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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
DOCTOR DOESN'T LIKE HIS OWN
MEDICINE

AS everyone knows, the Federal gov
eminent has gone into competition with
various private ENTHUSIASTICALLY, the
electric industry-at the taxpayers ex-
pense.
Now the. Federal government finds it.
self in competition with itself in the state
of California!
Here's what has happened: Boulder
Dam is nearly completed, and large blocks
of power will be thrown into Southern
California The Los Angeles Municipal
Power Bureau is to take part of this power,
and SO it has ended a contract with a
private utility which has been supplying
70 per cent of it's requirements.
This private utility is also under con-
tract to take Boulder Dam power In or
der to utilize that power, it is necessary
that the great surplus of power generated
in its own plants be disposed of. There
for it made contract with another pri-
vate utility, in Northern California to buy
some of this surplus.
Now another Federal power project
building in Northern California says that
if the northern utility buys power from the
southern utility it will destroy the sale of
the power generated by this other govern
ment plant.
SO government bureau A finds that
government bureau is competitor. This
may cause headaches among taxpayers,
who must pay for government competition
with government, as we'll as government
competition with private enterprise. But
government should be willing to take the
same medicine it forces down it's citizens
threats.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
So TAXES ON YOUR LOAF OF BREAD

The cost of government according to
the best estimates, takes more than 20
per cent of the national income.
In other words, if we work five weeks.
the proceeds of only four weeks work is
retained by us. The money paid us for the
other week goes to government.
Only small part of this money is
taken from us in direct taxes. The great
er part filters it's way into government cot
fers through hidden or indirect taxes. 1t
is major item in the cost of living.
Bread provides an excellent example
of this. No commodity is more necessary.
Yet each loaf of bread you buy represents
So different taxes paid. Some of these
taxes are paid by the farmer, some by the
flour mill, some by the bakery Every one
of them has added to the cost of that loaf
of bread.
During the past three years the Amer
lean people have paid $1OO,OOO,OOO more
for bread than they would have paid had
its price stayed constant. Taxation was
not the sole cause of the riSe-but it was a
potent influence.
What is true of bread, is true of meat
shoes, automobiles, Misunderstanding
and everything you use.
Think of taxation in this way-as a
thing that hits you directly in the pocket
book whenever you spend a nickel-and
you'll realize what reduction in the cost
of government would mean to every per
enn in tho limited States
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

That is outrageous Why does the
Government demand so many
bales?
Morgan: Well, I'll tell you. 1t re-
uuires one for the support OF the
executive, legislative and judicial
branches of the Government TN
Guiding the numerous bureaus and
commissioner. and for the support
of the many public services per-
formed by the Government such
as improvement of harbors. flood
control, weather and crop report
ing, and so on.
jackson: That's fair enough. Go not
object to giving up bale for such
necessary purposes, though l must
say the cost seems trightfully high.
Morgan: The second hale is needed to
meet the interest on the government
debt. The Government can moi
maintain its credit tenabllng II to
borrow more in the future) unless
it pays the interest on the deb' al
ready incurred.
Jackson: What debt
Morgan: The war debt We have te
pay for past wars.
jackson Money wasted! Still agree
that the Government should NEE
its obligations. no matter how fool
ishly incurred. But that accounts fol
only two bales.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
TODAY'S WEATHER

morning over the Canadian Pro-
vince of Ontario. Sault Ste. Ma
RE, Mich, 29.46 inches, and a
trough of low pressure extends
southwark over the western Gulf
of Mexico, with a moderate trop-
ical disturbance central about 200
miles east northeast of Vera Cruz
Mexico, moving west northwest
ward attended by strong winds and
heavy squalls near the center
Pressure is moderately high off
the north Atlantic coast and south
ward over the South Atlantic
States, and another area of high
pressure is crested over the north
ern Plains States, Passport, Me,
3O.16 inches, and Rapid City. =
d.. 1904 inches. Scattered show
ers have occurred during the last
pa hours over the eastern hall Of
the country and in portions of the
southern Plains and southern
/ Rocky Mountain States being
heavy at Corpus Christi, Texas,
1.56 inches, and Pittsburgh, Pa
1.66 inches. Cooler weather pre-
| walls this morning throughout
much of the Plains States and up
per Mississippi Valley. with tenn
peratures somewhat below norm
al i'm these sections and eastward
over the upper Lake region; while
elsewhere readings are generally
II seasOnable.
! e. &. KENNEDY.
Official IN Charge.
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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
SURVIVAL OF THE UNFITTEST
Extract from an article by Chan"
ming Pollock in the August
issue of The Amerl-

I LAlI dNb IL Jill on NAh NA>N> ~
ming Pollock in the August
issue of The Amerl-
can Mercury
When you tell the people who
have achieved what we have
achieved that we mustn't go on
achieving it-when we tell Babe
Ruth that he mustn't bat any hard
er than the bush leaguers, and
Jim Braddock that he mustn't hit
any harder than l can, and both
of them that they must proceed
under rules designed to regulate
athletics in home for cripples,
then-whoeve does it, however,
wherever-the pennant is lost and
the count is up.
You can and should tell Jim
Braddock not to hit in the clinches.
You can and should enact laws to
restrain the dishonest and preda-
tory. You can and should urge
and educate the backward to Ell
feet better ethics and greater eff
ficiency. But when = labor union
or legislature, for whatever rea-
son, orders that no more than sc
many bricks shall be laid in a day
that employers shall choose not the
best typesetter but the one who
has beeS longest out of lob, thai
no one shall work more than sc
many hours week and all at the
same wages, and that no man shall
cultivate more than so many acres
or raise more than so many hog
or potatoes, and that you and
shall pay him, not for :.what N
does do but for what he does no
do, then that union or legislator
is reducing us to our lowest com
mon denominator of lazlnesS
thriftlessness and incompetence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
You and Your
Nation'S Affairs
Seven Bales of Cotton
By ELIOT JONES
Professor of Trans portafon and Public Utilities,
Stanford University =

Morgan: Two more are needed for
war purpoSeS-one to provide de-
tense against attack by foreign pow
ers, and the other to pay bonus to
the veterans of past wars. The sum
required for defense seems large.
but then we are living, you know,
in a disordered world: and as for
the bonus. well. that l. politics.
Jackson: That makes four bales, but
why any more?
Morgan: Another bale has to go to
pay a subsidy to farmers.
jackson: Well, naturally, 1 should be
glad to have subsidy. but why SUBJ
SidiZe farmers?
Morgan: Because they need greater
purchasing power. 1t may be that
there is no more need to increase
their purchasing power than that
of other groups, but they are po--
litically powerful. you know, and
an important election is to be held
shortly.
Jackson: And the sixth bale?
Morgan: That goes to the support OF
the millions who are on relief. The
authorities tell us, you have doubt
less heard. that hunger is not de-
batable."
Jackson: But why do have to give
up a seventh bale, or altogether
nearly one fourth of my crop?
Morgan: Well. you do The seventh
bale goes to the CWA or the WPA
or the PWA, or whatever it is called
| now. The Government is carrying
| on public works of many kinds II
order to give employment to labor
and to lift the country out OF the
| depression.
Jackson: And will the Government
succeed in putting labor back a
work if / give up bale of cottor
representing many days Of my owl
labor?
Morgan. That ! can not say, but a
any rate you have to contribute. s.
tina. the experiment may be made
Jackson: If this keeps up, ! might a
we'll stop growing cotton. and 6
on relief myself.
Morgan: That is up to you, but m
Job is to collect all the bales tn
Government requires.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Living today in the United States
there are 100000 persons beyond 81
wears of age, statisticians declare. Thi
number will be trebled in so years. Pre-
snmablv then as now some fantastic dream
er will think of some ephemeral scheme t
take care of the aged, unless by govern
mental ukase poverty will be abolished
just like that.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

On Thursday of this week he
Rotary Club will be hosts to he
boys and girls who are studenat
the schools and colleges, andre
returning to take up their sites
within the next two weeks. Ilta-
tions are being mailed to dOf
those who are within the catdry
requesting their attendance ashe
luncheon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Morgan: How
big was your
cotton crop
last Year,
Jack son: B y
the sweat OF
m y br w l
prod u C e d
thirty bales.
Morgan: Fine.
II will take
lust sew n
bales out OF
the thirty to
pa y y G u r
taxes to the
Government.
Jackson: Seven
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

The Key West diamondball team
gave good account of itself in the Miami
tournament by winning and losing one
game. 1t took Fort Undertakes best team
and its greatest pitcher to put the Island
City boys hors de concOurse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

bousina my west does not suffer from a
az honsn shortage, but from the right kind
Vi iloo'',s shortage. Ten thousand housoa
OF a certain construction Swou,a "o muses.
vacant single day during tho, ~, mot DC
son. Nature gave us our Creates sea-
this healthfu climate, it is up to Nc ~ N, N
the rest. =
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

If working hours are cut down much
more in this country, how people will
spend their leisure time will become a seri-
Gus problem, involving society as well as
individuals. Old Nick is on the job, more
active than ever, and still finds mischief
Tor idle hands to do,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Everybody thinks that either Roose-
welt or Landon will be elected to the presi-
dency. next November-except Father
-5o6ghlin, who thinks Candielate'2 Lemke
will be the man q FSk e..
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
TQday's Horoscope
" sssssese~ssssssssssss

Today's child will be acute,
practical and with a commercial
trend of mind; quick to respond to
the demands of the moment, a
ready, willing friend end associate.
Success will surely be attained I'M
less there are exceedingly bad as
poets. Association with others
will probably lead to greater sue
cess.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

The Cuban Stars and Nog's
Boys played a stunning Cd of
baseball at the barracks lay
morning 10 o'clock in til ar
racks. The score was s to i
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
WEATHER FORECAST
(Till s p. M, Sunday

III u. H., OUhOoyi
Kew West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy tonight and Sunday, posi-
bly, occasional showers; gentle to
moderate easterly to sOutherly
winds.
Florida: Partly cloudy, pos
sibly scattered showers near east
and south coasts Sunday and pos
sibly near extreme south coast to-
night.
jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Gentle to moderate
easterly to southerly winds; part
w overcast weather tonight and
Sunday with widely scattered
showers.
..ssrr 4----
WEATHER CONDITIONS
= fhl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Wrecking Tug Warbler SID
this afternoon for Tampa fohe
purpose of rendering assistanto
the Steamship Tampa which in
Hillsborough Bay where the IS
sci was rammed by the Taer
Solitaire two days ago. The TPa
is now in distress and is badhn
need of aid. Her forward bis
are filled with water accordiito
advices received by the PEI
Dock company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Swanson, the Republican opponent of
MARK Wilcox, might as we'll sing his
sWn SOMEHOW and not wait until after the
NCember8election
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

The Regulars bested thlut-
laws in a great game of ball
at the barracks yesterdaThe
game ended with a score . to
0. Gray and Albury form the
battery for the Regulars afar-
tinez and Maxine for theut-
laws.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

lIeafst's alleged advice to Candidate
LamOn not to talk too much, may profit
ably be heeded by all aspirants to office.
People tire of buccal mouthings.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Honor, boys and girls, is still vital
rec in The lives of many men and women,
gardless of what you might happen to
Aieye.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

An imaginary conversation between
William Jackson, grower of cotton,
and Henry Morgan, collector OF taxes.
With apologies to Bastiat.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

q Spanish chivalry is now myth; it
As once glorious reality.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Key West, like all other places, has
citizens who can run the government bet
er than any official that could be elected
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

1. Water and Sewerage
q. EiE dyes to complete Road to Main
saEd
e. Hr"e Port.
Nr,o,a .,A a.~o.4 i..t -t.s
io anu T>foi' i"en's' ESQ =
s. Ra:hng Pavilion.
g. AhpoTts-Land and Sea.
.. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

For the present we should raze more
;hacks and raise less children.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

When the sewers are completed, the
sanitary conditions will vastly improve as
q natural consequence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

After all revolutions are correctives,
1t at what terrible cost
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Barometer 8 A. NJ. today:
Sea level, 1896.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Jim Taylor, colored m. en-
ployed by the Tidewater due
ton Company, who was med
at Saddle Bunches last We WAS
buried yesterday. On acd of
the tragic nature of his d his
funeral drew an immensepwd
of colored folk with a br} land
leading the procession the
cemetery.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

There are a number of ab
in Key West at this time entds
their applications for Amelh
citizenship with United S.
Commissioner G.. Rodney Gwi.
During the past few days tx
have been seven of these app-
tons received. They are f.
Joseph Alexander Roman, no
Ireland; Aurelio Huesca, Sd
Maximi Lena, Spain; EuaC
Martinez, Cuba; John Hutdg
Pinder, Oreland; Frank Orta.l
ba; Pedro Augustin Morales, =
ba. All of the applicants are \
residents of Key West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

jim Baucher. of Tampa;as
found by Sheriff Clevelandles
yesterday ill in a garage abe
foot of Duval street. The maas
suffering severely and 1T ser
learned that he Is a narcotu IL
dlct. He had broken his he
and therefore could not ads
ter it was suffering for the,k
OF dope" The sick man wash
veyed to the county jail an "a
physician summoned. Suffllt
morphine was injected into thell
ferer to bring about relief. !
forts will be made to get hik
condition to be sent tomorrow
Tampa where his wife resides
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
KEY VEST
DAYS COMFY
Happenings Here just Ears
Ago Today AS Takeni
The Files OF The CT

Joe Miller, a Homest9gro
was arrested yesterday drift
Cleveland Niles on compbf a
IA year old clored girl al
leges that the negro malsht
her from Homestead Attic
ing her from home and ibing
her here. The parents olgirl
have been trying to lodh her.
She evidently became afrI the
man and for she report} the
sheriff that he had threat her
with violence, and it wathis
way that her whereabouts dis
covered. The father ofg;rl
has been notified and \ is
being held pending develnts.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

Members of the MonrOinty
Medical Society gave asuet
in Key West is one of tpcal
restaurants as a welcomaure
to Dr.. G. M. Guiteras, Jhas
returned to Key West AMI be
in charge Of the Marine ital.
Dr.. N. G.. Pintado had cs of
the arrangements and lenu
indicates they had an aking
and well selected repast.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-29
WEATHER CONDITIONS

A disturbance isl central tn
Evening star., 1936-12-24
BOOST effective
IN FREIGHT RATE
Increase in Coast.to. Coast Charge
May Be Offset by End
of Surcharges.

RS the Associated Press.
Increased railroad rates on all
coast-to-coast freight became effective
today.
The increases were proposed in
tariff schedules filed with the COM
mission some time ago, to become
effective today unless the commission
orders otherwise.
Commission officials expressed be-
lief the new rates would offset losses
caused by termination of freight sur
charges on December 81.
The transcontinnetal railroads cut
their rates IN q war with the inter-
coastal ship lines.
These cuts caused the transconti-
mental rates to be lower than base
rates for other services. Commission
officials said the increase would not
raise the .coast-to-coast rates above
the general level of the country.
Evening star., 1936-12-24

automobile driven by Joseph Ryan, Is,
of Hyattsville, Md, upsetting his motor
cycle. The officer, who lives at 70l
Ninth street northeast, Is connected
with the Traffic Division.
Six other persons were injured. one
seriously, in accidents in the District
and nearby Maryland yesterday and
last night.
The most seriously hurt was Clar-
ence Frost, IL, colored, 1920 Fairmont
street, who may have received q frac-
tured skull when struck by an auto
mobile driven by Stephen Miller, 7l8
Sheridan avenue. He Is In Freed
mems Hospital.
James B. Eskew, 80, Of 638 d street,
suffered an arm injury and cuts when
hit near his home by q machine op-
Grated by Sergt. Lawrence Street OF
Boiling Field. Eskew was treated at
Casualty Hospital.
The other victims were Marion
Minicks, 20, of 314 N street southwest.
who received injuries to the knee,
ankle and hip; Wallace r. Martin, Is,
of 729 Sixth street, who was treated
for head cuts and o sprained right
foot; Juanita Lozier. 10, Of the New
London Apartments, cuts about the
head, and Dale Eicholtz, Is, Of SS2l
Colorado avenue, head injuries.
Evening star., 1936-12-24
lNDORSES COURT
OF SMALL CLAIMS
Judge Scott Commends Report for
Realigning Service to
People.

In a letter to Seton Darr, head of
the subcommittee appointed by the
District Bar Association to study pro-
posals for a small claims branch of
Municipal Court, Almond w. Scott,
Judge of Municipal Court, declared
himself wholly in favor of establish
ing the small claims branch and COM
rnended the subcommittee for its "ex-
cellent and comprehensive report"
your report reflects an earnest and
thoughtful approach to problem
that has challenged the attention of
judges, lawyers and civic leaders
throughout the country for many
years." Judge Scott ;tated
Speaking of Judge Nathan Cayton,
who formulated the associations plans
for the new branch, Judge Scott con-
tinued in his letter to Darr, II agree
with him and With your committee
that 1t is a simple and straightfor-
ward way Of aligning the machinery
Of our court to better function in the
service of all the people, but espe-
cially in the service of the needy.
Il see no room for quibbling on this
subject" Judge Scott wrote. Every
intelligent person must be aware of
the changing social and economic
conditions to which you have referred
In your report.
Il have always felt that the proper
administration of justice requires a
Judge to give as much attention to re-
vising and adapting procedural rules
to meet changing conditions as to
academic questions of law. I, for one,
refuse to submit supinely to that
tyranny foisted upon us by an adher-
ence to outmoded and ineffective
methods of administering justice, par
ticularly when it means that the poor
must suffer deprecate the philosophy
that objects to change, merely be-
cause the old way appears easier to
follow"
Evening star., 1936-12-24

chief of the mail division; Patrick
McKenna, chief usher of the executive
Office, and Clarence Hess, appointment
clerk.
Late today a similar reception was
scheduled for White House employees,
policemen and chauffeurs Employees
will be accompanied by their wives and
children and there will be presents
for each.
Many Packages Received.
The White House today received
packages Of all shapes and sizes from
all parts of the country. while mail
men are wearing a path to the execu-
tive Office lugging huge bags Of greet
ing cards.
Aside from greetings from people
they do not know, Mr.. and Mrs. Roose-
welt are receiving many gifts from
friends and associates. Among the
latter was a luncheon set Of native
pearl from the Philippine Islands, sent
by Quentin Prades, resident commits
sioner from the Philippines.