The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-08-03
Editorial


presidents unemployment agreement
which may not be fully appreciated
1. There are 100000 or more mer
and women normally employed who
are out of work. They are to large
extent dependent on charity, which
means we employers through taxes
and donation are helping pay their
upkeep. Thousands Of others are en-
ployed at starvation wages. These
two groups constitute a huge poten-
tial market for farm products and
manufactured goods but that market
will never be thrown open until they
are re-employed at reasonable wages.
2. Great strides have been made to-
ward recovery in recent months. Re-
markable leadership has taken us
through a crisis. Aside from being
required to be patient, our part in the
recovery to date has come with no
cost or inconvenience to us.
3. Production in factories is rush
ing ahead of actual sales to consum-
ers. This means that unless the buy
ing power of the public is increased
we may be back at the bottom in a
few more months.
a. No program comparable with
this has been attempted during the
depression. More than a temporary
cure, if it works it should mean per-
manent relief. 1t cannot fail except
for lack of cooperation.
5. This program was designed not
to handicap but in the long run bene-
st the employer. The first thought of
every employer should be to what ex-
tent can l cooperate, not what
changes can I make to avoid hiring
persons and paying salaries specified.
Whether it's another robbery, kid
mapping, murder or crime of any
other sort, almost invariably it is
men or women with prison records
that turn out to be the guilty par
ties.
Of course there is first time for
every criminal which is the fault of
the parents, the schools or some
other factor in the early life of the
individual. But the second and sub
sequent offenses must be attributed
to other causes, usually the leniency
of the courts, inadequate laws or
parole boards.
Prisons are crowded and the ex-
pense of housing convicts is greater
than any revenue that may be OBJ
tanned from their labors, but the ex-
pense to society of having criminals
at large is such a far greater item
that it should never be considered in
melting out punishment.
Any number of men known to be
criminals are free to prey upon the
public. Most of them have been in
court time and time again, getting
off easily or entirely. Men guilty of
the most heinous of crimes are freed
as soon as the public has had time
to forget.
Undoubtedly our police system is
not all it might be but we can never
hope to cope with the crime situation
as long as we treat it like a game,
police on one side and the criminals
on the other, with the referees giving
penalties as if they are afraid they
will unduely handicap the "league-
leading" gangsters.
Worthy Democrats must be con-
siderably scarcer out this way than
Postmaster-General Farley suspect
ed, judging by the number of trans
planted Republicans appointed in
Minnesota since he made this state
ment at Saint Paul last spring: eve
will pick the very best man for every
position but I am sure there is a
capable Democrat for each post"
After attending a meeting Of edit
ors to discuss the presidents agree
ment and code we have new smile:
as enthusiastic for the new deal as
veteran Republican publisher.
Employers will be surprised to find
how many unethical practices they
have been guilty of when the trade
associations and the government get
the codes of regulations completed.
Most men confide their business
troubles to their wives, especially
when the latter want to buy some
thing.
Before marriage man declares he
will be master Of his home or know