Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-05-15
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that on April Ia few weeks ago
we carried the following little editor
ial:
Good wages to a hundred people i
much better and makes for more gen
eral prosperity than big dividends G
one person. The trend has beel
the big dividends for the on
during the last few years and all pos
sible efforts should be eXerted t
have this tendency reversed. No
only will it make for more genera
to have the profits in tn
hands of the many but it will resul
in more satisfaction, more happines
and more contentment which is tn
big goal"
This evidently did not suit on
Brother Colby of the Pin
County Courier (Sandstone), as h
came back with the following reply
THAT kind of cheap political
prattle is often used by those who
wish to further the cause of So
cialism. All should be proud that
this is a country where it is pos
sible for people to do great things
and accumulate fortune, which
to some extent is the desire of
everyone. There always have
been some who gather riches and
those who squander what they get,
and if the American has any con-
structive idea how fortunes can
be more evenly divided without
confiscating all capital and divid-
ing it among people, we would
like to hear it. 1t is easy enough
to say that something should be
done, but to suggest a safe and
sane method is a far different
matter. To rant against the in
terests' and big business seems
to be real fad with some peo-
pie, but we prefer to be Optimis-
tic rather than pesSimistic, as
growing will surely injure any
ones digestion and health sooner
or later
Time and space has prevented ear
Iier reply, and then again we do no
know if it will do any good to tel
Brother Colby anything as it seem
TO fall off like water from a duck
1t makes a fellow smile to note tina
the brother editor classes himsel
with the optimists. Enough said oil
that score.
Fortunes can be more evenly di
,ided without confiscating all capita
by refraining from playing into tn
hands of the capitalists. There arr
too many of the petty small legislator
who do the bidding of the special in
terests i'm order that their own nest
be feathered, and of course they can
not do the bidding of the special in
terests and at the same time repre-
sent the people. We hope that thu
brother editor at Sandstone is not 81
blind that he cannot see that, ant
there are examples enough Of it RICH
here in Pine county. Specific ex
amples may be pointed out later.
When there was a slash of $3.50
300 900 in federal income taxes thi
year that helped to swell the fortune
Of those who already have more thai
plenty. Again when the United State
Steel Corporation got tax reduction
~ h,f oil no
to swell the fortunes of some folk
that have more than they need
When there is unemployment to tn
extent that between three and fiv
millions of people who are usuall
employed are now out o
work, it would seem that it is tim
to wake up and do something about il
And out of these millions who ar
out of work there are many upright
eous citizens who want to make al
honest living and bring their familie
Of work for months, the family saw
ings are gone. and he can't get worl
he gets desperate at last for he can
not stand to see his small children g
hungry. People who are gainfully EN-
ployed or who are in business ant
are making fair living should Civ
these matters deep consideration TO
the future. The man who is hungr.
cannot give so much consideration t
the future He must have immediate
relief and that is his greatest con
Germ. Most of the large fortunes hav
been built up through the aid of ia
yorable legislation, and once on tol
with the millions-we know that mon
ey talks-such men become even NOR
powerful.
The man that has the big incom,
can afford to pay the biggest tax, ant
therefore a state income tax woul,
also help matters in Minnesota. w
repeat. that good wages to a ,hundre,
people is much better and makes 70
more general prosperity than big divi
dends to one person" We could g
on. but then what's the use. for i