The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-01-07
Fear Is Our Chief Foe

IHEN the economic crash the TALL OF
\A/ 1929 there logical reasons for it to GER
tain extent, but not to the extent which panic
stricken spectators and others imagined. 1t is true
that values had been inflated beyond reason there had
been over-production and over-buyng, but calmness
and sound judgment might have prevented the disaster
which followed in the wake of paralyzing fear which
suddenly seized business and industry
Now, with everything thoroughly Debated, produc-
ton drastically curtailed and millions in need of
modities which they not the money to buy,
fear still keeps capital boarded away instead of being
used to start the wheels of industry going again.
The unemployed can not buy; the employed will
buy only necessaries because fear of losing their
jobs the manufacturer fears to borrow to resume
operations because of the lack of Market probably
would lend anyway, through fear that the man.
ufacturer would fail Thus operates the vicious circle
Yet, with an ever increasing population, the ma
teria needs of the country greater than in
trinsc values have not been wiped OUT forest, field
and mine ready to yield natures gfts factory and
market place prepared to function as before-but
fear keeps timid though abundant capital from put
ting willing hands to work.
That such a situation should continue to exist
simply doesn't make It's continuance is grave
indictment against the thing call civilization.
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Air Progress
N n ANY records set and numerous safety
MI devices were developed to make the progress of
aeronautcs during 1881. The completion and
successful operation of the American-buit Akron,
worlds largest airship, with gas capacity of $780,,
900 cubic feet the outstanding aircraft engineer
ing triumph of the year.
The greatest altitude attained by was
reached by two Frenchmen, Picard and Kipfer, who
51,775 feet in improved balloon. France also
the arplane distance record without refueling,
6,445 miles, made by LeBrx and Doret, flying in
closed circuit and returning their starting point
But the longest airline nonstop distance flight 5O12
Tctoy h,1 hx
two Americans, Boardman and Polando.
These and other accomplishments indicate that
aviation was in depression as far progress is
concerned Conscientious and brainy are rapidly
bringing aviation from the stunt stage to place of
Importance as an established industry important in
world advancement.
Setbacks have been numerous too and occasionally
they occurred where careful pilots held the stck" but
most aviation suffered only because amateur
foolhardy publicity seeking flyer attempting
to show off, 1t behooves avators to remember that the
public is not yet fully convinced of the safety of flying
and that each bit of dare devil flying whether results
in an accident or not, hurts their profession
Ten Miles From Broadway
recent newspaper correspondent is to believed,
one of the most primitive settlements in America
is only 10 miles from Broadway. 1t is on what is
known Sour Island in the Hackensack Meadows of
New Jersey.
This settlement it is said, consists of 80 families,
who have up to the present time lived without schools,
churches telephones, movies, running water sidewalks
any modern conveniences
All the inhabitants know of New York City, only
10 miles away, is the nightly glare of the electric
lights in the sky. Once in while of them visit
the nearby village of Secaucus to make few pur-
chases but otherwise they remote from civil
ization if they lived island in the South Seas
Possibly they happy as the average New
Yorker at that