The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-05-05
BEST ANSWER TO THE RECURR-

BEST ANSWER TO THE RECURR-
ing question of which is best, parallel or
diagonal parking, perhaps is that in city
not blessed with wide streets generally,
combination of the two is most advantage
ous The answer is not as issue-evading as
it sounds.
In Redwood Falls parallel parking would
be ridiculous on Mill street, greatly cutting
down the number of spaces for cars and
serving no useful purpose since the street
is wide enough for both diagonal parking
and double parking for short periods with
out causing any great traffic hazard. On
Second street, parallel parking cuts down
the number of cars which can be accommo-
dated but it also makes possible the con-
venience of double parking without creating
great hazard when the privilege is not
abused Without parallel parking there,
double parking is impossible. The same is
true on Washington street.
Third street is another situation and
the suggestion that the parking problem
would be helped by returning to diagonal
parking there has considerable merit Com
paratively few double park there and the
accommodation of more cars would help
materially. Where streets are mixed, how
ever, part parallel and part diagonal, the city
must be particularly careful that spaces are
plainly painted on the pavement.
Parking problem discussions always get
around to the abuses of parking privileges
by local people, business and professional
men and employees who should be the most
interested in solving the problem. pledge
taken last year having long since been for
gotten, the council now has under consider
alton two hour limit aimed directly at local
offenders. Unless there is a decided re-
form, public sentiment will force them to
enact the measure and enforce it.
THE LAND o. LAKES STRIKE SET
the farmer against the laborer in a direct
dispute over wages which got wide atten-
ton in rural circles and certainly didn't i'm
prove the public's attitude toward union act
ivities. In reality the same thing has been
going on for several years in less direct
cases with only farmer here and there
becoming excited about it.
If Land O'Lakes pays higher wages the
money must come out of the sale price of
butter. theoretically of course this same
laborer would be able to buy more butter,
helping the farmer out of his difficulties in
turn.
That theory satisfied a majority when
1t was the steel industry or the auto manu-
facturers who were pressed for higher wag-
es, but getting closer home it loses weight
fast. 1t was just as full of holes when it
was more distant. Paying men more for do
ing less may work up their appetites for
good farm produce but it likewise means
higher manufacturing costs and higher
prices for machinery, autos and any other
products which the farmer must buy. His
contribution to the workers welfare is di-
rect and certain, the workers purchases for
the farmers welfare are indirect and uncer-
tain and what he buys may have been pro-
duced by the farmer at more cost than the
purchase price.
Trouble with our whole set-up is that
the farmers income has not kept pace with
the unions success in extracting more from
the employer, who in turn must look to the
farmer for much of the increased cost of
labor. Government efforts to get the ratio
into adjustment, so that farmers can expect
at least as much, net for long days work
as the laborer draws per hour, have by no
means succeeded in balancing the picture if
indeed they have even kept pace with the
unions strides during the same period. Tax
es have further thrown the picture out of
focus, falling far more heavily upon the
farmer than the worker.
"wPA HERE WE COME" WAS vor-
ed down when proposed as the motto of
Montana high school class 1t is said to be
| the slogan OF surprising number of young
people who get married $50 we can get on
relief" however.
MINNESOTA'S LATEST CANDIDATE
for governor has a plan ''to make Minnesota
the tail that wags the dog" He will un-
doubtedly proceed to bark about it.
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