Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1934-01-31
BIGGEST SPECIAL INTEREST"

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ing through legislation to destroy private and to build up
public payrolls, talk frequently about the malign influ-
ence of 'the interests in politics.
1t is generally realized by the public that the most ac-
tive interest operative in politics IS the "office-hold-
ing interest, y and that it contributes to politics more i'll
time, which means more in (public) money, than all Of
the other interests combined.
Today more than 100000 men and women are on our
national government payroll. Add to this the number Of
office holders and workers for state, county, township
and city or town political interests and one will begin
to awaken to the enoTmity which the growth OF govern
mental bureaucracy is fast reaching. Every eight persons
are supporting an employee of either national, state or To-
cal government, and this ratio IS increasing, not decreas-
ing. Besides paying out billions for the upkeep of ma
tional, state and local governments and for the huge re-
lief through same. Americans paid out in 1888 over $780,
100000 in charities. 1t would appear that if this keeps
up, the COW will sooner or later be MIXED dry.
The professional politician of the d~emagogic sort
speaks often Of high transportation rates, of high power
rates, high this and high that, but he never speaks Of the
fact that these industries pay in taxes more than they pay
in dividends TO their owners.
The declared purpose Of the radical politicians is TO
still further lengthen the public p~ayrolls, and thus still
further increase the number Of government office holders
who have interests in politics not always identical with
those of the people who pay the bills for the huge govern
ment upkeep. They object to the activities Of private in
dividuals and concerns in politics, even when questions
are involved which threaten the rights or the investments
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uphold the right to carry on in politics against them
without criticism.
The individual investors and workers in private enter
prises who are the targets of socialist and semi-socialist
politicians, are engaged in undertakings which increase
the common wealth. Some office holders are and some are
not, but the public payroll is a charge upon the cost of
living for every citizen.
The objective Of some Of these Acknowledgements
poitical-office holders is to destroy private ownership of
industry and therefore public jobs, by taxing industry to
death or interfering with it to the extent that it becomes
an Improbable enterprise. This they term Specialization
of industry Their object is . political ownership which
would put on the backs Of every five, not every eight, or
binary citizen a political employe to support. The end is
complete socialism.
A Tennessee historian likens President Roosevelt to
Andrew Jackson. We trust that the president will emu
late Old Hickory when it comes to the matter Of collecting
French debts.
Central America is the home Of a species Of four eyed
fish. You can find them in the United States. too. in any
night club and two Of their eyes usually have bi-focal
lenses.
Dir. Nicholas Murray Butler says that the sole thing
needed to end war is ordinary common honesty. But that.
is a quality which seems very scarce in International
diplomatic circles.
Will Rogers says that if we only buy liquor in countries
which pay their debts to us we will have TO get used TO
Tue haIlohal drink OF flnland. We'll II 1t is the liquor
they drink which causes the Firms to pay their debts we
would like to try some of it on a few fellows we know of
in this community.
If the printing of the Congressional Record were abol-
ished and the newspapers quit sending reporters to the
capitol, how long would it be before Congress would quit
talking?
An old timer wants to know what has become of the
schoolboy who used to recite "The Boy Stood on the
Burning Deck He's probably busy now trying TO find
something to stand on himself.
The youth who thinks education means that he will NOT
have to work for a living is all wrong. The more bipblv
educated a person becomes the more necessary II Is to
work hard for ne realizes more than ever how much there
is to be accomplished. Education does not mean . soft
snap for anyone.