The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-09-09

nation or the state, are taken to task
for extravagant expenditure of the
peoples money they calmly assert that
the bulk of the revenue comes from in
direct taxation" which is not burden
on the people. This is popular fall
lacy, shrewdly promulgated to justify
useless expenditure, but the plain
truth is that every dollar of the So
called indirect taxation" comes as di-
rectly from the pockets of the indivi-
dual as it would if he dug it out of his
jeans himself and personally paid it
over the counter of the county treas
urer.-Sauk Center Herald.
| And now they tell us the increased
cost of land is the real cause of the
increased cost of living. Next!-Al-
bert Lea Tribune.
Never too late for revision. just a
bout the date of the arrival of the new
tariff bill the country will be yelling
for another revision, and they will yell
so loud and strong that it will be heard
around the world.-Stillwater Gazette.
! 1t is refreshing to contemplate that
the next legislature in Minnesota will
be chosen on their merits instead of
their party label.-Fairmont Sentinel.
The action of the government in dis
tributing money throughout the coun-
try to aid in the crop movement is
proving to be popular one with all
interests. Minneapolis is to get mil
lion dollars and Duluth and st. Paul
half million each, the money to be
pl,.ed on deposit in those cities in
September and October. Secretary Of
the Treasury McAdoo has introduced
many new features in his department
all of which go to show that the adj
ministration is conducting The nations
finances With the interests of the
masses at heart.-Ada Herald.
4 The potato and forage crops of the
northern counties is not only some
thing to boast Of but is truly won
| derful. Potatoes are now ripening
and show wonderful yields and of ex-
cellent quality. The price this sea-
son bids fair to- be good and thous-
ands of carloads of spuds and other
vegetables will be sent out of our
state to feed the millions of the burnt
out regions of the southwest.-Cass
Lake Times.
The st. Peter Tribune asked this
question: did you ever stop to
think of what would have happened
in Mexico if Roosevelt had been cleo
ted president instead of Wilson ?" To
which The Midway News replied:
Eyes, sir. Thought of that last year,
and voted for Taft Just think of
what this country escaped.-M ankato
Free Press
1t is proof positive that a governor
cuts some ice when he is flooded with
invitations from every part of the
country to deliver addresses.-Sauk
Centre Herald.
The sentiment for statewide pub
| lie utilities commission in Minnesota
is gaining daily, The excellent work
performed by the state tax commits
sion and the board of control are two
of the best arguments in favor of the
bill. The fact that the Senate and
House committees are opposed to the
Governor on political reasons should
not allow them to blind the people to
the benefits derived from such a law.
Lake Wilson Pilot.
Governor Eberhart's keynote adj
dress on the statewide public utilities
question, is meeting with much favor
1t is becoming more and more appar-
ent that the ones who are most siren
ously opposing the statewide plan are
among those who have IAN AK to
grind. "-Menagha Journal
If the Legislature is in session there
is no earthly reason why it should not
attend to business of whatever kind
that may legitimately be brought be-
fore it.-Fairmont Sentinel.
1t is respectfully, but firmly, sug-
gested to Governor Eberhart and the
special session that the ones to consid-
er are the people and not the corpora
tions, when you start building in Octo-
Der. Make the roof so that there will
be no leak.-Le Suer News.
Now is the season when the two new
inspectors of game wardens" can
earn their money, if it is possible for
them to do so. 1t would appear that
these two offices are huge jokei
The idea of an inspector of game war
densl Really, now, what are they
expected to inspect? The pay roll is