Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-01-28

certain percent of the COWS in order
to raise the price of dairy products,
while babies in the cities are crying
for the milk which their parents are
not able to buy, would be easier to
understand if it had come from in
mates in an asylum for insane crimi-
mails than from levelminded men whom
we are paying high salaries for try
ing to find a way out Of the chaos
agriculture is in.
To destroy produced wealth for the
purpose of forcing prices up is a NOR
al crime. If destruction of wealth
could bring prosperity and happiness
the whole civilized world would be a
paradise today following the years OF
the world war with it's destruction so
great that nobody can grasp the i'm
mensity, not to mention the 100000
of men butchered in order to save the
world-frOm what?
And if waste is to bring good times
we will soon have them. We are
wasting man power at the rate of
around 100000 a day in this land
of plenty. Destruction and waste must
be paid for sooner or later and if the
producing masses only could realize
that it is the man, woman or child
who is actually producing wealth that
is to foot the bill. these crimes would
not be tolerated.
At Versailles it was decided that
Germany must pay for the war.
How many economists or financiers did
ever believe it? They knew then as
well as we know today that the pro-
Queer all over the world, United State;
included must pay for the deeds. And
we are paying now. We are paying
for the war, and in years to come
we will also be paying for the waste
OF man power. Many of the farm
ers who have lost the reward of
their lifework and many worker or
business man who is not only broke
financially, but spiritually as well,
will some day be a case for the pub
lie to care for, whether it will be in
a poor farm, insane asylum or through
old age pension.
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people to blame all of our troubles
onto the rich fellow "A few per-
cent of the people are dominating the
wealth and government in this cOun-
try" We hear this statement again
and again. But we also know that the
constitution of this country provides
for government by the people. And
if we, the 900 of the population, al
low the 100 to decide how privileges
and consequently wealth is to be dis
tributed we certainly cannot place the
blame anywhere else but on ourselves.
Let us face the truth. BY our negli-
gence, carelessness and selfishness we
have brought these conditions onto
ourselves, and nobody save ourselves
will ever bring us out of this mess
again. A keener appreciation of the
duties and privileges we have us
citizens in democratic land, bet
ter understanding Of our personal
responsibility and a higher moral
standard will in time make this
United States what it was intended
to be.
I'VE have had many depressiOns
like this, and when they had run their
course times became normal and we
had greater prosperity than ever be-
fore" 1t appears to me that to COM
pare the present situation with form
err depressions is like comparing a
flat tire with a complete smashup OF
the car.
Our main trouble at present is the
inequality of values. Gold is ruling
the world and even threatening the
existence of our present civilization
Gold was intended to be medium OF
exchange: we have made it an un-
compromising sOulless ruler. The pos
sibility for few to control the wealth
| has made slaves of the masses.
The farmer, or property owner with
a mortgage on the property, feels the
inequality perhaps more than anybody