The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-10-26

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90 much has been said and written about the worlds
fair that the experiences Of the writer there a
few weeks before its closing be Of little in
terest
However, it bore one similarity to county fair
which inclined to call attention to. Both have
splendid things to in many places the grounds
yet the choicest space at each is devoted to entertain
ment of or less questionable type.
This is no reflection the who sponsor either
fair. They first of ALL realize the necessity of MAX
ing the exposition pay its way. They realize that
gate receipts cannot pay the way and that large
percentage of the population, including many subsan
tial citizens, want the carnival element and would feel
sit isn't much of fair" if it wasn't there
It's just evidence that civilization still
has room for improvement.
IKE all other cities, Detroit has had it bad boy
problem. From the juvenile court records it APP
- peared that in recent year out of every
eight boys from II to 10 years of age had been
rested Detroit led all the big cities in juvenile de-
linqunecy.
Then number of citizens took notice of the situa-
tion and organized the Boys Club Of Detroit build
ing fitted up with lockers, showers, games work
shops and the boys invited to make themselves
at home The membership now numbers nearly 1000,
with dues of 25 cents year.
These boys drawn from the class which form
erly roamed the Streets engaging in all sorts of devil
try. Now they spend much time in their club play
ing games or building radios, airplane models toys
and many useful articles. speciality is making toys
for crippled children, craftsmanship going hand in
hand with social education
Members Of the club seldom come before the juve-
nile any With suitable outlets for their
energies they do not find it necessary to engage in
an-social activities Great good has been accomplish
ed through the initiative of group of forward-ook-
ing citizens who did believe that the bad" boy
as bad as he seemed to be- And results have proved
that they right.
n RESIDENT ROOSEvELTS words of encourage
ment to rural communities such as
follows:
Another pillar in the making is the Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administration. have been
amazed by the extraordinary degree of co-opera-
ton given to the government by the cotton farm
ers in the South, the wheat farmers of the West,
the tobacco farmers of the Southeast, and I
confident that the corn-hog farmers of the Middle
West will come through in the same magnificent
fashion.
The problem we seek to solve had been stead
lily getting worse for twenty years but during the
last six months we have made more rapid progress
than any nation has made in like period
of time.
1t is true that in July farm commodity prices
had been pushed up higher than they today
but that push came in part from pure speculation
by people who could not tell you the difference
between wheat and rye, by people who had never
seen cotton growing, by people who did not know
that hogs fed corn-people who have no
real interest in the farmer and his problems.
In spite, however, of the speculative reaction
from the speculative advance, it seems to be well
established that during the course of the year
1888 the farmers Of the United States will receive
33 per cent more dollars for what they have pro-
duced than they received in the year 1882.
Put in another way they will receive $500 in
1888, where they received $500 the year before.
That, remember, is for the of the country,
for have reports that some sections are not any
better off than they were year ago. This ap-
plies among the major products, especially to cat
tie raising and the dairy industry. We are going
after those problems fast we can.
do not hesitate to say in the simplest, clear
est language of which capable that although
the prices of many products of the farm have gone
up and although many farm families are better off
than they were last year, am not satisfied either
with the amount the extent of the rise, and that
it is definitely part of policy to increase the
rise and extend it to those products which have
as yet felt no benefit If cannot do this one
way we will do it another. Do it, we will.