The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-09-09

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TEACHER TENURE LAWS RECENT
ly adopted by the legislature protect the in
structors against the whims and petty pre-
judices of board members which is fine so
far as it goes but school boards, the districts
and the pupils should also be given some
guarantee that contracts will not be regard
ed lightly.
Few school boards complain when
teachers asked to be released, even late in
the summer, to assume better positions. Al
most without exception they are freed from
their contracts with a sincere goodbye and
good luck. Naturally young people in school
work are anxious to better themselves and
no board member feels inclined to handicap
them.
School people are not always so
thoughtful about mountaineering the board
members, which in turn is unfair to the dis
trict and students. In one nearby town a
vacancy has been filled five times this sum-
mer and the other day the last teacher
signed up, in turn resigned. This, if accur
ately reported, is an extreme case but there
have been many instances in recent years
where teachers accepted contracts and held
them long after they apparently knew full
we'll that they would not be back. A last
minute hunt for spare teachers is not always
successful. 1t means taking an inexperienc-
ed teacher or drawing one from another
school, starting another board on last min
ute chase.
Just how schools can be protected is
question for persons trained in that line.
Possibly the profession has been lame in not
developing a certain ethics or craftsmanship
among teachers. 1t is possible the difficulty
could be corrected without resort to more
law making.
THE STATE OIL INSPECTION DE-
partment in a series of well publicised ar
rests and convictions has served notice that
efforts to defraud the state of gasoline tax
es due it are being checked up. Penalties
so far have been moderate but there is every
reason to believe that persons who fail to
heed warnings will be severely treated.
Many of the Investigations showed
particularly fragrant violations, such as
changing figures on sales tickets and alter
ing dates of tickets so that an additional
cent per gallon refund could be obtained. 1t
appears that oilmen and buyers of tractor
and gas engine fuel in some instances have
literally ganged up on the state, robbing
taxpayers of considerable revenue.
Undoubtedly it is because of the 'every-
body else is doing it, attitude in some
places that the first persons arrested have
been allowed to plead guilty to comparative
ly minor infractions when as many as half
dozen serious counts could have been
brought against them. If the practice con-
tinues, state officials state frankly, no
quarter will be given those found guilty of
the frauds.
SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE HAD A
mild controversy with A. G. Ochs of Spring
field concerning the eventual success of the
prefabricated house. In letter this week
Mr.. Ochs encloses clipping setting forth
the failure of manufacturers of such houses
to get the price down to an attractive level,
and their lack of popularity with buyers due
to too much "rectangularity in most of the
houses" and public distaste for standard"
dwellings. The first "prefabricated' cars
were expensive, rectangular and not too
widely accepted either, Mr.. Ochs, but the
manufacturers finally conquered those hand
leaps.
THERE ARE TWO WAYS THAT WE
may go. One way is to turn back to more
simple government. That will not be salts
factory to many people. The other way is
to go forward on the lines which we now
pursue. That means a government which
Will rule all cltlZenS ana eventually ruin
them. A government cannot bestow expen-
sive financial gifts upon every citizen. If it
gives to some and not to others, that gov
eminent is unjust. If it gives to all, it will
be insolvent Grand Rapids Herald Review.
A sTATIsTICIAN HAS FIGURED
out that 100000 new homes are needed in
the United States. Judging by the number
of people who call at The Gazette in then
quest for dwellings, Redwood Falls could
fill about 60 of them in very short order.
MANY PEOPLE DIE IN TRAFFIC
accidents in September, more in fact than In
any other month of the year. Make reso-
luton to drive carefully this month and save
the thrills for Thrill day at the Redwood
county fair.
GIVE THE STRIKERS MONEY TO
live on from public relief funds is said to
have been the order received from the state