Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-11-03
ASKS QUESTIONS OF THE
COUNTY CHAIRMAN
Editor Askov American:

Editor Askov American:
After reading Attorney Albert john
sons letter in the last issue of the
county press, I still find many state
ments made by the Republicans in
this campaign that the voters of Pine
county would like to have more fully
explained, and which Mr.. Johnson as
Republican county chairman and
spokesman for the Republicans in this
county should be in a position to fully
explain.
have asked Mr.. Johnson these
same questions in time so he could
answer them in this weeks issue
which is the last before election.
We have heard a lot in this cam
paign about Olson's extravaganza, how
the state mill rate has increased this
year over last year, that it will be
a little more than eight mills for
1882 as compared with only a little
more than seven mills for 1881, and
that this is all due to OlsOn's extrava-
gance.
We hear that some farmers in Pine
county are paying more taxes this
year than they did last year, which
they say is due to the Olson extrava-
gance. The fact that they are paying
more money in taxes this year over
last year can be due to several rea-
sons. The state may have acquired
several farms in their immediate To-
cality on which the state pays no
taxes, which would make an increase
on those left to pay. There may be
more delinquent taxes which would
mean an increase for those left to
pay.
Now, is that not right, or is it all
due to Olson's extravagance?
Most of the farmers that l have
talked to are paying little less in
taxes this year than they did last year.
Should we give Olson credit for that
or should the Republicans have the
credit for that?
The Republicans are talking a lot
about economy in this campaign, how
they are going to cut $4,000 in ap-
preparations. They surely cannot be
sincere about that until they have
some plan how to do it. They surely
would not travel all over the state and
preach economy unless they can tell
us how they are going to do it. Please
explain that, if the Republicans are
sincere in their economy pledge.
Will you please tell us why the Re-
publicans did not cooperate in Oh
sons payless vacation plan, and as far
as know they did not offer any plan
of their own, if they did, what was it?
We hear lot about that Olson did
not veto any appropriation bills in
the last session. Now, when the Re-
publicans have so much criticism to
offer in regard to that, will you please
tell the voters of Pine county just
what appropriation bills the Rpubli-
cans claim Olson should have vetoed,
they surely can explain that after all
the criticism.
l have asked every Republican l
have talked to, but none have been
able to explain l would like to know,
did not Senator Rockne, who is chair
man of the appropriation committee
of the Senate, say at the last session
of the legislature that these appro-
priation bills were all absolutely nee
eSsary at this time because of the
false economy program of Theodore
Christianson?
Is it not fact that in spite of the
1882 state mill rate being higher than
1881, the state gets about one and
one-half million dollars less in actual
money from real and tangible proper
ty than they did in 1881 because the
valuation of the state was cut 275
million dollars and there are a lot of
delinquent taxes?
And there is the fact that $4,000, 900
is required for 1892 to retire rural
credit bonds which means more than
one mill, and more than 100000 is
required to retire ditch bonds which
is almost half mill, and the state
teachers college, destroyed by fire,
had to be rebuilt, which required about
one-fourth of a mill. Are all those
obligations due to Governor Olson's
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Do the Republicans oppose or sup
port OlsOn's plan of a replacement
provision in the income tax which
will relieve the small home owner of
one-third of his taxes, whether he
lives on the farm, in the city or viii
lage?
Do the Republican leaders of Pine
county and Minnesota approve of the
campaign tactics of State Treasurer
julius Schmahl such as he used at
Pine City last spring at the Repub-
lican rally? This is a question all
voters who are interested in clean
and decent politics are interested in,
so do not fail to answer that.
What definite program have the Re-
publicans to offer for the over-bur-
dened taxpayers when they ask the
voters to elect their candidate for
governor without a program of their
own and full and complete explain
alton of their charges? How can they
ask the over-burdened home owner
and even the rank and file of their
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