The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1927-09-07

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Pullman porters receive on the av-
erage $72.50 for one hundred hours
work, while their tips for the same time
average $58 month. The porters have
laid their heads together to have the
general mediation board arrange pro-
gram that will give them better pay and
do away with tipping. The public will
welcome change of that nature. Pric-
es for accommodations on Pullman are
plenty high without additional tip to
the porter. Speed the reform.-Worth-
ington Globe.
By all means! And expand it to include
the colored brethren in the dining car.
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The Winnebago Enterprise, in a recent is
sue, advocated editorially that Minnesota tax
payers should insist that only taxpayers be per-
mitted to vote for public improvements" We
protest against a measure like that. Every la
boring man who supports himself and his fam
ly helps to pay the taxes of Minnesota. A mer-
chant or business man who does not figure his
taxes as very important item of his overhead,
and fix the price of his commodity accordingly,
is chump and will soon be seeking the bank
ruptcy courts. Since the selling price of COM
modify or service includes the tax we ALL help
pay them, indirectly. To bar non-property hold
ers from voting would be mDemocratic and GER
tainly unAmerican. We believe the Enterprise
is much more correct in it's following observation
the primary:
"The primary, another of the alleg-
ed curealls of political ills advocated and
and put over by the socalled reformers,
has been curse to the country ever
since its authorization by law. Year
after year it has lessened interest in the
election of the officials who are sup
posed to look after our affairs. The de-
cline in interest has been a consistent
and steady one, each primary election
making of the primary system thing
for greater and greater reproach. 1t
has doubled the expense to the candidate
and to the electorate. 1t has impaired
the quality of our official life. It has
driven from the minds of many citizens
of high standing any and all thought of
candidates for political preferment. It
has in no way lessened opportunity for
manipulation, but has greatly encourag-
ed and increased political corruption. It
has changed government by the major
ity to government by the minority It
has not proved anything it was held out
to be, but has proved everything it
should not be- We might refer to it as
joke were it not so much Of q tragedy"
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In days of yore it was customary
for the average little country town to
have two or more papers. That worked
q hardship upon the advertisers who
were compelled to use all Of them. For
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with two papers. They came and went
and the Pioneer Journal today repre-
sents consolidation of five or six pa
pers. Now there is but one paper in this
city and the advertisers are agreed that
the field is better served under the pre-
sent arrangement than at any previous
period. The paper is bigger and better
than ever before because it is well sup
ported, and our readers and advertisers
are receiving the benefit.-Wadena Pho
neer Journal
The same argument holds good in
other lines of business, also. Too much
competition is proving detrimental to
many cities and villages in Minnesota.
It means in most cases, poorer service,
less public spirit, greater jealousy and
discomfort and general dissatisfaction.
The real progressive town is the one in
which the merchants and bankers and
newspaper, and all others are prosper
Gus and where the least amount of fric-
ton exists.-Olivia Times.
Never truer word was spoken! Look around
his town or any other town of its approximate
iize and see the truth of it. Cutting in" on the
,ther fellows line has caused . lot of the dis
lster which has been charged up to the closed
ranks of Minnesota