Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1922-02-09

dDoul DdiihS anu DdHheTs, tHdA tHCy
haven't any cooperative spirit and
are detrimental to the farmers in
terests. Most small town bankers
sell insurance. but did the bank here
get out and push the fire insurance
business when the Pine County Mu-
tual was young and thereby hurt its
chances of success? No, they encour-
aged this farmers organization as
they saw therein a chance for all to
get lower insurance rates and thus
help the community at large instead
OF being greedy and after private
gain. We only cite this instance be-
cause 1t is near to us and we know
it. Other bankers are Also using
their heads for community develop
ment, but you don't hear them holler-
ing about II. but they do have to take
lot Of abuse from those soft shirt
orators.
He stated further In his article
that the American had been pecking
at the Farm Bureau and the Askov
Unit Of late and it appeared that our
hearts are where the money is. II
constructive criticism Is pecking or
knocking then we are guilty. We
believe that the national Farm Bur-
eau movement is a good one and is
worthy of much consideration and
cooperation and as for our part we
believe too that we have shown
some interest therein by attending
the first three annual meetings and
giving them lengthy write-ups, as
well as having published the weekly
Farm Bureau letters sent out to the
county press by the Agent ever since
that was commenced and are still
doing il. As far as we remember
have never failed publishing any OF
these which We believe is a record
that no other newspaper in Pine
County can show. Yes. we have cri-
ticised the local Farm Bureau at
times. For instance when w. J. Cor
win was Agent we criticised him
for not putting more personal work
into his weekly news letter, telling
OF actual Pine county experiences
instead OF dishing out so much liter
allure from the U. s. Department of
Agriculture, State Department. clip
pings from farm journals and the
like. Recently we criticised because
County Agent Idtse drove 20 miles
to Askov to attend a meeting to talk
about COW testing associations, a
meeting which was attended by 5 or
6 men all OF whom were not owners
OF cows and which was called by
MosbRk. when Mr.. Idtse might have
known there would not be any at
tendance. We believe we can truth
fully say that in such case the
Farm Bureau does not give a dol
lars worth OF service for dollar
spent. Economy must be practised
there as well as any other place if
II Is to be a success. The writer
was also active in the organization
of the Pine County Farm Bureau and
gave il much publicity to help the
membership drive. We have also
held individual membership in the
Bureau since its organization despite
the fact that we have had to hear
ut each annual meeting that only
farmers should be officers and 1T the
last meeting We attended Mosbak al
so wanted to cut the membership to
only bonatide farmers. This con-
stantly making member feel that
he is an unwelcome guest will rather
tend to make the enthusiasm and CO.
operation toward the Bureau dimin-
ish. On top Of this Mosbak together
with one OF those imported member
ship solicitors was the last one who
solicited and accepted the writer's
membership renewal
We will say this much. that il az
ter four or five years OF existence
the Pine County Farm Bureau Is not
strong enough to stand up for con-
structive criticism it had better fall
by the wayside.
II at no other time we have done
any good for the Farm Bureau we
know one time when We tried to and
that was at the organization meeting
in Hinckley where Mosbak and
James Frokjer We're the two nomi-
| nees for president. Moshak as tenn
porary chairman stood there and
talked for about ~ or Is minutes
about that they should not elect him,
that he did not want the office. that
he couldn't MI the place. etc. etc
The writer then got up and made a
motion to the effect that Mr.. Fro
kjer be elected by reclamation in
| view of the fact that Mosbek would
not accept This motion was secon-
ded by half dozen men but Mosb@k
refused to put the motion. which
fair" action to date he has not ex-
planned. Mr.. Frokjer is a man who
| has made a success OF his own un-