The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-11-25
EDITORIAL
COMMENT
Mayor George Leach Raxzes The
Newspapers
From Our Exchanges


Mayor George Leach Raxzes The
Newspapers
| Mayor George E Leach, Of Min
neapolis sends out to the country
press this week the text Of the bit.
ter attack he made over the radio
last week on the Minneapolis daily
papers. He scored the Minneapolis
press quite as vigorously as Cover
nor Elmer Benson does.
However, there is vast differ
ence in Mayor Leach's complaint
against the press and Governor
Benson's.
The press of Minneapolis is ma
turally inclined to ride along with
Mayor Leach. He has the same pol
itical and economic views as the
owners of the newspapers They do
not attack his administration of the
city Of Minneapolis because they
dislike his political and economic
views. But they cannot cover up"
the sex cases, marijuana smoking,
gambling and liquor law violations,
to protect him. Vice conditions In
Minneapolis are too generally
known. The press would earn the
contempt of all good citizens OF
Minnesota if it tried to cover up"
for Leach.
But in the case of Governor Ben
son, there is no complaint because
the newspapers have printed things
he would like covered up" His
complaint is that they have not
printed all Of the facts that they
knew. He has not cared because
they said legislators came to him
for orders, but he feels that it is
unfair and unjust that they have
not also said that other legislators
went to paid lobbyists of big busi-
ness every day and received their
orders. If one was news, so was the
other.
In short, Leach is mad at the pa
pers for printing too much news;
Benson is made at them for not
printing enough. There is whale
of a difference there.-Park Re-
gion Echo.
Days of Reckoning Nearing
A Minneapolis tax consultant has
dropped a political bomb into the
lap of the state administration and
indications now are that 1t was
anything but a "dud." The rever-
berations of his report on the way
things are now going in Minnesota
are growing louder every day and
we may expect them to continue to
do so until after the next election a
year hence.
The tax consultant Harry Filter
man, spent a year studying the
states financial setup and, briefly
summarized, he predicted a debt
crises in 1914 unless the state
mends it's ways.
Fiterman said Minnesota Is at the
financial crossroads" and he warn
ed that it must take immediate
steps to effect economies and insti-
tute pay as you go" policy II 1t
doesn't want to find itself debt top
heavy.
Fiterman found that state gov
eminent costs had jumped from
$91 ,S7O, 900 in 1882 to SOL ,889 900 in
1896 and from now on, he added, it
will become more difficult to keep
Minnesota out Of the red.
It's the old story of pyramiding
expense and limited income. Bust
ness men who fight to keep their
establishments out of the red know
it all too we'll. All going out and
nothing coming in spells bankrupt
cy.
The crisis Fiterman speaks OF in
his report is that which will con-
front the state when rs millions in
bonds, mostly rural credit issues,
come due.
The F'iterman report, after citing
that there are 10000 persons on the
state payroll, and pointing out Min
nesota has 60 independent boards,
departments, commissions, ETC., re-
commends a reorganization to
eliminate unnecessary help and USE
less, overlapping boards as one OF
the economy moves.
One thing is sure, every Minneso-
ia taxpayer should read the report
carefully. He will soon be convinc-
ed that it is high time he took
more active interest in his govern
ment.-Wadena Pioneer Journal.
There is hope in the record being
made by the federal tree planting
nurseries and the lads Of the CCC
camps. The nursery south OF this
city is an outstanding example.
Millions of seedlings have been Ia
ken from the beds at this plant and
placed in various tracts through
out northern Minnesota. Some idea
can be obtained as to the progress
of this work when it Is made known
that a crew Of four men planted
d 300 trees in six hours. A total OF
Is acres of forest land near range
cities and the North Shore have re-
Gently been re-forested with many
more shipments to be made from
the nursery next spring. This sort
of work leads people to believe that
the country Is trying to redeem it.
self for mistakes Of the past.-Eve-
leth Clarion.
Governor Benson has launched
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