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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30
Legislator Gives
Views Of Taxes
CHAIRMAN OF APPROPRIATIONS
SAYS SLASH MUST BE MADE;
TAX APPROXIMATE S37.

Taxes are rapidly becoming confis-
catory and halt must be called on
| state ant local expenditures, Theodore
Christensen, chairman of the house
committee on appropriations, declar-
ed in statement showing that Min
nesota taxpayers will pay $74,000,000
to the state in the next two years if
all requests for money are granted by
! the legislature.
Appropriations requested of the leg
islature this year total $43,000,000
This is in addition to $2O,OO0,0 900 to be
raised by standing tax lev,es and SILL
100000 that must be raised for the
proposed Babcock road fund.
Puts Per Capita at $37.
This total tax will be SGT for every
man, woman and child in the state.
Subtracting estimated indirect tax
es, from gross earnings of corpora
lions and other receipts, which yield
about $13,000,000 year, and $500,
/ 900 annual automobile taxes, the per
capita total to be raised by direct tax
alton will be about SO.
Chairman Christensen calls atten-
tion to the appropriations made by
preceding legislatures as follows: In
1911, ST., 662, 308.38; 1919, $19,O94,168;
1915, $18,O19, sos go; 1917, $21,833,
263.16; 1919, $32,044 ,022.26.
The Taxes Reach All.
"But the taxpayer, doesn't escape
payment because some Of the taxes
are levied indirectly" Mr.. Christian
son declares.
b "Even the railroad gross earnings
tax and other taxes of its kind are a
charge against the individual taxpay-
en-" he says, "for indirectly he pays
them. The automobile tax is none
the less tax because it is levied on a
specialized form of property.
"The $74,000,000 is not all spent for
state purposes. Millions of this vast
fund flow back to the people in the
form of aid to schools and road assist
ance and become in fact local reve-
nues. However, the whole sum is col
lected from the state and is distribut-
ed throughout the state, to secure
times, as a bait for local extrava-
gance.
Four Deductions Drawn.
"The deductions to be drawn from
the foregoing are obvious:
First, it is necessary to put a stop
to increasing expenditures, local, state
and national, for taxes are rapidly be-
coming confiscatory where they are
not already so.
Second, taxpayers should not for
get that they are paying many ir1di-
rect taxes, which add to the burden of
taxation.
"Third, state aid for local enterpris-
es may be overdone; much aid should
not be available to encourage commun-
tiles to assume activities which they
would not voluntarily assume if the
money had to be raised locally, mere
ly because state support is offered.
Fourth, the activities of the state
cannot be extended without increas-
ing the cost of government. Undue ex-
tension of governmental function de-
stroys efficiency, discourages initia-
tive, promotes bureaucracy, and ulti-
mately undermines democracy. There
is still much virtue in the Jeffersonian
adage that that government is best
which governs least.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30

The European Relief Fund collec-
ton has been completed in Brown
County and the New Ulm Journal re-
ports a complete collection Of $3,076.
"a. The Lutheran Church of New
Ulm contributed $861.1O, and the
County Red Cross Chapter gave $500.
Individual contributions totaled $685.
46 and the remainder of the amount
was given by other organizations than
those mentioned.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30
Hoover Urges Trade.

Secretary of Commerce Herbert
Hoover is strongly in favor Of increas-
ed activity on the part of the War
Finance corporation in the financing
of export trade. He has conducted
number of conferences with Eugene
Meyer, Jr., the new managing direc-
tor Of the corporation, who is working
in cooperation with Mr.. Hoover, and
also with Secretary Of Agriculture
Henry c.. Wallace. 1t is Mr. Hoover's
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30

Burberry bushes, which cause black
rust, will be fought the next two
years by the agricultural department
of the state university. Senator w.
F. Brooks has obtained favorable ac-
ton in the senate committee on agri-
culture for an appropriation of $685.
900 for this purpose. The proposition
will come forth as a committee meas
ure.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30

At the University Editors Short
Course Thursday, May 5th at the Uni
versity Farm, St. Paul, they are 60
ing to answer this question: 'How can
one bring a dead merchant to life
when he refuses to advertise By
golly, we are going to take it in
Wood Lake News.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30

The fellow who is most to be trust
ed is generally the fellow who does
not say much about it.-Ex.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30

That prohibition has created lot
of tightwads in this country. Nobody
wants to divvy up their little reserve
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1921-03-30

view that everything possible should
be done to get commodities in motion
and to relief business stagnation. He
is of the opinion that if there are no
legal objections, the sale of products
to Germany should be encouraged,
even though the United States still is
technically at war with that country.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06
POLICE VACATIONS

Members of the police department
have requested five days leave of OBJ
sence with pay and the city commits
sioners have taken the request under
Amusement The policemen ask that
three of them, one from each watch,
be permitted to be absent from Mon
day to Friday, until all have had their
five days. The men suggest that by
returning Friday they could be on duty
over the weekend when they are most
needed
The request Of the policemen seems
to be reasonable one. They work
most when others play most. Christ
mas, Fourth of July and Labor Day
mean nothing to a policeman except a
chance to do more work than usual.
1t would, therefore. appear that the
granting of request for five days
vacation is worthy of being granted.
BY all means let them have a vaca-
ton.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

there so helplessly," he went on. ''You
pretend to have good common sense.
Can't you think of something to stop
this pain?"
please let me get a physician,
Dfcky," I pleaded again.
IF you say doctor to me again I
shall dive right throug the window"
he Threatened. "If you can't think of
anything I'll just grin and bear it. Go
ask Katie. I'll bet she knows some
thing"
He closed his eyes as if the sub
ject were finished, and I went out Of
the room resolved to do literally as he
asked, and consult Katie. I was sure
from his normal temperature that he
was not dangerously ILL., and the girl
might have some old remedy that
would relieve the pain.
AS went out of the room almost
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06
MARKET FOR MANUFACTURED
GOODS.

Now that reconstruction is pretty
well advanced and unemployment is
decreasing, the time has come for
American manufacturers to consider
Germany as a market for manufac-
tured goods, according to survey by
the Guaranty Trust Co. This report
says that the articles which will find
a ready market today in Germany are
the same as those that were sold there
before the war. These include such
things as typewriters, calculating ma
chimes. boots and shoes. small tools,
automobiles and rubber goods. Re-
garding automobiles, manufacturers
should be warned that they can never
hope to sell cars in any volume in
Germany unless they establish service
stations. There must be a supply OF
spare parts in Germany. This is
feature which has, so far. been neg
lected by American manufacturers OF
automobiles who have tried to enter
the German market. Emphasis should
also be placed upon the fact that Ger
many today offers a market for Amer
lean food products Of all kinds. Cam
ed goods have had tremendous free
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06
ON eoop REApINe

The love of good reading must be
born in the American people in school
If at all, according to a declaration
,, before the library department. of the
National Education Association which
is now in session at Des Moines. The
nation faces real danger if this is not
done, the librarians were told
I'VE hear much these days in re-
gard to the dangers arising from illit-
crate people, but really the half-ed-
ucated person, who knows many
things. but who left school at too early
an age to have learned to think clear
ly and reason well, is far more dang
erous than the illiterates," said Sher-
man williams. The public library
should continue the education of these
half educated people.
"One is not necessarily better off
or a better citizen on account Of be-
ing able to read. He may be worse
for it. That depends upon the kind
of reading he does. This must not
be left to chance.
The school, through the use Of the
library and the public library as we'll
must see to it that children learn TO
love to read that which is worth while.
This IS a teaching process and in most
cases will be done at school or not
at ALL"
The question Is indeed vital one.
Our own library is pitifully inadequate
and yet the interest in it is so small
that there appears to be no hope for
a larger and more satisfactory one for
many years to come. The people who
have given their time and effort to it
almost despairingly refer to the lack
of interest and they blame it almost
entirely on the fact that the taste
for good reading has not been devel-
oped in the schools.
Organizations which pretend to be
interested in the good of the city
could well afford to put some of their
effort behind a movement for better
library facilities and for an educa-
tional campaign to encourage a gem
eral interest in good reading, which,
in itself. would arouse interest in a
better library.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

advertisement in Germany as a re-
suit OF the work of the various relief
committees. AS a result of this there
are about thirty different brands CT
American evaporated and condensed
milks on the German market today,
and American manufacturers of CAM
ed goods Of all kinds should follow this
up closely in order to establish the
trade,
The postwar market for American
agricultural machines in Germany is
not so good as formerly, because many
German factories which were engaged
in the manufacture of war munitions
are now turning out agricultural ma
chinery on a large scale. Take the
case OF tractors A certain small
American tractor costs about So 900
marks, fob. New York A similar
machine can be manufactured and
sold in Germany for $4,000 marks, less
than the cost of a span of horses.
number of American Manufacture
ers are considering the establishment
of plants in Germany, not only to sup
ply the German market, but adjacent
countries. The geographical situation
of Germany lends itself admirably to
this object. The German government
is favorably disposed towards these
American plants, provided at least so
per cent of their output is exported
to other countries. One large Ameri-
can cash register company has al
ready begun to manufacture in Ger
many. and other firms are about to
follow their example.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

stumbled over Katie in the hall I had
a shrewd idea that she had been listen
ing. an idea which was strengthened
by her first words
'Vot ais Meester Graham?" she be-
gan. Il hear him yell, groan so loud,
tink maybe he awful seecH. I tell
Jim I go upstairs and find out Jim
he say better mind my own bizness,
but 1 tell Jim to shut up. he one big
fool, and so I COON up see vot can
do"
Even as I thanked her I had a sym
pathetic little consciousness that Ka-
tie. too, had to contend with conjugal
rudeness, and, am afraid. there was
in my mind also an envy OF the print
tive method OF dealing with her prob
lens that Katie was privileged to en-
ploy.
Ito Be continued.)
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

We are proud Of the conf
dence doctors, druggists and the
public have in 666 Chill and
Fever Tonic.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

An optimist. opines Rutgers Nelson,
is man who will buy hair restorer
from baldheaded barber.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Hays may have improved the postal
service but three letters are following
some folks everywhere. They are S.
o. L.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Most ball players are already too
well acquainted with strikes.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Though you cannot marry the boot
lesger's wife we're sure you love her
still.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Perhaps the superiority of the Amer
ican navy may have something to do
with the present styles. The freedom
Of the seas" so to speak.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06
A True Sea Tale.

why READ IlCllOna1 sea LaleS Wneu
the United States is involved in
true mystery of the deep more exciting
than those recounted by the best au-
thors?
Three American coastwise freighters
are suddenly missing. A schooner was
abandoned by her crew for no
apparent reason, and stranded on Dia-
mond shoal, off Cape Hatteras.
The only clew was letter washed
ashore in a bottle in the most APP
proved style, saying that the schooner
had been boarded and that the crew
were being made prisoners and the
boat was being stripped of everything.
Now a British and a Russian ship
have been added to the list and the
unaccountable disappearance Of an
American collier from the same ocean
lane during the war is being recalled
There are whispers that vessels and
crews have been seized by agents of
the Russian soviet government and
the cargo Communicated. There are
tales of sea pirates operating as in
the days of old from the lonely islands
and marshes along the Atlantic coast.
Awaking to the fact that the loss of
these ships is uncanny and suspicious,
Uncle Sam has set five different de-
partments of the government to inves-
tigating to locate the pirate crews and
the lost sailors.
1t may remain forever one Of the
mysteries of the sea- 1t may be solved
and its solution open the pages of a
story strange and enthralling. But
anyway here it is in the most sophis-
ticated age of the world and in spite
of the most scientific aids to maritime
travel-a sea tale rivaling the chron-
icles of the buccaneers.-Ga Gainesville
Sun.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

This is the bunk" says the sailor,
climbing into his hammock.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

automobiles. There is no reason why
an accident OF this kind should not
occur in jacksonville any day Cars
driven by boys and girls hardly in
their teens can be seen at the wheels
Of high powered machines and under
similar circumstances the majority Of
them would do as this unfortunate
Louisville youth did-'become confus-
ed" This is one of the chief causes
of accidents.
Some of these tender-aged drivers
in Jacksonville can only reach the
brakes by exerting themselves. They
depend upon luck more than they do
skill. Their parents and guardians
evidently presume that because they
know how to steer and feed the gas
the youngsters are fitted to "chauffer
their own" This practice. however,
is not confined to Jacksonville. It is
general, although a few cities have
taken steps necessary to abolish it.
There are grown folks too, who are
not capable of driving in crowded
traffic Their temperaments are ham
dicaps to them. While it would be
difficult to pass upon the qualifica-
tions of the adults, it would be easy
enough to prohibit children from driv-
ing in a city.-F1orida Metropolis.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06
Universal Physical Training.


Charles w. Eliot president emeritus
of Harvard university, in an article
published lately in the Nations Bust
ness" strongly recommends universal
physical training for all boys and girls
from six to eighteen years of age in
American schools.
President Eliot would have this
training include the remedy of defects
and malformations as well as the de-
velopment of normal bodies making it
comprehensive enough to include all
children, yet carefully graded to fit
individual needs.
Drills, games and sports would fur
nish the means for this training and,
except in the most extreme weather
all exercises would be conducted out
of doors. Twenty years of such uni
versal training, President Eliot thinks.
would see an immense Improvement in
the whole population in posture in the
relation Of weight to height and in
muscular development. It would mean
corresponding improvement in comfort.
health and productiveness at daily la
Dor. Improved morality and crime de-
crease should be listed among these
possibilities, since. criminal tendencies
frequently result from remediable ply
steal defects.
There is a growing belief in physical
training in most communities and ed
ucationaI institutions and much activ-
ity along such lines If. as President
Eliot suggests, all these different
schemes could be standardized and
then made compulsory in all Of our
schools. it would be desirable from
every point of view-Tampa Tribune
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06
The Duty of the Press.

Brother Williams. of the Holmes
County Advocate appears to have
reached that point in his journalistic
career that is best described in the
salutatory of a noted paper of 80 years
ago, which reads as follows: 81 am in
earnest-I will not equivocate-I will
not excuse will not retreat a single
inch: and 1 will be heard
Mr. Williams found it necessary to
condemn existing lawlessness in his
county and called upon the sheriff TO
take cognizance of 1t. The latter did
not care to be talked about in a news
paper and proposed to run his bust
ness as he pleased, advising the Ad-
vocate to shut up" In replying to
this attack Brother williams sets forth
the duty of a newspaper in a manner
that most heartily receives the appro-
baton of the Pilot and of those who
condemn lawlessness or the failure of
officers to perform their duty. He
says:
1--WE regret that it became necessa-
ry to call attention to this state of af-
fairs in public manner. But news
paper, worthy Of the name, will not
stand idly by and see it's community
and county villified and damaged by
acts of lawless and irresponsible
element without uttering a protest
and calling upon the constituted au-
therities to maintain law and order.
This we have done and this we shall
continue to do whenever and wheEeyer
it becomes necessary for the public
are.'-Panama City Pilot.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

This is the bunk" says the sailor,
climbing into his hammock.
o.
Though you cannot marry the boot
lesgers wife we're sure you love her
still.
An optimist. opines Rutgers Nelson,
is man who will buy hair restorer
from baldheaded barber.
Hays may have improved the postal
service but three letters are following
some folks everywhere. They are S.
o. L.
Most ball players are already too
well acquainted with strikes.
Perhaps the superiority of the Amer
ican navy may have something to do
with the present styles. The freedom
of the seas" so to speak.
The Y. M. G. A, in Europe proposes
to fight the "emmigration microbe"
Why not dispose oe few of the par
asites while at the job?
cholly: "oh, yaws. In the Ahnv
hospital, had twained nurse"
Algy: "Dearie me, you're so lucky.
Poor Percy told me he had one Of
the wild ones who dwove him posi-
tively fwantic..
American Legion Weekly.
The flag is still flying at the mast
head of the Panama City Pilot.
Here lie the remains of little john
Peters.
lie was bitten to death by a lot CT
mosquitoes.
%
When a man hugs his wife and says
how fat you are getting" she imDe-
diately wonders what slim, little hussy
he is thinking about
o
Young lady next door says college
doesn't teach one anything about
shooting off unwelcome visitors.
The Parson Calls A Bully.
In little town in the Blue Ridge
mountains of Virginia, minister had
been conducting revival services The
toughest character in town had been
alluded to, and he resented it. FIe at
tended the next meeting and at the be-
ginning OF the service he arose AMI in
formed the parson of his intention of
converting him into mincemeat. The
minister asked permission to pray be-
fore the carnage began. to which the
bully assented.
"Oh, Lord" he petitioned. Thou
knowest that when ! cut the heart out
of Jonathan Miles and strewed the
ground with the brains Of Jacob Mil
Ter, did 1t in great agony of soul.
And likewise Thou knowest TINT 1t |
was in fit of righteous wrath that
I seized bench and slammed the ev-
erlasting life out OF that infidel Levi
Broiles at Pea Ridge last Monday a
week go. And now. o Lord, have
mercy upon this victim who come tn |
like lamb to the slaughter Then, |
splitting on his hands. he seized a stool
BY one leg, whlrled 1t around his head
few times. and marched boldly down
the aisle, singing, "Hark from the
tomb dismal sound" but the blool- |
hirsty bully was nowhere to be found. |
o.
Things That Count
Not what we have. but what we use, |
Net what we see. but what we chose
These are the things that mar or bless |
The sum Of human happiness.
The things near BY, rot things afac,
Not what We sem, but what we are-
These are the things that make or |
break,
That gives the heart its joy or ache.
Not what seems fair but what Is true.
Not what we seem, but what we are
These are the things that shlue like
gems,
Like stars In fortunes diadens.
Not as we take. hut as we give.
Not as we pray, IT as we live
These are the t.oirgs that nitks for
peace.
Beth now All after time shall cease.
The OutlcS.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

The Y. M G. A, in Europe proposes
to fight the "emmigration microbe "
Why not dispose os few of the par
esites while at the job?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Cholly: ooh. yaws. In the Ahmv
hospital, had twained nurse"
Algy: 'Dearie me, you're so lucky.
Poor Percy told me he had one OF
the wild ones who dwove him posi-
tively fwantic.s
American Legion Weekly.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Young lady next door says college
doesn't teach one anything about
shooting off unwelcome visitors.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

When man hugs his wife and says
how fat you are getting" she imn1e-
diately wonders what slim, little hussy
he is thinking about.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

Not what we have. but what we use,
Net what we see. but what we chose
These are the things that mar or bless
The sum of human happiness.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-06

o.
Here lie the remains of little JOHN
Peters,
lie was bitten to death by lot CT
mosquitoes.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1921-03-05
CONTRIBUTORS TO THE
EUROPEAN RELIEF FUND

The above cash contributions
were made with the provision that
the money be spent for rice loo
ally. With the $4,000, eleven bags
of rough rice were purchased.
Rice Contributions
From Walsh