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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
Sandstone Farmer
Raises Nice Trees

Demonstrating that the Sandstone
section is suitable for the raising OF
evergreens, Sigurd Mosbak planted a
plot of ground on his farm north
of that village into various species Of
pines and seedlings a few years ago,
and finds that the trees do very nicely.
Mr.. Mosb@k's farm is on the pave
ment north of the village and the
small trees attract many customers
who drive by. The state department
inspected them recently and pro-
nounced them to be among the health
lest young trees In the state. Since
that time Mr.. Mosbek has had orders
from the state and other large plant
ers for his products and services.
In regards to the raising Of nursery
products Sigurd Is proving to be a
"chip from the old block" says VIM.
H. Barnick of Sandstone, being able
to follow in the footsteps OF his father,
Ludwig Mosb@k, the grand old nur-
seryman Of AskOv.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
THE BURDEN OF INTEREST

l advise the Taxpayers association,
whose purpose is to reduce taxes, to
consider the eXactiOns of interest
charges for change. The interested
members of these associations are
mainly interest takers. So il is neces-
sary for others to point out, that the
annual interest charges on bonds and
mortgages is now ten billion dollars
per year, and rapidly increasing g,
which is AN average of $500 per fam
lily of five throughout the nation.
If interest were. abolished there
would be no need Of taxpayers assO-
Citations Ito cut the wages of school
marms and janitors). Taxes benefit
useful citizens. Interest is only a
tribute and unnecessary.-W.H Fl. PoOre,
Staples, Mimi, in the Minneapolis
Star.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORPORATION
A FARM-HUSBAND.

Editor Askov American:
| note from the bank reports pub
lished last week that over 1875 of the
5S5 state banks in Minnesota, includ-
ing the bank at AskOv, have already
obtained loans from the Reconstruct
ton Finance Corporation. These
loans will help them carry their Gus
toners, both farmers and merchants.
instead of squeezing them or perhaps
closing them out at forced SALE In
directly these loans will help more
people than could possibly be helped
by individual direct loans of the same
amount of money.
Mr.. Mellon was made ambassador
to Great Britain because our prob
lens in Europe are largely financial
and he is recognized all over the
world as our greatest financier. He
was clever enough, while Secretary
of the Treasury, to accumulate a sur
plus during each of the good indus
trial years and to apply it on the ma
tional debt instead of turning it over
to Congress to spend. AS a result our
national debt was cut down 100000
100000 from high of $4,000, OOO.-
900 and we now pay approximately
S400 100000 less interest per year.
nearly S4 per capita. than we would
be paying if the national debt had
not been so reduced. And our bonds
are today worth a premium and our
dollar is worth par in spite of the
drive France and the rest of Europe
made this spring to wreck us by fore
ing down the value of our money.
Our American securities were liter
ally dumped upon the New York mar
ket by European holders, at rapidly
lowering prices, depicting our gold
supply, until we were near the pre-
cipice. Finally, under pressure, Con-
gress enacted some of the measures
Hoover had been begging it to pass
and bankruptcy was averted.
AS to bank failures. Mellon isn't
any more responsible for them than
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
COMMENDs ARTICLE
tor Askoy American:

EultOr ASkOV American.
Permit ME through your Opinions
of Others" column to bring to the at
tentiOn of the honorable county COM
missiOners and others who are in
terested in getting the largest returns
for their tax dollar, the article in
last weeks issue of your paper by
Another Farm Wife,"
The plan that she suggests for
handling the county poor fund would
result in big saving to the county.
She suggests buying flour and, other
staples by wholesale and storing them
at the county farm to be distributed
by county owned truck. etc. l will
add that cattle. hogs. and sheep could
be bought and slaughtered there by a
competent man who could be found
among the unfortunate ones who have
to ask for help. Wood could be bought
at the different towns in the county
and taken to the needy i'm that same
truck or by men who would rather
work for sack of flour in that way
than to have to ask the county to buy
it for them.
Another Farm Wife" said that by
this method there would not be as
many tin cans, etc. in the back yards
of those securing county aid. | will
add that there are probably boys in
some of these families who could get
along without a bicycle or a revolver
until they are past sixteen.
A FARM-HUSBAND.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13

their own rank and file to run the
government, and had an income tax
enacted into law, instead of allowing
a few to run away with all the wealth
humanity has produced, we could have
had mothers pension, old peoples pen
sion, unemployment insurance, with
out soaking" anybody. But as it is
now low wages and low prices 80
hand in hand, they always tend 70
create hard times and depression
They are the outgrowth of the CAPT
talist system that has as it's base the
only desire for excessive profit to
them, instead of production for the
need Of the many.
So much is said about the income
tax if enacted into law, will have to
be a replacement tax. We do not need
any replacement tax. Shift the school
over to the state. That's a state job.
To my idea, school districts are dis
solving rapidly, and the state aids for
schools is distributed very unfairly.
So why not have the state support the
schools altogether, and like | said be-
fore, let the income tax take care of
different pensions, and unemployment
insurance and there will be no power
ty in the farm communities like it
is now
To vote on Il township system in
taking care of the poor is to my no.
ton out of question as it cannot be
done in some townships and | for
one sure would feel sorry for the poor
in some townships. This is what an
income tax should take care of. I'm
til then let us watch public affairs to
see that they be handled carefully.
1t has been very difficult task to
organize the farmers, for the reason
that they thought they some day
would be Independent on the farm.
They have now lost. We should pay
tribute to A. c. Townley for organ
iZing the farmers by sending him to
Congress together with the other
Farmer-Labor candidates. If the
farmers had stuck to the Non-Par-
tisan League they would by this
time have an organization that would
be able to handle a strike that would
have a theory behind it, and believe
me, receive price to cover cost OF
production.
Mr.. Price, in his letter to the Amer
lean, some time ago, seems to wonder
when strike was law. You bet it
is Law In some respects, at least
lawful and strong one at that. 1t is
the last weapon the labcring class re-
sorts to after compromises have
failed. Win or lose depends upon the
solidarity among those Involved and
it also depends upon the amount of
traitors" ''slackers." and deserters.
like those, Il voted for Olson two
years ago, this year | vote for Brown
Yes they say Brown is a farmer.
but not the class of farmers you and
belong to. Sorry we are not, for
we would not have to worry about
high taxes on our old SPAWN horse.
HJALMER SANDELL.
Hinckley, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13

Governor Olson. He didn't tell the
bankers to loan their money to Tom,
Dick and Harry without adequate Sc
curity, as many of those did who have
failed. He didn't tell depositors to
draw out their money and put it in
tin cans as many of them have done.
am familiar with the assets of a
number OF closed country banks and
know that most of their troubles date
back to loans first made during the
war time initiation OF farm prices and
carried along ever since. l lost one Of
my farms last year, not because Of
Mellon or Hoover, but because / as
sumed those inflated values would be
permanent and jumped in at the
wrong time. Were 1 to blame any
president for my loss, which l don't.
1t would be Wilson. because he was
In office when l bought the farm.
The bank failures which have re-
suited from bad loans could not have
been avoided by national legislation.
but those due to untimely Withdrawals
could have been prevented If we had
had this finance corporation sooner.
But it was just such "prOgressives"
as Norris and Long and Frazier who
were opposed to helping all Of the
people by stabilizing the banks and
the railroads.
Hoover did not cause the depres-
sion. 1t was on when he took office.
So far as agriculture is concerned 1t
has been coming on since 1921. 1t
was caused by the world war and is
worldwide. Every economist recOg-
nizes this fact and so do our real
statesmen of whatever party. But
there are few politicians, like Gar
ner. Reed and Brookhart who don't
know it yet. Hoover has been giving
intensive study to this problem for
four years, he has acquired lot of
knowledge on the subject, he has sug-
gested or sponsored the only practi-
cal remedies for its solution. Some
of them, tardily adopted by Congress,
are now beginning to work. Why
ditch them in favor of the hazy and
visionary ideas of his opponent?
BY the way, did you note that the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation,
majority of whose directors are
Democrats, in submitting its last re-
port, filed a brief with the house
clerk opposing itemized publicity of
its loans? The objection is that such
publicity hurts rather than helps the
banks obtaining such loans, and there
by offsets tO~a great extent the very
purpose of such a loan. 1t is all
right for the Congress to know all
about such loans, so as to make sure
that they are honestly and impartially
administered, but the publicity doesn't
help the bank any more than it would
help the credit of its patrons If
list of those who borrowed from the
bank was published each week. Even
in the case of the Dawes bank, which
took only One-half of the authorized
loan of SSO,OO0,OOO, he has found it
necessary, owing to the publicity
given the loan, to organize an entire
ly new bank to take over the assets
of the old bank.
VIM. H. LAMSON.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
FOR GENERAL OVERLAPPING
Editor AskOy American:

AShON
"blurr" is being spread from all
the Republican publications that con-
ditiOns are improving in general and
the depression is over. l for my part
sure fail to notice any Improvement,
except for those big concerns that
received dole" from the r. F.. &.
Congress appropriated funds for the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation to
create Jobs, but since the corporation
came into being, unemployment has
increased by more than a million and
a half. r. F.. C.. loans have saved
banks, but have not created employ
ment With all the millions out of
work and wages having been cut from
ten to forty per cent for those fortu-
nate to hold job. we can not think
of receiving fair price for our farm
produce which We ought to have.
Still industrial products, in the line
of machinery the farmer has to buy,
have not come down very much.
Yet there are some farmers and
business men that will argue that
wages must come down still farther
before we can get back to normal.
Now let me tell you | have talked
to many strong, husky men that Of
fered to work for room and board SO
as to get place to stay and get away
from charity. Can wages come much
lower than that, especially on the
farm? | once heard an orator say that
in the early days the master bought
his slave, but now the slave buys his
master. There is very much truth
in that. We, the farmers and la
bOrers, have sure paid a high price
for ours, as far as the middleman and
soak the farmer concern. 1t is high
time to lay some of them off. Let s
begin this fall.
We should all remember that plenty
of work and good wages always bring
fair prices for farm products and help
business. But with the modern labor
saving machinery in the factory l can
not see how men will get back to
work, unless hours of the day are cut
down, or the city and industrial popu-
latiOn moves back to the land.
In fact a drive has been started a
long time ago to get families on the
farm. Good and we'll, but before &C.
ing out on the farm they should be
we'll informed what the farmer is up
against; they should have start and
experience. l feel sorry for anyone
going out on a piece of land and
only meet starvation and suffering.
The idea of this trek to the farm is
something behind, that many do not
understand in the first place. The
agent takes what little savings they
may have as first payment. The sec
ond place it is shifting the charity
burden over to the rural district.
Farmers and workers should learn
to know the value of organization.
If they had played their cards to-
gether before and elected men from
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
IT'S TOO BAD

The phrase, soaking the RICH" has
even some of the smaller fellows are
using it, fearing what might happen
to them if the very wealthy were
made to pay their just dues in taxes.
There is little hope for those who
are afraid of their own shadow
Soaking the rich" makes a person
laugh when he looks up and notes how
those rich have been paying moneys
and credits taxes in the past in Min
nesota. Of course they do not want
Floyd b. Olson reelected governor Of
the state. He is digging into these
matters and showing up the tax dodg-
ers-some of whom have been leading
men-officers in so-called tax relief"
associations. Sure, they would like
to be relieved of all their taxes. For
pure, unadulterated gall and greed
they take the prize.
We have the word Of the former
governor of Minnesota, Theodore. Chris
demonstrating Republican in the
state-for the mess we are in. He
says that the value of the country is
200 billions of dollars and the in
debtedness, public and private, $50
billions. In other words, our indebt-
edness is IS per cent and our equity
is but 25 per cent. The money is not
borrowed from foreign nations, but
the boys who draw the interest on
that huge indebtedness live right here
in the good old U. s. A.
Yes, let us shed some more crocO-
die tears on account of Soaking the
rich"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
Of the AskOv American.)
HOOVER AT LAST DISCOVERS
HUNGER MENACE
Capital Times)

Capital Times)
Back from his carefully-staged
meeting with an audience of Repub-
lican candidates and party wheel
horses in Des MOines. President HOoy-
er is resting in the White House, an
CRY and defiant at the charge that
he has played the fiddling Nero to
millions of destitute and hungry un-
employed workers and bankrupt farm
ers during the depression. Safely in
sulated from public opinion when he
is in Washington. he has ventured out
to the corn belt, to discover that the
people look upon him as hard, indif-
ferent to their sufferings. and cruel
in his opposition to federal relief of
the victims of the economic collapse.
His irate self-defense at South Bend
displayed to the voters the Herbert
Hoover known to Washington press
correspondents man who is ready
to denOunce as deliberate falsehOods'
the official records of his long war
fare against adequate federal help to
the hungry jObless and the debt
crushed farmers
President Hoover asserted, at South
Bend, that il was deliberate, in
tOlerable falsehoOd to say that he
had sat in the White House during
the past three years without heart
aches over your miseries and casual
ties. without using every possible
agency of democracy that would bring
aid: without putting aside personal
ambition and humbling his pride of
opinion if that would serve"
The history fact is that Hoover has
stubbOrnly fought all plans for fed
eral hunger relief for the unemployed
and the destitute farmers. on the pre-
text that local units of government,
together with local private charity,
and after that the state governments,
should bear this burden. He has
pulled every political wire within his
reach, used every threat which SEEM
ed expedient. and invoked the as
siStance of every reactiOnary element
in the country, to persuade Congress
that it should not use its taxing power
to help the destitute-until the vic
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome,
whether or not the writer's Opin-
ions conform with those Of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for,
our Information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective. but IL the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. it will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13
Marriage License Applications

The following have applied to the
clerk of district court of Pine county
for marriage licenses the past week:
Mr.. Henry Derk Bos of Hinckley,
and Miss FlOssie Crooks.
Mr.. Arthur j. Teitz, Willow River,
and Miss Sonia Marie Nelson.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13

A scientist says that mankind is of
vegetable origin. Obviously. Men
descend from monkeys, monkeys from
treeS.-Punch.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-10-13

The road back home is the best
part OF any vacation tour.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-06
Hopes to Control
Degenerative Ills

San Francisco, April 6.-(R-
Looking to the time when young
men and women during counting
will feel the arteries and measure
the blood pressure Of their pros
pective fathers and mothers-in-
law, DR.. Francis D. Murphy of
Marquette university predicted
Wednesday that degenerative
diseases could be controlled.
Speaking before the American
College Of Physicians. DR.. MUIR
ply said only regulation of mar
riages and offspring would be
necessary to stamp out diseases
associated with the aging.
The degenerative period, he
said, is characterized by the de-
velopment of heart disease, dia-
betes, high blood pressure and
vascular degeneration or AFTER
iosclerosis.
OF these, high blood pressure
and arteriosclerosis Gardening
Of the arteries) are the most inn
portant. Association Of the two,
medical men generally agree, DR..
Murphy said. form a condition
rated In importance next to
cancer.
"Tllere are evidences that high
blood pressure may be controlled
by an obscure hormone, he said,
"a final important phase of the
disease is the hereditary basis"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-06
ATTORNEYS BATTLE
IN HONOLULU TRIAL
OF four AMERICANS
Fact That Slain Man Was
Awaiting New Hearing
Looms as Important

Honolulu, April 6AlP)--Court room
clashes made the guilt or innocence
of Joseph Kahahawai in an assault
upon Mrs. Thomas H. Massie the
burning question as selection Of jur-
ors proceeded wednesday for the
murder trial of Mrs. Granville For
tescue and three navy men.
Opposing counsel disputed Tuesday
for the second time over whether the
Jury should be permitted to consider
the fact the young Hawaiian was
awaiting new hearing after mis-
trial when he was kidnapped and slain
last Jan. 8.
Mrs. Fortescue, her son-in-law
Lieut.. Thomas H. Massie. U. S. NJ.
and the two naval enlisted men lis
tened impassively as Harry S. Ulrich,
assistant prosecutor, demanded of a
prospective juror:
"Will you find the defendants
guilty whether you believe they had
the right to do what they did or
| not?"
Instantly the elderly Clarence OAR
row of Chicago. leader Of the de-
Tense. was on his feet. THAT isn't
the law" he said.
Before Ulrich could retort. Presi-
ding Judge Charles s. Davis said the
question would be settled later. The
court previously had ruled the guilt
or innocence of Kahahawai had no
bearing on the second degree murder
trial, but that failed to deter attor-
neys from again bringing up point
court attaches predict will form an
important link in the defense.
An cutspoken expression Of q
Hawaiian's feeling toward the defen-
dants shocked the court room into
speechless surprise for moment.
william Huihui, drawn as a jury
man. was questioned closely by OAR
row on whether he had ever express
ed an opinion Of the defendants
Finally Huitui blurted out defiantly:
II said they ought to be shot,
! He was excused.
At the opening of court Wednesday
a tentative jury of IL was seated
with % peremptory challenges re-
naming to the prosecution and %
+ yet unexercised by the defense.
Those in the box were six Anglo
| Saxons, three Chinese, one Japan
csc, one Hawaiian, and one Portugu-
csc.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-04-06
PRECIPITATION IS
GENERAL IN STATE
Rainfall Ranging From OF to
40 Of an Inch Recorded
Overnight
nv The A. Pr

Precipitation occurred in North
Dakota with most of the corn and
wheat region weather stations re-
porting rainfall ranging from OIL
inch to .48 during the 24-hour period
ending at a. m. Wednesday.
Twenty of the stations reported
precipitation, but only nine Of them
received more than .10-inch. They
were Larinore with .48-inch, Devils
Lake and Pembina .38, Darlington
and Fessenden IS, Grand Forks rs,
Bismarck and Lisbon .18, Cakes IL.
Stations recording less than 10 were
Armenia, Beach, Crosby, Dickinson,
Dunn Center, Glendale, Minot, Ma
poleon, Parshall, Sanish and Willis
ton.
Maximum temperatures Tuesday
ranged from - degrees above at
Pelnbina to II at Cakes while the
minimum temperatures were gen.
orally in the sos. Generally fair
weather was forecast for Wednesday,
colder in the extreme east portion
Wednesday night with warmer in the
east Thursday.