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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
WHY WORKERS STRIKE
(Mille Laos County Times)

Striking is the only method by
which the labOring man can protect
himself from being forced to star
walton standard of wages. We will
have this kind of industrial warfare
just as long as it is to the interest of
owners of private industry to pay the
lowest possible wages, and it is the
job of the workingman to prevent be-
ing exploited. India, China and
Japan are examples of what happens
in nations where the workers are I'M
able to protect themselves. In these
countries many thousands of children
are being forced into laboring in mills
and factories for a small pittance paid
to their parents. The children never
see any of the money paid to their
parents as wages, but are herded just
like cattle and are only given enough
to eat to keep them alive and able
to work.
The only way that the workers in
the United States can maintain a
white mans standard of living is to
organize and fight every attempt to
exploit them by cutting down wages,
or breaking up their organizations.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
INDEPENDENCE

Yesterday millions of people
throughout the United States observed
July 4, this country's most hilarious
holiday. What is the meaning of
July 4? What transpired on that day
to make it such joyous day of cele-
bration in the hearts of the American
people? Why, to be sure it marked
the beginning of freedom from tyran-
ny. 1t was the day on which the
Declaration of Independence was
Great Britain. The sovereign had be-
come too oppreSsive-it interfered
with the liberties for which this land
was settled.
1t was bold stroke, that Declara-
ton of Independence, but so were the
men and women who lived in the colo
MES at that time. They had freedom
set as a goal for their posterity and
about, not easily. but through much
suffering, bloodshed and privations.
Think of the troops at Valley Forge,
the hazardous battle of Bunker Hill
and many others, and one cannot pass
the thought lightly from the mind.
That document which was signed
15S years ago was not signed in vain.
Old Glory waves not over the land of
slaves. but the land of the free. Let
as keep it so for every one.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
ANNOUNCES SPEAKER
Editor AskOv American:

Editor AskOv American:
Mrs. Marion LeSeur, of the Mime
sofa State Board of Education, also
active in behalf of the Farmer-Labor
organization in Minnesota, will speak
at the ID. B. S. hall in Askov, Monday.
July 9, at SIS p. m. She has much
inside dope on the education system of
Minnesota and the country as a whole.
She is a very interesting speaker and
has much to say. Her husband will
be with her here and will perhaps tell
us of some of his experiences as law
yer for farmers and labOrers who
have been arrested, and jailed for
stopping mortgage foreclosures, etc.
He is poor mans lawyer and does
not get paid large sums for the cases
he takes, but evidently they are in
teresting cases. The AskOv Farmer
Labor club invites the people of the
surrounding country to come and hear
these two speakers. l am sure you
will not be disappointed. There will
be no admission charge but a collec
ton will be taken to pay the expenses.
Remember Monday night, July 9, at
SIS p. m.
HANS MOSBEK.
President Askov Farmer-Labor Club.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
THE TROPICS
(The st. Paul Daily News)

(The st. Paul Daily News)
The old theory that the white man
is apt to deteriorate when he stays
in the tropics too long seems to have
received official confirmation by act
of congress.
President Roosevelt has just signed
the Logan bill, which repeats the for
mer requirement that army, navy and
marine corps officers stick to their
posts at least three years when as
signed to duty at tropical stations,
and puts the length of their tour of
duty up to discretion of the President.
Evidence heard by committee,
says a senate report, showed that be
cause of the conditions, climatic, So
cial, and otherwise. prevailing in the
various foreign service stations" the
minds of officers were strained so
badly that a considerable number
went violently insane.
Now it will be possible to feed the
tropics to the officers in smaller
doses. And an old theory, beloved
of novelists, is congressionally con-
firmed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
PLEADS FOR HOLIDAY
editor AskOv American:

Editor AskOv American:
l wish to make a few statements
regarding the work of the Holiday AS
sOciation to those who still seem TO
think that there is nothing done. We
have a grievance committee handling
mortgage adjustments and other
grievances. We sent committee to
ST. Paul to call on the Rural Credit
Bureau and the governor regarding
crop mortgages, demanding cancel
alton and moratorium on principal
and interest. We have on several Oc-
casions appointed committees to call
on the Drouth Relief office, both in
the county and state, to obtain more
feed for cattle. 1t is at this time
about year since the Holiday Asso-
citation started to work on drouth
relief for the farmers of Minnesota.
We are the only organization in the
county that is putting up a militant
fight to better conditions for the
farmer, and we are here to continue
to do so, and we want every farmer
with us that is not satisfied with pres
enC COHUlClOILS. we cndllenSe any III
dividuar to prove where he as such
has been able to make any comparison
against what an organization can do.
Remember in unity there is strength,
and in these serious times it surely
compels the farmer and the worker to
band themselves together.
John H. Bosch, state president of the
Holiday Association, spoke at Hinck-
| ley Friday, June Is, to a large at
tendance, and any one l met so far
was satisfied with his splendid re-
marks and educational speech. He
pointed out that we have nothing to
expect without organization. He stat
ed that mortgages in Minnesota that
have become due, have been scaled
down in total about 100000 or more,
and in many counties of the state
they do not try to foreclose or evict
the farmers. We are not asking for
anything unreasonable, only to be
given the same justice as any other
class of society. May l again appeal
to you to join us, only $1.O0 per year.
Can you spend it for anything better?
HJALMER SANDELL, Secretary.
Hinckley, Mimi.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
WAR AND THE EXTRA NICKEL
Independent, LittletOn, COlo.)

With the advent of civilization and
the inability of one person to manu-
facture for himself the necessities of
life, the parasite of commercialism
appeared. From a comparatively mi
nor factor in the lives of medieval
laymen it has now become one of the
most vital elements influencing hui
man behavior.
From the time of the Industrial
Revolution the abuse of the profit
motive grew until now it is powerful
enough to plunge whole nations into
the chaos of war.
The war of today is no more the
good old days" Orgies of destruc-
ton, sponsored so to speak, by the
munitions Industries have exploited
the traditions of patriotism and self
sacrifice that lead men to the front
to fight for something they think will
vitality affect their country.
War lis not great and heroic strug-
gle for something fine. 1t is nothing
more than means of gaining more
and more wealth for the powerful fac
tiOns in control of the munitions
plants. More than that, this industry
thrives on competition. 1t expands
and develops while nations vie for
armament supremacy in a jealous
scramble for power.
1t is noble to fight for ones country
If that country is in the right. 1t
Is different thing, however, to fight
for men who will exploit an entire
nation for the sake of personal gain.
We speak of the horrors of war
and make elaborate plans to prevent
it. yet overlook one of the most i'm
portant causes.
Take the profits out of war and
there will be no more international
conflicts like the World war. 1t is
the extra nickel that causes the
conflicts of today-not political en-
|tanglements.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
EXPECT PET NAMES

The surest indication of any indi-
vidual or group skating on thin ice
is when they commence to vilify 9TH
ers who do not agree with their pro-
gram.
When the platform and program of
a political party sets out to spoil the
game of those who are profiting great
ly at the expense of the people at
large, it is naturally expected that
the profiteers will turn heaven and
earth in an effort to discount and if
possible down the program for the
people.
The profiteers being struck by the
Farmer-Labor platform. it is no sur
prise that that program is called Com
munistic, Bolshevist, ETC.. by the pro-
fiteers and their hirelings. But the
farmers and workers and other indie
pendent voters have about gotten used
to such tactics which are not as eff
fective as formerly.
1t is much easier for a political
party to have a program or platform
that contains many words but says
nothing and for the candidates of
that party to go around and smile,
shake hands, and be good fellows.
That would have been the easiest
thing for the Former-LabOr party to
do. to take the path of least re-
sistance, in view of the fact that it
is now the dominant party in the
state. Especially also if all it cared
for was victory, power, and holding
office.
The leaders of this party see the
need of something beyond victory at
the polls and holding office. Some
thing more must be done and there
fore the party has a progam and a
platform that means something.
Because the Farmer-Labor party
sees an opportunity to be of service
to the people in breaking up the
huge profits of the text book manu-
facturers that party of course is
blamed for wanting to revolutiOnize
i'll that field, the same as in other
fields.
Writing on Fighting Text Book
Monopoly" in his Mile Laos County
Times. Editor Fay Cravens has the
following to say:
1.-The reason for the plank in the
FarmerLabor platform proposing that
the State of Minnesota print its own
textbooks, not write them, will be
found in the result of the investiga-
tion of the text book trust by COM
mittee of the last Legislature. 1t
was discovered that the people of
this state are paying from two to ten
times as much far various school
text books as it costs Canada for the
very same books printed under their
government. Here are some of the
prices compared:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
TELLS OF NEW TRAIN
Editor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
Yesterday l went to Los Angeles to
see the new Zephyr" train recently
built by the Burlington Railway. l
presume that your readers have heard
of the efforts now being put forth by
the railways to regain their lost pres
tige. This new train has been in
process of building for nearly two
years. 1t is not the only one of its
kind that has been produced for the
Union Pacific Railway has a similar
time ago. The idea of this train is
brand new. 1t has every indication
of being revolutionary in results. If
the idea embodied in this new train
does not put bus and auto transporta-
ton to the test, then the ingenuity
of American brain has lost its punch.
The train consists of three cars
driven by an oil-burning Diesel en-
CINE. The engine has $50 horse pow
err located in the forward car. The
train is 1877 feet lOng-carries 70 pas
sengers. 1t can maintain a speed of
over 100 miles an hour with ease.
On a trial run from Denver to Chi
cagO, it averaged over rs miles an
hour and has run 112 miles an hour.
The entire train weighs less than a
Pullman car, is easily and ecOnOmi-
cally operated, and so built that it
will cling to the rails better than
the ordinary train. Coming west over
the Michigan Central road at rapid
pace, the engineer noticed an empty
truck stalled on the road ahead. The
truck was so near that there was not
time to stop the train without a col
lision. When it struck, the train was
going 40 miles an hour, the truck was
completely demolished, while the
head car was denied but little.
This train is the result of deep
thought and the application of the
best mechanical and engineering
skill that the world affords. The
American people want quick, easy
transportation. Here you have it.
We have the road beds, the rails and
the bridges. Fast trains, frequent
trains, with the comfort and conven-
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
DISREPUTABLE POLITICIANS
Mile Laos County Times)

politics are rotten" some people
tics that are rotten, it is the UNI
scrupulous politicians who are rotten
and disreputable. Politics are the
science of government and cannot be-
come rotten. 1t is only through po-
litical action that the people can rule
themselves in democracy.
People should differentiate between
politics as such, and the unscrupu-
lous politicians who conduct their
campaigns in a disreputable manner
and bring into politics their own
rotteness.
An example of the unscrupnlous
politicians who StOOp to all kinds OF
dirty work such as mud-slinging, ly-
ing and disappearing of their op-
ponents is to be found in Minnesota
today especially among those candi-
dates for governor who are attack
ing the farmers and their wives and
the working people of the state in
general in a campaign of misrepre-
sentation against the Farmer-Labor
party.
Not one of such old party candi-
dates are so unintelligent that they
do not know they are lying and mis-
representing when they claim the
Farmer-Labor platform is red" and
dangerous. They are doing over
again the old. old stunt of mud-sling-
ing instead of discussing political is
sues. They insult the intelligence of
the people when they presume that
they can win high office in Minnesota
by such tactics, and that the people
are not able to correctly size them up.
There are several candidates run
ming for governor on the old party
tickets who prove by their mudsling-
ing tactics that they are unfit to hold
that office. They are living in po-
litical dream that has passed long
ago in Minnesota. They hire bands,
get up parades, and try to hammer
and pound into the people by lot
of noise that they are very popular,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

fences of the most up-to-date service
is demanded. The trip from st. Paul
to Duluth in two hours, from st. Paul
to Chicago in six hours with safety
and comfort, that is what this new
service means. Now apply this to
freight service, use your imagination
and you will have some cOmprehen-
sion of what the New Deal in trans
portation facilities portends for the
American people.
]. A. WYE.
Pasadena, Calf, June "a, 1894.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
FARMERS ARE LOYAL
(Mille Laos County Times)

In all of the history of the United
States the people who till the soil
have been the bulwark of loyalty and
patriotism to our government. 1t was
farmers who fought the revolutionary
war that established liberty in this
land. The commercial interests of
New York, Boston and other large
selves the important people of that
time, sided with the British, and a lot
of them left this country and moved
to Canada when the war was won.
And in all of the subsequent wars in
this country it was a large share Of
the blood of tllers of the soil that
was spilled on the battle fields. The
farmers and their wives and families
have never failed to give their share
when it comes to sacrifice for the ma
ton.
In Mile Laos county many a young
man left the farm for the war never
to return. And this is true of all
counties in the state, and of all states
of the nation.
Will dill the tremendous SdcTlHCe
that has been made by the tillers Of
the soil in the wars of this country,
it is an insult to every intelligent per-
son for any candidate for office to get
up before an audience and declare
that these people of the farms would
ever join in doing anything to harm
their country; or to allege that they
are not truly loyal and patriotic. 1t
has been done time and again; and it
is being done now by dishonest, mud
singing candidates for even the high
office of governor. There are no
words in the English language that
can properly express the scorn and
contempt that should be visited by
the people on such candidates who by
their actions show that they are not
even qualified as good citizens of this
republic, to say nothing of putting
them into positions of power.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

Few of us stop to realize that sell
dom if ever do all the individuals and
groups which make up the life of a
community gather together in the
same room, but they do meet every
week in the printed columns of the
community newspaper. Here the
farmer of Pleasant Valley talks to
the farmer of Pine Ridge. Here the
county agent finds an audience of all
the farmers of the community. Here
the farm wife reads the message
from the department store. Here the
taxpayer finds the financial statement
and proposed budget of his local gov
erning body. Here the church an
nounces it's services and meetings for
the coming week. Thus does the
newspaper spin the web of substan-
tial community life.-Bruce Mccoy.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

when as a matter Of fact If they at
average community without such
ballyhoo they wouldn't get a COR
poraIs guard out to hear them.
No, politics are not rotten, but Min
nesota now has surplus of rotten
old line politicians who seek to bam-
boozle the people of the state by mud
singing and dishonest tactics. 1t is
such candidates that are an offense
to the nOstrils of all decent people,
their odOr by the people everlastingly
voting them back to the retirement
Of private life. And from what we
can see of the situation we believe
they are going to do it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

A young couple called at a parson-
age in a neighboring town for the
purpose of getting married and found
the minister just ready to leave for
his church service. AS he was in
hurry he suggested that they come
to the services and at the close he
would call them forward and they
could get married. They agreed to
this and when the minister had con-
those desiring to be married, come
forward" Thirteen women and one
man started for the altar.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
FOR BETTER MOVIES
Mortified NewS)

There is a well determined move
ment, powerfully augmented by or
ganizatiOn within the Catholic church,
to undertake through public educa-
tiOn and insistence on changes, of a
higher standard in the movies. Many
fine pictures have been produced, but
in general there is little hope that
Hollywood itself will lead in the move
for better pictures. Protests appear
to accomplish little, in the face of
profit motives, selfishness and indif-
ference to the highest social good
now evident in the motion picture in
dustry. Other means must be re-
sorted to, and the most potent among
them all is an alert public that will
support decent pictures and refuse to
pay good money to see any other kind.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
LET THE CANDIDATES DECLARE
THEMSELVES
Mortified NeWS)

Although the legislature makes the
them and the courts interpret them,
it is not the legislative candidate for
office who usually occupies the public
spotlight. However because of his great
potential power, it is the candidate
for the legislature who should have
the attention and scrutiny of the vot-
ers. What kinds of laws does he in
tend to impose upon them?
We heard candidate for the legis-
lature make the statement that he
was not in position to give his views
on public questions until he was ac-
tually confronted with them as a
member of the legislature. A posi-
ton like that puts the entire election
on a personal basis, which, of course.
is undesirable. The personal charac-
ter, integrity, qualifications, and atti-
tude of the candidate are important
and key to his possible reactions as
lawmaker, but the voter is entitled
to know more than that about a leg
islator who will share in making the
laws governing his state.
No one should expect a candidate
to commit himself on every question
that may arise, or to make a single
issue the predominant factor in the
campaign, but in the present lineup,
it should be perfectly clear how the
prospective legislator feels toward the
tax problem, both as to public ex-
penditure and sensible revision of the
tax machinery, what his views are on
other pending matters of public con-
Germ, and with what political group
he would line up if elected.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

Here will be found much of the
reason why there has been a howl
started against the proposition that
the state print its own textbooks.
The text book trust is one of the
most vicious in the United States and
it is even connected with the J. p.
Morgan interests. And the recent in
veStigatiOn of the text book trust in
Congress revealed that the big pri-
vately owned utility trusts have been
debating a lot of the material used
in the text books. For instance, Sam
uel insult, the power magnate, who is
now standing trial for fraud and
swindling the people out of millions
of dollars in his stock selling schemes,
is reputed to have had hand in dis
tributing money and favors connected
with the publishing of the text books
of this country. In view of these
facts it is about time that the people
of Minnesota do like those in Can
ada, California, Kansas and other
states have done. The only thing
that has happened in the states that
have adopted the public printing of
their own school text books is that
the text book trust can no longer
blk the school children and their
parents out of several times what the
books are WORTH
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

would be the easiest man to defeat
next November.
Last but not least, Mr.. Olson Is
still running strongly in these parts.
His vote is but few thousand short
of the total cast for all the Demo-
cratic candidates.
1t is obvious that nothing would
please him or his party better than
to have fusion fall through or, failing
that, to contend for reelection with
Mr.. Regain.
AS things now stand Floyd B. Olson
wears the smile that won't come off.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05

The old guard Republicans did not
relish it when Governor Olson in his
convention in March said that the
FL. party would virtually be battling
with corpse in this campaign. They
made quite a squirt in the way OF
newspaper publicity, speeches, ETC..
up to the time of the primary cleo
ton, but the results of that election
showed that the governor as usual
had the situation correctly analysed
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
DEMOCRACY RULE
(Mille Laos County Times)

The old line politicians who are
lambasting the Farmer-Labor plat
form are very careful to not explain
that it will require a referendum or
vote of all of the people of the state
before any of the planks they crit
icize can be put into effect. All that
the Farmer-Labor party proposes to
do is to give the people a chance to
decide these questions for themselves
at duly authorized election. This
is the American form of democratic
government, and if the people are to
rule they certainly should not be pre-
vented from deciding all public ques-
tions of Importance to them.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-07-05
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

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of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's opin-
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
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our information. Signed articles al
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