The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-05-18
A Real Need

"A heal NeeO-
T Asst winter when the merchants institute was
/ held here with considerable success it was gen.
- orally agreed that the best suggestion made was
that some organization be formed some exist
ing one be enlarged to include both business men and
farmers
With this in mind we quoting the Swift Coun-
ty Monitor the subject in the hope that the sug-
geston may bear fruit here. It says:
eve have often wondered why communities like
this do not have strong organizations of farmers and
business banded together for their common good.
They have such at Ortonville in the Town and Farm
club 1t of the few such organizations in exist
and yet it is type of organization that should
be present in every northwest community.
"No reasonable deny that the interests
of farmer and small town business man the same
and yet all too often they at odds. The small
town is absolutely dependent on agriculture for its
existence while the small town business man performs
hundreds of services for the farmer When
the farmer prospers, the business prospers and
when the farmer is broke-well aren't all?
'The last three years must have proved to all of
in Swift county, for example, that rise and fall
together in economic Misery loves company
and certainly have had lots of company. We may
have different ideas how prosperity is to be regain
ed but at least'we must realize that we must all
go around that much discussed together.
eff we had organization of farmers and bust
in which could discuss common prob
lens freely, many misunderstanding could be straight
ened out and would have much better opportunity
of pulling together. And pull together must"
Farm Strike Doomed
THE decision to call off the farm strike was well
coined by most farmers, business men and hun
dreds of others who looked upon the proposal as
doomed to failure, probably after trouble blood
shed and i'll feeling
The strike attempted last fall certainly failed to
raise prices While it tended to focus the attention
of congress and the president the farm situation
it gave many communities "black eye" and un-
doubtedly hurt the farm cause in places.
But another farm strike is hopeless. Nine out OF
ten farmers opposed to it. They the failure of
the first attempt, they watching steady rise in
farm prices they every effort being made in legis
latve circles to bring their depression to early end
Why gum up the machinery with disorder and vio-
lence?
Only one small class in rural areas feel uneasy
about the return of prosperity That class includes
only the individuals in scattered communities who
seized the opportunity troubled times presented to
haow of leadership through propounding
radical propaganda, urging outlawry and interfering
with normal meeting of reasonable obligations With
brighter days such fellows sink again to obscury.
u
NJ Gently quoted in the Pathfinder, that certain
W dangerous practices of reckless young men
should have been stopped The Journal said
eve have number of young who from
houghtlessness drive through streets with their
horses at full tro to the imminent danger of their
and the lives of others; they appear regardless
of consequences, to degree actually criminal"
The date of the newspaper is October II, 1922
FIX.
One thing the matter with the country is that
have so many Democratic senators and Republican
senators and so few United States senators.-Macon
Telegraph.
fishing in Florida caught kingfsh and
died from the excitement. That's dangerous sport
down Louisiana way, too.-Wichita Beacon.
Ohio thieves stole box of dynamite, thinking
it bootleg liquor. The effect probably about the
same.