Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-12-10
RESOLUTIONS
ARE PASSED
The Sixth District Farmer.LabOr Com
mittee Expresses Opinions on 45c
Order, Taxes, RefOrestation, Etc.

the Farmer-LabOr party from the
Sixth congressional district met
recently in Little Falls, talked
over plans for the future, party
organization, and passed num-
Der of resolutions. A. H. Hen
erickson of Sank Center, is chair
man of the committee. Amongst
the resolutions passed were the
following:
We are amazed at the stand the
kept press is taking in behalf of
some of our scheming road contrac-
tors who are trying to make people
believe that we would go back to the
days of the wheelbarrow, if it was
not for Governor Olson's as" cent
order These same progagandistS do
not seem to know that there are a
lot of people in this state who can
remember the wheelbarrow days on
our railroads and can remember how
the contractors in those days cut into
the small earnings of the men in every
way, under the preteXt that these
ignorant Irishmen," drunken Swedes
and LAZY Dagoes" do not make any
use vi lllClI COL any INV. oul
contractors today of course will not
do any such things-because they
can't do it under that order.
Yes, farmers are even told that this
AS" cent rule will raise their taxes.
But farmers nowadays read and know
that none of their taxes are spent on
trunk highways, only the gas and auto
tax, and the cost of construction of
these roads is steadily going down, on
account of improved methods of con-
sStruction.
To meet this propaganda, we urge
the members of the farmer-labor
party in this congressional district
and elsewhere, to keep themselves
posted by spending the small sum Of
$1.0O or so a year for Farmer-Labor
papers. And let our motto be BE
WARE OF THE GREEKS WHEN
THEY SEND PRESENTS"
We approve of Governor Olson's de-
mand that the federal government
grant to the states the same privilege
as it does to the Reserve banks, so
that the Rural Credit Bureau can get
money at rates not dependable on the
money sharks of the East.
Further we demand that the rates
charged by the Reserve banks be re-
sduced so that other banks can make
reduction, and if the banks so bene-
fitted to not reduce their rates that
moratorium be declared on debts due
such banks until they make such re-
duction.
That we demand of OUR senators and
representatives in Congress that they
get behind these measures.
We approve of the Governors idea
of tax free homes and we are strongly
in favor of the income tax and will see
to it that the legislature makes it a
replacement tax, if the amendment is
adopted.
We further demand that other
sources of taxation be found so as to
reduce the tax on property, among
which part of the money collected
for game and fish licenses be placed
in the county revenue fund, which in
most of our counties would pay all the
salary of the county officers, this in
our opinion would be better than to
use these moneys to dam up lakes in
which there is no water.
Tax chain stores and chain banks
as is done in some states.
That your committee is strongly in
favor of reforestation of all lands not
adapted for farming but we are OPP
posed to the damnable propaganda of
the lumber companies, who own most
of the tax-delinquent lands, which has
been going on for the last 40 years
that all these lands are worthless for
any other purpose than for timber, and
that these lands should be reforested
by the state and no taxes paid on
same, they have asked as much as 80
years, and they the present owners to
own the land.
To stop this propaganda so damag-
ing to our part of the state and to our
neighbors to the north of us, we de-
mand that the state take all these de-
linquent lands over and at once serve
notice of expiration of redemption
thereon, quiet title to same; make a
survey of these lands and set aside all
lands for forestry, which is not agri-
cultural. Have the agricultural lands
appraised and put on the market on
same terms as other state and school
lands are sold, that is with a Is per
cent down payment balance on 40
years time at a low rate of interest.
When these lands were so appraised
they should be placed for sale with the
county auditor and sold at any time
for the appraised price, reserving all
mineral rights, that alone would cause
a lot of these taxes to be paid on all
lands known to contain minerals and
thus bring some money into the emp
ty treasures, give the state lot of
valuable minerals and soon bring a
Hot of these lands on the tax lists
again. Last but not least, it would be
a splendid chance for a lot of home
less people of small means in the
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