Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-02-16

sorting table or carrying potatoe
from sortep To bin, and from bin TO
car. His was not an 5 or 10 hour
day. He was often there until 10 or
II p. VI. For many an empty ear
was spotted by the local freight after
dark. loaded In the evening and well
on it's way to Chicago before day
light. These were war days. Let me
add that all common labor was paid
on basis of time and one half, for
overtime. g. /. 75c per hour after the
first ten hours. Bobjerg received
$125.00 with no extra pay for over
time. He earned his salary.
In the early part of 1920. the Min
nesota Potato Exchange was organ
lied at Little Falls. Mr. Mosbak
was elected to represent the Askov
Produce ASSN at this gathering
There he was elected one Of the
board OF directors, and later, this
board elected him president Of the
organization. In this capacity he
served until after the first annual
meeting held at Wadena. After this
meeting the Board elected Mosbak
field organizer at a salary Of $500 90
per annum. Thereafter the Board
elected Aamodt Gen. Manager which
caused Mosbak to- resign. Now it
would appear that the farmers whom
Mosb8k had so often betrayed would
not have elected him again and again
to these different positions. II would
also appear that, IL Mosbak was only
looking for a soft berth for himself,
he did a very foolish act when he re-
signed himself out Of that So, 500 90
job with the Exchange.
Perhaps he did not betray the
farmer and perhaps he can not be
bought for SO 10000 per annum
"Notoriety seeker" so the Ameri-
can labels Mosb@k. | have studied
this word considerable the last few
days and here Is what | have found:
certain Democratic daily dismissed
Iincolns famous Gettysburg Speech"
with those words. John Brown was il
''Notoriety seeker" before he was
hanged Upton Sinclair is "A Motto
riety seeker" Debs also is Motto
riety seeker
find that word used 1000 times at
least in today's press to every one
time used i'm history. II seems to be
Of the present tense. nearly always.
| further find that il In always used
to describe an opponent. Always.
The same qualifications when found
i'm a friendly camp are described as.
"Of more than local fame" or Far
famed" II is q dangerous word. and
should not be used unless person is
just dead certain that he knows.
And last but not least. The Ameri-
can has, probably unknowingly.
rendered the farmers very great
service by its attack on Mosb@k's
shirt. I'm these days there are so
many oil stock statesmen. book
agents, Farm Bureau organizers,
Non-partisan organizers and their
likes, running around among the
farmers looking for some easy money,
which the Lord knows we havn't got,
that the farmers are being swindled
out OF some cash. Some of these
schemers are good, some are bad and
some are indifferent. But how can
we know whom are the good ones and
whom are the bad ones7 They all
have n line VI oily taik--just like
MosbRkg We were at their mercy
until the American gave us the
simple marks OF Identification. IL he
wears "A soft collarcd shirt. he is a
notoriety seeking crook. aud should
be left alone. II he wears "A clean
stiff collar he is an honest man. be-
yond doubt. and can safely be pa
tronized. But---the last book agent
who called ON the writer was u lady
II. r. Buck.
Editors Note.---We have no dispute
with Mr.. Buck or any other of Mos
b@k's relatives So will not spend any
time answering this article and if
Mosbmk is able To defend himself
then why call in relatives? We only
never stated at any time or any place
that mans honesty can be Judged
by the clothing he wears. no, there
is something deeper than that. We
simply stated last week that it has
become more popular for solicitors
and promoters to appear i'm soft
shirts instead Of the white collar as
II is n better fooler. and il is being
done considerable. Many things are
being done in an attempt to pull the
wool over the eyes of the public. II
Is certainly not the intention OF the
American to shield the white collar
man, as dishonest men are most like
ly to be found i'm all walks of life.
We have nothing to retract in our
article Of last week and are willing
to let the public be the Judge. We
simply answered the question put to
us by Mosb@k when he farmed the
farmers9" and could have added
much more than we did which the
people Of this community well know