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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
PROTECT INCOME TAX REVENUE

The state supreme court has ruled
that the states income tax law is
constitutional which means that it
now goes into effect and is collect
able.
The tax will bring two or three
million dollars in revenue into the
treasury this year, is the estimate,
the amount being comparatively
small because incomes are scarce.
However. in later years when BUSH
ness revives, the revenue will be
greater.
If the people are to get any value
or help from this tax, it must be kept
a replacement tax. That is. the pro-
ceeds must be used to take the place
of some tax now levied on real or
personal property. If the proceeds
are used for new spending schemes,
no matter how attractive or plausible
they may be. the farm and home own
er will not have his tax burden light
ened and he will not have the tax re-
lief he has been hoping to get. In
addition. he will have lost one of the
very last remaining sources of taxa
ton able to relieve him of his load.
So, a matter of vital Importance
to every farmer and every home own
err, is to see that the men elected
to the Legislature are pledged not to
permit the proceeds of the income
tax, or any part of them, to be used
for new spending.
AS the law is at present, the pro-
ceeds must be turned over to the
school districts of the state and then
used by them to reduce their bonded
debt. If they have no debt, they can
use the revenue as they see fit, but
if the district has debt, the revenue
from the income tax must be applied
on payment or retirement Of the debt.
This provision of the law insures re-
placement use for the revenue. 1t
is a splendid provision and should be
effort to get hands on the revenue
for various spending schemes, offered
with clever FEASIBILITY, but once the
bars are let down and the proceeds
or any part of them diverted to new
spending, the replacement system Is
lost. 1t will be only a matter of time
until it is all broken down and the
tax spenders are able to use the new
revenue for some new spending spree.
Sound out your legislative candi-
dates now-if you want to protect the
chance that now exists to reduce your
land taxes.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
SOFT FOR THE KING

The king of Belgium, one of the
worry along on $2,760,OOO a year. He
may get along without running in the
red.
King Leopold was recently voted
a 33 per cent SALARY" increase by
parliament and henceforth will get
100000 francs (now about $780,
O0O) a year. The Queen Mother
Elizabeth, mother of King Leopold
and widow of King Albert, was grant
ed a 1000, 0OO-franc allowance.
All of which reminds us that all of
the financial nuts and self-anointed
selfish leaders are not in America.
Think of small country like Belgium
paying their ruling head nearly $3,00O,-
600 as compared with $4,000 annu-
ally to the president of the United
States. 1t is ridiculous. But then
the people there are probably still
happy in the thought that the king
can do no wrong. When such ideas
creep into the minds of individuals
in a democracy like America they
simply become misfits and are soon
relegated to Oblivion.
There have been good kings but
folks of intelligence have long since
gotten over the idea that some indi-
viduals are born supreme and sublime.
Perhaps the Belgian king is all right,
certainly he ought to be considering
tho ca1aru ha commands
But it likely won't be long before
his throne will be lettering as did the
thrones of Kaiser Wilhelm, Car
Nicholas, and many others. That
brings to mind the war story, when
Kaiser Bill wrote to Nick that it is
tough to one day be seated on your
throne and the next day be thrown
on your seat.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
ON SOLID GROUND

That the Farmer-LabOr party in
Minnesota and like political Organi-
cations springing up in other North
west states, is receiving the notice and
attention of Fasteners and that they
look upon it as a coming national par
ty is evidenced by an editorial in the
current issue of the national maya
zine, The Nation. The editorial
brings out an important point when it
is stated that the Farmer-LabOr party
started at the bottom and is building
up-not like so many balloons that
are blown up and then burst. The
party is gaining ground gradually.
step by step, is on solid ground and
knows where it is headed.
The Nation editorial follows:
"A third-party movement that will
bear close watching is reported to be
spreading through the Middle West.
In Minnesota it centers about the
Farmer-Labor party, which already
has a governor, a United States SEN
ator, and five out of the states nine
representatives in Congress. In Wis
consin the La Toilette PrOgressives
are interested in the movement. 1t
is also gaining ground in the Dakotas.
Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, and Mich
igan, according to former Represen-
tative Amlie of Wisconsin, who is one
of its chief sponsors. Instead Of seek
ing to capture the presidency at the
-fa ir1-
is trying first to sink its roots deep
into the wards and precincts of the
country. It's organizers seem to I'M
derstand that only by building firmly
at the bottom can they create an
enduring national party. Despite the
name it has adopted in some sections
of the country, that of a Farmer
Labor party, the new movement APP
peals especially to the skilled artisan,
the small shOp-keeper and manufac-
turer, the Independent farmer, and
other members of the middle class.
Thus it provides a haven to which
those middle-class voters who become
racy may turn. If the new move
ment fails and great number of
dissentient voters return to the Re-
publican fold, it will not necessarily
indicate that we are not headed
toward a political realignment in the
United States, but rather that this
particular party is lacking in the
qualities necessary to compel such a
realignment. If, on the other hand
the movement develops considerable
strength in a number of states, it will
probably mean the end of the Repub-
lican party as serious contender in
national politics"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
JUMPING JACKS

An old saying is to the effect that
If you give the calf enough rope it
will hang itself. The same may be
said of immature. impractical and
self-seeking wOuld-be politicians, those
who are itching to file for this, that
and the other office, don't know where
they are at and don't know what 1t
is all about. 1t is one thing to be
selflshly itching for glorification and
quite another to deliver and produce.
Years ago men were often sent to
the State Legislature and other posi-
tiOns of trust as a sort of compensa-
ton for community leadership or for
what they had done for the folks at
at advanced age
should be past. Men should be sent
to the Legislature for their first term
in their most active years, when they
are not too old to learn and when
things do not go over their heads. In
other words they should be put into
the harness when they can do the
most for the people.
Hanging themselves has also been
demonstrated many times in the Leg
islature. The newcomer, especially,
who thinks he must have his say on
every bill that comes up whether or
not he knows anything about it is
sure to make himself so unpopular
that finally he can't put over the
simplest bill for his own district,
much less a statewide proposition.
Strange enough, but Legislators with
good education-college and univer-
sity graduates-sOmetim act that
way. 1t is a pure case of lack of
judgment. A person should know
when and when not to speak. 1t is
also a case of lacking in fundamen-
tails, to have learned to read and
write, to understand and to think.
All folks tire of jumping jacks, and
their influence is soon nil and void.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
GOOD COOPERATION

One of the features of the recent
big state convention of the Farmer
Labor Association in st. Paul, was
the spirit in which defeated aspirants
for office acknowledged defeat and
moved to make the endorsement unan-
imous for the person receiving the
majority vote on the convention floor.
1t showed bigness and a real spirit
of cooperation Senator George H.
Lommen of Eveleth, was the first to
make such an unselfish move when he
received the minority vote for the
office of lieutenant governor. The
good custom was followed by all the
other losing candidates but Francis
H. Shoemaker who acted more the
part of boy who has had his own
way too much.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
STURGEON FARMER
rs ON HONOR LIST

Nels Lundbeck of Sturgeon Lake,
won place on the senior honor roll
selected by the Duluth Chamber Of
Commerce and will be honored by the
annual Arrowhead Farm Institute in
station, for his success with 40 acres
of land The annual honor roll din
ner will be held tonight Thursday
at the station in Duluth at which time
the honor roll members chosen from
seven northeastern Minnesota counties
will be feted.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
FARMER LABOR PLATFORM
Adopted March 20, 1884
XII. Soldiers Bonus.


Immediate payment of the soldiers
bonus by treasury notes, and repeal
of the National Economy act.
XII. Tax.Exempt Securities.
We oppose the issuance of tax-ex-
empt securities.
XIII. Elections.
ALI candidates for the State Legis-
lature to be elected with party desig-
nation.
XIV. Consumers CO-OperativeS.
The powers of government to allow
consumers to freely organize on CO.
operative basis, unrestricted by dis
criminatory laws.
XIV. Money and Banking.
Naturalization of banking with gov
eminent monopoly of money and
credit operated without profit.
Until We attain naturalization OF
banking, we advocate the establish
ment of Central State Bank of de-
post to be wholly owned by the state
of Minnesota.
That the bank act as the fiscal
agent for the state in all matters:
That it be the only legal depository
in Minnesota for state funds or the
funds of any subdivision of the state:
That it be permitted to purchase
the securities of the U. S. govern
ment, the state of Minnesota, and
other securities designated by laws:
That it be permitted to loan money
to correspondent state banks and de-
posit with correspondent state banks,
and that it not be permitted to loan
money to private enterprises:
That the deposits or loans to the
Minnesota state banks be a preferred
claim:
And that the deposits in the bank
of Minnesota be guaranteed by the
state.
The issue of money is a govern
mental function and all money should
be issued directly by the government
and made legal tender in payment
of all debts.
All money permitted by law to be
issued against the gold now in the
U. S. Treasury, should be put in cir
culation by the payment of all gov
eminent bonds due, or soon to become
due, and for all public works con-
structed.
If given control of the government
of Minnesota, we pledge the people of
this state to submit to them an
amendment to our Constitution, that
will permit the Introduction of the
Ontario System of development and
administration of electric power and
light thus making electricity-the
source of power of the CHURCHMAN'S
servant and helper, and not his OPP
pressor and master, as is now the
case.
We also pledge our farming popula-
ton and electrical consumers to enact
legislation permitting cities, towns,
and villages now owning power and
light plants, to sell current freely to
farms, smaller towns, and villages.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
THE FARMER.LABOR PLATFORM
(The ST. Paul Daily News)

I
No more significant political docu-
ment in years has been drafted and
formally approved by group of
American citizens than the platform
of the Farmer-Labor party.
1t calls virtually for the socializa-
ton of the entire state of Minnesota
public ownership of mines, water
power. transportation, communica-
lions, packing plants, factories and al
public utilities: working of idle indus
trial plants to provide jobs for the
jobless and furnish goods to the
needy; complete state control and
operation of insurance and banking;
shifting the incidence of taxation
from the small farmer and home own
err entirely and putting it on the
shoulders of all others.
1t expresses in words the growing
discomfort of an increasing number of
people with the way the present capt.
talistic system has worked out so far
as they are concerned. 1t would
eliminate the profit motive entirely in
most of our economic activities and
substitute state socialism.
Aside from these general provisions
to have the state take almost COM
plete control of industry, the platform
contains number of important pro
nOuncements such as the demand for
IAN intelligent and comprehensive
plan for conservation of natural re-
Sources" refOrestatiOn and. prevention
of soil erosion; rattle of the St.
Lawrence seaway; fullest education for
all, including security of teachers
tenure, freedom of expression and free
textbooks with military training OPP
tional; taxation which would restore
''unearned wealth to the community
a ban on taX-eXempt securities; or
ganizatiOn of consumers into cO-opera-
tives for their own protection, con-
troll of all munitions and their manu-
facture by the government, and SOL
diers' bonus.
There is much about all this which
will find sympathetic reception in the
minds of many Americans who feel
that they have been let down by the
system of unrestrained individualism
which has resulted in alternate boom
times with their shearing of the lambs
and depressions with its toll of hui
man misery.
If words could do it, the Farmer
Labor platform would bring in new
order of things tomorrow, or at least
after next November. Unfortunately
that party has had complete control
of the conservation commission for
several years now and conservation
is still something to be attained. It's
deeds in office too often do not square
with it's pledges out of office.
Nevertheless thousands of Mime
sotans, innocent victims of our present
system, will behold this new charter
of human and industrial rights for
the common man with approval-even
if with some skepticism as to any
party's ability to carry it out.
If Governor Olson has moved to
the left" and become radical instead
of a mere liberal. his party has
jumped over the traces entirely. It
asks for a new deal beside which the
Roosevelt one is a pale pink.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
HOW THE PEOPLE VOTED
Editor AskOv American:

Editor AskOv American:
Occasionally i'm these columns it
seems that some of the correspondents
with newly acquired Socialistic-Com-
munistic tendencies object to anything
written or spoken which may not be
1000 favorable to the ideas they en-
terrain.
The last presidential vote was about
as follows:
Roosevelt and Hoover -. .3S, 573,052
Thomas .................. 8S1,95
Foster and Reynolds ....... 102,785
In spite of all our misfortunes. the
large percentage of the voters are not
yet ready for a violent leap to the left.
Thirty-eight million voters can't all
be wrong. v. A. HANSEN.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05

The other evening We heard a wom-
an ask what in the world will become
of the present generation. That's an
easy one, lady. They'll fall in love,
get married, have children and all that
sort of thing, and as they get older
they'll worry about what's to become
of the younger -Baudette
Region.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05

Here is something funny from a
South Dakota newspaper: An epitaph
quoted reads: "In memory of our ia
Their; gone to join his appendix. his
tonsils, his kidneys, his ear drum and
leg prematurely removed by hos
pital surgeon, who craved experience"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
PARTRIDGE TOWN
BOARD PROCEEDINGS

April 4, 1901.
Regular town meeting in town hall
at Askov. All members present
Meeting was called to order by the
chairman. Minutes were read and
approved as read. ]. P. Madsen gave
his oath and bond for $3.50 as road
overseer for the coming year. The
men appointed as maintainers are as
follows: Lawrence johnson, Roy Smell
son, Mikael Petersen, Nels p Peter
sen, Otto Sebald. Lawrence Paulsen,
P. M. Johansen, d. j. Adolphsen, and
Einar Jensen.
1t was moved and carried to in
struct the clerk to put an ad in the
Askov American. to the effect that the
township would probably have some
road grading done this summer, and
that it would be interested in having
parties with big grader outfits get in
contact with the officers of the town
board.
Bills allowed and paid numbering
from 523 to 533 inclusive read as
follows:
Peter M. JOhansen, dragging ...$2.25
Otto Sebald, dragging .......... 3.15
Roy Snelson, dragging .......... 1.SO
Mikael Petersen, dragging ...... 4.25
Nels P. Petersen. dragging ...... 3.15
Lawrence johnson, dragging -. $50
Walter Booth & Son, constable's
manual .................. LOS
F. F.. Hansen, town service ...... 800
C. Flint, town service .......... $50
Chris. Frederiksen. town service 800
N. G. Petersen, town service -. 800
No more business, meeting ad-
journed until May Z, at 8 p. m.
G.. FLINT, Clerk,
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
OPINIONS OF OTHERS

(Short timely letters on topics
of public interest are welcome.
whether or not the writer's opin.
ions conform with those of the
American. All letters must be
signed with the writer's name for
our information. Signed articles al
ways are more effective. but If the
writer does not wish to have his
name used. 1T will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05

they prepared and presented the ar
guments in behalf Of the income tax
before the State Supreme Court.
The Long Prairie Leader last week
contained an income tax editorial
with sound arguments. 1t follows:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
RESTORE PARTY LINES
minneapolis Starr

Governor Olson was on solid ground
when he told the Farmer-LabOr con-
vention that the non-partisan Legis-
lature is subterfuge.
Elimination of party labels in the
Legislature has destroyed party re-
spOnsibility in government in Mime
sofa.
Party platforms can mean mighty
represented in the Legislature.
The present system has served as
a smoke screen for endless lodging
and ducking on legislative measures.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-04-05

The fellow who got married to set
tie down, now finds that it's hard
job trying to settle up.
The Washington times., 1934-07-06
BILLION LOANED
HOME OWNERS
BY International News Service

BY International News Service
In existence slightly more than
q year, Hole has disbursed
more than 1000 million dollars
in Federal mortgage relief to dis
tressed home owners, chairman
John H. Fahey said today.
During the last week 1850
loans, amounting to $51,911, 500
were closed, bringing the total Of
mortgage refunding and other
advances of the corporation to
date to $1,027, ,991,5 ,565, distributed
among 341,162 individual homes
throughout the country. The
average loan is $3,013.
More than SO per cent of these
transactions were effected by ex-
change of the fully guaranteed
bonds of the corporation for
paSt-due mortgages, the balance
representing cash loans to take
up arrears Of taxes and for re-
conditioning.
During the week 22,277 appli-
cations for loans were received.
To date 1,510,750 applications,
amounting to $4,856,269,8 $3.50 have
been filed.
The Washington times., 1934-07-06
Wives of Slain Nazis
May Find Revenge
In Assassination

woman. Her eyes flashed, hel
tiny fist clinched, and she ex
claimed:
"They never even told us why
they killed them. Now they will
not even publish lists Of deaths.
Could you blame one Of these
women IL she got revolver and
went out to get revenge?
"A woman who wanted to
could do it. She would hide q
revolver in her breast and she
would get through the guards.
She certainly would. And she
wouldn't stop until her bullet
landed"
This is one reason why that
ever present, ever uncertain fac
tor of possible assassination today
plays a larger role than ever In
Germany'S turbulent future.
Russians Were ExiIed
The terror that darkens this
country today is different from
the terror in either Russia OF
Italy. The Russians were far
bloodier. They killed incompa
rably more than have died in Ger
many. But the BolshevikS never
killed each other.
Even at the height of the con
flict within the Russian Com
munist party, when Stain fought
Trotzky with fierceness that led
the outside world to believe they
would end in civil war, not a sin
gle Bolshevik was killed.
Although Stain decreed death
to hundreds of thousands of class
enemies of the BolSheviks, the
worst he ever did to his party
enemies was to exile them to 81
IBERIA or even throw them out OF
the country.
Mussolini hardly killed at all.
He did his terror with castor oil
and beatings. When he needed
to discipline his own men he sim
ply banished them to Lipari
Islands.
So neither Stain nor Mussolini
had to reckon with murderous re-
venge by relatives and friends of
the dead men within their own
parties.
The Washington times., 1934-07-06
SEAL SUBMITS
MAYFLOWER
REPORT

Elwood Seal, assistant corpora.
ton counsel, who directed the in
vestigation for the Senate Dis
trict subcommittee probing the
financing of the Mayflower Hotel,
announced today that he has
completed and mailed to the sub
committee members a tentative
report.
Asked BY Committee
This he did under instructions
Of the committee, the members
of which are Senators Hamilton
F. Kean CR) of New Jersey,
chairman, and Robert r. Rey-
noldS CD of North Carolina.
The report, Mr.. Seal said, con-
tains recommendations and con-
clusionS to be reviewed by the
comittee and used as a guide in
writing their final analysis. Mr..
Seal may go to New Jersey to
confer with Senator Kean.
He said today his report con-
tains the findings of the Senate
District subcommittee whic h
probed the Mayflower financing
in 1881; outlines the procedure
when the hotel went into receiv-
ership; discusses the bondholders'
committee, the deposit agree
ment, the appraisal made in
1928, and the interest now at
tempting to gain control of the
property.
All Details Withheld
He declined to make public any
details.
The investigation was initiated
at the request of Senator Ernest
r. Gibson CR.) of Vermont, with
a view to ascertaining if those
who are attempting to gain con-
troll of the property are the same
or are associated with those who
in 1928 floated bonds on the
property to the extent of more
than II million dollars. The
District Assessor valued the prop
erty in 1928 at less than half
that amount.