Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-11-29
PUT UP

In the article. "Analyzing the
Vote" in the Nov. 18th issue of the
Askov American, the question was
asked: Why the difference between
township and village votes? 1t was
also pointed out, and attention was
called to the tabulated report of Pine
county election returns, which showed
that most of the villages voted two
to one or three to one for conserva-
tive and reactiOnary candidates for
office. while just outside those viii
lage limits. in the townships, the vote
was the reverse, two to one and three
to one for Farmer-Labor candidates.
The Pine County Courier at Sand
stone tries to answer the question
with the following:
when any politician tries to build
up a class feeling between farmers
and those who live in villages, it is
quite evident that he is doing it for
political purposes. Such feeling is
relegated to the far past as nearly
everyone knows that no one is more
anxious that the farmers prosper than
the people in the villages, even if they
did not support the labor party in the
last election"
Brother Colby also takes a couple
of other jabs at the editor of the
If there was any attempt at building
up class feeling, would that be wise
politically speaking? Would that be
gaining any village votes? Silly!
The Tabor party" that the Sand
stone publisher speaks of passed such
legislation as mortgage moratorium.
lower assessments on homesteads, net
income tax to lower real estate taxes,
lower auto taxes. added mileage to
the trunk road system. etc. Not bad
farm legislation. is it?
If there was any desire to build
up class feeling the article of Nov.
18th would have been written diff
cuse on the part of Mr.. Colby to evade
the question:: Why the difference
generally speaking in the village and
township votes?
If the Sandstone publisher still in
sists that there was an attempt at
building up class feeling in the Nov.
18th article, he might gaze at these
lines written by Hans B. KrOman, a
reader of the Tyler Journal, and pub
lished in that newspaper last week:
Howard Frederickson, the Farmer
Labor candidate for state senator,
carried practically all rural town
ship precincts, while the reaction
airy, j. " Weber carried the villages.
This clearly shows that our bust
ness men with a few exceptions that
we shall not forget) stand for spe-
cial privilege and private exploita-
ton. They voted for the errand boys
of these interests although the small
business men themselves are victims
of these interests.
Zone business man said the other
day: Now we are getting what is
coming to us; we voted in favor Of
special privilege and big business.
After this we cannot blame the
farmers and laborers for patronizins
chain stores and mail order houses
stores and mail order houses should
gain at the expense of local business.
I have always been opposed to that.
But on the other hand when they
disregard the interests Of the COM
mon people then l must say with my
business friend we cannot blame the
farmers and laborers'."
But let us get down to brass tacks.
Slurs and jabs answer nothing and
do not enlighten. Evading the ques-
ton is not satisfying.
Mr.. Colby is with that part of the
village groups that vote opposite of
the great bulk of farmers in Pine
county. Let us have his explanation
of the reason for the great difference
in village and township votes. That's
fair question. Let's have the an
swer.