Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-01-16
HEARS
MRS. LESURER
Continued from Page II
By Osborne
Q Western Newspaper uniea

| (COntlnueu from rage -
bert Hoover who promised two chick
ems in each pot and, two cars in each
garage. But he ended up his term
in office with the people having
barely a chicken in the garage. She
condemned President Roosevelt for
putting the bankers back in the
saddle at the beginning of his ad-
ministratiOn when the banks were
all closed That would have been the
time to undertake a new monetary
system intimated the speaker. In
stead Mr.. Roosevelt again seated them
in the saddle and now admits that
something will have to be done be-
cause they are again riding the wave
and running things. They already
have started out with the wrong
premise in view. They have operated
with the idea that capitalism is not
through.
The Administration Program.
The administration started out by
giving the business in the cities
the NRA and when the farmers
complained they gave them the AAA.
They told us we had Over-produc-
tion, therefore they would pay us for
not producing" said the speaker.
| Then Mrs. LIE Sueur showed actual
production figures as taken from the
FERA survey of the period during
1929. This survey showed that an
under-production of whole milk ac
tually existed Possible consumption
of this product was twice as much
as produced Sure" exclaimed Mrs
lie Sueur, I'VE would like to have the
| 5000 per month as promised by the
Townsend Old Age Pension Plan
! That would be fine but we don't want
to take it out of a child's milk bot
tle." She explained that this WOULD
be the case through the transaction
! tax which is proposed to finance the
plan. She lamented the fact that
every baby born in the country can
not have the same facilities for it's
well-being and health as did the
Dionne quintuplets. That Canadian
case shows what can be done with
puny babies when they receive the
proper care and nourishment Some
of them were in danger of dying at
the time of birth but with proper
care and nourishment they have
grown to be robust babies What a
generation we could produce if we
had the right distribution in food
products and necessities, said Mrs
{ LIE Sueur. Our babies are just as
much entitled, to the same care,
which has been the quintuplets' even
though they do come one at a time.
she said.
Going on with the production and
consumption figures, Mrs. LIE Sueur
pointed out by the figures of the
FERA in 1929. we produced two bill
lion pounds of butter when we needed
four billion pounds. On the other
hand, we produced too much lard,
about four pounds to two needed.
Also there was too much flour pro-
duced. We did not have half enough
eggs, but potatoes were a little more
even: the consumption just about
equalled the production. A little too
enough beef. There was not enough
veal and of dried beans there was
great surplus and not nearly enough
vegetables. In summing this up the
speaker said that we had produced
ourselves ciet of bread. lard, beans
and salt pork.
A Bad Situation in the Cities.
In speaking about the city popu-
lation Mrs. lie Sueur told of Mime
apolis alone, having 10000 families
on relief. In addition to about 5000
single men. At one time they were
getting cash relief but now they are
taken off the cash relief and a work
relief system has been inaugurated.
At the present time out of those 90
900 families there have been left
about 5000 listed as unemployables.
In other words, if family contained
more than one employable, one was
possibly given work and, the others
were listed as unemployables and
must live off the product of that one.
| In other words, the system will not
permit family making too much"
out of government funds. They are
paving the streets. making golf
courses and other things that are I'M
productive while children are starv-
ing, said the speaker and she asked
how long people ar going to stand for
this without protest She told Of the
unfairness of the present system
which sees those go without relief,
who have gradually exhausted their
resources and now do not have enough
to live on.
The people in general do not have
enough medical care. said the speak
er. and she stated that 1t would be
truthful to say that not one Of the
audience was exempt from the ne