Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-20
Relieved, All Right!

NC11SVSO, ALI NIk uls
Chas. A. Nygren. on Route 1. Tay-
lors Falls. down in Chisago county:
state that have received copies Of
' 1.-The Minnesota Voice" the Repub:
lican propaganda sheet printed
]. v. weber who was amongst the
men in the capitol during the legis.
lative session Of 1891 that did all
olson and to keep his program from
being adopted. Mr.. Nygren has
written a letter. in retaliation to
sSe T So sns The letter win Of
course not be published in the
''voice" and hence Mr.. Nygren is
his stand on public questions
known. His letter is published
herewith:
Editor ~The Minnesota Voice:
Just received a copy of your
voice." not the voice of Minnesota l
am sure. First may l ask who is
financing your Voice" so you are
able to broadcast it to the public of
Minnesota. Your Voice" is accusing
Gov. Olson of many things and especi-
ally Of extravaganza in expenditures
of the taxpayers money, causing state
taxes to be higher. True they are
higher, but not through the fault of
Gov. Olson or the Farmer-Labor party,
but was partly, if not mostly, the fault
of 'Minnesota's greatest economy"
governor, Theodore Christensen, who
was willing to curtail the activities
of the state along humanitarian lines.
The feebleminded, the insane and
other ailing indigentS and also the
little red school house have paid dear
ly for ChriStianson's economy in Min
nesota- Another thing to consider is
that the last legislature was ruled by
Republicans and not Farmer-LabOr-
ties. So why blame Olson for what
the Republicans have done? And re-
member that the good Republican,
Senator Rockne. has for many years
been chairman of the Appropriations
committee and has got more to say
about the taxpayers money than any
one else. Has he held down on APP
preparations in former years? No,
they have steadily increased year aft
er year. After the last session Of the
legislature was over, Senator Rockne
said he could save the taxpayers
$5,0OO,000 Why in Sam Hilr' did
he not do so in the last session if he
is such friend of the taxpayers, and
not come out afterwards and tell what
he could do and did not do? In other
words he helped rob the taxpayers of
$5,0O0,OO0.
They Have Relieved.
Oh, those old Republican standpat-
tiers are a great bunch and that in
cludes the whole Republican plumber
bund. They are great to boiler about
how they are going to help the work
ers and the farmers; for the last forty
years that l have taken interest in
politics, they have promised relief to
the workers and farmers. Yes, they
have now relieved the workers of
their jobs and their property. They
have put them in the soup lines.
Many of these jobless, starving, mind
you, in the midst of plenty. Most of
the farmers are relieved of what they,
through many years of hard labor.
have made. They are bankrupt.
Banks have had to foreclose many of
their customers farms. So the farm
ers too have been forced to join the
soup line. Great help, that, Mr..
Weber! Their help is great to Wall
Street, but it is hell to the workers
and farmers.
The Republicans have nominated a
man for president who for four years
has held the office as president of the
United States.
In Minnesota they have put up
millionaire as candidate for governor,
a clean man as far as 1 know, but
with the wrong crowd, and if elected
he will have to dance to their music.
Helping at the Top.
On your editorial page we read, "A
Sane Message" the same kind of hot
air as has been dished out to the
American public for the last forty
years But that is all that it has
amounted to as far as the workers and
farmers are concerned. The same dope
was handed out four years ago and
WAoI nave we gu. 1ou oStm W pay
little attention to Hoover's big move
in which he dug down into the tax
payers pockets to the tune of 4,000,- |
100000 to be handed out to the poor
bankers, insurance companies, and
railroads. How much of that went to
the starving workers, bankrupt farm
ers, and the starving veterans? He
did treat the latter with gas and bull
let's What an engineer, this man
Herbert Hoover!
Another editorial, "Betraying a |
Trust" Don't you think Gov. Olson |
could have knowledge Of corruption,
but in such a way that it was impos-
sible to get after it? You did forget |
to mention one good public service he |
accomplished as county attorney of |
Hennepin county. He successfully |
prosecuted and convicted two or three |
of the good" Republican councilmen
in Minneapolis. Those men were