Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-24
DENMARK VISITOR WRITES
TO OLD FRIEND

Editor Askov American:
Mr.. j. Mider,
NV Dear old Friend:
I thank you for your welcome let
ter of April 16. 1t is now more imam
wear since | went on this vacation
trim and | enjoy it here. They talk
about depression here but / can readl-
" see they are we'll situated compared
with the common people in the U. 5.
| A.. the worlds richest country. l
will be back some time this summer;
| don't know when.
have read what you say about the
formula for meat packing. j notice
that you say you were a delegate TO
the Democratic convention in Chicago
when William Jennings Bryan made
his Grown of Gold" speech in the
Colosseum and if | go to Copenhagen
before | return | will see Mrs. Ruth
Bryan and take her your greetings,
and if | get the opportunity l might
hint at your problem.
| Thanks also for the watchdog
and the clipping, Miss Mayo and the
Veterans" | am keeping reasonable
track of the happenings in the U. S.
A. Besides the Askov American
receive "The Nation" and 1.-THE Lite
rary Digest" as long as | am here.
| consider myself an American and
feel the hurt when it makes blunders
and proud when it does something
good and worthwhile. | feel free to
criticise and do so very often in my
lectures here and | criticise Denmark
freely and get away with it. But you
and l are not good diplomats, If we
were we could accomplish wonders,
but too often we step on somebody
"corn" by saying the truth in direct
nguage-bluntly at that, fear, will
prevent you and me ever getting any
financial gains either from your for
mula or anything else except the sat
isfactiOn that we have done our best
unselfshly, and who knows but we
might get a headstone or monument
hundred years after we are buried
AS to the Farmer-LabOr party, re-
CARELESS of any blunders any one OF
all officials might make, the name i;
enough to enlist me in its ranks anC
, inspire me to support what good Is
in the platform, and freely criticist
what in my opinion is wrong. In thi:
, category comes the Farmer-Labol
press, it does not like to give solace tt
critics, and | find the same fault will
the political press in Denmark, al
most all parties. The only exception
is a new party, with a platform il
many respects similar to the Farmer
Labor party, especially in regard t.
government ownership and control o
: all the natural resources. This Dan
ish party's paper is open for an
J, opinion, like the AskOv American, bu
5 the Farmer-Labor Leader was not, a
S least y years ago. l hope it is to
: day.
S | wish the Farmer-Labor platform
r had included Free Trade and Ere
Intercourse among Nations" to tax
|, effect imm ediately in U. S. A. tn
day the Farmer-LabOr party gets con
e troll, and furthermore the FL. part
J. should erase from its laws such a
tax on margarine and other "protec
, zionist legislation" This is a slice G
the pork barrel to the farmers. The
, the farmers must let the cOnsumin
labOrers get a similar slice and soon
er or later they disagree as to VIII
got the biggest slice and who is
cannot stand on it's own legs ought
be allowed to die natural death an
that includes also competition be
tween railroads and trucks. That
also included in the platform of tn
hts-Relationship's Party" pla
~ form in Denmark.
In my opinion both President Roost
a welt and Governor Olson at heart al
Free Traders" but it is a har
proposition to turn the public opinion
- However the minute they can get tn
W press to support this Ideal the ba
8 tie is won-but Capitalism" own
~ the press, and there we are maroone
l remember your standpoint in r.
y gard to cooperation in Pine count
: about n years ago and propositiC
y about organizing a cooperative he
- packing house in Pine county. In De
- mark they have several cooperate,
~ packing houses in each county ar
II they are going strong in competiti(
u with the capitalistic packing house
IS l do not know exactly how many D.
y cent, but nearly 1870, l think, of Il
~ output of the Danish bacon. 1 noti
~ today in the market quotations fro
IL England that Danish bacon was QUO
ne ed considerably higher than any 9th
Oh cOuntry's bacon.
us With best regards. old friend.
LII LUDWIG MOSBEK.