The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-05-16

party must be liberal party. The
Republican party believes it Is the
business Of government to govern
and Of the people to run the ma
tion's business" he declared, in
urging a decentralization of 1.-The
huge army Of tax-eating bureau
Gratis"
I'VE should decentralize govern
ment and return to the states the
powers reserved to them in the
Constitution. This country is too
big to be governed in every detail
by a group of tax-eating, buck
passing, world-saving, swivel-chair
theorizers in Washington. We
should unscramble the alphabet,
dismantle the heterogeneous assort-
ment Of emergency machinery as
soon as possible, and return the
functions of government to the
regular government departments.
I'VE should take relief out of
politics, so that a man might vote
any ticket he pleased and still
continue to eat" He definitely re-
jects the idea of an economy Of
scarcity"
He urged lower interest rates
and demanded a reduction in fed
eral expenditures, balanced bud
get and tax reform.
1t was a courageous speech and
should do much to put the old
fighting spirit into the Republican
party.-Alexandria Citizen-News.
Hick Newspapers
Country newspapers, that is
newspapers published from trading
centers like Glenwood and smaller
places are sometimes referred to as
"Hick Newspapers" That is, the
country newspaper is not as polish
ed as the city dailies. 1t carries
news that to the city people may
seem trivial and very common
place. All this may be true but at
that, the country newspaper holds
a place in the existence of things
that is unique, outstanding and ev-
erlasting. The country newspaper
reflects the life of the community.
A person who lives away from
home and takes the home newspa-
per and reads the modest items of
news gets picture of the COM
munity that he left. While some
may laugh when they read the
country correspondence that Mrs.
John Jones visited with Mrs. Ole
Olson across the road" a person
living away from home and know
ing those people will know that
they are still the same good neigh
bors and that they are well enough
to make visits.
An outstanding feature Of the
country newspaper is that it tries
to be friendly and neighborly and
kind. With very few exceptions
when scandal, an unpleasant hap
pening, or whatever it may be that
hurst some one appears, the coun-
try newspaper is always kind.
While 1T may not give all the facts,
it gives the facts that are essential.
Any news that does not do any one
any good and may do someone
harm is always left out of print.
This is one thing which cannot be
said about the city newspapers.
Many of them delight in spreading
the pages with things that most
families would want to keep in Sc
cret silence. While a very few
country newspapers may violate
that policy and unwritten law OF
the country newspaper, such news
papers are an exception and are
frowned upon by the real country
newspaper. A country newspaper
aims at all times to encourage all
worthwhile enterprises and to sell
the community to itself. That is the
message of the country newspaper.
The editorial page is the only
page on which the editor feels free
to speak his own mind. While he
does not want to force his ideas on
others, he feels free to express
them as he sees them. On the 9TH
err hand the country newspaper al
ways welcomes criticism and its
columns are always open to those
VINO disagree.
Call it a 'Hick Newspaper" but
still it will always be dear in the
hearts of the average people, which
Lincoln said God must have loved
because he made so many OF them"
Mil