Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 2, Number 42, DeMotte, Jasper County, 2 March 1933 — EDITORIAL [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

EDITORIAL

The eyes of the whole nation are turned upon the State of Indiana. The governor of the state has been given the power of a czar. Every public official, except those elected will be almost directly under his power. All employees of the state in all divisions will have to look to Mr. McNutt for “bread and butter”. If the state pays $600 on the salary of each school teacher, then the governor will have a great deal to say as to who gets the positions. Mr. McNutt will either make a great governor, or make a great “bust”, which it is will depend upon how wisely and how well he uses his power. Business prospects are brighter right now than at any time during the past two years. For instance a law has been passed by the Indiana legislature giving more protection to bank depositors; Roosevelt will be sworn in as president on March 4th, bringing a “new deal” to the whole country; spring is almost here and folks just feel better; the sales tax has passed the Indiana legislature--a thing desired by farm and home owners; then, too, beer has been legalized in Indiana. That is something! Over the radio the other night we heard a representative of a big automobile company say that over 8000 more cars (of his make) had been sold so far in 1933 than in the corresponding period last year. A total of over 50,000 cars had been delivered to owners. When you have news of any kind, school news„ church news, entertainments of any kind, or social news, see that the correspondent from your community has it. We are glad to get this help. The experiment in Russia is going to fail. It is the other extreme from an absolute monarchy. It is going to demonstrate that the common property is not the solution and that when man is deprived of the fruits of his superior energy or intelligence above that of the mass, the incentive for accomplishment is largely removed. Even those who have been promoting this theory of government are giving it the lie for the reason that they have now taken the place of the former oppressors and are living in luxury and affluence while the mass struggles in poverty. The sham and hypocrisy of their program will one day dawn on the masses and they will awaken to find that oppression is no different at the hands of their own class than it is at the hands of the hated aristocracy. Oppression is oppression wherever it is found. It is likewise true that authority and liberty bring new responsibilities that are not sensed by those who have never born the burden of authority.