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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03
THE TIPPING CUSTOM

While many attempts have been made
to eradicate the practice, even by the
passage Of laws. the tipping habit persists
through lack of courage on the part Of the
public.
Originally, no doubt, the custom of
giving tips to servants was inspired BY
kindly motives. but it has long since be-
come species Of petty graft. Many en-
pIoyers of low-class help pay miserabIy
small wages. with the knowledge that ops
from customers viii supply the deficiency.
Employees accept the small wage with the
same understanding. Consequently the
public pays in the aggregate vast sums for
which no service whatever is rendered
The effect Of the tipping system IS
wholly bad. as those who accept the
gratuities must lose somewhat in self re-
spect. while those who pay them do so sim
ply because Il Is expected and they do not
wish to appear stingy.
One restaurant noticed recently dis
lapyed sign which read I'VE pay our
walters living wages ard do not permit
them Is accept tips. That sign inevitably
caused patrons to hold higher opinion Of
the proprietor and his walters
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03
THE KENzwEsT CITIZEN

WILL always seek the truth and print it
without fear and without favor; never be
afraid to attack wrong or to applaud right;
always fight for progress; never be the or
gan OF the mouthpiece Of any person. clique,
faction or class; always do its utmost for the
public welfare never tolerate corruption or
injustice; denounce vice and praises virtue
co4amend good done by individual Or organ
ization; tolerant Of Others rights, views and
opinions; print only news that will elevate
and not contaminate the reader; never COM
promise with principle.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03
LEGALS

dead. the heirs. deviseeSF grantees
or other claimants undef the said
Edward II. Grain. deceased, Harold
A. Gibson and I4eona A. Gibson.
his wife. Joe Thorn Jackson, il liv-
ing, and, if dead, the heirs. devisees.
grantees or other claimants under
the said Joe Thorn Jackson, de-
ceased, and --- Jack son, his wife,
if he be married, jamie c. Holmes,
If living, and. if dead, the heirs,
devisees. grantees or other claim
ants under the said jamie c. Holmes,
deceased, and Holmes, her
husband, IL she be married, Edgar
NJ. Lazarus. IL living, and. if dead,
the heirs. devisees, grantees or
other claimants under the said
Edgar NJ Lazarus, deceased, Alan
NJ. Cohen and Elizabeth d. Cohen,
his wife, if living. and. II dead, the
claimants under the said Alan NJ
Cohen and Elizabeth ID. Cohen, de-
ceased. and all 1ther persons hav-
ing or claiming TO have an interest
in the property involved in this
suit, whose name or names are un-
known to plaintiffs. are defendants,
Foreclosure of Lien of Tax Sale
Certificates. the undersigned Special
Master in Chancery viii offer sep
arately for sale and will sell sep
arately at public cutlery. for cash
in hand to the highest and best
bidder at the front door of the
County Court House of Monroe
County, Florida. in the City of Key
West. Florida. during the legal
hours of sale on Monday. the I'd
day Of August, A. ID. 1887. the fol-
lowing described lands, situate, ly-
ing and bein in the County of
Monroe, State of Florida, to-wit:
Lots one % and Two ca of
Section Six (6). Township
Sixty-six t66) South. Of Range
Thirty-three C33) East, contain
ing Two Hundred Twenty
Seven (227) acres Fat Deer Key,
as recorded in Book w, page
GIG, Monroe County Records.
ALSO
Lots one 6f) and Two (2) OF
SectionH Six q t6), Township
Sixty-six (66) South. of Range
Thfrt three t33) East, con-
tanning Three Hundred Twenty
six and One-half (326isl acres,
as recorded in Boak B-3, page
800, Monroe County Records.
Dated july sd. A. b. 1857
Allan b. Cfeare, Jr.
Special Master in Chancery.
w. Curry Harris
solicitor for Plaintiff.
Hys< to-17-24-31
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

Contrary TO opinions expressed. reli-
gious groups IN the United States gained
IN membership rs a whole IN 1886. accord.
ing 70 the annual statistical report made
public recently, which is a direct contradic-
lion Of those who claim that the churches
have lost ground The Baptists continue
TO lead all other Protestant denominations
with total Of l0.Ss2.005 while the
Catholics remain the largest single denomi-
nation in the country with reported
membership Of 2o.ssIIS9.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

Time has proved that both capital and
labor must be checked by the government
o. each will 30 out Of bounds. Then CAPT
tal and labor which means the people in
general must unite to keep the govern
ment from getting out Of control.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

Human nature likes constant change
that may be the reason men who have led
Exemplary lives go wrong occasionally. In
politics, party loyalty or the loyalty to one
individual becomes tiresome and men
switch to newer idols or ideals.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

Within year Key West will realize
what an active Chamber of Commerce can
do and has done And let this be said that
when the time comes that it is not criticised,
then it should close its doors, for it will not
be worth Golfers dam.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

The United States. the wealthiest
country in the world has merchant
marine that is Joke. Less than 10 per
centum Of the goods We Manufacture is
carried in American bottoms 70. remedy
this deplorgble condition senld IS i chief
saneern Of she Roosevelt administration
assead Of numerous votegetting innova-
lkns
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

The best place for stock is the stock
yard, not the stock market
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

America. like the British, has always
been conservative nation. but we are
slipping fast.
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LEGALS

day of July. A. .. 1897. the follow
ing described lands situate, LYING
and being in the County of Monroe
State Of Florida. to-wit:
Lots one ID. Two CD and
Three CD Of Section Eleven
CID. Township Sixty-six (e6l
South, Range Thirty-twO (S2)
East. containing Three Hundred
Thirty-one and Seventy
One Hundredths t531.7) acres.
ALSO.
Lot One ID, Lot Two ca. Lot
Three t3) and Lot Four 90 OF
Section one az Townshlp sixty
two (32S East, containing
Three Hundred and Sixteen
t316l acres, more particularly
described in Book z. page 293.
Monroe County Records.
ALSO.
The South one half Ga of the
Southwest One-quarter lL) and
the Northeast One-quarter GU
of the Southwest One-quarter
1h) OF Section One (f), Town
ship Sixty-six (e6) South. Of
Range Thirty-two (32) East.
containing one Hundred aud
Twenty (120l acres. more par
ticularly described in Book z.
page 293, Monroe County
Records.
ALSO.
Lot Five t5) of Section Twenty
t20) of Township Sixty-five
1851, South. of Range Thirty
four l3D, containing Eleven
CID acres, more particularly
described in Books B-3. page
$40 and B4, page 332, Monroe
County Records.
ALSO.
Lot Four ca and Lot Five t5)
OF Section Two 90 Township
Stxty-six (e6) South. of Range
Thirty-two f32l East. contain-
ing Fourteen and One-quarter
(IAhl acres. more particularly
described in Book BIS. page
800. Monroe County Records.
Dated June 5th. A. ID. 1917.
Allan b. Cieare. Jr.
Special Master In CHANGER,
w. Curry Harris
Solicitor for Plaintiffs.
june5-l2-1s-2e: JIys. 1913
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LEGALS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY,
FLORIDA. IN CHANCERV.
T vANN. eNe. S-SSs1
Plaintiff.
cANADY ROBERTS ct vlr.
Defendants.
ORDER OF PUBLICATION
To: CANADY ROBERTS and
EARLY ROBERTS. her hasbanG
ANNIE KING. a widow. CHARLES;
CLOVER. ANTolNETTE Glow
Err WINFIELD and EARL GOOD.
ING. single man.
You are notified and hereby re-
CURED 70 appear ia the lSill Of Com
plant for the foreclosure Of tax
/ sale certificates ia the above en-
titled cause on or before the stu
day OF July A. n. 1897. otherwise
the allegations OF said bill If COM
plant will he taken as confessed By
YOU and each. Of you.
This order shall be published Ca
The Key West Citizen published "a
Dated at Key West Monroe Coun-
~. Florida, this 5th day Of June
A. d. 1887.
tsIsALl Ross c sawyer
Clerk OF the Circuit Court In and
for Monroe County. Florida
BY Florence + sawyer
Deputy Clerk.
IRA c. HANCOCK
Miami. Florida
Attorney for Plaintiff
june5-l2-fe-e6 Jly5. 1897
N THE COUNTY JUDGES COURT
IN And FOR MONROE COUNTY.
FLORIDA.
TN RE. ESTATE OF
ROBERT III. THOMPSON.
Deceased.
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MAKE
APPLICATION FOR FINAL
DISCHARGE
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN
that I viii. on the End day ~
I August, A. =. 1887. present % the
Honorable Raymond r. Lord. Coun-
~. Judge Of Monroe County. Flor
ida. my final report and vouchers.
and ask FOR the approval Of same.
and apply for final discharge ia the
Estate of Robert Al. Thompson. de-
ceased.
Dated. this 27th day Of May. A.
D. 1897.
SARAH GIBBS THOMPSON pEI.IA
4 Executrix of the Estate of Robert
NJ Thompson. deceased.
may29: iune5-l2-19-26s iiy3-io-l1-
1851. 1897
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

day of July. A. .. 1851. the follow
ing described lands situate, lying
and being in the County of Monroe.
State of Florida. to-wit:
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1937-07-03

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT or THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR MONROE COUNTY.
FLORIDA. IN CHANCERN.
ne. 0-SSa)
Evening star., 1937-10-26

BY an historic accident" the Ma
tional Bituminous Coal Commission
popped up as part Of the conservation
program of the Department of Interior.
1t may be slightly remote control, but
control there is. A consumers counsel,
by appointment of the President. func-
tions in Interior. Hearings for the
benefit of the coal-consuming public
are constantly in progress. They
collaborate with findings of the COM
mission, which passes judgment Of
fair trade practices and minimum
prices. 1t is in the throes today
attempting to fix the price standard.
Besides the vast coal-consuming
public this standard will affect the
pockets of some 10000 coal producers,
$4,000 distributors, 100000 miners.
Charles Hosford has vast RESPONSE
bilities.
He meets them in a fortnight way.
A short, stocky man with gray, level
eyes that have never been "blacked"
(as he humorously put it,. Hosford
celebrated his 50th birthday when
Jlle dCt Was Hldut IdN. II - SUI pIiS4Ilg
that no one has yet made capital Of
the fact that Mr. Hosford was born
in Bloomington, H. many miles away
from the center of coal production. To
be sure, he moved TO Pennsylvania at
the tender age of months. He was
graduated from Princeton University.
Harvard Law, practiced law at Butler
(Pa). woke up one morning to find
himself in the coal business.
THE law expands into business
activity at times" Hosford said with
twinkle in his eye. He was president
of the Butler Consolidated Coal Co.
for IS years.
Since May of this year SO per cent
of the coal dealers have accepted the
new coal codes. Twenty-Five boards
have been organized. Standards.
methods. preparation utilization, dis
tribution are on the mat for Hosford
to regulate
Evening star., 1937-10-26
Potato Control Revived
Were Consumers Allowed to Take Part in Voting
on Plan? Observer Asks

sion-except the pressure inherent in
farmers seeing his neighbor get 6
or cents a bushel as bonus from
the Government while he gets none.
The new potato control is free from
the Jail terms and fines for raisers
and buyers of "bootleg" potatoes and
the other stringent compulsions which
were part of the original potato con-
troll of 1885 and which caused popular
outcry at that time.
Secretary Wallace's publicity and
potato division men were asked how
about those elections" that were held
during early October. They said yes,
A. A. A. gave the potato growers of
each potato-groWing county an oppor-
tunity to vote on whether they wanted
control. The rule was that unless
two-thirds of the growers voted in
favor of control, there would be no
control. 1t turned out that upward of
80 per cent of those who voted favored
control.
Not All Farmers Voted.
Further inquiry about those "elec-
tons developed that not all farmers
were given a chance to vote, not by
any means all. The voting was limited
to what A. A. A. calls commercial
potato growers" that is, growers who
plant more than three acres. And
elections were held only in those coun-
ties where. as an A. A. A. publicity
'hand-out" puts it, potatoes are an
important commercial crop" The
number of counties in which elections
were held was 802. somewhat less than
third of all the counties in the
country The total number of growers
who voted was less than 40000-out Of
total of more than a million farmers
who raise potatoes. The number who
raise potatoes on a large scale is about
$50, 1000, so that, even of the large
growers, only about one out of seven
voted
Here is national policy of putting
control on potato production. The
policy is adopted by the vote of less
than one-twentieth of all the potato
growers. 1t looks as if potato control
is being brought about by quite small
number of very large growers. growers
who make speciality of potatoes.
growing great quantities of them. They
want the acreage Of potatoes kept
down so that the price may be kept
up-keeping up the price is the OBJ
jective
One would like to ask A. A. A. and
Secretary Wallace whether anywhere,
any time, consumers of potatoes were
given an opportunity to vote upon
whether they favor national policy
of paying potato growers and 4
cents bushel for not raising potatoes.
The question would be rhetorical one,
of course. for We all know that no such
election by consumers was held. Still.
one would like to ask Mr. Wallace the
question anyhow.
From the consumers point of view
the whole process works out this way:
The consumer is required to pay taxes
into the Federal Treasury; the money
thus taken from the consumers is paid
to potato growers in order that the
potato growers shall grow fewer pota-
toes, and thereby cause the consumer
to pay higher prices for the potatoes
he buys.
tCopyrisht. 1879
Evening star., 1937-10-26

| ago, in various parts of the country.
| rural and small-city newspapers again
began to carry items about potato con-
trul In the Poughkeepsie IN. "
Star and Enterprise was the following:
Potato growers of the county
marched to the polls today to cast their
ballots in a referendum which will
determine whether or not the potato
production should be controlled next
year. If the new program is adopted,
individual goals will be set. Those
who remain within it will receive
payment of 4 cents a bushel, but
will be penalized if they overproduce,
| it is understood"
A citizen of Poughkeepsie. reading
| that and not understs.n .nding it, clipped
it, sent it TO me and asked me if l
could find out what A. A. A. is up to.
Secretary Wallace's agreeable young
publicity men said that yes. there is
going to be potato control; it is to
begin with the planting of next years
crop A. A. A. is already busy fixing
quotas for each State, for each county,
for each individual farmer. Farmers
who raise less than three acres are not
affected)
To fix the quota of an individual
farmer. A. A. A. begins by finding out
how many acres of potatoes have been
raised on the farm during five years
past. OF these figures an average is
taken. To this average as a base,
A. A. A. adds some esoteric ingredients
biased on A. A. AS own Judgment
recent acreage trends" production
| facilities" soil conservatio require
ments." The so-to-speak cocktail re-
sult:ng from these ingredient factors
| is the quota for the farm.
How Bonus Operates.
If the farmer next year plants the
number of acres assigned to him as
quota by A. A. A. and plants no more
than that thes farmer will be given a
bonus of cents per bushel for early
potatoes and 4 cents per bushel for
late potatoes. The bonus comes, of
course, out of the Federal Treasury.
The new system is voluntary. The
farmer can abide by the quota assigned
him and get his bonus-or he can
raise as many acres as he pleases and
get no bonus. There is no compul-
Evening star., 1937-10-26

clerks collect kilograms asking
uacationS gentlemen Who
their
items that Mr. McCarl
the the latter
Uould had to refund
Treasury a hndhedrtcd had
pridted couer the expenditure
nobody could
expenditures
sble promptly mmoabe What the final result
have i
predict. he left S still
Committee chamn that legislation should
unbalance expected balancing of the budget
that the
balancing the budget?
th Nor America
Evening star., 1937-10-26

the burden of relief
Nth s25000000O0Q loss stock ualue in two
that Wil go doun nopoonatey
price drops have into
il about capacity-bu why go on?
thinkers but they
will talk long time-Wshu thinking
political material for Republicans
Meanwhile the country viii creak along and when gets ready
world
chicken will fill again and old
prosperity will balance
EConroer General MCar he head OF the General
could bent nickel
half attorney IN washington
spending S4000000o0 subway
Chicago.
kcptica general Its transportation
its and the city fathers
might not attention to the broachd by an East
subway the congeSd
Especially it mould require
amortization at the OF s10000000 for DO Then
suddenly Mr.. McCal appeared in the picture
this slight grayhaired gentleman with the famous
illegal
Chicago
subcommittee of the
City Council
Chcagoan back of McCarls
Mr. McCal silent that subject Perhaps he cared he
Evening star., 1937-10-26

and this complexities the matter of
financing.
The whole utility business has been
for long time based on the idea that
about so per cent is invested in bonds,
25 per cent in preferred stocks and
25 per cent in common stocks. The
common stock holder takes risk but
is in line for the profits, too.
The utility industry has practically
abandoned hopes of being able under
the present administrations policies
ever to sell common stocks to the
public. Then, too, the Government S
attack on the utilities has deprecated
their values to such an extent that
some experts doubt if in certain
instances the bonds and preferred
stocks actually cover their physical
value~ today.
Certainly in the Southern areas. the
utility companies cannot refinance and
Evening star., 1937-10-26


his foreign
started the growing
accomplish
failure
crisis public the administration
be the radicals pacfts most
beigerent, along
pacenty their wake And 1917 is the agricultural West
and South whch least inclined to uccunb the emotional
epidemic hating the bad nations falling
mating those nations call themselves good"
From Newkik opinion:
off with with
promoting
corporation among
Cleveland this dstraught
world would
undeprvleged nations
relief would clouds of
would planting the seeds of real lasting world prosperity
hoelkeep I'VE afford TO enter into
for it, War
costly destructive"
famous Mdwestern noeist: "The
the much against against Intervention
folk the street wH freely asked
he sending warshp
doarchGserS there Certainly the great freight
public opinion keeping
the Mississippi watershed"
would believe that this attitude
Chicago the
housewife
the selfish
Chcagoan formerly resident China. hatred of
Japan IF there time to halt Japan in her mad this
Evening star., 1937-10-26

products and services.
2. Direct encouragement to housing
as an industry which can take up
much of the slack in business brought
about by curtailment of Government
expenditures.
3. Balancing of the budget at the
earliest possible moment.
4. The working out of some meth
cd or policy which will cause the util-
tiles to feel they can resume conStruc-
ton of much-needed facilities in the
transmission and distribution of power.
It is estimated by the boards experts
that the utilities are spending only
about 40 per cent of what they could
spend.
Some of the advice would seem to
have been taken. 1t seems clear that
only the influence of President Roose-
welt himself could have brought the
C. I. o. and the A. r of l.. together
for peace conferences and only his in
fluence ard pressure will cause these
two rival organizations to get together
and bring some kind of order out of
the chaos that has existed in the labor
world
Evening star., 1937-10-26

sell bonds or preferred stocks or any
thing else because of the tf-eat of
T. V. A. competition. All during the
and getting lower interest rates, the
utilities have been stymied. Their
position is unchanged today. Now
that a major depression may be on the
way, the administration may perhaps
give consideration to how it can restore
the spending power of the utility
industry. The President may possibly
be persuaded to put recovery ahead of
reform as so many people have been
urging for the last three years.
Copyright. 1937)
Evening star., 1937-10-26
New Program
Looking to
Recovery
Rumored Suggestions
Of Reserve Board to
President on Policies.
BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

A DVICE of all kinds is being
~ given President Roosevelt
~ these days, but it may be
a n assumed that none of it car
ries as much weight as that which is
formally transmitted to him by the
Federal Reserve Board itself.
There is much talk going the rounds
Evening star., 1937-10-26

m ore criticism
than any other
New Deal meas
ure. In January,
1896. the Supreme
Court t h e ! d i t
(and the rest of
A. A. Al uncon-
stitutional. Nearly
every one sup
posed that that
ended potato con-
troll - until, and
if, Mr.. Roosevelt
gets a new Su-
preme Court of
his own.
But A few weeks
Evening star., 1937-10-26


trade" Mote:
with only
with the German governmenJ F. From Brooklyn N Y "Inn
swell
Franklin. the
Shall a
Finally suburban
For lad Worshiper of
D. write have
Chicago o
Evening star., 1937-10-26

could explain that tne DacKefS OF
the otherwise somewhat Utopian
plan believe that Uncle Sam will
eventually lend a helping hand.
But not right now.
When and if Mr. McCarl is
persuaded to approve spending any
money for this protector any
other, for that matter-the folks
who knew him as controller gen.
eral in Washington will consider it
quite an achievement in persuasion.
Evening star., 1937-10-26

economic interests which shoveled
us into the last war are still
operating on our public opinion.
Add to that the fact that we are
heading into another business de-
preston and that millions Of
Americans are becoming bored with
a social system based on maldis-
tribution of wealth and oppor-
tunity, and you have an explosive
political situation.
Evening star., 1937-10-26
We, the People
War Fever in Our Bones, Letters From Reading
Public Indicate.
BY JAY FRANKLIN.

Presidents
Chicago speech suggesting quarantine OF aggressive nations
1 bood-thirsty sefrighteouness
United Chicago,
talk spread civilization
Letters from readers have png at rate which indicates
Evening star., 1937-10-26
What's Back of 1t All
Experts Say Only Prosperity Can Balance Budget.
Lower Revenue Is Seen Ahead.
By II. r. BAUKHAGE.

owled ong-t planners
predicting that unless a certain old who, they
actually shows
New Deals
He wasn't.
the financial situation well
long time these prophets philosophers
haze prosperity without balanced budget, but
haze anced nudge Without prosperity"
i picture they paint it:
this
Evening star., 1937-10-26
An American
You Should
Know
Regulating the Coal In.
dustry Is Job of Hos
ford, a Pennsylvania.
BY DELLA PYNCHON.

~OAL has always been burning
national problem. Starvation
\ wages, cut-throat competition,
wastefulneSs, strikes, blood
shed, have blackened the national eye
for many years. Sterilization ideas
have been filtering through congress
sional minds ever since the World
War. The present set-up therefore is
no new, hurried New Deal dream.
The National Bituminous Coal Act
of 1885 declared UNCONSTITUTIONAL
called Charles F. Hosford. jr.. to
Washington, made him chairman of
Evening star., 1937-10-26
BY MARK SULLIVAN.

n YEARLY every one has supposed
M that potato control was dead,
" buried and not destined for
resurrection. 1t was enacted
in August, 1885. 1t lived only five
months-five tempestuous months
for potato control was subjected to