The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-01-26
Lucky, At That

Lucky, At That
NNE does not need to travel far from Redwood
I J county to discover that with all troubles,
still fortunate compared with almost
every other section of the country
Incomes have been reduced, both in the country
and in town, and of farmers and business men
expecting the sheriff any day. But we have no
breadlines and no long list of unemployed men and
women suffering because they are denied work. Most
of be glad did not respond to the urge few
years ago, to move to large city where work was
plentiful and wages generous.
Furthermore we are likely to be the first section
to come out of the fog. Farm prices on the
downward trend before stocks and bonds reflect
of conditions in industrial centers, fell off the
cliff Reduced buying power in rural areas, coupled
with high prices which affected consumption of
featured products was no small factor in bringing
the depression
It is wise and natural that efforts to repair the
damage should be along agricultural lines. Whether
get inflated currency, the allotment plan, refnanc
ing of farm mortgages or some combination of these
antidotes UP to the special session of congress but
it is likely that Of these will be
tried. If the plans work out expected should
be the road back to normal in few more months.
Advises Reconstruction
ITCH spot of the annual convention of Minnesota
editors this year talk by Clarence Manion
of Notre Dame university who gave the social
ed "moulders of public opinion" much to think about
concerning our economic situation and all patent
dicines advanced to the ills.
He described most reasons given for our economic
troubles by retelling the fable of the four blind
who examined elephant; having touched leg
said the animal like tree, another felt its side
and compared it wall, each compared it according
to the small part with which he in contact.
Similar he said, the complaints of men who
declare that debts explain troubles, of others
who blame everything on taxes or lack of credit or
over-production tariffs. The truth, he it,
is that whole system of government must undergo
a change-not wild changes made at the demand of
radicals but sensible changes made after careful study
of practices which have proved unsound. He warned
against shortcuts to reconstruction and said they
likely to aggravate the situation.
He criticised industrial leaders who were liberal
with advice when things headed for crash but
almost totally barren of solutions.
Lame Duck Kne
sounded Monday when the thirty-sixth state
legislature approved the amendment making it
a law.
To voters who set at home watching the antics
of congress-particularly a lame duck congress-this
is the best of good We cannot hope that it will
stop all dalylng at washington but it viii give the
voters comeback" on squandering of time and
money. Some of the jockeying between party orders
and duty to constituents may be ended result
The amendment is of series of events, such
the exposing of nepotsm and dubious practices,
which will make for more econom and better gov
eminent
The rate at which new laws are made sorely taxes
supply of dsrespect
Most persons will agree that "it is more blessed
to give than to receive" advice
That detective stories are real fiction is proved
by the ending in which the crook is caught.
Washington state leads in the production of ap-
PIES but Washington city has the greatest output of
applesauce.
Anyway, Huey the Kingfsh, has been aiding the
unemployment situation among government printers
the Congressional Record.
Because few municipalities have gone their
heads in bonded Indebtedness, senate bill would give
the state control over such matters However, the
state has made few blunders itself in past years and
it may be safer to let the local units struggle along
by themselves.