The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1931 Page: 4 of 8
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THE COTULLA RECORD
Entered the Post Office at Cotulla,
T^vas. as second class Mail Matt**'
rnder act of Congress of March S
1879.
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MOODY'S STATEMENT.
SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES.
FROM FRYING PAN TO FIRE.
Dan A foody authorize.-frh*..itatement that if the wets in j The school season offers the young people an opportunity j A move has 5een started to establish state insurance for
. the Democratic convention next year undertake to commit the j to acquire a training that has proved its value by all the ex-1 autornobileg> under the compulsory casualty law, in Massachu-
)arty to a wet plank in the platform there will be a fight. The; perience of the race. Letts. Backers of the bill denounce the new rate schedule pre-
rys will respond in kind and there will be a split which will be j Pupils of schools in this county should not expect “educa- i pared bv tbe state's Insurance Commissioner
§ji*rious enough to endanger what is otherwise a fair chance of ; tion” to work miracles. It does not. The miracle is the result j Contrasted with the move, Governor Ely of Massachusetts
national victory for the banner of Jefferson, Jackson and Wilson, of the effort of the pupil, who gains in power and efficiency by j bas gjven the public facts which show that in 19*30 the insur-
While Mr. Moody is probably right in his prediction and the process of learning what the schools teach. i ance companies of the state received in premiums §21,000,000,
certainly right in voicing the beliefs of a majority of Texas Education is a product of intelligence and experience, and ! expended SI ,000,000 in payment of losses, and incurred pperati
Democrats on that phs.se of party policy, the statement itself a;> pupils have before them the prospect of increasing their intelli- jng expenses of S8.000.000, leaving a deficit of about §3,000 0
pears to be a reasonable basis for conclusions further than that genee by diligent application to their studies. They should not j He states that in four years the insurance companies had
The amplitude of the statement indicates careful preparation j forget that the facts and principles which they master, and make j ably lost $9,000,000 through their carrying of automobile
and that, in turn, implies that Mr. Moody aims to take as big a their own. serve the mind as a hammer serves a carpenter. j bjijtv insurance in his state. The higher rates planned tj
part in the convention of 1932 as he did in that of 1928. Intelligence helps mankind to do anything better. It does]he said, were necessary because of the 65.000 accident
In 1928 the drys were sadly handicapped by the want of not make men or women better in the moral sense, necessarily,! ,.jng. jn j930
a spokesman, Mr. Moody coming nearer to the role of leader- although it often shows them how foolish some acts are. Be- | Th(1 Massachusetts compulsory automobile lia
ship than did any other. But the Texas Daniel was a Democrat hind the intelligence that one acquires there is a guiding spirit' ance ]aw bas been> from any ordjnary standard, a
first and a dry second, whereas he dealt with some who were j within the individual, which determines whether the intelligence-! ure Accidents have not gone down- rates have1
wets first and Democrats second. The consequence was that; tool is wisely used. Mitigation has crowded the courts; faked claims ha|
he had something less than complete success. In proceeding to j Pupils are to resume their school work with the determin- i erous. Those who think the way out is through Jl_
the convention of 1932 he faces a situation where the wets station to take advantage of the opportunity that is there. Our|backed by the public treasury and administered by politic
in control of the party machinery, where the convention is al- schools are great assets to our people, affording children chances! entitled to their opinion. But it is interesting to no^
most sure to be Held in a dripping wet city, and where the wets that have not always belonged to all in equal proportion. | that before the Massachusetts law was passed there was much
will produce claque and clamor such as the party has not seen _ j agitation for similar laws in many other states. Since witness-
MODKRN ROADS FOR FARMERS ! ^le Massachusetts experiment no other state has adopted
Unless the drys get their work done before the convention __ ; such a law or even given one serious consideration-industrial
meets, they are apt to be powerless there. Some such thought
may have prompted the Moody statement, for the ex-Governori
can not be unacquainted with the fact that the party has been
swallowed by the wets and is now in process of being digested—
in alcohol, so to speak. Forcing disgorgement at this late day
is going to be a miracle and only fear of a new defection in the
South can bring it to pass.—Dallas Semi-Weekly Farm News.
There are millions of farmers in the United States who,
i when winter comes, are almost as completely cut off from the
outside world as if they were in darkest Africa. They have the
vehicles—but the roads serving them have not been essentially
improved since the days of the horse and wagon.
The world of today is largely dependent for its social and
economic progress, on quick and certain transport. What the
railroads( mean on long hauls, good roads mean to the farmer on
short hauls. They allow him to sell his goods at the best pos- I
sible time, to buy supplies on short notice, to get quick medical j
help when needed. They aid small town merchants by bring-
ing them business that otherwise could not reach them.
States and counties will not have done their duty to the
News.
THE GALLOPING GASOLINE TAX.
We are simply riding to our own financial death in this
country. We must halt the reckless waste of money through
the indiscriminate use of cars and gasoline and the unnecessary
and foolish riding by the public at large. The trouble with A-
merica is not so much over production as it is over-consump- i
tion of gasoline by millions who cannot afford it. The drain on j farmer until every farming area is provided with dustless, mud-
rich and poor alike for gasoline, automobile trucks and tires, is loss, weatherproof, feeder roads. Modern road building and sur-;
all out of pronortion. No single factor has upset the economic j facing methods make such roads available today at moderate
«cales of this nation to the extent this condition has brought a-j cost.—The Manufacturer.
bout, and which will continue until every last dollar is exhaust-] _
ed from the pockets of millions of our citizens.
A recent study by the National Industrial Conference in-
dicates that increasing gasoline taxes have had the effect of
checking the rate of increase in consumption of motor fuel. In
July of this year rates of four cents a gallon or more were in
effect in 33 states. Twelve states had a five-cent tax. five a
six-cent tax and one a seven-cent tax. Further tax boosts are
planned in a number of states.
It is only recently that the public generally has rebelled
against high gas tax rates. Gasoline has been steadily going
down in cost. This decrease has to a large degree absorbed the
tax. But, as the Baltimore Sun points out, “When the turn
| comes and prices go up, a tax which runs in some states to ap-
j proximately half the cost of gasoline, may force a curtailment
j in consumption and consequently in yield.” In other words, a
Children have no business owning or having access to j high tax may bring the state less revenue than a reasonable
- j firearms. The .22 calibre rifle is dangerous because its power is ! one-
Before we are through with international experts, we will not respected. A well-placed bullet from one of these small-bore 1 No other “special” tax falls so heavily on the purchase
find that the only way to bring about the world to normal will j weapons will kill as readily as a large rifle. They are danger- °f a product. It is time to stop the galloping gas tax, be:
be to cancel all war debts. However, American citizens will net ^ oils gifts to children. A rifle or shotgun should be the posses- it gets out of all control.—Industrial News,
be allowed to forget that the debt incurred by selling Liberty L“on cf mature men. not children. Even many men of our ae
and Victory bonds has to be paid no matter who cancels that quaintancce are criminally incapable of handling firearms.
debt Motion pictures can never take the place of a good^
| teacher in a school room, because one of the most important
It is a big struggle for all of us—farmers, business men j things the child takes from the public school is personal c<yi-
This federal extravagance is largely a local issue. It i- and professional men. But it doesn’t help matters a bit to get \ tact with the teacher and one of the most important services
caused mostly by patriotic demands for the benefit of the dir- down in the mouth about It. We have gone through these tough the teacher renders is individual guidance. And yet, standard-
trict or state. If the voters and leading citizens at home w;»] times before and will do /o again. Let’s keep a stiff upper lip. (ization has progressed so far in many public schools as to leave
turn economical in their claims at Washington, congress will re- If we go down we might/as well go down And h the teacher little more than a robot. A good motion picture
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fleet their spirit.
keep on smiling we probably won’t go down.
1 could do as much.
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The Cotulla Record (Cotulla, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 27, Ed. 1 Friday, October 9, 1931, newspaper, October 9, 1931; Cotulla, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1162514/m1/4/?q=Kerr: accessed June 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Alexander Memorial Library.