The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-07-11

administration in peace time, IL
all our history-one which has pill
ed bureau on bureau and has fail
ed to anticipate the dire needs o.
reduced earning power of the PEG
ple."
The administration since the wal
and before the Roosevelt Inaugural
ton had operated, except for 6
year or two of acute depression
upon a balanced budget. The three
years of the present administration
have been marked by annual de,
ficits of about three billion dollars
each year.
, In ten years previous administra
tons reduced the national debt by
ten billion dollars. In three years
the present administration has in.
creased the public debt by that
amount.
In three years the present adj
ministration has expended more
money than was expended by the
federal government in 124 years
from the time Of Washington to
Wilson.
You may say that this is alb
stract. It does not mean much to
you. Washington is long ways off
But the national debt will soon be
about $500 for each man, woman
and child in the great United
States. Franklin Roosevelt will not
pay this debt. The present admin
istration will not pay it. The task
Of paying will be left to each and
every citizen. The village of Grand
Rapids will have to pay over a mil
lion dollars as it's share of the fed
eral debt. The county of Itasca
will pay over seven million dollars.
A citizen of the community re-
marked the other day that he was
glad that he was well advanced in
years because he would not have to
pay much longer the principal and
interest on his share Of the nation
al debt. To him old age was not
without it's blessings.
The promise was for economy.
The performance had been waste
full, extravagent and wrongful ex-
penditures.-Grand Rapids Herald
Review.
Third Parties Not Popular
Third party movements do not
seem to be thriving this year. The
other day a westerner who had
spent several weeks in organizing
a big meeting for the express pur-
pose of founding a third party, dis
banded his efforts, because, in
stead of an anticipated five thous-
and people showing up at the ad-
vertised meeting only one hundred
and fifty attended-many of them
from sheer curiosity. Third parties
have never been particularly pros
porous in this country. Now and
then in times of stress, a third par
ty makes temporary show of
strength, which soon dissipates.
Even Theodore Roosevelt, power
full and popular as he was, could
not establish his progressive party
permanently. THE elder LaFollette
collected a lot of votes as a third
party candidate for the presiden-
cy, but was not vital factor in
the election. The average voter
does not like the idea of throwing
his vote away" and he feels that
voting for third party ticket is
a sure way of voting for a loser.
Third parties have affected the ma
tional spirit materially. Frequently
they influence the older parties in
one direction or another-but all
too often they represent, not so
much a continuing principle, as a
temporary protest; and by attract
ing to themselves the elements
that had no standing in the older
parties, they repel people who fear
extremists and self-seekers.-Mur-
ray County Herald.
Artificial Programs Futile
A few years hence it will be in
teresting to look back on present
day government activities having
to do with recovery and in the
light of history contemplate some
of the things now being done.
The president with $4,000, 000, 900