The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1933-11-16
JOIN THE HOLIDAY
MOVEMENT, SOLBERC,
BOSCH TELL CROWD
Lieutenant Governor Says Pres
ident is Tool of Wall
Street RacketeerS
500 FARMERS ATTEND
President of League Admits Or
ganizatiOn Breaks Laws But
Offers No Apology

Two speakers-the lieutenant-gov-
ernor of Minnesota, K. K. Solberg OF
Yellow Medicine county and the state
president of the Farm Holiday asso-
citation, John Bosch of Kandiyohi
county-headlined a holiday meeting
Friday night when 500 farmers pack
ed the Wabasso city hall.
Mr.. Solberg fayed the administra-
ton at Washington, condemned the
practices of Wall Street and urged
every farmer to get behind the strike
movement.
"You farmers have nothing to brag
about" he said, "you are working 16
hours a day for one-third the cost OF
production. There is revolution
going on within the bosoms of every
one of you and you are going to act
to get legislation quickly or get it for
yourself"
He razzed the National Recovery
act and said the blue eagle is making
a goat of the farmer. eve have no
Abraham Lincoln Republicans OF
Thomas Jefferson Democrats any
more" he said, "we have bunch OF
fellows who call themselves Repub-
licans and Democrats and should be
ashamed to say il"
Calling President Franklin d.
Roosevelt the ''tool of Wall Street,
Mr.. Solberg told the group they did
not vote for Roosevelt but against
Hoover. He called many congress
men "boneheads" and thanked God
there are a few Farmer-Laborites
there.
"All congress has done is pass the
buck to Mr.. Roosevelt" he said, 1.-The
veterans have been thrown into the
streets to starve in order to balance
the budget which Wall Street racket
eered."
He advised merchants to take the
farm strike with good grace and 90
as they are told. "Otherwise," he
said, "the strikers will have to do as
the soldiers did in the war-tie their
hands and feet and stamp on them
If Governor Olson calls out the mill
tia, it will be for the protection OF the
striking farmer"
He declared Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wallace is bigger than Roose-
welt" and called him ''big know
nothing" 81 told a newspaper cor
respondent before the meeting" he
said, chat Wallace was either crook
or a fool and now have changed my
mind-I think he is both. Before the
election the Democrats promised
everything and now what are we get
ting ?-the laugh"
Again speaking about the financial
center of the world, Mr.. Solberg said
''Small town bankers are the spitoon
cleaners for Wall Street. If were
in the presidents place, I could put
Wall Street out of business in "a
hours"
Referring again to the holiday
strike he urged the preachers OF the
country to help in Timing up the
farmers in this militant organiza-
ton" To prevent violence, he advis-
ed taking the Ten Commandments
and abiding by them unless they con-
fiict with the constitution. He said
that unless something is done our
children are looking slavery in the
face.
The president of the holiday asso-
citation outlined the principles of the
organization and said there are three
ways to relieve the depressing times.
First" he said, "there is the polite
al method; second, there is the in
creased production method and third,
there is the cooperative method. The
first two have been tried but we have
neglected the use of the third. From
1925 through 1880 farmers raised
commodities for world consumption
at So per cent less than cost of pro-
duction."
He recalled the first meeting of the
organization in Iowa and said since
then the group has grown into the
largest farm association in the coun-
try and has accomplished more in a
shorter space of time than all others.
'I'll admit that our organization
has violated the laws of our constitu-
ton but have no apology to make. ]
urge all of you to take the ten COM
mandments in one hand and our sta
tutes in the other and if the two do
not jibe, the commandments shall
prevail" he said.
He blamed the farmers for. their
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