The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1939-01-19
EFFORTS WILL BE MADE IN CON-

EFFORIS WILL BE MADE In CON-
gress at the current session to extend the
scope of the social security act to take in
classes of labor now excluded, among the
largest of which are domestic workers and
farm hands.
Since it would be extremely unpopular,
as well as impractical, to wish upon the
housewife and farmer the task of preparing
social security returns and since the inf1ic-
ton of this extra tax has been definite
handicap to already harrassed small business
and has helped discourage expansions neces-
sary to sound recovery, it is possible some
way of raising funds other than by assess
ing the employer may be adopted.
Minnesota went beyond the federal law
on unemployment insurance to include en-
plOyerS of one or more rather than those en-
ploying more than eight in setting up it's law
and bill co-sponsored by Senator Seifert
from this district has now been submitted
to make the law no longer apply to employ
ers of eight or less.
We have, therefore, a situation where
the federal government has in mind expand
ing the scope of it's law while the state de-
bates retrenching on it's measure. Chances
are good that by the end of both sessions the
laws will be out of harmony again, but in
reverse order. A question arises as to what
will become of the money already paid in by
small Minnesota employers should the state
law be changed as proposed and the federal
law remain unchanged.
The whole proposition is the result of
having gone too far in an admittedly gocI
direction without first laying proper ground
work. The government should have adopted
the old age benefit schedule at one session
and had it working we'll before attempting
unemployment insurance. The state could at
least have kept in step with the federal law.
State legislators will have difficulty vot-
ing intelligently on Mr.. Seifert's proposal
without knowing what the federal govern
ment is going to do.
COUNTRY CORRESPONDENCE, those
personal items about the social affairs of re-
sidents of the dozens of small communities
which make up the territory served by this
newspaper, is credited by the publishers in
a large measure with the constant growth
of our subscription list. Few newspapers in
the state carry more of this type of personal
| news.
Gathering such items and writing them
in an interesting manner requires a type of
person instinctively interested in people, The
true country correspondent branches from
the social into the economic happenings of
his or her community and brings us news of
crop development for example or of the rails
ing, purchasing or marketing of stock. The
person not gifted with what newspaper peo-
pie call "a nose for news" an understanding
of what interests people, writes only dull
! few pages of humdrum stuff which the
paper prints without enthusiasm for want
of better writings from given community.
We have several writer's whom we feel
have mastered, or nearly so, the art of writ
ing interesting things This week we men
ton as particularly commendable, the letter
of our Shutdown writer who reports on the
livestock activities in that section. Dozens
of persons who might have been appointed
as reporter there would have missed the in
terest which these items hold for readers
there and elsewhere in the territory.
THE CIVIC AND COMMERCE ASSO-
citation is off on it's 1889 campaign for big
ger and better Redwood Falls with veteran
officers whose experience has helped them
prepare better program. Reelection at
the annual meeting is high compliment but
a word of commentator occasionally during
| the year and hearty ''sure" when you are
! asked tO holm boro o1opo ho limo m lyo