The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-03-11

J One Year (vithIn 30 miles Of City, $3.50
I One Yea ELSEWHERE In United States) 81
One Year (Outsde United States) $3.50 I
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1T is REASSURING to Americans who
don't relish being involved in another great
war to read that the treasury department
has turned thumbs down on French pro-
posal to float a national defense loan in this
country. Our experience with war debts
may yet prove well worth the price.
WE THINK of two great classes, farm
ers and laborers, with the idea that labor is
organized while farmers are not 1t is in
teresting to note United States News figures
for organized labor: 2,75O,O0O in Green's
American Federation of Labor, 2,25O,0OO in
independent, plant and rail unions and
100000 men. There remains an morgan
lied group nearly three times this size, TO-
100000 men whom the others are seeking to
organize.
MORE MILK for children whose par
ents are supported by the government in one
way or another, and less "Alky" for their
fathers might work wonders both ways If
you don't believe such a remark is justified
you are not very observing.
SPEAKING of liquor, we believe towns
which have municipal stores for handling
booze are generally better off than those
which issue private licenses and that those
operating off-sale stores only are wiser than
those having both off and on-sale, although
OF course they make less money.
FIND the fallacies in this paragraph:
LII bills have been introduced in the house
and 993 in the senate so far with more TO
ic hy IN
improve the state and each will be carefully
studied and approved or voted down with no
other thought in mind than the general well
fare of Minnesota.
THERE is still some degree of safety in
tax matters so long as funds for various
purposes are spent for the benefit of the
group supplying them. While gas tax funds
go for better roads, motorists as class will
have something to say about them Like
wise while fish and game license collections
go for conservation, spOrtsmen are not only
better satisfied but they have some control,
though perhaps remote. Diversion of funds
raised from specific group should be avoid
ed by legislators.
WE HAVE in our pocket drivers IL
cense, issued in 1884, which no one has ever
asked to see or otherwise checked-up on. 1t
was obtained without any suggestion OF
test for physical or mental disability and
makes no provision for recording any acct
dents in which we might be involved Except
as an Identification card, it is just about
worthless. Now the state house OF repre-
sntatives would have us go through the
same formality and minor expense to get
another which will be the same except as to
corrections for age and in our case, weight.
If we are to have new licenses, let's make
the requirements stiff enough to keep those
obviously unfit to drive, off the road.
THE MONEY and credits tax depended
upon the honesty of the taxpayer and 1t has
been no compliment to a great many Min
nesotans known to have plenty OF money
that they either avoided the tax entirely or
paid ridiculously low taxes on their funds.
The legislature now proposes to get next to
such funds through the banks but it seems
to forget that many tax dodgers do not keep
their cash in banks Others will not if such
a law goes through The money and credits
tax should be made all-inclusive or aband-
Oned.
ONE BILL before the legislature which
we think is headed in the wrong direction
would cancel the county's obligation to pay
one-siXth Of old age pensions and turn social
welfare COnCrOl ana IlldIClIlS OVeI W ILS
state. If the county was paying more OF the
old age pensions there would be fewer pen
sions to people whose relatives are we'll able
to care for them and less of the tendency on
the part of the public to condone pensions
to persons who do not need them on the
theory that the state is going to spend the
money, we better get all we can. That is
the most unsound byproduct of new dea
thinking anyway.
THE LEAGUE of Minnesota Municipal,
ties certainly is off on the wrong foot in its
opposition to requiring public officials to
give full publicity to their actions. Any
honest public officer will tell you there is nc
better or less expensive brake on foolish
spending than the knowledge of boards and
councils that their expenditures are to be
printed in the newspapers where all can
examine them.
WE WERE just making the mental note
at the district basketball tournament at
Springfield Thursday evening that there is
a startling lack of originality and improve
ment in school yells and songs when the
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