The Redwood gazette., 1937-04-08

! One Wear (vvthIa % misss Of City, $50
One Yea. Elsewhere IN United stated q
oue Year (outcide United Statss) $50
THE Morton ENTERPRISE refuses to be-
come excited about mild raids at the drink
ing and gambling joints in the vicinity of
that village. In an editorial entitled ''We're
from Missouri" it's readers are reminded
that there is something familiar about the
"raid' of one recent Saturday night. 1t
says:
We haze had number of inquiries as to
,phy nothing aoas said in last 'aDeek's issue of
The Enterprise reIative to the closing of "The
Rock Pile, "The Big Tree'' and the curtail1nent
of activities in the combination eating house
and filling station at the "Y."
The truth of the matter is this. In the
history of these establishments many futile
attempts have been made to preUent them from
further operation that ,De no longer become
ercited aOhen ,De hear that county or federal
officers haze made another "raid." So ,De pre-
sumo that this is another of the so-called raids
aDhich have been made in anS,Der to the public
demand
Frankly, aDe expect to see eUery one OF
them in operation again in short time, per-
haps under different name, but operating.
We pass la,Ds and ordinances to strictly
regulate the legitimate business of up-toDn
establishments, but outlying places may ply
their trade ,Dith only their conscience as their
guide.
So ,Dhen the excitement of the moment is
over and people haze had teD days to for
get, ,De'H find our "joints" open for business
again. 1t may be under different name; they
may haze promised to reform; minors may be
excluded Uhile but eventually theyH slip
back into the same old grOoUe.
The affair has been handled ,Dith great
deal of fanfare and the blo,Ding of trunapets.
1t should satisfy the public demand for per-
haps several months, or another year, and
then,. aDhen conditions become intolerable
again, aveu haue another 'raid."
We do not agree that a raid has no news
value unless it means business. Why the
cleanup campaign across the river has only
a 3.2 kick and should not be taken seriously
may be the basis for an interesting story.
MINNESOTA has seen some smelly
politics since it entered the union but there
is particularly pungent odor to the pre-
arranged, promoted and planned visit to the
statehouse this week of a group so little ac-
quainted with the American system OF gov
eminent that it's leaders see fit not to re-
quest or entreat the legislature, but to
threaten and command.
Does our governor enjoy greater re-
spect from even members of his own party
for his part in that days news? We have
had capitol step demonstrations before but
if they were melted for political purposes
there was finesse in their formation, not
such advance publicity as preceded this ad,
mission of political weakness.
Others occurred when there were rea'
MI thon
and when farm prices were at bankruptcy
levels and a moratorium was imperative
Their purpose was to impress upon the leg
islature the seriousness of their plight, with
out thought of intimidating duly elected
senators and representatives.
BASICALLY the American public is
fair-minded group. 1t knows that Labor
hasn't had the break it should have had IL
the last 20 years. 1t knows that stupie
bull-headed minority among employers ant
industrialsts have contributed to this un
equal situation But, in like token, there il
a minority among labor leaders who mo-
having had experience in handling mas!
psychology, are plunging headlong FORWARD
in a mad rush, denouncing all who counse
caution. What they don't realize is tina
the question fundamentally is what will g
down with the public and is not SIMPLY
cut and dried matter of laws. ''..'. .
The public is too close to sit-downs no
to be impressed by the fact that it is simpl!
swiping someone else's property to enforce
an argument. Thus their understanding O.
the better deal that labor deserves still re
mains, but their sympathy for the manne
in which labor is setting out to attain tina
better deal evaporates.-Boake Carter.
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THE NEWS that Ramsey park is to b.
improved with CCC labor was welcome bi
in last weeks Gazette. Not so welcome wa
word that for economy's sake, the buffal'
must go.
Surely with normal rains, three or fou-
buffalo can be accommodated in the parl
pasture with little expense for hay ant
other feed The cost of winter feed, it woul,
appear, cannot be exorbitant. Since othe
zoo animals require attention the yea
around, the additional work of tending then
is small item. Our guess is that 500 woul'
keep the animals and that they are of al
attraction to be worth it, if not to the stat
at least to the county or city.
NO ONE denies there has been need fo
big relief appropriations in the past but
certainly is reasonable to believe that tn