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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
ROOSEVELT IS THE FARMERS
FRIEND

&C. L. Coy in Park Region Echo)
If anybody has been inclined to
doubt whether President Roosevelt
has had genuine sympathy for the
farmers and desire to aid them by
any means in his power that doubt
must have been set at rest when he
signed the Frazier-Lemke bill Satur-
day giving farmers a five-year mora
forum on their mortgage debt.
Reports from Washington were
unanimous to the effect that he would
veto the bill, because insurance COM
panieS and bankers were fighting it
vigorously and assuring the President
that it would wreck the credit sys-
tenn. But President Roosevelt not
only resisted that sort of propaganda
but took occasion when he signed the
bill and made it law to make a
public statement assuring the nation
that there is no danger that farmers
them under it, and that instead of
hurting the farmers credit, it will
better it.
Farmers, he said, wish to avoid
bankruptcy as strongly as anybody
else does, and will go through bank
ruptcy only as last resort. The big
thing the Frazier-Lemke bill will &C
complish, in his opinion, will be to do
away with the hated deficiency judg-
ment' and to serve as a threat which
will make the creditor scale down
the debt to a point where the farmer
can meet it without going through
bankruptcy. That will have to be
done some time anyhow; the new law
will only serve to bring it about
quicker and more fairly to all con-
cerned.
The Frazier-Lemke bill recognizes
at last what should have been recog-
niZed long ago: That a farm mort
gage is no more sacred than any 9TH
er investment. The man who puts
his money in land, in bank deposit,
in stock certificates of corporations,
in railroad securities, or any other
form of wealth, has had to take a
loss-and has done so without over
much grumbling.
But the person or corporation
which invested in farm mortgages
has held, in many cases, that he was
in different position; that he must
not accept loss, but must be paid
in full, to the last penny of principal
and interest. If the property would
not bring that, he has insisted on a
deficiency Judgment to hold over
the debtor for the rest of his life.
Only the Farm Holiday association
has stood as barrier against this
Shylock demand for 1.-The pound of
flesh that was nominated in the
bond"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
GIVES FARM HOLIDAY DATA

Editor Askov American:
A mass meeting was called in the
Pine City armory Friday night by
citizens from the southern part of the
county, interested in maintaining the
drouth relief office at Pine City, as it
was brought to the attention of the
people of Pine City that this office
was to be moved to Cambridge, Isanti
county. After some discussion it was
unanimously decided that we, the
farmers of Pine county, will appeal to
the state and federal administrations
to keep this office open at Pine City,
as there will be a short crop of feed
for the cattle next winter and relief
will be much needed.
The distribution of feed was also
discussed for some time and Mr.. Mat
son, state drouth relief administrator,
made some remarks and also made
very fine speech explaining the stu
alton. A motion was made and car
ried that each township call a meet
ing of all farmers and elect one man
to act as committee for the distribu-
ton of the feed and seeing that his
township gets its share. The men
elected should not be holding any
public office. 1t is anticipated that
the town board who should work for
the taxpayers they represent, will call
this meeting and see that the men
get elected, and as the meeting was
turned over to the Farmers Holiday
Association a motion was made and
carried that the association go ahead
and push the work.
Pine county sent two truckloads Of
food to the truck drivers strike head
quarters last week and an expression
of thanks is extended to each indi-
vidual for his contribution. Pine
county Holiday Association being the
first farmers to help them with food.
contributions being made by many
non-members as well.
There will be picnic at Pine
Camp on Sunday, August IL. if the
ground can be had, good speakers will
be there. Watch for future notice.
H. SANDELL.
Hinckley, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
FROM EXCHANGES
Editorial Comment From Other News
papers. Which May or May Not
Conform with the Opinions
of the AskOv American.)
WHY NOT GALE 1T OFF!
(St. Paul Daily News)

(ol. raul Ddlly NeWS)
Sudden descent of the national
guard on strike headquarters in Min
neapolis early today with the arrest
of leaders indicates that Gov. Olson
is not now playing any favorites.
When the troops were first called
out not few persons believed that
the purpose was in effect to have
them supplant the pickets and with
the weight of governmental authority
to force an end to the strike in favor
of the truckmen.
But if this was the alleged intention
it has not worked out that way. The
troops have found it necessary in the
public interest to permit an increas-
ing movement of trucks. More and
more permits have been issued and
there is reason to believe that what
might be called "cOntraband" goods
have been moved in vehicles author
lied to transport necessities"
In any event the strikers alarmed
by the growing movement of trucks
protested to the governor. They
wanted to sit in on the issuance of
permits. Then they demanded that
no further permits be issued. Later
they demanded that the troops be
withdrawn. To all these demands
the governor turned a deaf ear.
Finally the strike leaders held a
mass meeting and served notice they
would resume picketing despite the
military regulations. The official
answer was prompt raid on strike
headquarters and the arrest of lead
ers and pickets.
The Farmer-LabOr governor refused
to stand for defiance of his orders by
his own people-or perhaps that ele-
ment among the strikers which are
more interested in bringing about
some sort of general revolution than
settling this particular strike.
1t is our guess that the majority of
the employers and the actual truck
men are fed up with this strike and
would be willing to reach an agree
ment on the basis proposed by the
federal mediatOrs, or some other, if
they had a chance. But certain groups
in both camps have so far been able
to prevent this.
Meanwhile the losses all along the
line to both sides have been enormous
losses in wages to strikers, in bust
ness to employers, in costs for mill
tary protection to the citizens and tax
payers and the inconvenience to the
public.
Gov. Olson has been impartial in
dealing with the actual situation since
he invoked martial law. Now would
seem to be the time for the cooler
heads to prevail and settle this strike
without further loss of life and dam
age to the community.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

ment for their misdeeds by defeating
Governor Olson and his .administra-
ton in the November election. To
their assistance has come the reac-
tiOnary press of the Twin Cities,
which had hoped to cover up the bank
ing scandal by using the false inter-
probation of the Farmer-Labor plat
form as a smOke-screen. The voters
of Minnesota, however, are alive to
the issues at hand and understand
full well that the reelection of Gov
ernor Olson means not only a victory
for the people, but possible "prison
chains for the chain bank swindlers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

The State News is in receipt of the
following letter from Senator A. ].
Rockne, leader of the Anti-OlsOn
forces in the State Senate:
| 1 am just in receipt of copy of
publish in full Governor Olson's speech
| of April 18th over WCCO. In that
speech the Governor charged me with
| having voted against the bill which
is now law, under which the investiga-
| ton now is being carried on with ref
erence to the Northwest Banco Corpo-
you for what was contained in his
speech. but | feel that in view of the
fact that the charge therein made is
untrue that you ought to be fair
enough to make statement of that
| kind in your paper.
| If you will turn to page 1861 of the
State journal you will find how voted
and you will also note that this bill
came over to the Senate l think on the
| last day of the Session. In the past l
have always considered that while you
were a partisan politician. you We're a
fair one and believed in fair play; so l
am writing you this in hopes that you
will take some steps to have some cor
rection made. Yours very truly, A. j..
ROCKNE.
In the radio speech to which Sem
ator Rockne refers, the governor did
not, as we interpret it, state that the
Senator from Goodhue voted against
House File No. 571, the bill under
which the Securities Commission was
authorized to investigate the alleged
frauds perpetrated upon the public by
the Northwest BancO and First State
Bank corporations. 1t is a matter of
record that not one vote was cast
against this bill in the Senate. The
real fight on this measure was made
before the record vote was taken and
the governor in placing the respOn-
sibility where every senator knew it
rightly belonged, referred in his radio
speech, not to Senator Rockne's vote,
but to the part he played before the
record vote was taken.
That Senator ROckne should place
Importance upon this vote is not at
all surprising as in so doing he re-
sorts to an old legislative trick used
frequently as matter of political ex-
pediency by the friends of special
privilege in the legislature. The SEN
ator from Goodhue would show good
judgment, if in the face of the true
facts he would forego further eXplana-
ton of his honest position on House
File No. 571.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

Those who may yet think that war
is a necessary evil in this world are
when strong conservative and reac-
tinary like former SentCr Frank B.
Kellogg says: II see no probability of
world war again. Nations and peo-
pies have come to their senses, and
have not forgotten and will not forget
the awful horror, misery and beastli-
ness of the last conflict, which still
has the world PROSTATE. Civilization
nearly succumbed in that conflict, and
it would be ruined in another
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
THE ASS IN TRAVAIL BROUGHT
FORTH A GNAT
(Thief River Falls FOrum)

The Minnesota Democrats held a
besides viewing the FarmerLabor
platform with alarm" and dwelling
on the accomplishments of the ma
tional administration with all the love
and devotion of a young mother on
her first-born, adopted a state Demo-
cratic platform. And what a plat
form! Concern for the overburdened
taxpayers and the downtrodden farm
ers stick out all over it like the quilts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
HAS COURAGE

Writing editorially on the Mime
apolis truck strike, the Duluth Herald
had a good word for Governor Olson,
though they are politically very much
against him. The newspaper criti-
cised severely the truck drivers union
for wanting to stop all vehicles if all
the trucks were not halted, and their
defiance to the governor. Assuming
that the governor would stay with his
orders the Herald wrote in part:
whatever else may be said of the
governor, he never has been inclined
to ignore a challenge or back away
from a fight"
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
PRODUCE TO CONSUME

Consumption is naturally the end
and purpose of production. There can
be no other reason for producing, and
for that reason it is important that
people have buying power. The pro-
Queer of raw materials farmer
is dependent upon the consuming pow
er of the people. Likewise the con-
sumner depends upon the sustained
producing power of agriculture. The
common interests of consumers and or
agriculture far outweigh diversity OF
interests.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
SHADY MOVIES
Park Region Echo)

The vigorous campaign the Catholic
church is waging against indecent
films is entitled to the support of the
lie in general. Movie magnates insist
that the public wants nasty pictures
and the decent shows do not pay-in
spite of the fact that Little Women
"a thoroughly decent picture-was
one of the most popular last year
The only way to convince the movie
makers is to show them that filth
Qike crime) does not pay. The way
to do that is for the public to stay
away from pictures that are known
to be nasty.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
PERHAPS THE EDITOR IS ON
THE COUNCIL
Henderson Independent,

(11cllUeISCu independently
Another thankless job is the office
of mayor or alderman, in any small
community. In any of these positions
it is utterly impossible to please even
one-half of the people half of the
time. But there is lots of work con-
nected with either of these offices, as
many have discovered before this.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
SPACE TO SELL
(FairfaX Standard)

Newspaper men have only three
things to sell, an exchange explains
space, subscriptions and job printing
1t is just as consistent to ask your
grocer for a dozen bananas lust to
fill up as it is to ask the editor for
dozen lines in the paper to boost
your business in helping fill up the
space. Try getting a free dinner at
cafe or a gallon of gas at the next
filling station
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
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. it will be withheld.)
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

Let him who expects one class Of
society to prosper in the highest de-
gree, while the other is in distress,
try whether one side of his face can
smile while the other is pinched.-
Fuller.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

Judging from the writings in the
press controlled by those who chisel,
radical is anyone who objects to
being robbed, swindled or cheated
The Railroad Telegrapher.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

The Country Press (Moorhead): In
talking politics a Minnesota weekly
recently came out with the slogan
Fuse or Lose. Leaders of the Re-
publican and Democratic parties in
the state still affirm that Fuse and
Lose would be putting it more cor
rectly.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

An authority states fortune
awaits the inventor who can invent
a finish for playing cards that will
stand washing after games. Had no
played.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

The object of government is to pro-
tect the weak from the strong and to
so administer the affairs of govern
ment to bring the most good to the
greatest number.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

whether one considers the world
round, flat, square or crooked de-
ponds on the part he has bumped
against.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

world of culture and education free
dom is rock, compulsiOn is sand.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02

A stupid person has no patience
with the stupidity of others.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-08-02
SENATOR ROCKNE PROTESTS
(The State News

The State News is in receipt of the
following letter from Senator A. j.
Rockne, leader of the Anti-Olson
forces in the State Senate:
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16

Thus the Heimwehr Fascists are
given supreme control over labor.
The latest move Of the Dollfuss
government was inevitable. The bru-
tai attack of Dollfuss and the Heinz
wehr Fascists on the Vienna social
ist administration, with it's killing of
thousands and its destruction of the
fine apartment buildings for workers
put up by the Vienna city government
showed what was coming.
Now Austrian trade unionism is to
go the way of the great German labor
movement under Hitlerism, indicted
at a great and representative mass
meeting in New York city as "crime
against civilization" AS in Germany
trade unions in Austria are to be
made the puppets of a dictatorial
state which crushes out liberty and
democracy and seeks to force all cit
liens to think alike.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16
"COOLIE WAGES" MUST GO

Bills to regulate wages and other
conditions in industrial homework
are being drafted in a number of
states, They should be passed
without delay. 1t is estimated there
are million industrial homeworkers
in the United States. Under existing
conditions, they are menace to fac
tory wage standards in every part
of the nation.
Almost unbelievable low wages are
paid in homework. Elmer F. An
drews, New York industrial commits
mioner, in urging passage of bill
to protect homeworkers in his state,
showed that wages as low as 2 cents
an hour are paid women and child
homeworkers, who number 10000 in
New York state alone. Their weekly
earnings, which averaged only $6.19
in the prosperous year 1928, have been
cut to as little as 25 cents a day for
IA hours work, he said
Commissioner Andrews we'll brand
ed these "coolie wages" as Shame
full exploitation" Such exploitation
must be stopped. 1t endangers the
whole recovery program and is some
thing that no civilized nation should
tolerate.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16
vantage to thee that shall make thee
break thy word or lose thy self-re-
Marcus Aurelius.
A CHANGE COMING

The old order of over-stuffed for
tunes for a favored few and millions
of wage workers toiling long hours
for very low wages has gone forever.
No one knows just now what the
new order will be. But we can all
hope that it will be better than the
old order, and we can all strive to
make it much so.
1t is a sure thing that this gener-
alton will never stand for the return
of the old order that produced de-
pressions every ten or twelve years,
with thousands of idle men and wom-
en-, with breadlines, and with many
homeless, hungry and destitute.
The presidents recovery plan may
be wrecked-we hope not-but if it
is, something much worse than the old
order for the privileged few may take
its place.
About the surest thing now in sight
as bet is that the old regime that
dealth so harshly with the dishearten-
ed masses will never come back. No
one can now definitely predict just
what shape the new deal will take.
But whatever develops, trade unions
must stand four-square for the
things it has always fought for
democracy, freedom, fair wages, less
hours of work, collective bargaining
and fair deal for all concerned
Cigar Makers Journal.
WHAT NEXT?
Preparations to extract fuel oil
from domestic coal are now being
made in Great Britain. Imperial
Chemical Industries, Ltd, announces
that production from it's new coal-oil
plant at Dillingham; -on-Tees is ex-
pected to begin in the spring of 1885
The new industry is expected to aid
the British coal industry, which has
long been in the dumps.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16
HOME BUILDING AND
RECOVERY

According to survey made by the
American Builder, based on a depre-
ciation of existing structures at the
rate of 2 per cent year, population
increases and other factors, there is
an accumulated deficiency of home
building and repair work amounting
to $4,000, 100000 in this country.
The surplus of homes, which grew
from 1925 through 1929, was elimi-
mated by the middle of 1881. The
deficit then started growing at an
unprecedented rate because of stop
page of building in 1882 and 1888.
There exists, as a result, one of
the greatest potential building mar
kets of all time. Existing with it is
one of the greatest potential means
of stimulating employment, commu-
nifty development and business recov-
cry in general. In normal times, ac-
cording to the American Builder, the
construction industry gives work to
$4,000 carpenters, $4,000 laborers
and helpers, 100000 painters, $780,
900 electricians, 10000 masons, 237,-
600 plumbers, $1,000 builders and
contractors, and thousands of other
workers of various kinds. And this
is not the end of tin addition to the
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16

and probably there never was time
when SO little fighting was needed
to get things.
The reason for this is that there
is a wider recognition of the justice
Of labor's demands.
Communities where there is fight
ing spirit are getting places.
Communities that are going along
as usual are getting the usual re-
suits.
Imagine another thing. A fleet OF
trucks, equipped with radio and public
address systems, with movie projec-
tors and with a good speaker attach
ed to each one. Piles of literature in
each truck, replenished and regularly
by express.
Good looking trucks, they should
be, covered and equipped with two
hunks each.
From town to town they would go
rolling, with a stand ,,f week, or
two weeks in most towns, month
in some, parked in good spot where
crowds would gather. A tremendous
membership drive.
There are lots of things to imagine.
What would YOU imagine?
And will anybody do these imag-
mary, but possible, things?
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16
AUSTRIAN TRADE UNIONISM
DOOMED

The expected has happened in Aus
tria. Under a decree of the Austrian
government, all organized workers
are to be enrolled in a so-called single
union, Fascist organization under
the control of the minister of social
welfare, who is a Heimwehr leader.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1934-03-16
Ol4IO,S OLD AGE PENSION Law

Guaranty old by Ohio to its eligible needy
citizens Governor White February 90 signed the pension
appropriation special
bly, $3OooOoO during the
half provided administer the
welfare through the setting
division. Pension payments will begin in July
The be paid shall be not in Of 25
burial the death of
This shall $OO
pension, applicants the requirements
They years They
years.
which they make application for least If SINGLE they
must not have property in excess of oO nor more than $4,000 husband
legally could should
unable themselves have income of
yearly, inmates of penal institution
benevolent home hospital
institution either public private who meet the requirements Of the
application for Reasonable cost their
mane the they
Applications pensions
applications then refer their find
ing Public Welfare The decision
will be allowed
pensions monthly the of the state
age pension of the best the
safeguards in it protect the state
from fraud Penalties are provided any guilty violating
law.
should
acquan whether they eligible,
procedure follow obtain aid The Boards of
County will the blanks and other
to enable person make application for pensions
desire those who sponsored old pensions that
diligence those charge of the law
efficiently There should public
either the of the law undue bera the payment
pensions Undoubtedly will laws
great that the Ohio law fully
purposes for which enacted
probability that the federal
having old
bill
pending
The Ohio State
of
this welfare legislation
Repeatedly they pension Today
by assembly,
to approved
proposal submitted directly
bill
the law to the thereby
successful fight waged by the Eagles
defeated result old
age pensions will be paid in every county n