Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-10-10
ENGLAND LABOR
REGISTERS GAIN
England's Elections Indicate the
Trend i'm This Country CO.Ops
Unite With Labor.
BY HENRY G. TEIGAN

The result of the recent Dumfries
by-election to fill a vacancy in the
British Parliament indicates clearly
the way the wind is blowing in John
Bulls domain.
The Liberal fusion candidate. Sir
Henry Fildes, was successful in win
ming the election over j. Downie,
Laborite, but the margin usually ac-
corded old-party candidates in the
district was tremendously reduced.
Moreover the Labor vote showed a
substantial increase over any prev
ious election.
Fildes received 1921 votes to TO-
697 for Downie. In the 1881 general
election DR.. ]. Hunter, the Liberal
candidate also supported by the
Tories, received 26.S73 votes to 1858
for j. S. Paterson. the Labor nominee.
People in Revolt.
The result shows that the people
of England are growing disillusioned
over their liberal-tory government
that they have been compelled to
endure for the past four years. They
want change. and while we do not
pretend to be prognosticators as to
the outcome of elections here or any
where else, the indications are eff
GENTLY clear that the labor party
will win a sweeping victory in the
general elections soon to be held
1t must be kept in mind too that
the Dumfries district is extremely
conservative. Even so recently as
1929 the Labor candidate ran a poor
third. receiving only 66S7 votes ont
of 35,845 or little better than one
sixth of the entire vote cast 1t isn't
expected that all districts in Eng
land will elect laborites to the new
parliament but if the same percent
age of increase holds good throughout
the country that was shown in the
Dumfries constituency as we'll as in
other constituencies where recent by
elections have been held. Labor will
be victorious by substantial margin.
Elections Significance.
The elections in England have al
ways been significant as to what
will happen in the United States.
Capitalism performs in the same way
in every country. Unemployment,
business stagnation. and soup lines
are the direct result of the capitalist
system and it is these conditions that
the workers and other members of
the producing class are revolving
against in England as we'll as in the
United States of America.
Mr.. Downie, commenting upon the
outcome of the election. made state
ments that are worthy of our con-
sideration. Instead of viewing the
outcome as a defeat, he described it
as "a postponement of victory"
I'VE have enlightened Dumfries-
shire politically as it has never been
done BEFORE" he said I'VE have
driven our opponents into coalition
1t is their only line of defense against
the steady march of the cooperative
and labor forces to ultimate success.
not only in the towns and cities but
in the great rural populations as
WE'LL
CO-Ops Unite With Labor.
1t is significant too that in Eng
land the cooperative societies cooper
ate with the workers and this too
whether the co-ops have within their
farmers. workers, or
people.
The same thing is, of course, oc-
curing in the state of Minnesota.
The Farmer-Labor party is modelled
after the British Labor party and
has the same combination of ele-
ments within it's fold as are to be
found within the British Labor party.
There can be no reason for differ
ence of opinion or of detectives among
the true cooperators or the producers
of wealth. Consumers and producers
alike have everything to gain by a
union of forces at the polls.
This combination of elements has
been achieved in England and in
other countries of Europe and it is
we'll that we follow the same line
Of attack against the common enc