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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14
PRESS AND HEALTH

Newspapers of the country are per-
forming splendid public service through
the publication of health information &C
cOrding to Dr. Bloodgood, eminent scien-
fist and cancer specialist of Johns Hopkins
University.
He declares that because of the
spread of sound advice 70 per cent of per-
S3ns threatened with cancer now seek
medical aid as soon as symptoms appear.
Before the newspapers began to aid in dis
seminating information, less than three
per cent sought medical aid in time
The old notion that a doctor should
not give information to the press, because
of an ancient and foolish code of ethics,
was criticized by Dr. Bloodgood, who be-
lieves that the public should be told in
plain language whatever the doctor has to
tell. Referring to the Importance of Civ
ing attention to the teeth, he said:
Let the press continue its work. Let
it advise every man and woman over 40 to
have their teeth X-rayed twice a year.
Bad teeth are the most common causes of
breakdown
Through preventive measures the
span of human life has been greatly length
ened in recent years, and it should be
gratifying to newspaper men to have had
an important part in bringing about this
highly important result.
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other business man, a manufacturer
of automobiles. pointed out that
profits depend not only on the differ
ence between the price at which an
article is sold and the cost of making
that article, but on the volume of out
put and sales. He observed that often
more money may be made by selling
a large number of articles with a
small profit on each than by selling
a very few at high price. Although
there may be large profit on each of
the few sales. the total gain may be
much less than from small profit on
a larger number.
Of course the automobile manufac-
turer was correct. But everything de-
ponds upon whether a low price will
mean considerably larger sales. If it
does. then the manufacturer will find
that his costs per article or per unit
are apt to be low, and although he
makes only a small amount on each
one. his total profits will increase IT,
on the other hand. low price does
not stimulate sales. he may lose.
Everything depends upon the way
the consumer reacts. If lower prices
tempt him to buy in considerably
larger quantities. then lowering prices
is good business policy. If not. then
the manufacturer may find it wiser
to maintain prices at high level. if
he can do so.
Of course. this varies from one line
of business to another. Lowered
prices for automobiles seem clearly
address questions to the al
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

to have been a good thing. for the
purchaser and also for the manufac-
turer. But it is not so clear for all
other lines of business, e.g. the price
of steel rails. Our railroads do not
buy rails merely because prices are
low. They are influenced primarily by
the volume of traffic they must carry.
by the need for replacing old rails
and for building new track.
Only an expert in a given line Of
business can be a good judge. Just
now there is controversy raging over
the best price to be charged for cleo
trio current. The point at issue is the
one just mentioned. Will low charges
per kilowatt hour mean a consider
able increase in demand or only a
slight increase? This is what the econ
omiSt calls elasticity of demand" Is
the demand for electricity quite elias
tic? II so. lower rates will pay. If il
is very inelastic then high rates will
pay.
Those Of us who are consumers
would like to have the rates as low
as they can possibly be made. If rates
are reduced we will use at least some
more current, possibly a great deal
more, especially if we can afford to
buy the necessary equipment. Or per-
haps lower rates will give us a little
extra with which we can buy other
things we want.
Only one comment is safe for the
layman who does not understand all
the technical matters that are in
volved. Business men are usually very
conservative. They must be so. But
because they are conservative they
cling very tenaciously to the idea
that profits come only with high
prices. Some of them seem inclined
to overlook the possibility of larger
profits through more sales at lower
prices.
While conditions differ widely. busi-
ness men as whole must remember
that they cannot sell except as the
public can afford to buy. In many
lines lower prices and larger sales is
the only way out.
With our enormous capacity for
production, factories can be kept CO.
ing only if markets can be found.
More and more these must be de-
veloped through the offer of goods on
terms that will make larger sales pos
sble.
fbor cnre nj fbie 1o,eennnprl
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14
TODAY'S WEATHER

sure is relatively low elsewhere.
Showers have occurred during the
last "a hours in east Gulf and
south Atlantic States, on the
north Pacific coast, and in por-
tions of the southern Lake region,
being heavy at Pensacola, Fla,
liza inches, and Chicago, Ill.,,
LOS inches. There have also
been rains, mostly light, in the
Rocky Mountain States. Tempera-
lures are above normal this morn
ing throughout most of the Plains
States and eastward over the Ohio
Valley to the north Atlantic coast,
and maximum readings were above
100 degrees again yesterday in
many localities in the Plains
States and middle and lower Mis-
.sissippi Valley. Temperatures con-
tinue seasonable throughout most
of the Gulf and south Atlantic
States, and over the far West.
e. S. KENNEDY,
Official in Charge.
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THE KEY WEST CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print il
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid 10 attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan or the mouthpece of any person, clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
injustice; denounce vice and praise virtue;
commend good done by individual or organ.
ization; tolerant of others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contamirate the reader; never Cora
promise with principle.
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WEATHER FORECAST
Gill 8 p. M, Saturday,

Gill 8 p. M, Saturday,
Key West and Vicinity: Partly
cloudy with scattered showers to-
night and Saturday; moderate
east and southeast winds, fresh at
times.
Florida: Partly cloudy, scatter
ed showers Saturday and in ex-
IRENE south portion tonight.
Jacksonville to Florida Straits
and East Gulf: Moderate east and
southeast winds, fresh at times
over extreme south portion; part
ly overcast weather tonight and
Saturday with scattered showers.
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Unimpressed with Key West itself, o.

Unimpressed with Key West itself, O.
o. Mcintyre often has complimentary no.
tees about Ernest Hemingway one of its
foremost citizens, and Ruth Bryan Owen
the island city's adopted daughter, who
has recently added Rhode, to the trinity
of her names. Lately the columnist said
of herr. For her years, Ruth Bryan Owen
is the almost perfect physical type of Am
erican womanhood. She has the statuesque
dignity and charm that commands Plus a
soupcon of the oratorical flair of her dis
tinguished father Also keen mind for
craftsmanship. Too, she has been a de-
voted mother. She showed her pride in
America by plotting her Danish kings
guard husband on honeymoon tour that
included Niagara Falls, Yellowstone Ma
tional Park and shutdown tea in the Eucli-
dean dazzle of the Empires aeyrie.'' Such
praise from Sir Hubert is appreciation, in
deed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

Willie Hernandez, 528 Angela
street, was seriously injured and
Manuel CasadO, another young
Cuban, was slightly hurt as the
result of terrific crash between
a Chevrolet brOugham and Long
Furniture company truck at the
corner of county road and White
street yesterday afternoon about
8 O'Clock The young Cubans were
the only persons on the truck
The Chevrolet was driven by a
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

Chief Deputy Sheriff Joseph
Kemp. who went to New York 10
bring back Juana Dominique,
wanted here for theft and skipping
bond OF $500, returned this morn
ing over the East Coast without
the woman. Deputy Kemp says
the governor of New York honor
ed the requisitiOn papers and later
habeas corpus proceedings were
instituted by her husband who
says to have a witness to prove
she was not in Florida at the time
the alleged theft was perpetrated-
The case was postponed until
September 9 when a witness VIII
have to be present in court
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14
KEY WEST IN
DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here just 10 Years
Ago Today As Taken From
The Files Of The Citizen

The Citizen is today publishing
the qualified list of voters for the
referendum election 10 De held
next Tuesday. The list carries l.
125 names and was prepared b.
Supervisor of Registration Joseph
Roberts who says that three or
four have established qualification
since the list was made out. Only
free-holders will be allowed 70
vote on this issue, it Is pointed
out and they must have paid their
poll taxes by Tuesday and legs
tered according to law.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

Thomas Edison, asked to advise youth,
replied: Youth does not take advice"
This is the tragedy of life-that young
people must be burned with fire to learn
the truth of the experience of their elders.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14
DIR. R. A. Smith of Brewto

Dr. R. A Smith of Brewton, Ala, ad-
mits that he is set in his ways and never
expects to have his beard shaved He re-
Gently told Editor Brooks of the Standard
Il am about my beard as am about my
politics. never change. I have been a
Democrat ever since I first voted at the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

man nzmed I'd Eurbez wEs k1
As ms riding cuwEzZ-1- q WlZ@
By the uame q - g. L@
truck MAS knockeG caezr ever E-~
curling and iu-e - E1zEzz -
the cCrner- and a. 50 b@T 1
aged u may never - e z-u=
a-ain- None n ~ $780, $50
injured nor Wzs ne @ 49,
damaEcd-
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

The Velie touring car which
was placed on sale yesterday By
Collector of customs Louis Bra
gassa was purchased by Joseph
Knight who bid S55. The car was
seized some time ago by Inspectors
Taylor and Falk near the ferry
piers. The seizure was made ,
o'clock in the morning. The driver
upon seing the inspectors deserted
the car and left the motor run
ing. The Velie crashed into the
Ford in which the officers were
riding. Liquor was found in the
car and it was seized.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

profits a nd OF
G ener a | pros
perity lies in
hig h er prices.
His argu m en- {
was not at all
complicated. If
his pro d u C I
could be sold at
a higher price.
he was sure that
he could more
easily meet his
expenses w it'll
something left
over. That left
over amount is
profits.
In reply. the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

AS this is a political year, million
more lies than usual will be told in the next
few months. Learn to think for yourself
and don't fall for all the bunk that insults
your intelligence.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS

Weak high pressure areas over
spread eastern districts, the CEN
trail Rocky Mountain States, and
north Pacific coast; while pres
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

The local Coast Guard office
was advised today that the Coast
Guard Patrol Boat 2344 captured
one prisoner and 600 cases Of as
sorted liquor last night on a 4S
foot motor in the St. Johns River,
near Jacksonville. The liquor Is
value at $4,000.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

Doctors may not be able to convince
you that they know much, but they are
mighty pleasant folk to have around when
you are i'll.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

One reason why human nature is not
better than it is, men are such poor ma
terial for Improvement
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

What has become of the old-fashioned
gentleman who believed all females were
ladies?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14

The tired business mans life may be
affected by the stars, but he pays little at
tention to astronomy.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1936-08-14
You and Your
Nations Affairs
High Prices or Large Sales
By ERNEST MINOR PATTERSON
President American Academy of Political and Social Scienc

Not long ago at a luncheon sat be-
tween two business men whose argu-
me1ts interested me greatly. One held
the view that the hope Of business
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woman is only woman, but lady
is something else
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Barometer 8 A. M. today:
Sea level, 1898.
Evening star., 1936-02-15
SUPREME COURT IS UPHELD
Character of Its Participation Trend of Government Ex
pertly Defended by David Lawrenee-A Former Off
cia Writes on Competition and Its Control.

the first book was published have
been included. The new edition also
contains added introductions BY DR..
George w. Richards, president Of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church,
and DR.. L w. Goebel, vice president.
It Is illustrated with II pictures Of
personages and churches important
in the period which it treats.
THE HURRICANE. BY James Norman
Hall and Charles Nordhof. Boston:
Little. Brown 81 Co.
THIS books chief claim to attention
(such as 1t Isl would seem 70 lie
in the fact that it Is by that pair Of
enterprising authors who put together
the now famous trilogy Of the
Bounty" They have done other non.
fiction In collaboration, but this Is
their first essay at the novel.
There Is nothing to the resulting
work except a plain tale set down in
ordinary journalistic prose. It Is the
story of the interruption, by nature, OF
q man-hunt in the South Sea Isles,
the French administrator being the
hunter and a young native the hunted.
The interruption takes the form Of q
tremendous storm, such o storm, read
ers are told. as did actually sweep the
islands In 1926. The administrator q
viewpoint on the infallibility OF human
law changes as a result Of this hurri-
cane. and the young man. accompanied
by his wife and child, is permitted to
make his escape. As has been said. the
book reads fairly well.
THE JEW OF ROME. BY Lion
Feuchtwanger. Translated by
VILLA and Edwin Muir. New
York: The Viking Press.
THIS novel, the sequel of "Josephus.
is written with all its authors
familiar mastery of form and struc-
ture. With such an endowment it
has inevitably q massive dignity Of
Evening star., 1936-02-15

outline and an impressive stateliness
Of movement. It falls short of being
a great novel, however, in that it
insists on a specific theme and that
its author has failed to endow that
theme with more than a specific in
terest. The book, therefore, fails of
universally.
It is the story OF Flavius Josephus,
that Josephus who. in the reigns of
Nero and VeSpaSian, wrote the history
of the Roman seige of Jerusalem. The
tale is taken up after his return to
Rome and his reception of signal hon.
ors by the new Emperor Titus. Under
Herr Feuchtwanger' treatment it be-
comes the struggle of jew in a
non-JewiSh environment, and, though
the tale is told with breadth and
dignity, essentially nothing more. The
great panorama of Rome which he
has painted, the populous gallery of
Romans-these seem to be wrought
Evening star., 1936-02-15
HE SPURNED POLITICAL PEAK
~ Will Not Accept If Nominated and Will Not Serve If
Elected" Said Sherman to Establish Himself Among
oldest of Figures in American Public Life.

cey NJ. Depew, who even then had at
tanned fame as an after dinner speak
er, called the testy old general. "the
readiest and most original talker In
the United States"
Explaining his action in refusing to
consider the presidential nomination,
Sherman wrote: Its simply absurd.
wouldn't think Of it for the fortieth
part of q second. I lead peaceful
life here, and If I ran for President I'd
wake up some morning and find it all
over the newspapers that I'd poisoned
my grandmother. Now you know I
never saw my mothers mother, but
the newspapers would say killed her
and prove it."
SHERMANS antipathy for news
papers dated back to the early
days of the Civil War and was pro-
verbal. Nevertheless, 1t was a news
paper in, Of all places, Atlanta, the
Constitution. which published per-
haps the fairest estimate of Gen.
Sherman's place in American life, in
writing of his death in 1891.
He had his faults, very serious
ones, but he also had many shining
virtues. He always, in his heart, really
liked Southerners, and had many per-
sonal friends among them. The re-
building of Atlanta gratifled him very
much, and he was a firm believer in
the future greatness of this region.
- When all is said that can be
said, the fact looms up that this man
was one of the greatest soldiers Of the
age. - He was a hard fighter, and
never grew sentimental in the pres
ence of bloodshed and death. But
when the business of war was over
when he had accomplished his mis-
sion-he showed a softer side, and
men and women, even among his
former foes, found him a very lov-
able man."
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petuo," he threw in his lot with the
North. Five years later, when he rode
up Pennsylvania avenue at the head
of the Army that had marched with
him from Atlanta to the sea, and
passed in review with the Grand Army
Of the Republic, his fame was world
wide and second only to that of his
friend, Gen. Grant. And when, years
later. he revisited his old school, he
found that the stone bearing the motto
he had fought for had been torn down
and broken into bits, but that his own
picture still hung on the wall.
Capt. B. II. Liddell Hart, the Eng
lish military critic, calls Sherman the
most original American military genius
and the first of the modern generals.
Had the allied leaders, he maintains,
studied his campaigns more closely
instead of accepting the traditional
theories of the European military
graybeards they would have laid more
Evening star., 1936-02-15

State Sovereignty, Then an
Issue, Continues to Be
National Problem.

general, and Judah P. Benjamin. at
torney general.
A ND so the Confederate States of
America came into being, the
result of difference in viewpoint and
philosophy which are not settled even
to the present. Seventy-five years after
the Montgomery convention which
organized the Confederate States Of
America, the issues Of States rights
is still before the country-and none
can say that it is any less Of a con-
troversial question today than it was
then.
When the news Of the decisions of
the convention was flashed to North
and South, the last lingering doubts
as to whether or not there would be
war, were removed The decision Of
the South was irrevocable. It was
based on an honest conviction that
the Union spelled doom for the South's
freedom and for its economic future
At the same time, the North's deter.
mination that the Union should moi
be dissolved was strengthened. Many
who had felt that compromise was
still possible, were forced reluctantly
into the extremists who had long
favored war.
The Confederate States of America
came into being in February; in April
it was locked in a death struggle with
the United States Of America.
Hot heads, both North and South
Of the Mason and Dixon Line, pre-
dicted speedy conclusion. One reads
contemporary editorials, speeches, SER
mons, statements, and wonders that
men could have been so short-sighted;
such tragic failures rs prophets.
None, save perhaps Abraham Lin
coin. who dreaded the war and It's
inevitable consequences, and who was
as mistrusted by the radicals Of his
own party as he was hated By the
most uncompromising Soutnerners. He
foresaw that years Of destruction
would follow In the train Of the events
Of these frenzied weeks.
Seventy-five years after, many Of
the problems the war was to have
solved sill perplex . united Nation
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also the election Of Jefferson Davis
Of Mississippi as President and Alex
ander II. Stephens Of Georgia as vice
president Of the new nation.
Huge crowds witnessed these events,
and the Confederacy was launched
amidst the widest enthusiasm.
Stephens was In Montgomery at the
time, but Davis was not. The latter
received the news Of his election at
his home near vicksburg. He irnme-
diately hurried to the Alabama cap
ital, and was received on February Is.
Both Stephens and Davis were out
standing national figures, and their
election was acclaimed In the South
ern press.
one Of the vexing problems before
the McntsoMery convention was the
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selection of flag. Numerous designs
were submitted and the pros and cons
Of the devices were discussed at great
length and with considerable vehe-
mence.
Finally, however, Q decision was
reached. The flag was to be OF stars
and bars; flag around which millions
Of men and women were to rally; ana
for which hundreds Of thousands were
to die. x
It was on February Is, 1851, that
Jefferson Davis was iaauglrated, and
his cabinet was chosen. Robert Toonbs
became secretary Of State: Charles O..
Memminger. secretary Of the Treasury;
L. Roy Pope Walker. secretary OF war;
Stephen r. Mallory, secretary OF the
Navy: John II. Reagan, postmaster
Evening star., 1936-02-15
By Ben Pearse.
st WILL not accept II nominated
and win not serve IL elected" !"
With presidential possibili-

So 7 WILL not accept II nominated
and win not serve IL elected" !"
With presidential possibili-
u ties springing up on all sides,
native sons here and dark horses
there. and chronic oppositionists
straining their ears for the faintest,
feeblest presidential call, q man with
the slimmest chance for the nomination
Of either party, who would make such
O statement today would be unique.
The late Calvin Coolidge's now famous
81 do not choose to run" for months
afterward left doubt as to what he
meant. And there are those who be-
lieve that he would have run had he
been drafted"
Yet, there was at one time o man
who had an excellent chance Of re-
ceiving the nomination for President,
and would doubtless have stood bet
ter than even chance Of being elected,
who made the statement quoted above
and meant 1t. His name was William
Tecumpseh Sherman. The 116th an
niversary Of his birth recently went
practically unnoticed, as will, In all
probability, the 55th anniversary Of
his death, next Friday.
Gen. Sherman is q man for whom
life began at 40. Graduated sixth in
his class at West Point, he later for
sock Army life for business, and was
q failure. At 40, although he could
nave taken an assured and lucrative
position in the employ of his foster
father, he was glad to accept posi-
ton as head of the newly established
Louisiana Military Institute, now
Louisiana State University, at salary
Of $500, and resign himself to spend
ing the remainder of his days with his
family IN comfort If not affiuence.
RUT circumstances willed otherwise
When the Civil War broke out
Sherman, taking seriously the motto
carved over the door of his schools
| main building, THE Union-ESto Per-