Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-16
SHOTS FROM AN
OLD FLINT-LOCK
(By KNUD WEF,ALD)
What the Moratorium Will Mean.

l took in the sights at Fourth of
July celebration in one of the Mime
apolis parks. 1t was one of the tam
est celebrations l ever saw. There
was evidently very little money that
the crowd had to spend-hard times
makes orderly celebrations. The
clothes the people wore showed evil
dence of hard times, also. Pioneer
farmers women we're better dressed
at the first Fourth of July celebration
l saw, "A years ago, than were the
wives and daughters of the workers
who celebrated in Minneapolis this
year.
In the evening saw, in news reel.
an outpOuring of the pOpulace in Ber-
lin. The crowd there looked much
better dressed than the Minneapolis
crowd, and the young women, in the
foreground of the picture, wore gowns
that ought to turn the hearts of Amer
lean workers women green with envy.
Yet, Mr.. Hoover wants to put over
a moratorium in Europe. If it goes
over America will hold the baylor
American war bonds must be paid;
they will be paid out of the sweat of
the American workers. Which again
will mean that American workers will
have to wear yet cheaper clothes,
when celebrating Independence day in
the future.
1t is beginning to be we'll under
stood that if moratorium is de-
clared, it will mean that American
bankers can make new loans to Eu-
rope, at higher interest rates. with
greater safety and that previously
made private loans will be made more
secure. Yet. the sweltering, sweating
mass of toilers in America, including
the farmers, can obtain no loans to
save a home, but must even pay to
have a check cashed at a bank. The
land Of the free and the home of the
brave.
The Truth Will Out.
Congressman Harold Knutson is
much perturbed over the outlook for
the Republican party in Minnesota,
in the next campaign. In his Wadena
Pioneer Journal he asks, who shall
lead the party "out of the wilderness
Of defeatism and selfishness"?-The
congressman asks, shall it be those
who for years and years have been
using the party for their own selfish
endS-?"
At last the truth is out-men have
been using the Republican party, in
Minnesota, "for their own selfish
ends" Knutson knows. But Knutson
is the first Republican congressman
who has come to the front and con-
fessed. May he in his remorse make
further confessions and tell in detail
how men have been using the Repub-
lican party for their own selfish
ends"
There would have been no Farmer
Labor party in Minnesota if it had
not been for the fact that men were
using the Republican party ''for their
own selfish ends
He Must Guess Again.
The congressman thinks that the
young men and women of the state
must take the leadership in re-estab-
fishing the Republican party. This
will never happen. Did not the con-
gresham notice what flop the meet
ing of the young Republicans in Wash
ington was?
The Farmer-Labor party's victory
in Minnesota, last fall, came about
through young men and women leav-
ing the Republican party and coming
into the Farmer-Labor party. Floyd
B. Olson, and the things he stood for
and championed, appealed more to
the young voters than anything that
was ever offered them in Minnesota.
And now Knutson's confession will
drive tens of thousands of old Repub-
lican voters into the Farmer-Labor
ranks, where the young voters already
are beginning to feel at home.
There will be grand political re-
union of the common people in the
Farmer-Labor party next year.
The young men and women could
not take over the leadership of the
PolIy-IldI WOulu tdh6 q
lot of money and they have no money.
The leadership in the Republican
party has been based on money and
wealth. The Farmer-Labor party has
some ideals and the young Republic
cans, moving out of the party of their
forbears, will bring more ideals with
them.
Hard to Please Them All.
The Princeton Union has this to
say: Senator Shipstead is travelling
in Europe. He is a gentleman with a
pleasing personality, and in his con-
facts in Washington is acquiring a
good bit of polish. Minnesota needs
make no apology for him appearing
in any circle. But it would be inter-
esting to hear of some serious attempt