The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1934-04-26

The gross income dollar turnover tax suggest
ed in Freeborn county of relieving the
burden real estate and personal property is rapid
1y coming to the front and will be issue in many
legislative campaigns this fall. This proposal
quite fully explained in this column several weeks
In news release last week, the Minnesota Tax
payers association states that QUESTIONABLE to be
sent to candidates will include this question: "Do you
favor some plan of gross income tax to relieve the
burden real estate, providing that such tax can
be developed and administered that it will not
dermine local sef-government?"
At the time a story from the Minnesota
League of Building, Loan and Savings associations
urges a rigid tax limitation law protecting home and
property owners and endorses the gross income tax
plan.
If this program is adopted and works as smoothly
it's sponsors contend, it will again be profitable to
property and shortage of houses such
exists in Redwood Falls is not likely to reoccur The
value of farm land also will increase rapidly.
AS the summer approaches, with its increased
tourist and other automobile traffic. death prepares to
reap its richest harvest. From the homes of the
United States must about 1000 to die and a
million others to be injured, crippled for life,
during the year, if former records to be equaed
This senseess slaughter goes in spite of all the
warnings given and in the face of the object lessons
held daily before eyes.
The pitful part of this continuous tragedy is that
most of these casualties entirely unnecessary and
might be prevented by the exercise of ordinary
mon sense. They due either to insane desire
for speed utter disregard for the most element
airy rules of safety.
Many of the victims helpless passengers whose
lives at the mercy of the crminally reckless in
competent driver. Some accidents apparently
avodable, of course but in the vast majority
they the result of pure careessness the part
motorists pedestrians.
And he m drive is Oft holy
when he encounters fool on street or highway.
Perhaps in other industry is there such var
iey of conditions in the newspaper business There
are something 1900 newspapers in the United
States ranging from the smallest country weekly
which prints only two pages in its shop with ad
ditional pages printed by syndicate, to the great
metropolitan dalies which employ thousands of per-
sons each.
For the smallest, probably not more than Is pounds
of paper is required each week. while the Chicago Tri
bune for Sunday edition all the paper pro-
duced from timber grown 240 of land. The
New York Times employees 310O persons, with pay
roll of $25 00O,000 year. Hearsts newspapers and
magazines use than $5OOO0OOO worth of paper
year.
There is great disparity in size but big and small
alike important to the communities they serve AL
most any community can be judged to progressive
by its newspaper and the support it receives.
A recent issue of newspaper trade publication
declares quite frankly that there is still lot of bunk
about advertising and lists few statements taken
from ads which untrue, inaccurate far-fetched.
1t is no compliment to the American public that
firms through radio, magazines-yes and even
newspapers-put line of falsehoods
falsehoods which sell merchandise. Some of the trick
cry practced particularly by radio advertisers should
drive buyers away rather than bring them.
The country press, fortunately has been quite free
from such bosh Any local advertiser who tried to
of the current radio "copy would be laughed
booed out of town. The national advertisers who
weekly newspaper space almost without exception
selling high quality products merit rather than
fantastic claims:
Code provisions are correcting of the evils
of the buyer-beware selling and undoubtedly
of them will be wiped the deal progresses.
Although it was played up in Twin Cities news
papers, the fact that Foshay and Henley went to Jail
after years of legal maneuvering which ended with
frutless appeal to President Roosevelt for pardon
created little comment here.
To many the names were pretty well forgotten
To those who have not followed the play by play of
their legal activities it surprise that they
not in jail long ago. Even to those who lost money
their enterprises, there little satisfaction in the
final clang of prison doors behind them.
1t is plain enough why justice must be fast to be
sure and why the hope of criminal lawyers generally
rests in delaying the final decision. Life moves so
rapidly that it is not strange we forget quickly
Invent better mousetrap and the world will beat
path to your door," according the old saying Two
young men at Good Thunder Minnesota, out-ofthe-
way little town, proved the statement once more when
they perfected the silhouette novelty which is run
ming in The Gazette The popularity Of this original
feature is spreading rapidly.
aWell" says the office boy. @this man Dilinger
certainly is getting away with murder"