Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-01-12

ter off than at least they were be-
fore the war. England, like us, was
too proud to initiate, but they came
to it about a year ago. They have
liquidated their internal debt at a
lower rate of interest since then, and
are on the up hill grade under ter
rife odds such as we did not have to
contend with. However, we are still
going from bad to worse. commodity
prices are still going down in spite
of the lies peddled by the administra-
ton. The only thing our best minds
can think of is to make us pay for a
dead horse, which we had nothing to
do with in the first place.
| followed the various candidates
who were running for congress from
Minnesota the best | could. / noticed
Mr.. Christianson advocated the Holds
worth Bill passed by the lower house
last year, but defeated in the Senate
through the recommendation of the
administration. This bill was the best
introduced yet. 1t provided for the
socalled rubber dollar; the buying
power of the dollar to be stable as
near as possible. Mr.. Hoover was
very much against this bill, it is easy
to see where Republican congressman
would be at if Hoover had been re-
elected. Either they would have to
fight the administration or go back
ON their pledge to their constituents.
All good Republicans should therefore
be glad that Mr.. Hoover was defeated.
They can now keep their face.
If President Hoover and his lame
duck lieutenants succeed in putting
through their present plans the coun-
try will go back twenty-five years,
that is In what it has gained, besides
losing everything it had twenty-five
years ago. The money interests of
the country are trying to brOwbeat
congress into action now, as they will
stand little show next administration.
mess can not pick up until people
regain their buying power. BY TAX
ing away the common peoples buy
ing power you ruin everything. The
best minds say they should go back
to normal work. The machine age
has made it impossible for everyone
to work at what our forefathers did,
we would have an overproduction in
everything; even the people working
right now could flood the country
with everything known to science. 1t
is a matter of distribution, in other
words putting the buying power In
the hands of many, not few. This
can only be done by putting the power
back with the people. We have no
great use for large capital as we
have already developed the coun-
try. Now we have to run the ma
chine efficiently SO that each part
gets its proper share. This can only
be done by destroying large fortunes,
taking their sinister powers away
from them, and serve the interest OF
the country as whole.
The socalled economy league is
about just as rotten an organization
gotten together for some time. The
brains of this organization do not
show their faces. They hide behind
some we'll known public men, such
as Admiral Byrd, General Persh1ng
General Harboard, Admiral Sims, AL
fred Smith and others. The idea OF
these we'll known men is to give the
organization face to make it patriotic
Patriotism sometimes degenerates into
the last resort of scoundrel and
think this is about the status of this
organization. The foremost leader Of
this organization is Admiral Byrd