The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1938-02-03


THE EFFORTS AT CONVERTING
Minnesotans through the Capitol News Re
view" in reality crude attempt at rabble
rousing, frequently have been the subject OF
Gazette editorials. In the following para
graphs the Hector Mirror quotes from the
same source and spanks the writer properly:
.sThe plutocrats of America do not like
this country under the New Deal. Some
body ought to tell them that if they do not
like this country they should go to some
other country which they do like.
This bit of sagacity is from the pen OF
4. l. Harris, virile Farmer-Labor political
columnist, and appeared in the last issue OF
The Minnesota Leader. >.
For a man as liberal as Mr.. Harris is
supposed to be, the statement is childish
even bigoted
American democracy is founded upon
the precepts of free speech. If an individual
disagrees with existing conditions, it's his
privilege to howl, whether he be plutocrat
or columnist.
This comment is not chip on the
shoulder. 1t is not the purpose OF The Mlr-
ror to pick political argument. A remark
such as Mr. Harris made is not political
for certainly the Farmer-Labor party can
not be in favor of the deportation OF every
citizen who differs in opinion with Farmer
comment on Mr.. Harris statement would
have been Forthcoming whether the state
ment came from Republican, Democrat,
Farmer-Laborite, or communist.
Every man, regardless of political affl-
liation, can see room for reform in the man
agement of government affairs. And the
fact that he can express his views on 1T
distinguishes our government from those OF
Germany, Russia, and Italy.
Incidentally, Mr.. Harris isn't entirely
satisfied with the present scheme of things
himself-he is still plugging for reforms.
But no one has been impolite enough to pub
licly ask him to leave the country.
ASK MOST ANY BUSINESS MAN
and he will tell you that when he finally got
his inventory taken and the figures tailed up
he found that the past year brought him a
larger volume of business than he had had
for some time, but the corresponding net
profit was the smallest for that size of a
gross that he had ever seen.
And the reason for that is that we are
beginning to feel very severely all the added
costs of doing business that have come to us
in recent years. And that does not mean
wages and hours alone. 1t means the vari-
Gus social security taxes, the necessity for
taking so much time keeping books and
making OUT government TepOTCS, Tie ulSucI
prices for materials used, higher rents and
a score of other things. Not so bad when
one has the money with which to pay the
bills. But many business man shoulders
when he stops to wonder what he would dc
about all those extra expenses ii his gross
business falls down bit. Because Uncle
Sam says he will not go into the matter OF
security for business men who find it i'm
possible to acquire security for themselves
Window Citizen.
THE PRESENT DAY GENERATION
could learn much by studying how the
pioneers met the problems that confronted
them and could profit by following their ex-
ample in many things. The conviction is
growing that before the vexing problems
which now confront the country are solved
there will have to be a return by all the
people to the thrift, frugality, hard work
and mental honesty of the pioneers.-Lone
Prairie Leader.
1T is SAID THAT THE FARMER
Labor association numbers somewhere be-
tween and 10 per cent of the voting
strength of the party. It is the association
that controls the conventions and the pat
ronage, and the other 80 per cent that pro
vides the votes has nothing to say about it
Ana CnlS from the party CHdI was iolI "
do away with the old machine rule But WI
like it, apparently.-Windom Citizen.
OF THE 60 FAMILIES WHO AC
cofding to Secretary Ickes are raising hell il
this country, some 20 are the du Points, close
ly related to the White House by marriage
Here's another case where something ough
to be done about it."-St. Cloud Times.
-
WE NOTE TWO OPPOSING SCHOOLS
of thought as to the merits of this govern
ment-one held by those from whom it take
and the other by those to whom it gives
Weston Leader.
THE FELLOW WHO COULD TUNI
ukuleles is around with new one. He claim
he can distinguish one college football marcl
from another football march! - Detroi
News.
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