The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-02-25
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Blu Senator J. v. Weber
Slayton, MINI.

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Slayton, MINI.
"Time marches on!' and in the
vanguard of that other army
Politicians the group always
looking out for its own selfish in
terests. Out of the great mass of
bills that are flooding the legisla-
ture 1 find another beautiful ex-
ample of what the minds of men
will make them do to regiment
their own business or profession,
nicely titled bill and one which
the sponsors glibly say would
prevent the preparation of fraud
upon the public" The bill refer
to is H.F. -267, which would ''re-
quire the registration and techni-
cal examination for fitness of con-
tracing painters, decorators and
paper-hangers, also of the jour-
neymen painters and paper-hang-
ers employed by them and impos-
ing license fees upon such en-
ployers and employees.
Now all that sounds very nice,
but of the more than $500 paint
ers, decorators and paper-hangers
in the state, I find there are only
1876 of such registered. 1t would
just be another case of the "tail
wagging the dog"
The glorified reason for the bill,
as given in the above quotes, is
poor disguise for the bill, which
in reality would dictate to con-
SumerS, home-oWnerS, farmers,
dairymen and industries as to the
protection of their property, and
in my mind, would eventually
dictate, if not control, the distri-
button of paints, varnishes and
other property protective pro-
ducts which are so essential to
the preservation of the states
standing wealth.
While it is generally conceded
that it requires no unusual skill
to paint house or barn, the bill
requires that if a home-oWner or
farmer employs carpenter or
roofer to make even minor re-
pairs, the owner cannot paint
them, but must employ ''regist-
cred" or licensed painting con-
tractor to finish the job, no matter
how small the job might be. Oh,
it would be a great thing for the
1876.
Will the bill pass? Not with
my vote, but Minnesota has seen
some funny things of recent years
and may see more in the future.
Rural members are putting up a
fight for enactment of a state seed
loan bill and big hearing was
held Tuesday evening. The fed
eral government has appropriated
$5O,OOO,OO0 for seed and feed
loans, but the average farmer
who has delved into the intrica-
cies of federal red tape is not
willing to take chance on pro-
curing a federal loan. 1t will be
remembered that two years ago
the federal government agreed to
appropriate some 80 millions for
relief purposes in Minnesota, if
the state would appropriate 10
million. This the state did, but
the federal government forgot its
promise and fell far short of the
amount promised. The Minnesota
farmer needing seed would not
be in a very happy position if he
depended on the federal govern
ment for seed, only to have some
rule or regulation deny him the
seed loan when seeding time ar
rived. Minnesota has appropriat-
ed millions for the relief of the
unemployed, the poor, the aged,
and others, and it seems only fair
that those upon whom we all de-
pend for our business and our
sustenance, should be granted this
very necessary aid.
At no session in the memory of
this writer has the future of our
great school trust fund been SO
keenly considered. AT the pre-
sent time this fund totals nearly
$50, 100000, and from the interest
received on loans made from the
funds, appropriations are made to
our schools. In time this fund
will be enlarged to $500, 200, 900
and when that time arrives there
will be sufficient returns to oper-
ate our schools without any state
appropriation whatsoever. There
is only one 'nigger in the wood
pile" and that is killing the
goose that lays the golden eggs"
That goose is the mining COM
pany. Not one but many of them.
If present proposed legislation is
enacted into law, we are told, the
taxes will be so high that mining
will be improbable and the oper-
ators will cease activities. There
are two trains of thought in the
legislature apparently, those from
the north who seem to feel that
the mines are theirs and that the
operators should be taxed out of
existence, and those in the south
ern section of the state where the
villagers pay their own taxes, and
get along with average school
buildings and olner public insti-
tutionS and who believe that this
great heritage is one that should
be preserved to posterity. So far
those of the latter group have
been able to hold down excessive
taxation on the operators with the
result that the mines are being
operated and millions added to
the state treasury.
Since the administration tax
measure has been introduced,
people of the state have become
unusually tax conscious. Letters
and kilograms are pouring in to
every legislator, the great major
ity of them rebellious against the
proposed increases, the reason be-
ing that not only are corporation
taxes raised from 100 to 500 per
cent, but the income tax on the
little fp1lOW iS also raised fra-