Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-09-13
THE GRAB BAG
Willow River, MINI.
Editor AskOv American:


Big corporations have received piles
of money from national funds created
by the government for the purpose of
getting economical conditions normal
again.
This was started and going before
the new dealer" took hold of the
reins. The results of that spending
had little or no effect on the nations
welfare.
With the new political machine
coming into power the grabbing
scheme was extended into the lower
brackets of life.
Millions of dollars were scattered
among the people and is still going on
in the form of charity work and prem
iums are paid for doing nothing;
premiums for destroying and limita-
lions of crops.
Whereas in normal times products
were buying products, now we can get
paid for not raising crops. While look
ing at the other side, the more we
raise the bigger will be the loss.
Labor is set to work on projects
which would not have been done in
normal times, receiving higher wages
for unnecessary work than ever was
paid; in some cases more than the
product is worth.
Everything was started abnormally
in hope that abnormalty would help
itself to become normal.
for maintenance of the structure, but
for the maintenance of the main
tainer.
1t started to look like government
had changed into an employment Of
flee. The Farmers Holiday Associa-
tion came with a more constructive
plan, a plan socially and economical ally
sound.
The cost of production was a sound
slogan, and this organization deserves
great credit for the work it has done
so far.
Shortage of feed caused by drouth,
and too low prices for dairy products
and relatively too high prices for
feed that has to be bought in order to
carry livestock over winter has
caused a situation hard to combat
with.
In a countrywide meeting held Fri
day, Aug. 81, by the Pine County Holt
day Association at Hinckley, the mat
ter of drouth relief was discussed and
the motion was agreed upon that the
farmers of Pine county could not ac-
cept drouth relief terms in paying
market prices for feed, as prices for
butter could not meet drouth relief
feed prices.
After this motion another was made
suggesting that money appropriated
by the government for drouth relief
in order to distribute feed for needy
cattle, was understood to be free of
cost.
The majority of the meeting was in
favor of free feed. l do not know
whether it is true or not, but even if
it lis, l can not favor free feed.
think it is contrary to the principles
laid down in the Holiday movement,
regardless of the fact that Pine cOun-
" dSSOcIdClOu Idu IL put III tlclI
program.
am afraid if we follow this course
we will eventually stray from the
original fundamental principles of the
Holiday movement, the free feed pro-
gram is detrimental to those farmers
who are outside and inside drouth
areas but have been fortunate in hav-
ing enough grain for their livestock
but will receive too low a price for
their products if it has to be mar
keted as dairy products.
The prices for food products will
have a slight increase, as is already
reported by the government, but will
be checked if speculation goes wild.
If this is the case, the free feed dali
rymen will have the future, whereas
the dairyman who can carry through
on his own supply of feed will meet
his competitor on the market-the
free feed farmer.
Pleading for the cost of production
is fair i'm my opinion, but am opposed
to the grab-bag policies, whether this
liberty is given to group of mill
lionaires or paupers.
Let us divide the needy in three
classes. The first ones are those who