The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-22

politicians preferred the dole sys-
tenn. Had It been Immediately
adopted the morale of the millions
of relief workers would be great
deal better than it is today.-St.
Cloud Sentinel.
Cost Per Line
The $4,000 weekly newspapers in
the United States have figured out
the actual cost in cash per line Of
every line of editorial, local and
news matter that goes into a news
paper, no matter how large or
small the paper, and that cost var
les from 7-S cents to 2h cents
per line. So when you feel like
cussing the editor for not publish
ing your spring poetry, just stop
and think that it is going to cost
him cents per line in cash to put
1t in type, make it up in the news
paper forms, run the papers
through the press and distribute
the article or poem back In the
case again. And it has happened
many times that the author of the
poem became quite peeved when
the editor hesitated on handing
out a dozen free copies of the pa
per. This newspaper game is a
great game-yet there are scads Of
both men and women (who were
never in a print shop in their lives,
I,1t% Il O
per press when they saw it) who
could-or think they could-run
the newspapers better than they
are being run.-Bowie (Ariz.) Tri-
bune.
Some Get Benefits But All Pay
After seven months of debate,
the President has finally forced
through Congress the social secur-
ity'' bill to provide old age and I'M
employment benefits for an esti-
mated IS million of workers. These
pensions and benefits are to be
provided by the levying Of taxes
against both employers and en-
ployees to support the pension sys-
tenn and against the employers to
support the unemployment bene-
fits.
These taxes will of course be
passed along to the whole people
in the prices which consumers will
pay.
But on the other hand, the in
dependent workers, the employees
of small businesses and the farm
ers will receive no old age pensions
nor any benefits when they are out
of job. They will have to provide
their own old age security and
when they lose their jobs, it will be
"just too bad"
Reduced to simplest terms, this
old age and unemployment insur-
ance plan means nothing except
that 40 million people are going to
be taxed to pay benefits to 25 mil
lion. Another Is or so million
workers who are just as competent
and just as worthy will receive
nothing at all just because they
run a farm, or a store, or work by
themselves or for someone employ
ing less than eight persons. 1t is
difficult to figure out anyone in
Stevens county, for instance, who
would be eligible to the benefits
Of this act, and yet every person
in the county who buys shirt or
pair of shoes or a ton Of coal
will be taxed to pay benefits to
shirt-makers, and shoe-makers and
coal-miners, because those indus
tries will of course pass their pay
roll taxes along to their customers.
Probably the law is unconstitu-
tional, and should be so declared;
certainly it is monumentally I'M
just.-Morris Tribune.
Austin Herald.-There are those
of the red and pink variety who
still preach the synthetic slop of
Socialism because it profits them
well to advocate class hatreds, but
there are a great many more who
are becoming exceedingly weary OF
this false doctrine. Minnesota is
great state. but it could become in
finitely greater with little more
of the doctrine of cooperation be-
tween all it's citizens and less pro-
motion of class war on the part of
a few racketeers who find it pro-
fitable.
No Time To Rock the Boat
The lower House of Congress has
again refused to give its assent to
the death sentence" for unneces-
sary holding companies of gas and
electric corporations. The House
has not been deceived by the catch
phrase, death sentence" 1t knew
that the holding companies DOOM
ed under the proposed bill would
have seven years in which to wind
up their affairs after their lack Of
necessity had been determined.
The House took broader view
thin this. It knows the shaken con-
dition Of our country, which is like
that of man rising from a bed OF
long illness and tottering on his
feet and would suffer a relapse
from any severe shock.
In short, this Is no time to rock
the boat. The effect Of the annihil-
alton Of many large corporations
would have its repercussions upon
the small investor and deprive him
Of even the little he has saved out
Of long and weary depression.
In addition the destruction now Of