Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-03-07
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our natural riches, of development and
production.
With their liberties defined, the
American people were able to go
ahead with their saga of pioneering
and development. All efforts were
pointed toward expansion and produc-
ton. With fabulous empire to tap
and handful to tap it, economic
existence was not precarious for the
masses. There was land a person
could own by merely sQuatting on it,
fortunes in ore, forest, coal, oil, and
water power for the first to arrive.
And the natural wealth of this country
was SO great that despite the sinful
waste and the fact that a few grabbed
most, there was always sufficient left
for the average man to advance his
standards Of living to a new all-time
high.
Grabbing Era Ended.
But like all good things the grab
bling" era in American history had to
come to an end. By 1870 this end was
in sight. 1t was reached in 1929,
although long before that it began
to spread the disease it had spawned
and nurtured.
The period of unrestricted exploit
tation of natural resources, Of pio-
neering laissez faire, produced insti-
tutions, habits of living and mental
attitudes unique to mankind and these
in turn produced the typical Amer
lean, who so often has been the butt
Of jibes by covetous Europeans and
dubbed a money grabber," perhaps
not without a degree of accuracy.
Our conflict of expansion and pro-
duction developed racial characters
tics and a temperament as definite as
those of Europeans, and they are
characteristics and a temperament
which will not permit us to accept
the "isms" which the European mas
ses have grasped as life-lines to pull
them out of their economic and social
Quagmire. Americas salvation must
come from a system tailor-made to
our special measurements and require
mentS.
Americans are born owners of
land, and they will not accept any
solution which does not permit
them to continue land ownership;
Americans are devOtees of free.
dom of expression and will not
at the expense of life itself, per.
init that fundamental right to be
taken from them; Americans
have always wOrShipped as their
conscience has dictated and will
not allow the state to tell them
how to worship or not to wOr.
ship; Americans are innate dem.
Ocrats and will not accept rule
which Is not based on equality of
opportunity, the right of an equal
voice in government, the right of
public jury trial; Americans
like existence as they have lived
1t In the past and will not permit
the elimination of family life, free
education, untrammeled travel,
indulgence i'm any recreation or
socially accepted pleasure they
desire; Americans by nature are
kindly and civilized and will not
accept any system which brings
legalized murder or exile or per.
secutiOn for racial origin or pO.
litical convictions.
The American people will not
tolerate infringement Of any of
these rights and because CAPT.
talism threatens these rights it's
death sentence has been pro.
nOmced. Ironically, capitalism
has created its own Frankenstein.
Under communism and fascisn
American rights will not be protected
therefore communism and fascisn
will not take roots in this country.
West TypicaIIy American.
The middle west, because it is only
| generation removed from the
pioneering days and because by rea
son of location and economic char
acter it is less involved with foreign
nations than the seaboard sections
is typically American. In view o.
this it is only natural that the new
American order should come from
the interior and gain it's first cham
pions here.
OF all the political movement.
which have appeared from time t
time protesting against the short
comings of the status quo, it is oul
contention in Minnesota that the
Farmer-Labor movement is the mos
pertinent and outstanding, the mos
destined for permanence, and all be
cause it has a reasonable program
which fits the American ideal.
The popular method of attacl
against the Farmer-Labor party il
Minnesota is to label it "Communis
tic" Red" and dictated from Mos
cow" We thank Mr.. Strachey fo
making it clear during his visit here
last week that the Farmer-Labo
movement is in no way related t.
MARKHAM doctrines. He and othel
Communists have bitterly condemned
the Farmer-Labor party as a step b!
step movement which delays the da.
of the inevitable violent revolution
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