The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-08-01

same period of this year, however
was less than 3.5 per cent above
the first five months of 1884.
imports are encouraged because
under the trade agreements made
by Secretary Hull between the
United States and other nations
duties are lowered on many types
of steel coming into this country
This Is another feature of the New
Deal that deals a blow to the in
terests Of American manufacture
ers and American workmen.-Du-
luth Weekly Herald.
The country was flooded with
offers Of some sort or other of
federal alphabetical group, offer
ing funds for bigger and better
American homes. Naturally, the
people who fell for this were those
who thought it but another free
gift, flowing from the endless bon
Upstream out of the pockets Of the
tax payer. Now the government Is
trying to collect past due install
ments on these home loans, and
once again, Is running into diff
cuties. This should be a nice
chance for collection agencies, but
every one has learned to say, you
can't get blood out Of a turnip!"-
Fairfax Standard.
The Home Owners Loan Corpor-
alton is beginning to experience
some Of the difficulties of the
money-lender and is starting about
40 foreclosures in A of the states.
The government is going to have
plenty Of trouble before it gets its
money back and in the end there
is going to be plenty Of losses for
the thrifty and Industrious taxpay-
ers of the nation to absorb.-Mor-
ris Tribune.
Brainerd has celebrated a reg
ular Paul Bunyon festival in real
historic fashion. Bunyon is myth
ical bewhiskered lumberjack who
could accomplish miracles. 1t Is a
pity there are not more Of these
old boys around today. Funny part
Of it is that there could be, II
there had been any worthwhile at
tempts made to continue the
growth of our forests. Instead of
that there has been continual race
to steal and slaughter trees. Now
the lumberjack and the Indian
have disappeared-and the forests
have about followed suit.-Eveleth
Clarion.
Senator Thomas D. Schall, who
has had more political speeches
printed and distributed through
the mails at Uncle Sans expense
than almost all other people of
this country combined, Is peeved.
He objects to majority leader Rob
inson referring to him as a man
Of small mentality" The trouble
started when Schall asked permits
sion to print a speech and an edi-
torial in the Congressional Rec
ord, unquestionably to be sent
through the mails to Minnesota
voters free Of charge to the sena-
tor, but with the taxpayers footing
the bill. Schall has made cheap
racket Of the ranking privilege,
and it is high time he was stop
ped.-Park RAPIDS Enterprise.
Magnus Throws A Monkey
Wrench
Magnus Johnson, the good-na-
tured and irrepressible, has made
a public announcement that he
will run for governor next year on
the Farmer-Labor ticket-that Is
he will seek that party's nomina-
ton. Well, we might have worse
governors than the genial Magnus.
But the interesting thing about his
announcement is that he made 1t
without consulting the reigning
powers of his organization. He is
"going it alone" The leaders are
said to be having conniption fits
over Magnus' declaration. And well
they may. Magnus spikes, for the
time being, the hope of the FL.
leaders to create "crown-prince'
and hand on Governor Olson's
crown. The really significant thing
is the fact that this announcement
indicates a possible ruction In
Farmer-Labor ranks. The plan to
make Mr.. Benson of the Banking
Department, the heir to the throne,
is not going so well. But there Is
another catch in the situation.
Magnus, on being pressed, admit
ted that certain changes might
shift his candidacy from the gov
ernorship to the senatorship-al-
though Governor Floyd Olson was
supposed to have a stranglehold on
the job of fighting Tom Schall.
What is really back OF It? Wei, as
one Of the supporters Of Magnus
says: "Olson is slipping, and by
next year he may not look as good
to beat Schall as Magnus will" We
do not think for q minute that
Magnus would double-cross the
governor. But II the party lead
ers should determine that Floyd Is
not strong enough to beat Schall,
that would start a real cat-and-
dog fight, and probably Magnus
would fight it out with Congress
man Lundeen to see who was to
tackle the belligerent Schall on the
stump. It Is rumored that Cover
nor Olson's side-stepping Of the
Third-party conference in Chica-
go angered some of his support
ers, who now charge that he re-
manned away to placate some of
his erstwhile conservative friends.
At any rate, Magnus johnson has
got the animals bit riled up. We
shall see what we shall see.-Mur-
ray County Herald.
Da-LA.