The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-18


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A COMMENTATOR on business condi-
tons says three disturbing elements re-
main: politics, world war threats and labor
unrest Had he wished to condense the
report he might have mentioned only politics
because it certainly has lot to DO with both
labor troubles and war clouds.
1T SEEMS he might have added taxes
unless he figured politics" covered that.
With income tax blanks sent in or overdue,
social security payments due again March
81, half of personal property taxes just paid,
real estate taxes due shortly, capital stock
tax blanks waiting to be filled out-we con-
tend taxes constitute a disturbing element
for bookkeepers and bank accounts.
WORLD politics get us into wars, ma
tional politics get us into supreme court
arguments and state politics take the lime
light with beautiful split in Minneapolis
which has the Farmer-Labor chieftains
walking narrow plank.
LAST fall the patience of confident
Farmer-LaboriteS was everlasting unless
someone mentioned communism. Then they
really went to bat. Now one faction of the
party labels the other 'communistic' with
out even suffering. Is the party having
growing pains or cracking up for want OF
chief mechanic?
A STUDY recently revealed there are
10000 different tax collecting units in the
United States, many of them with variety
of approaches to the taxpayers. pocket
books. You pay to a few directly but
great many more lift few cents here and
there without our ever guessing it.
ONE of the tasks newspaper people al
ways approach regretfully is that of tele-
phoning or calling upon relatives for obituary
details after a death has occurred in the
family The funeral notice often is obtain
able elsewhere but only the persons closest
to the deceased can be depended upon for
accurate details of his life. This is in a
sense an apology for intrusions with which
we include request that when death sad
dens your home, some member be delegated
to bring or send us complete details as soon
as possible
EFFORTS to obtain improvements on
highway II were accelerated here last week
when many drivers bound for the district
basketball tournament at Springfield, a dis
lance of under 80 miles by state highway,
deemed it advisable to 60 by way of Fair
fax and Sleepy Eye on hard surfaced roads,
about double the distance.
THE IMPRESSION is becoming more
general in sections of the state where many
roads still are badly in need of Improvement
that efforts to reduce the funds available to
the state highway department for road con-
struction originate in communities where
the roads are already well developed and no
more work is in immediate prospect. Hav
ing got theirs, the rest of us can 60 hang.
THE POLITICIAN is seldom consist
ent. The same state officials whose cam
paign declarations dwell loudly on the
healthy financial condition of the state, once
elected entrain for Washington to shout in
federal ears that we need federal funds for
every conceivable enterprise.
THE CAMPAIGN to eliminate static
interference with radio reception should be
revived. Faulty motors and other electrical
equipment in many parts of the city have
habit of coming on during favorlte pro-
grams.
MAY WE take this paragraph to thank
the scores of subscribers who have respond
ed to our subscriptions payment due-again
letters since the first of the year. The care
fully preserved notes of praise which occa-
sionally accompany payments are JOY to
refer TO Wnen Cne long hours VI WoTk It
quired to produce presentable newspaper
get us down.
UNLESS there is definite change in
our attitude toward violators of traffic laws,
the accident problem will never be solved
with modern automobiles on highways. The
annual death toll which last year passed
the $4,000 mark, will grow larger, not small
err There is no excuse for the man who
drives his car 20 and 80 miles an hour on
public road. When we pamper him with
small fine or just a warning, we are, in
effect, encouraging him to go out and COM
NIT the offense again. And next time he
may take an innocent life.-ex.
THE STORY is out that several Demo-
Gratis were robbed while returning from the
Victory dinner. The thief apologized for
his mistake.
WHETHER congress passes the presi-
dents supreme court proposal or not, it can
not be called rubber stamp process after
the present discussion. Critical as most of