The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-02-02

silver platter. 1t presents the farmer plan to
improve his income, if he will organize for pro-
duction control. believe that if the proposition
is put up to the farmers of America squarely
eighty per cent of them more, will come in
Sense and Speed
7 has been rather well established that laws which
arbitrarily fix speed limits for automobiles 1T
tie protection against accidents. The speed at which
may safely drive depends upon the road and traf
fc conditions involved.
A high executive of of the leading automo-
bile manufacturing companies, who has made close
study of speed in its relation to accidents declares
that so 60 miles hour good open roads
in the country may be safer than Is miles hour in
cutting corners in town.
The safe driver not necessarily the slow driver,
but one who common whether driving fast
slow. Careless driving while turning corners, pass
pedestrians other crossing railroad tracks and
maneuverng in congested traffic is the greatest men,
to life and limb.
Sense, not speed, is the important factor in deter
mining whether driver is safe unsafe.
One Murder in Year
a CCoRDING to report recently given out, the
~ city of Quebec with population of approx
mately 100000, the scene of only muir
der IN whole year.
In the United States there average ap-
proxmately 10 murders each year out of each 100000
of population while in the cities of Memphis, Jackson
vile and Birmingham the annual rate during the past
10 has averaged nearly 60 murders per 100000
60 times that of Quebec.
In spite of the efforts of sociologists and
publicists to determine the cause and suggest a
medy for the deplorabe crime situation appreciate
Roadway has been made in that direction.
Attempts to explain crime aftermath of the
fall fiat when it IS considered that the homicide
rate in England, Canada Australia South Africa, New
Zealand and other Englshspeakng countries averages
only about one-tenth that of the United States yet all
these in the from beginning to end and suf-
fered from its effects in every way mmeasurably
than did.
It is declared by recent writer that only one
murder out Of 100 is executed in New York. while 70
out of 100 hanged in London. This may have
something to do with high murder rate.
Every farmer is rapidly discovering who his en-
emes Included in the list the metropolitan
newspapers who oppose plans to shift tax burdens
from real estate to incomes and packers and mills who
flint increases in pork and cotton prices because they
can make more money at present levels
While foreclosures and bankruptcies continue and
deficits mount hour by hour congress and the legisla
ture fiddle away their tme-on boxing bills, heer ard
filibusters.
Perhaps those South American republics are cut
ting up because they don't want to see Japan and
China get all the publicity.
We read of plant that scrap an automobile
in six minutes. With suitable cooperation telephone
pole beat that.
With many the making up of income tax returns
this year will be merely little problem of lower
mathematics
Roosevelt will find that Washington D. c., is no
circus. The D. C. stands for Dull Care
Whatever else 1888 brings forth it is giving us
the last and worst lame duck congress.
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Correct this sentence: The strength of the lobby
has no influence the final vote
Some who are strong for putting on style are also
strong for putting off creditors.
How about ashare the work. plan among applic-
ants for postmasterships?