Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-07-23

elected in 1928, said Mr.. Williams.
The extra session was held but what
was the result? The worst tariff law
in the history of the country-the
Hawley-Smoot bill. 1t was the be-
ginning of other countries following
in the same footsteps. Drawing a
picture of how more information is
needed on governmental and economic
questions the speaker related how
5000 farmers in Iowa protested
against the T. B. test in that state at
the capitol, ignoring the program of
the power trust and the cement trust.
the latter laughing up their sleeves
when the $1OO,00O,OO0 road bonds
were issued. The farmers own a
minor portion of the wealth but pay
the major portion of the taxes, yet
they were asking for third rate
request. Though the request was
likely important enough it was not
one of the big issues. Leaders and
thinkers are needed. The two old
parties have not given leadership.
Advocates Third Party.
Men holding offices under the old
parties are rather skeptical of third
party, fearing that they might lose
what ground they have gained, but
Mr.. Williams said that even conserva-
tives want change now, adding that
he had come to that conclusion after
touring the country and having
spoken before people in all walks of
life, even before the Kiwanis, Lions
and other animals. A need in Amer
lea is a philosophy of government.
The Bull Moose campaign under
Roosevelt and the LaFollette battle
for the presidency might be termed
mushroom campaigns, said the speak
err, for there was no long fight either
time to build up third party, and
yet it was wonderful to get five mil
lion votes for LaFollette in three
months campaign. While a third
party might not win in 1882 the
chances are ever so much better than
in the Roosevelt and LaFollette cam
paigns. The third party movement
is especially essential and necessary
should Owen D. Young be the nominee
of the Democrats and Herbert Hoover
the choice of the Republicans. Both
are friends of the power trust. In
that event there must be third
party, said Mr.. Williams, for progress
sives cannot vote for either man for.
president.
A good man can do nothing with a
bad organization back of him, said
the speaker. One good man is not
enough. Woodrow Wilson went into
the presidents office with high ideals
but the party made him a conserva-
tive. Governor Roosevelt is an at
tractive personality and captures the
Imagination of people through his
conquering of physical defects and
other good traits, but he is so anxious
to become president that he has &C.
ceded to some of the wishes of the
Tammany crowd. ~ ,-
An Opportunity for Service.
Quoting the carpenter of Nazareth,
the speaker said: '''He that will keep
his life will lose it; he that will
lose his life will find it." And so it
is with the Minnesota Farmer-Labor
party as regards the nation. There
is an opportunity for unselfish serv-
ice and to do some real good for the
masses of the nation now. Millions
are unemployed in the country, there
are 80 bread lines in Now York City
and Detroit is almost bankrupt. The
unfortunate unemployed are not prop
erly cared for; there were 1900 sui
cides in New York City last winter,
largely due to the economic condi-
lions. Men should have a right to
earn an honest living.
The unemployment which effects
all is the worst problem today, said
Mr.. Williams. The man with mil
lion dollars net income in a year
and there were 5O4 of them in 1929
can eat no more than the lone worker,