Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-08-18

business. But that Is exactly what
our old friend, General Dawes, was
able to put over. He was president
of the Re-finance corporation long
enough to arrange a loan of eighty
millions for his own bank in Chicago.
The stock of this bank had nearly
gone down to nothing. Well 1t ought
to be picking up and more power to
them If they win this fall we will
at least have government which does
not lack nerve. when it comes to re-
plenishing their own larders. The
entire new tax bill is only expected to
yield billion dollars. In order to
thoroughly understand this loan, out
of twelve dollars taken in by the gov
eminent through new taxation Mr..
Dawes bank in Chicago gets one.
When thousands of small banks
throughout the country are closing
their doors or unable to pay their
depositors, the powers that be have
the unadulterated gall to put one like
this over, and at the same time to
ask people to support the present ad-
ministration which is surely respon-
sible for such things.
1t was amusing to see them jump
on the Democratic candidate for
merely referring to the forgotten man.
Such thing as even considering the
unemployed, or the destitute, or to
actually do something tangible to help
present conditions is called appealing
to the masses. There is no greater
sin in the eyes of the powers to be.
than to do anything that will actually
help. Their idea seems to be, If you
fill the big fellow up, few crumbs
may fall out of his mouth, and the
destitute can then fight over that.
This is a time when no one can be
too strong in condemning those who
are responsible for the plight in
which we are. Contrary to what they
are trying to make us believe that the
present panic is an act of God, etc;
that nothing can be done to help it
and that the Republican party is not
responsible. l want to say that Pro-
violence had nothing to do with this
depression, nor did the majority of
the people. 1t was brought on by a
few corruptibly cornering all the
money and taking our medium of ex-
change out of circulation, causing a
shut down of constructive business
making it impossible for anyone pro-
ducing, to do so at profit. Further
more this thing will not get better,
but will gradually get worse, until
the people remedy the intolerable con-
ditions through their elected repre-
sentatiOn in the State and National
governments.
In my opinion the best way to de-
feat the present government next cleo
ton is to stick to facts, not to go
into bias and SANDER Of anyone. SLAM
der is easy to refute, but if facts are
presented as they are, and there are
plenty of them, new administration
can be put in charge, remembering
all the time that this one is i'm
possible.
AS far as the National government
is concerned it is no use whatsoever
to even think about third party, so
it is choice between Mr.. Hoover
and Mr.. Roosevelt If the former is
elected, his administration will be
indicated. All his acts and recon-
mendations will automatically be ap-
proved of. We must remember that
for two years after this depression
began the depression itself was denied
as being nothing but temporary. Then
he finally started to realize it was
more than temporary. European con-
ditiOns were blamed and as a result
the moratorium of foreign debts, and
several members of his cabinet spend
ing last summer in Europe taking
care of their interests, when ours was
going to pieces. AS a result of this,
Europe assumed that they would not
have to pay the ten billion they owe
us and their plans have been based
on this ever since. Remembering
that if Europe does not pay us our
taxpayers will have to foot the bill