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The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08
THERE is NO MAGIC

If we knew magic formula
which would change everything
overnight and put the people of
the United States back where we
were in the beginning of 1929, we
are not sure that we should use it.
We doubt whether it would be
either wise or kind to confirm the
belief, which apparently prevails
among many folk who ought to
know better, that politicians pos
ess some sort of magician's wand,
the waving of which would restore
prosperity put up the price of the
farm products, start every factory
off on full production, pay off the
debtors debts and send the prices
Of stocks up to new highs.
Looking backward, we are not
at all sure that the orgy of reck-
less spending which came to an
abrupt end three years ago was a
good thing either for the nation
as q whole or for the individuals
who took part in it. 1t was, for
many, too close to getting some
thing for nothing and those who
did not get unheard-of returns for
their contributions in labor or COM
modities were beginning to be in
fected with the idea that they, too,
were entitled to more than they
paid for.
We do not believe that any
sound and permanent prosperity
can be built on any basis but the
old fashioned recipe of hard
work and thrift. We have no con-
fidence that there is anything pol
iticians can do, whatever their par
ty labels, that will take the place
of economy and industry, render
work unnecessary or put money
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08
HOW SHOULD ONE DANISH
TYRANNY OF INSOMNIA!

Since an Australian scientist has
discovered the sleep control CEN
ter of the brain, may we ask If it
were like a push button? This is
the utility of the discovery most
desired. We resent, and bitterly,
the power of insomnia to work its
will with us. It is tyrant that is
Indifferent to our ratings.
Physiology and psychology seem
closely related in the human quail
ity Of sleep. It is comfortable
doctrine that if your unconscious
repose is quite regularly but five
hours out of the twenty-four, that
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08

cepts defeat as final, but continues
to strive to the end of the game.
He observes the rules of the game
rigidly. If he doesn't like them, he
may try to have them changed, but
so long as the rules are as they
are, he follows them.
We hear great deal Of whin-
ming in these days of depression,
but every little while we run
across a real sportsman, who has
MT let circumstances lick him, but
is starting out afresh to try to
win the game of life. To every
such man we take off our hat.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08

money for home use and never
missed the gold. 1t is easy If you
do not shrink with fear. Money is
good if backed by any stable gov
eminent and intended to circulate
at home. Nor does it fall below the
gold if treated as its equal within
the confines of the country. it
cannot fall behind if we observe
what is called the Gresham law
This law contemplates that their
should be several kinds of money
in any country, which there always
/ is, and to insure that each KIND
has an equal value, the law allows
the debtor to choose the kind Oh
circulating medium he will use TO
paw with, STIMULATING that all are
legal tender. 1t can be seen that II
. considerable number of people
choose what they think to be the
cheapest money for them to get IN
which to pay their debt, then
there would be sufficient demand
for this cheap money to cause it to
he sought for and if demanded In
larger volume it would rise IN
value and SO would cease to be the
cheapest money and some other
form of money would come into
demand, and this see-sewing back
and forth would in time equalize
all forms of money at the same
face value.
/ hope that this stamp money
will be tried in good faith for we
are going to need for more money
than we have at present harness
ed up and put to work before we
break the tough back of this dark
and deep depression. Rid the fl
nancial world of the strangling eff
feet. Of interest, even to the small
extent this would do it. and that
would make a good beginning for
rapid expansion of real and per-
manent business. Let's not shrink
back in horror because this is a
new kind of money.
Didn't hear some one say not
long ago that there was to be q
New Deal? 2"
w. C.. B. RANDOLPH.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08

that is all "your system requires"
but there is the lassitude, depres-
sion and exhaustio nof the long
day, to refute any such conclusion.
Sleep that knits UP the travelled
sleeve of care, must somehow be
made totend to its knitting. F. 81.
Collier, writing in the st. Louis
Globe-Democrat concludes. Prob
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08

ably the victim knows ways to en-
force this, but they are inconven-
lent and often impossible. Run 10
miles and you will sleep ten hours.
No doubt; but when and where can
one run ten miles without being
taken for a lunatic? And ones
hours must be occupied in making
a living.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1932-12-08
into one pocket without taking

into one pocket without taking it
out of another.
All that politics and government
can do is undertake, SO far as sell
fish and self-seeking nature will
permit, to smooth out the Unequal
tiles and cure the defects in our
economic structure which have
grown up out of custom and ignor-
ance, and which tend to put too
heavy q burden upon some and too
light responsibility on others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
Chinese Leaders Split
on Educational Plans

China, unlike most nations, has
nothing that can really be called a
national sport. Japan, in much the
some circumstances, adopted base
ball; but baseball in China has
never caught on TO any great extent
Mission schools and Y. NJ. c. AS,
however, have done much to teach
forms of sport to elementary and
middle school students, with the re-
suit that basketball, tennis and foot
ball are beginning to prove fairly
popular, but only among an extreme
ly small percentage of the nations
many millions of youths. AS far as
the revival of folklore (Which is be
ing considered by the social education
department Of the ministry of educa-
tion) is concerned, it is expected that
the ministry will encounter Difficult
ties. China is rich in folklore, but
while with one hand the government
is trying to encourage its revival,
with the other hand the government:
is launching bitter campaign
against superstition. Much of China's
ancient folklore deals with super
natural beings, and with historical
and mythical characters endowed
with supernatural powers. What is
needed, according to educational
leaders, Is the development of crit
ical faculty among students and the
populace which will enable them to
disassociate themselves entirely from
the million and one popular myths
which form the basis of their mental
texture, if not of their religious be-
Gefs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
Famous English Hotel
One of Worlds Oldest

aye Olde Griffin hotel" at March.
Cambridgeshire, England, one of the
best known hotels in the eastern
counties, dating back TO 1900. has
been sold. 1t was a noted house in
old coaching days. and the coaches
at times drove through the space
where the front doors are now into
the courtyard at the back. An offer
of $1,000 has been made and refused
for the remarkable panelins in the
commercial room.
The walls of the hall are of Indian
carved teak, and all the ceilings are
supported by the original massive oak
beams, while the ancient card room
is still in existence. The bath is of
real Italian marble, hewn out of the
solid stone, and was originally used
by the Italian monks. and subse-
quently brought TO England. The
hotel has been the subject Of articles
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
OCCASIONS WHEN
TIME is HANDY
Helps Bring Things to a Close,
for One.

Time is an excuse for such things
as clocks and watches. II also serves
as useful means of distinguishing
winter from summer when the
weather falls down on the job. and
one day from another when outstand-
ing events are absent. such as the
birth of child or having ones hair
washed or waffles for breakfast.
Time is either correct or Incorrect.
Correct time is found in railway sta
tons. II is very important to rail-
roads, for otherwise the railroad peo-
pie would not be able to tell passen-
gers how late the trains are In
correct time is the sort indicated by
the clock on the mantel that ought to
be given thorough overhauling. but
it is so much trouble to lug ii to the
repair shop.
Time is also very valuable in de-
termining when things happen and
theerby indicating the nature of the
occurrence. Thus. for example, if a
friend is smashed up in motor car
accident at two O'Clock in the after
noon the cause may be laid TO one
of those irresponsible truck drivers
But if it happens "early today" then
the first question is. what sort of a
party he has been to. And if il were
not for time it would be impossible
for the Office manager TO warn Miss
Smith that she has been a little care
less recently about when she comes
into the Office, and to remember that
there are plenty of capable young
women only too glad to find employ
ment
Other important classes Of time
are good times and bad times. Good
times are when prices are high and
everyone gets liberal salaries, run
ming as high as $50 a week, which
they spend because il costs so much
to live; while bad times are when
prices are low and people have to be
content. with $50 a week, which buys
what $50 did before.
Then time is valuable to people
who are entertaining, for if they in
vite guests for p. m. they can us
ually count upon the guests arriving
at least before p. N. Time also is
invaluable in bringing things TO a
close. If there were no time it would
be possible to go on writing like this
forever, instead of calling halt and
rushing home to dinner.-Baltimore
Evening Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
Little Difference

The young bride was asked what
she thought of married life.
'Oh, there's not much difference"
she replied. Il used to wait up half
the night for George to go. and now
/ wait up half the night for him to
come home"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
EXPENSE and Literature

after all. reading offers the least
expensive entertainment"
Il can't see it that way" said Mr..
Meekton. Henrietta is buying moth
ing but fashion publications.
ington Star.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

A man who is proud Of his candor
instead of cautious with it will over
do 1t.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
BAYERD0AsPIRIN

by Charles Dickens, G. &. Chester
ton, Hilaire Belloc, and others, and Is
visited by many distinguished people
during the season.-Detroit News.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

Dr.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong. No alcohol. Sold
by druggists in tablets or iquid.-Adv.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
Names in Odd Sequence

A curious sequence of names Is
puzzling University of Alabama pro-
fessors. In one freshman class John
James and James John occupy seats
near each other. Across the aisle
are Jacob Jacobs and Roger Rogers.
Three Bernard Cohens are signed up
for the same course also. That prob
lem was solved by placing the
Cohens on different schedules.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

A false rumor gains currency
quicker than the average man.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

Travel all over America. Then
you will know one place is not much
worse than another.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

Two essentials to success are dol
lars and sense.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
FELLOWS SYRUP
Require. Careful Picking

Requires Careful Picking
"Why the coming and mulling?"
"She is selecting her bridesmaids. "
"Eh?"
"She wants them pretty, but not
too pretty"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

Religion is often the only eonsola-
ton of the poor man. Money pro-
vides other solaces Cor some others
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22
The Honeymoon

The Honeymoon
Mistress-And did you have q
honeymoon, Mandy?
Laundress-We-e-el Rastus done
he'pe me wild de washin' de first two
weeks.-Many Laughs.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1932-04-22

Why don't you try this amazing soaP-see
how its suds last till dishes are sparkling
clean-how they float dirt out Of clothes
and hold IL out 60 clothes are cleaner and
whittier without rubbing? Softens water.
Never bais up. Proctor & Gamble
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07
FRENCHMAN AGAINST WAR

so long as | am where | am, there
will be no war;" said Aristide BRAND
French minister of foreign affairs, re-
Gently, and his utterance will strike
a responsive part of every human who
was directly connected with the Last
great conflict which wreaked havoc
with the world. 1t is only too sad
that such men, if they are sincere
in their utterances, cannot remain in
their power until such time as the
coming generations can see the use
lesSness of war. France won't stand
in the way of peace, said BRAND, and
if other nations feel the same then
much will have been accomplished.
Words like these coming from Mr..
BRAND would show that France, con-
trary to popular belief, is for peace.
France, above all, certainly should
want peace. Her fertile fields were
torn for many years by the shells
that shattered her population and even
yet she is paying-paying dearly with
the other nations that were involved.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07
WITH THE PEOPLE

The st. Paul Pioneer Press is put
ting up a good battle in behalf of the
citizens, taxpayers and users of cleo
trio power and light in the Sanity
city. The newspaper is opposing the
Northern States Power Co. in an eff
fort on their part to deprive tie city
of millions of dollars in gross earn.
ings taxes over {. period. of. twenty.
years through new frah:hise fhey
would like to have adopted. The pros
posed franchise would shift more of
the tax burden on the already too
heavily taxed personal and real estate
property owners. The Northern States
Power Co. is perhaps today the most
powerful group in the financial and
economic life of the state of Mime
sofa, with exhorbitant annual profits.
We congratulate the Pioneer Press on
its fight and hope it comes out
victorious with flying colors in behalf
of the people of st. Paul.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07
A VOICE FROM ARLONE
Editor ASkov American:

Editor ASkOV American.
In your opinions of others column
there has lately appeared some very
good letters mostly dealing with our
game law system. Mr.. Abrahamson
of Cloverdale also had an article in
the Hinckley News a short time ago.
l thought surely that it also would
appear in your paper as it dealt with
his opinion about the so much talked
about income tax and as our Repre-
sentative you surely would be glad to
find out your voters opinions. For my
part | agree with Mr.. Abrahamson if
we are going to have an income tax
let it not be an additional tax, we
farmers must always have in mind
that we have to pay nearly all taxes
direct or indirect. Come again Mr..
Abrahamson and let Mr.. Petersen get
it in his paper also.
A couple of months ago Harry Hen
bricks of DanfOrth township, had a
splendid letter in your paper. In your
Dec. "a issue Ernest Holler of Clover
ton also had very good letter and
in the last issue Mr. Pembleton, Will
low River, gave his view on the game
question.
have paid taxes on my place here
in Arlone township for 26 years. For
the past Is years my rights as far as
the game goes on my property have
been taken away from me without my
consent. We have here one of the So
called game refugees. A petition to
use my land as a game refuge has
not been presented to me for 10 years,
at the hearing a couple of months
ago, the date for the meeting was not
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers, Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the AskOv American.)
WHEN THE WEALTH "DIG DEEP

(St. Louis County independently
Nationwide search reveals only
forty-four very rich who made worth
while responses to appeals for aid to
the jObless, says Labor.
story sent all over the country
by the United Press, and played up"
on the front pages of many dailies last
Sunday morning, begins with the
words:
The nations wealthy digging deep
into their pockets to help their less
fortunate countrymen this winter"
The United Press is an energetic
and competent organization. 1t seems
to have covered the country in it's
search for generous gifts, and to have
striking. 1t shows that John D..
Rockefeller, Jr, gave $1,OOO,OOO; that
Senator Couzens contributed with
characteristic generosity to Detroit's
fund; that Secretary Mellon and his
brothers gave $4,000 1t even lists
one gift as low as $4,000.
Yet in the whole countrywide
search for generosity, the United
Press lists only SO gifts, made by A
different persons, for several contri-
buttons were made by families, rather
than by individuals. The sum of all
the gifts mentioned is $4,S24 900.
Is this digging deep into the pock-
cts of the rich?"
In 1929-the last year for which
figures can be had-there were 5O4
persons in the United States with net
incomes of $1,0OO,OOO or more, each.
Yet the United Press could find only
"A persons worth mentioning as gen
erous givers." Assuming that all
these were in the million dollar in
come class-which of course they
were not-what has happened to the
other 400 in that group? Why are
they not digging" too?
The total net income of the 504
super millionaires-their profits after
charging off all expenses that a clev-
err lawyer could devise-was $1,1S5,-
100000. But the best efforts of news
gathering organization could find only
enough striking gifts to total S4,S24,-
600; or less than One-half of 1 per
cent of those profits.
AS matter of fact, any person with
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07

even published in our local papers,
it seems to be a kind of family
affair. | am sure that not even one
third of the land in our township has
been signed over for refuge.
Chris. Frederiksen proposed in his
letter in the Dec 10th issue that an
other taxpayers meeting should be
called and / agree with him but | also
understood at the meeting in Pine
City last winter that the committee
who was appointed at that time was
to get together in Sandstone, which
they did and there try to get on to
some plan to work on and then call
a meeting for all taxpayers. Per-
hapS | am mistaken.
If we want lower taxes before a
good many of us lose our homes there
is only one way, to lower them. What
good does our good roads do us after
we have lost what some perhaps has
worked for nearly a lifetime, our
homes. What good does big school
are left in poverty. Is it not better
to cut expenses before this goes too
far. than let our schools be closed
for lack of funds and roads left to
themselves. Let us have our eyes
open and deal with facts as they are
rather than as we would like to have
them.
MAGNUS CHRISTENSEN.
ClOverdale, Jan. 5, 1882.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07
MORE POWER TO GOVERNMENT

Every now and then We read that
the government will have to borrow
money for this or that, that the gov
eminent cannot afford to borrow, that
the government is running far behind
in its finances, and so on. All of
which, when you lean back and think
it over a little, makes a fellow Won
der who is the biggest, the govern
ment or the money men in the coun-
try. In the more simple way in school
we are taught that government is over
all the people of the nation. That is
the way it should be. But when we
read in the daily press about finances
it looks like the government is the
smaller fellow and goes begging for
this and that from some of its over
grown citizens. In a land of plenty
it seems silly that the government,
which means all the people, should
be in the position of beggar toward
some of its inmates. 1t is high time
that the government in a democracy
like this should speak up with cour-
age and in a manner that would indi-
cate it has soul Of its own With
proper TAXATION income, Inheritance,
estate and gift taxes-the little chicks
would not Guido the mother chicken,
and the rugged" individualism that
we read about would become more
general and there would be less of
the ragged type.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-07
TARIFF WORKS WONDERS !

In his weekly diary, Congressman
sofa district, brings out how the small
fry investing public has again been
fleeced by the big tinanciers in for
eign investments. The fact that Ameri-
can manufacturers are building fac
tories in foreign countries also shows
how much good the tariff wall is
doing the United States. The tariff
has always been heralded as a boon
to the laborer and the farmer. Now
that the American manufacturer or
money man has piled up so much
dough" that he hardly knows what
to do with it and European countries
are retaliating with tariff laws, max
ing it difficult for him to get Ameri-
can made goods on the foreign mar
ket. he simply establishes factory
in the country he wants to sell to,
making for more unemployment in the
United States. Our tariff wall works
wonders. Here, in part, is what Con-
gresham Christgau says:
"A Senate investigating committee
is rendering a real service to the
country by its investigation of bank
ing firms in New York who unloaded
now worthless foreign securities on
an innocent public. 1t already has
been disclosed that these bankers
made millions of dollars of profit in
the transactions. Eleven foreign cOun-
tries already defaulted in payments
on foreign borrowings. Another source
of fleeing American capital to for
eign countries has been the establish
ment of branch factories in foreign
lands. The vicious circle of tariff
raising that is continuing at a rapid
pace in European countries probably
will result in the establishment of
more such branch factories by Ameri-
can manufacturers, who by placing
branch factory in country, avoid
payment of tariff rates. That ten
dency is injuring America, not only
by taking American capital out of
this country, but also by the utiliza-
ton of foreign capital and foreign
raw materials instead of American