St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1934-08-17
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By ED HOWE
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cial should receive more than $3.50
a month is sound; so Is the habit
of promptly Furnishing officials when
they are dishonest or negligent.
But the determination to live by
Communist principles. will wreck
Sovietisn.x Communism is, so pal
'pab1y weak in SO many respects It
cannot succeed. The objection to
the teaching Of Karl Marx is It. will
not fit human needs. The poor man
rs entitled to justice: but so is the
man who refuses to remain poor
And in the human $. experiment,
there has never been found a tribe
Of men wherein the majority were
willing to remain in perpetual pow
erty:~i Nature. provided. MEANS for
all to become nv ell-to-do, and the
Better specimens, Abf men will. not
consent to forever remaining un.
comfortable Mhem cnpfort abomds
and may be: easily attained by not
unreasonable effort, + may not be
here, to- see the end of the Russian
experiment, but let younger. men
remember the prediction that Com.
muaisnf must, be given up there.
Like whisky. itsiis a fool; it win
not stand practical trial.
~ $50 - =, s.>;lij-H;;
!, Negroes are very disagreeable in
bothering whites for: gifts. Ethave
spent the present. winter in. an,
apartment: house in Miami. Fla, and
have found everything satisfactory
except my, failure to satisfy. :: the
negro servants An. cid fellow uv.
ing nearby Is so much. annoyed
that he will not let a. negro maid
come in; he does his own cleaning
up, and l. often go over to enjoy.
his indignation. have been
whipped into submission but ad
mire a man brave enough to re
bel in good cause" The poor
whites are as bad as the negroes
in begging. About the only real
vigor shown in the United States
during the past winter. has been
displayed in begging campaigns
Every one is apt to be little. pref
udiced when discussing his own
case. and It really seems to me 1
do my share in proper giving, but
the American system Of begging
seems to me disgraceful. Much of
1t is racketeering:. the selfish bust
ness of boss beggars, who hide he
hind the scenes and hrowbeat timid
citizens into engaging in charity
campaigns they do not themselves
believe in. Ask any American what
he is most disguised, with. and he
will probably tell you It Is commit:
fee begging. The smart French DE-
none of it,. the Germans and Eng
fish very little. II is an American
weakness: one of many we all dis
approve, of. but do not quit. In.
stead Of quitting; the nuisance is
becoming worse every day: leaders
in 1t are trained as others are
trained to .beeome- ,stenographers
doctors. lawyers. machinists. to pull
teeth, and receive large incomes
from the dishonest business.
There Is more than the usual
complaint lately about big business
men. A new charge Is they do not
manage their wives and children
with reasonable efficiency. :. No
American does; specially foolish
women and children are as com:
mon among the. poor as among the
well-ta7do. The manner In which
American women muss up their
men MAS been. the wonder Of. for.
eigners since fine Foundation of the
republic: Americans no more assert
themselves: iB':-their homes than
they: do in politics. And look at
what the politicians have done TO
them. /. ]. Americans media lot
Of reform In a lot of ways. 49,,
1t Is pitiful to see a sweet little
girl grow into habits a woman
must have. little girl un-
reservedly trusts her father, be-
lfeves in him: loves him. A woman
knows she must trust. love and be
lieve in husband and father with
great caution. took part In
quite romance the other day. On
the street ! saw a little girl. three
or four years old. walking with her
parents. She was holding her IA.
theirs hand hut occasionally let go
and ran TO look at something In the
windows. Once when she came
back. with her hand out. to be led.
I took It. but she was still looking
at the wonderful windows: she
thought she was still walking with
her father. II was quite a thrill.
Then she ran TO another window,
and. when she came back. took her
fathers hand. without knowing she
had been bold with stranger.