The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1932-04-14
What Others Think

Many citizens of the Northwest will question the
logic of Governor Floyd B. Oson's message to eight
Midwest governors urging them to ask Congress to
mortgage future generations to the amount of bill
lion dollars for immediate completion of the Mssis-
sipp river waterway system.
This is tremendous burden to impose upon a
nations children in this age of rapid evolution of
transportation when the development is still largely in
the experimental stage and may be as out of date as
the family surrey long before it is paid for.
True, the bond issue asked for in the Shipstead-
Mansfield bill is for 5000000OO not billion dollars
but every taxpayer knows that it requires much as
the principal in interest to satisfy such issues Wnona
citizens, for example, will in 1888 make the last pay
ment on ferry bonds issued in the distant past. The
ferry passed out of existence than so years ago.
yet the children of the who believed sincerely that
the ferry would continue to as valuable trans
portation link between Minnesota and Wisconsin have
been paying interest these bonds for nearly two
generations 1t has been extremely expensive ferry
The project is gigantic one, venture in several
ways into practically unknown field of engineering
Changes in the plans Of the Alma dam twice in the
last year show the uncertainties under which the
department engineers are laboring. The engineers
have not solved the problems of pollution, seep
age and flood damage from gh water, or the erosion
problem which is factor that may easily des-
troy the nnefoot channel did the sixfoot chan
mel project after struggle of 60 years.
1t is time for common sense to prevail in this pro-
posed inland waterway development Nearly everyone
will admit that it holds great possibilities for the
future of the Northwest just would billion-doar
highway linking North and South America but there
is justification for the immediate completion
Of the than the other in these times of higher
and lower incomes. River transportation has been
practically nonexistent from the establishment of the
railroads until recently and it is hazardous
that single privately company is engaged in
waterborne freight carrying the Upper Mississippi
Even the tax-free Inland Wat
erway corporation has had difficulty in making both
ends meet.-Winona Republcan-Herald.
So
The county auditor of Waseca county, H. A..
Panzram adds to his official duties the function of
taxation discusser.' Auditor Panzram accompanies
the annual county financial statement with an extend
ed tax discussion which anticipates and treats many
of the taxation problems that property own
ers when the report Of the countys finances is made
Going far beyond the discussion of the tabuated
statement the whole taxation issue is considered
The practice is one that should be universally en-
ployed There is obligation upon the citizens to
hold with the auditor upon opinions he presents The
discussion of tax problems however by public of
fetal who speak from experience and with know
ledge of facts, is valuable to the taxpayer It is
proper function Of the auditors office. Such compre-
hensve presentations of tax issues annually would
help to ratonalize public attitude toward the whole
problem.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
So
Redwood Falls announces that the National Holt
day will be celebrated in that city in "Safe and Sane"
way this year. The council has placed ban ON the
use of explosives expression of national exuber
ance in the downtown or congested area This is a
wise move for any town to follow.-Frankln Tribune
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Some day some great hero is going to set nm an
endurance one hucino NJ
that will be news.-Mankato Free Press.