There will
be others to enter the tennis
matches and still others who are
good at water sports. There will
be great doings on July A, 1926
to which all lovers Of sport and
entertainment are eagerly look
ing forward.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Thirty states and the District
Of Columbia have designed entire
ly new color schemes for their
1886 automobile license plates.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

National Socialism has spread
among Germans living abroad,
with 500 different party groups
in many lands having been organ
lied.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

There are many white-collared gov
ernment employees receiving from $50 to
$50 weekly, who could not get $40 work
ing for commercial houses.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

AS you get older, time goes SO fast
that babies seem to be born just a few
weeks after the wedding Exchange.
Sometimes they are.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Sunday was Fathers Day, which
about it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Did YOU ever contrast a hay-burn-
er withsa gas burner? There is diff
ference
It is much mbfe difficult to apply
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Tampa, once hot-bed for election
frauds, claims it has reformed, and adj
vises Key West to do the same thing
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

An English inventor says he has hit
upon clever plan whereby he hopes to
effectively eliminate the back seat driver.
This laudable object is to be attained by
the simple expedient of building auto
mobiles with the back seat facing the rear
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

On the evening of July z a Pa
triotic Pageant will be presented
at the Cuban Club under the au-
spices of the Pythian Sisters.
This Pageant is entitled "The
Growing of America" and the
cast will be composed of 80
scouts, two sailor boys and Is
girls. There will also be a pa
triotic drill by members of the
degree staff.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
Daylight saving time has messed

Daylight saving time has messed up a
New York baby's birthday. 1t was born
at 1890 a. m. June Is, according to day
light saving time, which was IL 80 p. M,
June IA, Eastern Standard time. Now, is
its birthday June IA or June Is?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
q. Bridges to complete Road to Main
lind.
a. Er1e Port. - r. = =
=. Hotels and Apartments
8. Bathing Pavilion.
e. Airports-Land and Sea-
?. Generalization of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kemp Of
823 Eaton street, will entertain
with a birthday party Friday
afternoon in honor Of their little
daughter Olga. The affair will
be given at Bayview Park.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

Editorial comment: A Chicago
man who had been fined $25 for
beating his wife, said someone
had told him the amusement tax
had been repealed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

address questions the author OF this nespaper
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-06-24

the other car was not identified
hence no arrests have been made.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
Coz. JULIAN HAS
ORDERED HIS
CASKET

New York - Showing his
passport which was stamped
for permanent entrys Hubert
Julian, deposed ace Of the
ethiopian air corps. 10 back
on Seventh avenue with his
cane. bis striped trousers aud
winged collar.
Because Of at least so thre-
ats, he said be was on his
way TO . prominent underta -
ker where he will order o
casket costing $1,000. He 70 =
fused to cay whether he OK =
peeted to die soon.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
Over 100 Attend
Banquet
Continued from page l

Continued from page l
dents OF Tempe State Tea
chsrs college. representing
Benito MussoliBi and Halle
Selassie respectively. Selassie
received the greater amount
of applause and was declared
the winner. The president
of the Association. Mrs. O.
G. Howard, gave a reading.
entitled: My People which
was we'll received and quite
appropriate. The Abraham
Lincoln - Frederick Douglass
banquet 10 an annual affair
of the Association but this
years event surpassed any
thing ever attempted in this
line. The scholarship funds
for which the affair was gil
ven. received o substantial
boost and the officers are
sratified with results. The
organization 10 to be com
mended for its constructive
work among the coIored pc
ople here, and the member
ship generally 10 to be con
graduated on their wise se@
lection Of such o progressive
leader. Mrs. O,G. Howards
whose unselfish work among
her people stamps her one OF
Phoenix most valuable citi
zens
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
Damfiino

Meultrie, Ga. - When he
was ordered to give his name
In recorders court here Tu-
esday. the defendant replied
sDamfino'. After assuring
the Judge that he had ans
wered correctly the court or.
dered him released on the
charges Of disoz erIy conduct
for which be had been ar
rested but did not request him
to give his first name.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
URGE new HOSPITAL
FOR HARLEM

Continued from page /
Pressure from numerous Har-
lem civic and fraternal or
panizations motlvated KeenT
ans resolution.
Vacant city land ut Sylvan
Place and East 120th Street
was suggested by keenan, as
a possible location for the
proposed hospital.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22

from the Works Progress
Administration in $50 com :
munities in "a states and 10
planned to furnish employ
ment to asa Race membe
Who are on relief. The con =
duct of this study will be
under the supervision of DIR.
Ambrose Caliver. specialist in
Race education in the Office
Of Education.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22

Sunday was o rainy day
and the attendance at the
various services was very low.
The pastor preached two
soul stirring sermons. The
text used ut the IL o'clock
service was the Divinity Of
Christ and the Text used ct
t he even ng service
was The Call of CT rist
fer burden bearers The cheir
sang beautifully. Next Sun
day is expected to be q red
letter day rain or shine. Re
member the call of the church
is rs constant ne the call to
supply our daily bread. The
members are expected to be
at their post of duty .Stran-
gers are always welcome.
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
Morehouse Professor
Named Head U.S..
Survey

Continued from page l
Mr.. Chivers will be engaQ ed
will be one of five to be an
dertaken by the office of
education. It will be carried
on uuder a grant of 1924 934
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
NATIONAL NEGRO HE.
ALTH WEEK BEGINS
MARCH 29
(Continued Frem Page -

VOUNCzWUCW E1Wk51 . WHW II
observance organizations wi
shing plans for organization
announcement and rules for
the Poster Contest and ap-
plication form and other
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22

suggestive literature may ad-
dress the Superintendent of
Documents, Government Pr
nting office. Washington. D.
C..
The Arizona gleam., 1936-02-22
First Colorsd Baptist
Church

jefferson at 5th st
Rev. Chas. Navors, pastor
Fanelle billiard. Reporter
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-15

The 80 citizens of Penrose Co.. felt that what they needed
at Federal expense-was municipal building to be occupied
by the commissioners.
What they had in mind something fairly handsome, to
cost in the neghborhood Of $4,000.
President Roosevelt apparently nothing inconsistent in
this plan induce the Federal Government spend than
5000 per capita for building in this little town. He
proved the project and authorized the local administrators
the WPA to begin work on it.
To date however, this project has not been prosecuted
sby because the local administrators conscientious
their scrutiny of these proposed boonoggg projects than
are the Federal officials in Washington.
he w 70 SUM
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-15
WOMAN FLAYS
NEW DEAL TO
INSTITUTE

UNIVERSITY, Va, July Is
U.N.S0 which should have
originated in Congress during the
Roosevelt administration have
been written by the executive
branch Of the Government, Mrs,
George A. Wyeth, of the Woman's
National Republican Club Of New
York, told the Institute Of Public
Affairs today. She said:
whatever may be our Opin-
ion Of the wisdom or folly Of
the present course Of the New
Deal administration, it cannot
be denied that the executive
branch Of the Government has
written the laws and has con-
strained the Congress to their
passing.
''The legislative and executive
branches have united to bait
the judicial branch with acts Of
what Thomas jefferson called
pretended legislation and that
the same two branches, when
checked in their course, have
sought to arouse the country
against the decisions of the Su-
preme Court and against the
court itself, the head Of the judi
cial branch"
The Republican platform
adopted at Cleveland provides for
a constitutional government"
that will recognize the little man,
and assures return to American
ism, Mrs. Wyeth declared.
The most irritating direct con-
flictS between local and State tax
policies are to be found in the
field of excise and occupational
taxes, James w. Martin, commits
Sioner of revenue of Kentucky, told
the institute.
Martin said there was no sub
stantial reason why the Federal
local situation could not be greatly
improved by a Federal policy Of
granting States and localities full
taxing privileges. assuming that
this can constitutionally be done.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-15
$4,000 F|awIess
Ring TO Be AuttiOned

NEW YORK.-One Of the IA
nous gems owned by Lillian Rus
sell, noted Coincidence and beauty.
who died in 1922, the. "flawlesS
emerald" will be sold at public
auction today, to satisfy various
debts including a $1,l50 claim
based on a broken lease.
The ring, said to be worth $50
900, will be offered at regular
furniture sale at the Plaza Art
Auction Galleries, Inc.
The gem was given to the IA
nous actress by wealthy admirer
at the peak of her career. 1t was
the object of litigation for many
years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-15
|NEWGRANDS0N
| FOR PRESIDENT

FORT WORTH, Tex, July IS.
QNSO.-President Roosevelt had
a new grandson today, the new
born baby boy of his son, Elliott
Roosevelt, who lives here. The in
FAINT, weighing more than six
pounds was born late yesterday in
a hospital. Mother and child were
reported doing we'll today.
The first child Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elliott Roosevelt, who was Miss
Ruth Coggins of this city, was
born two years ago last May, and
is a girl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1936-07-15

Ave. N. E., Is recovering, Casualty
Hospital physicians stated today,
from a brain conclusion and skull
injuries sustained yesterday when
he was struck by a large piece Of
plaster that fell from the ceiling In
his home.