The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-03-24

MARCH "a, 1888
THE RETURN OF SPRING BRINGS
to mind that suggestion made by shopper
late last summer that benches or chairs be
placed at convenient places Saturday nights
to accommodate visitors, particularly wo-
men with children, who like to visit and
look over the crowd from comfortable
vantage point after making their purchases.
Space is limited downtown and fur
nishing benches would involve some cartlng
back and forth but we have found it almost
impossible to provide adequate close-ln
parking space Saturday nights and some
such project as this would compensate in
part for the inconvenience of walking sew
eral blocks with purchases and egg cases.
It is timely too to remind business and
professional men that their cars or those OF
their employees left on the streets on busy
days and particularly Saturday afternoons
and evenings are poor advertisements OF
their public spiritedness. Redwood Falls Is
the best shopping center for many miles
around but we cannot afford to overlook de-
tails such as these.
Spring is the great time for cleaning
up and painting up and every citizen who
improves his home or business place de-
serves a pat on the back. One or two ill
kept places per block has damaging effect
on the entire street.
Redwood Falls streets generally are
very well kept but it is unfortunate that we
present our poorest front Sundays. Satur-
day night crowds leave litter of handbills
dropped from cars, popcorn sacks, candy,
and cigaret wrappers and other debris to be
whipped about by the wind. A few men
would make short work of the litter after
the stores have closed and the bulk of the
crowd has started homeward.
CRITICISING THE GOVERNMENT IS
one of the privileges of living in a demo-
cracy, one not enjoyed in Germany, Italy
and Russia particularly and nowhere to the
extent permissible here.
In hurting brickbats at the government,
however, we are in the final analysis criti-
cising ourselves. We are the government.
The choice of public officials should be our
most cherished privilege yet vast portion
of the public is too Indifferent to go to the
polls. Those of us who do vote are too often
influenced by considerations other than who
is the best candidate. We cling to party af-
filiations or personal prejudices as to nation
atty or religion when ability and honesty
are the primary considerations.
Frequently conscientious and capable
hamstrung by spoils system utterly revolt
ing but firmly established. In this regard,
Vivian Thorp, that most interesting OF
Twin Cities political writer's, quotes Walter
Nicholson, former secretary to Senator
Shipstead and more recently a New Deal
publicity man, as follows:
| Government it operates today is ter
rible racket and the people pay the freight.
This writer is convinced it always will remain
a racket until get 100 per cent civil serv-
ice system from top to bottom. AS long as
we let politicians the offices of government
/ to reward their political hacks and build up
/ powerful racketeering political machines
government will continue to be sordid racket
and will attract the least ambitious and the
least efficient and capable of our young
and women"
| MIR. Nicholson qualities his criticism slight
ly with an appreciation of "the men and women
in public life who are giving far more than
they get; senator's governors, congressman and
legislative officials who trying to serve
their country honestly and unselfshly They
about all there is left of this great ex-
pertinent in democracy, this great government
of ours.
GAS long as people permit themselves to
| be herded into silly and meaningless party di-
visions, and long as they permit politicians
to use the power of party and patronage to
reward their workers and thus build up pow
erful machines, governments are going to mess
! along they doing now
"Under our present system happy smile,
hearty handshake and memory for
will carry you lot farther in government
than real ability capacity for getting
things done. Ask anyone who has been
through the mill"
IF A FARMERS ALLOTMENT is
one calf per cow and the cow has twins, then
what? Will the government shoot the cow,
shoot the calf, shoot the farmer, or just
shoot the Calls papa? It seems to me lot
of those fellows at Washington are more in
terested in shooting the calf's papa than in
doing anything for the good of the farmer.
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