Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-06-01
CHANCE FOR SERVICE

issue. Inc eQltOrlaS CRITICISED the
selfish wealthy and the demagogue
and also criticised a resolution on tax
matters passed at the meeting of the
Continental Congress at Washington
Resolutions may be all right, they
may do some good, but experience
teaches us that it is better to be
more practical and do the resolving
at the proper time, and that is dur
ing the election by balloting for the
right men.
Seventy-five per cent or more of the
people, we believe, desire to vote for
the right men and women for public
office or for the party that will serve
the masses the best. A small per-
centage of voters have an axe to
grind and know what individuals or
political party ticket they wish to
vote for. The latter can perhaps not
be changed until we get more public
positions or appointments on the civil
service basis. Some legislators also
have an axe to grind. They should
be side-tracked.
But as above stated, the big ma
jority of voters earnestly desire to
vote for the best interests of the
masses. And there is the opportunity
for those orators and spellbinders who
pass resolutions after the election,
to be of some service. Check up on
the past record of the candidate on
important bills, how he has worked
and voted. Let the people know. Be
practical and not have so much fuss.
The farmers of Iowa have shown
their dissatisfaction with conditions
as much or perhaps more than the
farmers of other states of late, and
yet they have been so rock-ribbed
conservative and the most regular of
regulars in politics.
Minnesota did pretty we'll last fall.
yet the state sent three conservative
representatives to Congress
tianson, Chase, and Knutson-Out of
total of nine representatives In this
connection it might be all right to
call the attention of the correspondent
to the speech given in Askov by Mr..
Christensen a few weeks before cleo
ton, how it was reported in the
American and criticised editOrially.
Though personally acquainted with
the candidate for Is years we deemed
it for the best interests of the peO-
pie not to have him elected to Con-
gress. His friends, his hackers, his
his background-and the
same holds true of the other two con-
servatives-would not permit a vote
farm re-finance proposal. and we did
not hear him boost for the low in
terest bill.
Let us be practical and vote right.
Then there will be less call for shout
ing later. There is fine opportunity
up on the records of men in legisla-
tive positions and then letting it be
known at the proper time. The rec
ord will also show if they have the
courage of their convictions" with
out so much guessing about it.
Some legislators may be for tax
exempt securities, but not all by
long ways. BY reading the law sup
plement, recently published, a per-
son will note that the Minnesota Leg
islature memorialized Congress to
pass an act for an amendment to the
federal constitution prohibiting the
further issuance of tax exempt Sc
curities.
A little study in finance soon re-
veals that it is not so easy for one
state to tax securities if they are not
taxed in neighboring states. The best
is to make it federal program, alike
all over the country, permitting the
federal government, the state and
to tax securities. How
ever, unless there is more regulation
as to rates of interest to be charged
it occurs that it is not problem to
get very excited about, for as things
now stand, if the securities were taxed
the interest rates would likely go up
to the extent of the taxation.
But when the farmers prepare for
a strike a great howl goes up about
the suffering babes and invalids,'
writes the AskOv pastor. He need not
anything like that in an ar
ticle he writes to the American, for we
have very much resented seeing any
thing like it in some of our exchanges
and have certainly not published such
and trash here.
As to working for unification of the
farmer and worker and for greater
cooperation between the two, we must
say that the correspondent has been
blind so far as the American is con-
cerned if he has not observed the edi-
torials, feature articles, articles from
other newspapers, ETC., time and again
in these columns, which strive to
bring out the need for the farmer and
worker pulling together politically
and economically. And these articles
have not all been accepted with the
best of grace by all our readers.
There has been mutterings, under
ground rumblings, threats, attempts
at coercion, lost patronage, and even
a little cut-throat competition. The
Spell-binding free lances who have
the courage of their convictions"
usually do not have that to buck up
against.