Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-09-26

on it's own momentum. AS pointed
out before, it actually aggravates and
prOlOngs our economic troubles.
Fundamentals are always brutal
and unpopular, but the fact of the
matter is that our main trouble now
and since the war is debt. We have
an unstable condition where there is
actually more debt than tangible
property, where the earning capacity
of the country can not liquidate its
debt and interest. A sudden initiation
would solve this but the new deal
did not have the courage to recog-
nize facts, they saved the situation
temporarily by driving the country
into more debt, but the day of reck-
oning is yet to come. Facts, although
they may be disagreeable, unpopular
and old-fashioned, will nevertheless
govern in the long run. Before there
can be any prosperity the overwhelm-
ing debt of the country must be wiped
out.
Now after about three years of the
new deal, we find that the debt of
the country has been greatly in
creased, there are more people on
relief than ever-over twenty-five
million. We find the morale of the
people at low ebb, the middle class
being rapidly wiped out.
The rich have actually prospered
under the new deal, according to gov
ornamental statistics. The incompe-
tent and hopeless fare better than
ever. But the backbone of the coun-
try is fast being hopelessly ruined.
With oats selling at Is cents, barley
less than 80 cents, rye 80 cents, but
ter 26 cents, and potatoes 80 cents a
hundred the farmer is not going to
get rich or pay his debt. He is worse
off than ever. Last year he sold his
COWS for $500 each if he was lucky.
This year he has none to sell. the
same with hogs. He actually has to
buy back his beef and pork jointly
| with the. working class at high prices,
which he sold at low prices After
reviewing the general condition OF
labor which never was worse-a per-
son can come to the conclusion with
out assuming too much that the new
deal has failed. Even the economy
act of which it was so proud has
practically been repealed.
| According to Darwin, man origin
ated from monkeys or some lower
form of animal life. Man, however
has risen from this lowly state to his
present status. Like some people say
now, we can imagine the monkeys
saying, look at that fool old man
he is trying to better his condition
does he not know it is contrary tt
natural Laws or the constitution,
if they had one in those days.. But
in spite of the better minds and the
conservatives, progress went on JUS
the same.
The wise and better minds of Spain
about four hundred years ago, threw
Columbus in Jail for daring to sa!
that the world was round" This wa.
contrary to the Bible and other con
sentative knowledge of the day. Tn,
conservatives at various times have
fought every constructive idea and in
telligent piece of legislation that ha!
been put in effect in modern times
They fought representative govern
ment and equal rights. In the soutl
the conservatives fought for slavery
within the last lifetime. Within tn
past few years the conservatives hav,
fought every constructive piece of leg
islation passed in Washington or else
where, including the bank insurance
act, social security bill and variou: