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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
THE THING is TO HAVE 1T
INAUGURATED

A staff correspondent of the Duluth
Herald in commenting from the state
capitol on the. income tax article re-
Gently written by the editor of the
Askov American, seems to make out
of it that it might cause embarrass-
ment to the present administration
should a special session of the legis-
lature be called and statutory in
come tax bill be passed. The Herald
writer arrives at that conclusion be-
cause Governor Floyd B. OlsOm has
said he would appoint committee to
study the tax situation so that bill
may be passed at the next regular
session after the passage of the con-
stitutional amendment by the voters
in 1892. The Herald also brings out
that the governor does not want a
special session and adds the stale az
gument that the income tax would be
lust another tax" Of course it would
be another tax but it does not mean
that more tax money would be collect
ed in the aggregate, but that the tax
BURDEN would be more equalized,
which is a crying need. Those who
are not paying their just share Of
government expenses will turn heav-
en- and earth to avoid the state income
tax-the tax which is far more scien-
tific than the general property tax.
The editor of this newspaper does not
see it in the light of embarrassment
to the governor and the administra-
tiOn. Our contention is that if a spec
ial session is called then a statutory
income tax bill should be passed, and
if no special session is called then it
should be passed at the first regular
sessiOn-the sooner the better. Aside
from what political effect it may have
on this, that, or the other individual
or political party the thing is that
Minnesota should have the income tax
and profit by it the same as many
other states.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
EDUCATION
Duluth Free PresS)

We talked to a man the other day
who expressed the fear that too many
people are becoming educated these
days. why, if this keeps on" he
said, 1--WE wouldn't have enough man.
ual laborers to go around soon and as
for getting a girl to do housework,
that is almost an impossibility now.
The girls go to school, become edu-
Gated and then don't want to do any
thing else but office work.
He is not the only one who thinks
like that, or thinks he thinks. And
the reason they do is because their
only idea of an educated person is
one who can become prosperous with
out real work. They can't think of
any other use for an education than
as a means of acquiring wealth and
position. And that is the idea their
children become imbued with.
1t is lamentable fact that even
now the only reason for most parents
sending their boys and girls to col
lege is that they shall not have to do
mental work for living, or be COM
PEELED to subsist on the returns from
common" labor. Manual work is
looked down upon by everybody, with
the result that everybody who can
possibly afford to do it, provides their
children with an education" as a
means to escape that degrading situa-
ton in life.
1t is mistaken idea, vicious one,
and as long as we don't know any
better, education is going to prove a
big disappointment to lot of grads.
And for this condition our educational
system is very largely to blame. The
fact is that our colleges are now de-
voted almost exclusively to creating
a useless classSpf snobs. Instead of
being help to our boys and girls, the
average college course in this country
is serious handicap and will become
more so under conditions that are de-
veloping.
What we need is an entirely new
viewpoint on education. There will
be no overproduction of educated peo-
pie when we get away from the idea
that the ultimate end of education is
to become sharper witted than the
other fellow and better able to garner
profits off him. When our schools and
colleges really, begin to teach service
as an education's only worthwhile
goal, there will not be too many ed
ucated people.
When we have evolved system of
education that is based on service in
stead of the basely selfish competition
which is being stressed now, society
will no longer look down on manual
labor and regard it as commodity,
the price of which is regulated by the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

now so utterly discredited law of sup
ply and demand. Such an education
will stress the solving of the distri-
button problem so that millions OF
people will not have to be in want
while there are SURPRISES of every
necessity and luxury on every hand.
That is the kind of an education we
need, but which our higher institu-
lions of learning, as rule, have
made no effort to provide.
The above editorial from the
Duluth Free Press contains some
good thoughts regarding educa-
ton and what true education
should mean. But it seems that
the editor is exaggerating when
he says that it is almost an i'm
possibility now to get a girl to
do homework; that manual work
is looked down upon by everybody;
and that our colleges are now
devoted almost exclusively to
creating a useless class of snobs.
If the editor will look around
little he will find many good
girls doing housework, who have
developed enough education to
not be ashamed of their voca-
tion-no they are not at all fool
ish enough to look down upon
work; and the statement about our
colleges also seems far fetched.
Surely thara AFRO SnOhS coming
out of the colleges, and if there
is any age where folks are
most apt to be smart or snObbish
it is while young, in college years
but to say that the institution is
devoted almost exclusively to
creating a useless class of snobs"
is putting it pretty strong.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
"CORNER ON TRUTH"

'The Minnesota Voice." published
by Senator ]. v. Weber, down in Stay
ton, is full of high-sounding phrases
concerning all the good it is going to
accomplish and all the truth it is 60
ing to tell in it's first issue published
Oct. list. Senator Weber did his best
to ridicule and discredit the admin
stration during the legislative session
last winter and of course is out on
the same mission in his Minnesota
Voice" which is a hide-bound Repub-
lican sheet. Like some politicians he
keeps ON repeating that he will tell
only the truth and that his paper has
no master but the truth. In fact this
is repeated SO often that the reader
is very apt to ask himself: If the
paper is telling the truth should it be
necessary for the editor to emphasize
it so often? This new reactionary
paper even rises above the daily
newspapers in one paragraph when it
writes:
~The Minnesota Voice intends to do
what the great metropolitan press
hasn't been doing and, evidently
doesn't intend doing, which is to tell
the truth about a lot of things the
people should know about if they are
to do an intelligent job in these cru
cial days." And to show that the edi-
tor of this new propaganda sheet
knows how to appeal to egotism and
to try and get under the skin of peo-
pie by praising, the following para
graph is reproduced: I'm this day and
age, only knave or an idiot would
predict any hope of success or in
fluence upon deceit or trickery. The
public is intelligent, and cannot be
flim-flammed. The newspaper that
deliberately appeals to prejudice, that
seeks to circulate propaganda, that
subverts the truth, that slurs the fact,
that creates any smoke screen be-
hind which to play a selfish game, is
doomed from its start"
Finally in another editorial "The
Minnesota Voice" lets the cat out of
the bag when it says: Interests that
desire to use government for selfish
purposes are never asleep at cam
paign time or between campaigns"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

Voters of Duluth approved a $780,.
600 unemployment relief bond issue
Tuesday. That quite a percentage OF
workers are without work now and
that they would suffer want and even
starvation this winter if something
was not done to help them must GER
tainly be apparent to all by this time
when a city will vote bonds to the
extent of quarter million dollars
to be paid for out of general property
taxes. Duluth will spend the money
on needed improvements such as sew
ers and streets to give work to as
many as possible.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News.
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the Askov American.)

Wabasha Herald-Standard: A Cali
fornia man. suing his wife for divorce
after less than two years of marriage,
says that she is "sullen, mean, irrit-
able, morbid, disagreeable, nasty,
gruesome, cool, bitter, jealous, heck
ling, picaunish,s loathsome, insulting,
brazen, miserly, gluttonish, contempt
uous, inattentive, incivil, and incon-
siderate." Otherwise the old girl is
all right. r4G f@HI Is9
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

great, big dull bulk of the nation will
rub its sleepy eyes and try to make
out why there should be a war and
will say, earnestly and Indignantly.
1t is unjust and dishonorable, and
there is no necessity for it,
1.-The handful will shout louder. A
few fair men on the other side will
argue and reason against the war
with speech and pen, and at first will
have hearing and be applauded;
but it will not last long; those others
will outshout them, and presently
the anti-war audiences will thin out
and lose popularity. ~ o@
Before long you will see this cur
ious thing; the speakers stoned from
the platform and free speech straDgled
by hordes of furious men who in their
secret hearts are still at one with
those stoned speakers-as earlier
but do not dare to say so.
"And now the whole nation-pulpit
and all-will take up the war cry and
shout itself hoarse, and mob any
honest man who ventures to open his
mouth; and presently such mouths
will cease to open. Next the states
men will invent cheap lies, putting
the blame upon the nation that is at
tackled, and every man will be glad of
those conscience-soothing falsities and
will diligently study them and refuse
to examine any refutations of them;
and thus he will by and by convince
himself that the war is just, and will
thank God for the better sleep he en-
joys after this process of grotesque
self-deception."
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
HOW 1T WORKS

Mark Twain in his Mysterious
Stranger" wrote of war.
There has never been a just one,
never an honorable one-on the part
of the instigator of the war. 1 can
see a million years ahead and this
rule will never change in so many as
half dozen instances. The loud
little handful-as usual-will shout
for the war. The pulpit will warily
and cautiously object-at first; the
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

Mile Laos County Times: Big bust
ness declared that government owner
ship of railroads, although adopted
by all but two of the nations of the
world, is a bad thing. Yet when the
nation got into war it had to take
over the railroads to save the nation.
And now big business declares that
the gold standard is the best money
system. Yet every nation that gets
into serious financial difficulty aban-
dons it. Curious that such good things
do not work in critical times, isn't it?
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
A DOUBLE PROBLEM
(The Hill City News)

What will the state do with all
the land it will acquire within few
years under new tax delinquency law?
After five years of tax delinquence
is provided to sell these lands at
fraction of amounts delinquent. Some
advantage is being taken of these bar
gains, but already land is beginning
to accumulate in an amount that soon
will lead to embarrassment both to
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

1t might be said that If China and
Japan had gone through the last war
they would not be so ready to start
another one. At any rate this will
be test of the League of Nations,
which body their case seems to have
been referred to.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

Volstead says that beer would ruin
the dry act. Some of the stuff they
are now drinking would ruin almost
anything.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Relief for the farmers is now in
sight. Their summer relatives will
soon be going home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

The wall from our infant indus
tries may be caused by the fact that
the public isn't giving as much milk
as in former years.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

If war meant blood and suffering
instead of more profits for our mil
lionaires, how long do you think it
would be before the next war? Yep,
that's right, never.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

"You used to say that 1 was man
after your heart" said fellow to his
girl. eyes," she replied, ''but when
1 found you were after dozen other
girls hearts, l changed my mind"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
A BIT OF HUMOR
Bright Beginning,

Hello, Tom, got job yet?"
Eyes, I'm selling furniture now"
Selling much?"
"Only my own, so far."-Stray Bits
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15
OccupatiOnal RetOrt.

sHumph! Your papa is a shoe
maker, and you haven't got any
shoes"
"Humph, yourself, your papa is a
dentist and your little sisters got
only four teeth"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

The statement has been made that
women are more capable
teachers than unmarried ones! Ask
the man who has one!
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-10-15

A bunch of voters that kept cool
with Coolidge a few years ago, are
now preparing to go hungry with
Hoover this winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17
EVERGLADES BURN
LIKE AN INFERNO
Fire Continues Over Wide
Muck Area Despite
Rainfall.
BY the Associat ted Press.

BY the Associated Press.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. July II.
Rich, black earth of the Everglades,
requiring 5000 years to form and al
most as fertile as the soil of the Nile
Valley, continued TO burn today, al
though rains slowed up the widespread
destruction.
Glowing like a huge volcano crater.
eight sections of the vast deposits OF de-
oayed vegetable matter that stretch
across Southern Florida was slowly be-
ing reduced to ash as black muck rab-
bits and rodents ran ahead Of the ap-
proaching fire.
Alligator hunters. who start brush
fires in order to locate the burrows of
their prey. are blamed for the confia-
grafton. Thousands of alligatorS have
been killed during recent weeks to meet
the market for hides.
Although rains yesterday blackened
the fire much more precipitation will
be required to stop it. Meanwhile, vari-
GUS local agencies are seeking to raise
funds for fighting the blaze. The
Everglades Drainage Board recently
abandoned all fire control because of
lack of funds and jurisdiction.
Federal soil experts say the Everglades
we're formed over a period of 5000 years
through decay of vegetation. In dry
weather the soil cracks open, and fire
starts easily to great depth. Burned
areas are rendered useless. Land de-
stroyed in a fire four years ago today
shows no sign of vegetation except
dwarfed ragweedS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17
Bennett WITHDRAWS
INCOME TAX CHANGES
Canadian Premier Resents Asser
tions He Acted to Save Money
for Himself.
Special Dispatch to The star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
OTTAWA, Ontario, July 17.-Charges
made by prominent Liberals that he
had introduced income tax amendments
to save himself money have prompted
Premier Richard B. Bennett to with
draw his proposed changes as contained
in his budget, with the exception of
an increase from 8 per cent to 10 per
cent in the corporation tax.
Among the amendments whose with
drawal Mr.. Bennett announced yester-
day in the Canadian House of Com
mons were per cent tax on the
securities of foreign investors in Can
adam companies. This would have
affected thousands Of American citizens.
1t is understood, however. that Mr..
Bennett will see that the various in
come tax changes will be contained in
next years budget so as to affect 1881
incomes.
Premier Bennett. himself q multi
millionaire, spoke with feeling in regard
to the charges made by Fernand Rim
fret and George Gordon, two leading
Liberals, that he had introduced a re-
duction in the income tax rates on
large incomes to save his own pocket.
He deeply resented the suggestions and
said that thev were without foundation.
(Copyright, 1872
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17
KEEP CANARIES HOME,
SAY CHINA AUTHORITIES
Airing the Pets May Be Favorite
Amusement in Peiping,
but Forbidden.

PEIPING P).-The centuries old
Peiping custom of taking ones pet
canary for a walk in the cool of the
evening has been sternly forbidden by
the city authorities.
A favorite form of amusement with
the Manchus, former rulers of China,
the practice leads to indolent habits,
says Mayor HUI Jo-Yu. He has ordered
the police to arrest offenders.
The embargo has caused a flutter
among bird fanciers, who claim that no
feathered vocalist can perform properly
without its daily airing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17
OPERATION is DELAYED
Senator Caraway Leaves Hospital
After Examination.

Naval Hospital physicians decided
yesterday to defer an operation on
Senator Caraway of Arkansas for
kidney ailment until next week.
The Senator returned to the hospi-
tai today, but after an examination he
left again. Physicians said no opera
ton would be necessary before next
week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17
Monthly Payments Easily Arranged
On These Articles
Opportunities of a Lifetime Are
Knocking at Your Door

Today you can buy modern and beautiful
things that will add pleasure and comfort to
your home for years to come at prices you may
never see again. You can secure very easy
terms on purchases of $40 more of the
following in splendid assortments:
Furniture for every room, Rugs Linoeum, Electric and
Non-Electrc Refrgerators, Vacuum Cleaners, Sewing
and Washing Machines Electric Ironers Electric Tools,
Electric Motors, Heating Plants Electrical Fixtures,
Roofing Supplies, Paint, Farming Machinery, Silver
tone Radios, Diamonds Watches, Electric Clocks, Sill
verplated Ware Dinner Sets, Typewrters, Bicycles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17

Fourth daughter Of the Emperor and
Empress of Japan, had her first expert
ence with a photographer recently
when she posed, as shown here. just
prior to a recent Toxic ceremony mark
ing her initial use of chopSticks. Prin-
cess Yori, born March Z. Is now the
third daughter Of the family, one of her
sisters having died in her first year
There are no baby boys in the i'm
perial family, Prince Chichibu, the
Emperors younger brother, being the
heir presumptive to the throne.
A p Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-17
Kills Trout With Golf Ball.

SALT LAKE CITY, July II (P.-
Pooh, pooh for brides, says Pat Gil
bert. Playing golf he hit ball into
stream and knocked a brock trout cold.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-14
Negro Baby Deserted
By Times Special

By Times Special
ANDERSON, Ind, May 14-De-
tectives are seeking to arrest soon
the mother of a newly born Negro
baby which was found in an out
house. The infant is of Negro par
entage. Cries Of the baby brought
men from a nearby poolroom. 1t
was taken to a hospital, where medi-
cal attention which was denied at
birth, was given. The infant is
none the worse for its experience.
Physicians say the child was not
more than a day old when 1t was
abandoned.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-14
NOVEL SEASONING
GIVES LAMB CHOPS
SAVORY FLAVOR
Blend of Sugar, Salt, Vinegar
and Oil Is the
Secret

This seasoning may be used for
roast shoulder or leg of lamb as
well as the chops.
First make a mixture of q tea
spoonful salt, l level teaspoonfuI
sugar, teaspoonfuls lemon juice
or vinegar and 5 tablespoonfuls Of
salad oil. Pour this well-shaken
mixture over the chops, shoulder or
leg of lamb a few minutes before
cooking. If you wish you can use
the mixture for basting the meat as
it cooks. You will be delighted with
the way this seasoning heightens
the flavor of the lamb.
The sugar is an important ingre-
dent in this mixture just described
because it blends the salt, lemon
juice and oil into a smooth, zestful
goodness.
A combination Of sugar and salt
is a good seasoning to use in vege-
tables as well as meat cookery.
Some cooks use equal parts-others
increase salt or sugar content to
taste. Most foods are more delicious
with sugar. The Sugar Institute.
advertisement.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-14
ARMORED TANKS
TAKE PLACE OF
CAVALRY HORSE
Military Officials Regard
Horses as PaSSe in
Modern Warfare.
BY RAY TUCKER

WASHINGTON, May IA les
son learned in 1914, when a monde
script feet Of taxicabs chugged out
of Paris to smash the right flank
Of German UhlanS descending on
the French capital, is about to be
applied to the United States army.
determination Of the cavalry. with
the eventual abolition OF the horse.
is at hand.
Following six months of studies.
Major-General Douglas Macarthur.
chief Of staff, announced that tanks
or combat cars" equipped with
machine guns and small cannon.
would become the weapon and We
hlcle of the cavalry.
Only the name and spirit of that
ancient arm of the service will be
retained, he said. Almost all the
5000 horses now in service will be
retired with the honors of war.
End of Picturesque Scenes
Thus is finish written to one of
the most picturesque phases of
Americas military tradition. Such
heroic figures as Lighthouse Harry
Lee, Phil Sheridan. j. E. B. Early.
and even Teddy Roosevelt of San
Juan hill, will be found hereafter
only in the history books.
simultaneously with this an
nouncement. the war department
asked bids on seven convertible or
Wheel-and-track tanks of the Chris
tie type recently tested with great
success. They must weigh no less
than fifteen tons and be capable Of
making forty miles an hour. Each
VIII carry a machine gun and 81
millimeter cannon.
The mechanical program is en-
tirely unrelated to the administra-
tons move to reduce military ex-
penseS. In fact, the initial cost of
changing viii be enormous.
New Tank Cost High
The price of an arnored combat
car" is estimated at $4,000, and at
$4,000 for one without armor and
equipment. AS the annual amount
set aside for cavalry outlay is now
about $11,000,000, it is not believed
this will suffice for purchase, upkeep
and replacement of the necessary
number of mechanical units.
Army officers say the transfer is
the most advanced move for mod
erniZation of our military forces
since the Morrow board charted a
definite airplane program. England
has conducted similar experiments
for years.
AS an example of the efficiency
of motorized units, it is pointed out
that the 300-mile march from FIT.
Eustis in Virginia to Ft. Bragg in
North Carolina can be made in two
days by tanks as against twenty
five by the horses.
Although some fashioned
cavalry will be kept for use in rough
regions. the chief of staff, who has
always been regarded as an anti
horse soldier, foresees its gradual
disappearance.