Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-11-29
FARM HOLIDAY NEWS |
BY ii. Sandell, Secretary.

Farmers Holiday Association of Pine
county and farmers in general over
the county have lately displayed a
renewed vigOr and enthusiasm of their
fighting spirit to secure economic
Justice more than ever before, as they
feel the government and it's society
owes them. Meetings of late have
been well attended and the groups par
ticipating in discussions of our prob
lens are increasing. Honest to good
ness hard working farmers and good
citizens are Joining hands with the
"hOodlums" of the Holiday Association
to secure relief and engage them
selves in the struggle against the in
justice deliberately done to agricul-
ture. We must admit that we are
ourselves to blame to a certain extent
by not organizing ourselves in some
militant organization years ago to
iron out problems and elect men TO
our lawmaking bodies or put heat on
those in office to work for our cause
as we'll.
The meeting at Hinckley Friday,
Nov. %, was we'll attended, songs and
guitar music were given by Mr.. Isaac
son from ROyaltOn, which we surely
enjoyed shown by applause given;
welcome again, Mr.. Isaacson. The
committee on drouth relief elected at
Pine City to attend the conference
with Governor Olson and Federal
DrOuth relief administrators reported
as follows:
The conference was held in the au-
ditOrium state office building as Chair
man John H. Bosch was unanimously
elected. Two stenographers took
down everything said. Representing
the ERA was Mr.. Mattsen for the
state, and two for the federal govern
ment; some from University of Min
nesOta connected with the ERA and
others.
That conditions are serious in west
ern counties is proved by the state
ments made by delegates from that
part of the state. They said that in
working off relief horses were falling
over, dying on the road on account of
weakness and by feeding moldy corn
fodder and Russian thistles, only feed
available and in case of a bad snow
storm, cattle and horses would die on
account of not allowing feed from the
ERA in advance. One said he took the
authority to stop road work or he
would call on the humane society to
do so. They said that the COW should
be provided with the basic need of
feed and not in the amount of dollars
as in the case agreed to by admin
strators. They said that the cow eats
as much whether she is under mort
gage or not, and that farmers should
not be penalized when they have been
thrifty.
The federal ERA is stressing the
point that farmers should borrow in
stead of applying on application
blanks for feed. Minnesota is not bor-
rowing enough for feed, this being the
reason we have not received enough
on the budget where other states have
borrowed up to 500 more. Farmers
stated that the holders of chattel mort
cages are refusing to sign the
waiver" as the government paid from
SIS to $40 for cows, they thought it
was uneconomical to feed SIS worth
of feed to $40 COW. The ERA
wanted every farmer to report to them
any holder of a chattel mortgage who
refused to sign the agreement.
A farmer stated he had been refused
feed because he had not worked off
past feed allowance. He was an
severed that they can not force man
to work it off, but the moral opinion
in the community in which he lives