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THE REDWOOD GAZEnEPUBLISHED BY

REDWOOD GAZETTE PUB. CO.. INC.BCOTT BCHOEN, EDITOR

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under Act of March 3, 1879.

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EditorialMany employers threw up their

hands in despair Friday when the lat-est and most drastic proposal madeby President Franklin D. Roosevelt torestore economic equilibrium was an-nounced. With expenses already tak-ing the profits, how in the world can

we pay higher wages for less work,

they asked.But after watching scores of bigger

firms jump into the harness, after

talking the matter over, reading the

regulations more carefully and hear-

ing the President’s message Monday

night, the second reaction is different.Most cf us are admitting now that theRoosevelt program has been fine sofar, that this addition is also worthtrying.

Public works programs are a temp-

orary means of putting men to workbut at, best they are only a stimulantand the cost is too great to warrantcontinuing such a program at the ex-

pense of taxpayers indefinitely. Weare simply faced with a situation

where there are far more men thanjobs and the only solution is to dividethe work.

It was idle for a few employers, nomatter how large their operationswere, to attempt such a program.

Firms in the same line of business

who went on paying low wages for

long hours would simply drive them

out of business. *

Consequently to achieve anything inthis line it is necessary for all to ac-

cept the code recommended by the

government. With public sentimentbacking the movement as it has back-ed almost every effort of the “new

deal” president, it is highly probablethat the plan will be widely adoptedand that backsliders will find it ad-visable to get in line.

As in every program of this kind,it will not be the employer who footsthe bill. He cannot unless he is pro-fiteering at the present time. The ex-tra cost of doing business will simplybe passed on to the consumer.

But this is nothing for the consum-

er to raise a rumpus about. Firstplace the consumer is you and I andthe next fellow, employers, employees

and independent workers such as

farmers and men who operate smallbusinesses single handed.

Right now—through taxes and do-nations —we consumers are payingfood, clothing and shelter costs for theunemployed class as well. Mr. Roose-velt’s plan is designed to give thisclass employment, whereupon itsmembers will become independentconsumers like ourselves. When theunemployed have jobs, they’ll buy

more and all the persons whose wagesare increased will buy more —and we

employers will be wondering whysomeone didn’t insist on this system

long ago.* * * * *

Redwood Falls appears to be a hav-en for transient unemployed men re-

cently since several nearby towns

have enforced anti-p anhandlingedicts. Almost every business placein town has from two to ten such“customers” daily and many house-holders report requests for food andmoney.

Although there are no doubtworthy individuals in the crowd, morethan a few are petty racketeers whoshy at a job and prey on sympathy.

Among the authentic stories being

told is one of a woman with a dog

who visited several homes, telling thestory that she was hitch hiking fromsomewhere to Mankato and neededmoney for food. Later she was seen

downtown in a Packard sport road-ster with a Nebraska license.

A man recently appeared at thebank with a pocketful of nickels,dimes and quarters Hid exchanged

them for seven dollar bills. Laterhe was seen by bank employees witha pack on his back. Apparently hefound begging profitable.

One strapping fellow claiming to_be a printer called at The Gazetteoffice recently and was told where hecould find a chance to earn a meal. Hedeclared he wasn’t in shape to tackleany hard work.

L. R. Ewart met one hungry look-ing fellow on the street recently,

bought him breakfast. Soon after thebank opened the same fellow dropped

in, failed to recognize Mr. Ewart andasked him for another breakfast. Hedidn’t get it.

At one home in the city a fellowasked for breakfast recently and wasgiven a sack of cookies and dough*

nuts. Although breakfast was overat the home and the family was leav-ing on a trip, the transient insistedthat the housewife make him a cup

of coffee—until the man of the houseappeared.

Some people have asked why thebums now ask for a small package ofcoffee or bacon or a few eggs insteadof a meal. The reason is they have a“jungle” along the Redwood river, notfar from the power house. Sometimeago the woodpile at the power plantwas raided. The bums were warnedto leave the wood alone or be chasedout. They saw the point and aregathering their own wood now.

The population at the “jungle”changes about every two days, very

few of the men spending a longer

time here, but the new men seem to

know about the place without thenecessity of any road signs. It’s a

great life.? ? ? ? ?

Kidnapings, bank robberies anddozens of other crimes committedwith even more frequency than usual

in recent weeks indicate again the

need of a state constabulary with suf-ficient man power to be out and af-

ter the criminals before their trailsare hours old.

As one editor pointed out recently,

organized labor—afraid of the part

such an organization might play in

breaking strikes —has played a joke

on the state by beating down allefforts to give highway police thepower to enforce laws aside from such

minor infractions as driving withouta tail light or parking on the pave-ment.

The joke has proved a boomerang

for robberies, car thefts and evenkidnapings affect £he working class-

es as well as the rich through higherinsurance rates and the fact thatmoney paid for ransom is not invest-

ed where it will produce employment.* * *

A Yale professor, who has greatconfidence in ambitious youth, says:

“The boy who is determined to go todevil will in all probability accom-plish his purpose.”

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A pig recently made a parachutedrop from a Baltimore airplane, butit’s old stuff for Minnesota farmersto watch pork drop.

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Americanism: Doing the daily doz-

en for health and trying to pass an-

other car on a blind curve an hourlater.

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Women rule a certain tribe of In-dians in Peru. Which is further evi-dence that civilization is spreading.

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To err is human. And in somecases that is about the only humancharacteristic discernable.

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It is safer to guess that the head-light nearest to you is the one thatis put.

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With a six-hour day, why thenecessity for daylight-saving time?

Man wants but little here belowand he usually gets it.

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News and CommentsNeighbors

When you came into the world, itwas the neighbors who cheered yourparents by praising your first smile.

Now that you are a man, with a

citizen’s responsibilities, it is your

neighbors who help carry these re-

sponsibilities and who stand by tohelp you in your defeats and to cheeryou in your victories.

When you die your neighbors willshed a few tears, and sing a fewsongs and say a prayer for you.

When you have a favor to bestow,even though it be only the favor ofyour patronage, wouldn’t it be good

sportsmanship to bestow that favor

upon your neighbor?

In a thousand ways you are a part-ner in business with every man inyour home town. Your interests are

common. If all your neighborsshould fail, you wouldn’t remain inbusiness a week. If all your neighbors

succeed, you almost certainly willsuc-

ceed with them.So, when you find yourself in need

of a monkey wrench, a pair of pants,

shoes, automobiles, groceries, etc.,or an insurance policy—to buy it fromyour neighbor is the next best thing

to buying it from yourself.—WellsMirror.

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An interesting table showing thespread of divorce in this country iscontained in the World Almanac, giv-

ing statistics on the subject runningback to the year 1888, when the per-

centage of divorces to marriages wasonly 5.4. Since then this percentagehas increased with almost continuousregularity, until 1931, the last forwhich complete statistics are avail-able, it reached 17 for every 100 mar-riages, or about one out of six.

Taking the record of 40 years byintervals of 10 years we* find the fol-lowing: There were six divorces forevery 100 marriage in 1891; 8.2 in

1901; 9.3 in 1911; 13.7 in 1921, and 17

THE REDWOOD GAZETTE, REDWOOD FALLS, MINNESOTA

in 1931. During the same period thenumber of marriages per 100,000 po-pulation has not varied greatly, butthe last 20 years has shown a slightincrease over the previous 20, withthe exception of the recent depressionyears, which have shown a slight fall-ing off.

For the sixth time, Mrs. HelenWills Moody won the women’s tennissingles at Wimbledon, England, a fewdays ago, playing the finals againstMiss Dorothy Round, a little Englishgirl who gave the world’s championone of the hardest battles of hercareer. Since 1926 the Californiastar has dominated the women’s ten-

nis world, and she has been theAmerican champion almost continu-ously since 1923.

According to the newest of themagazines in our dentist’s office, busi-ness was never better and 1928 mayprove an even bigger year, says theTyler (Texas) Currier Times.

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A report states that George Ber-nard Shaw often eats as he writes.A lot of writers are not so particularabout the time just so they eat.

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Every government official andboard that handles public moneyshould publish at regular intervals an

accounting of it, showing where andhow each dollar is spent. This is afundamental principle of democraticgovernment—Fergus Falls Tribune.

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A New York police report statesthat the pickpocket is disappearing,but an observant paragrapher thinkshe’s merely getting discouraged.

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Two men of widely different types,each of whom has been prominent inthe world’s news for a long time, willreach important milestones in theirlife journey this month. Benito Mus-solini will be 50 years old July 29,and Henry Ford will be 70 July 30.Both rose from humble beginnings.

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It is estimated that tax exemptsecurities in the United Statesamount to 39 billions of dollars.Speaking of new sources to tax, hereis a fertile field.

This year’s graduates believe thata college education pays, but whatthey are now asking is: when?

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Many matrimonial bonds are of theshort term variety.

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Jimmy, Jr.: “Can we play at keep-

ing store in here, mamma?'Mrs. Luttrell: “Yes, but you must

be very, very quiet.”Jimmy Jr.: “Oh, all right, mamma.

We’ll pretend we don’t advertise. —ex.

STEAL OWN CARS;LAND IN HOOSGOW

Grand Rapids.—Two men who stoletheir own cars are in jail following

their apprehension recently. In GrandRapids, Chester Carson was discover-ed driving the car which he had re-

ported stolen and on which he hadcollected insurance a year ago. Dur-ing the same week, Gust Johnson was

arrested in Elk River for stealing thecar he had sold to Kenneth Angstman.Johnson kept the key to his old car,and on the first opportunity is alleg-

ed to have stolen the auto back.

THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1933