Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-08-20
the bank insurance act, thereby max
ing the country safe for lOOting


ing the country safe for looting.
In regard to the Security Act, Lam
don wants to make it workable. That
means he will probably repeal it and
try to substitute some scheme that
won't be effective at all, by the way,
Kansas has no Security Act, they are
still debating whether it is constitu-
tional or not down there in Kansas.
The Security Act of course has its
defects being new in this country.
Like in all new things mistakes have
been made in the formulating and ad-
ministration. These mistakes can be
ironed out and corrected gradually.
The main thing is if the people be-
hind it are sincere and trying to do
the right thing.
After following the last legislative
record of Minnesota, l was forced to
the conclusion that the Republicans
as party were trying to do every
thing they knew how, to put jokers
into the Security Act. so the average
old person who needed help could not
qualify without long drawn out con-
test trying to prove his eligibility.
Another favorite stunt of the Repub-
licans is to leave everything to local
authorities. They seem to think that
local authorities won't graft or favor
ready the old age pension administra-
ton is in a middle and the admin
strator in St. Paul is advocating all
cases be gone over and investigated.
which is the only efficient way as we'll
as just way. 1t is human to favor
slider is better qualified as he at least
is not biased in advance. So much for
local relief from this angle. However,
the basic idea behind local relief from
a Republican standpoint is, they figure
that if they can saddle the admin
stration of relief on the local COM
munities they can eventually saddle
the pay of same onto them. The rOor
in that way would support the poor.
and the rich sit on high perch
calmly looking on and watching the
sQuabble of the lower classes.
Another feature of relief, which APP
parently we will have for some time.
is drouth relief. In 1894 when the
drouth was general, the federal gov
eminent saved most of the herds, buy
ing up the poorer cattle and furnish
ing the farmer feed so he could save
the base for herd. Again this year
the federal government is taking
prompt and efficient action. Anyone
who is familiar with Republican pro-
cedure knows they would never take
prompt action; they would dilly-dally
around looking up the constitution,
etc., until it was too late to do any
good for farmers and their livestock.
Otherwise they would simply say it
was a local problem that would adjust
itself in due course of time.
Already the subsidized press is
making little of the drouth. They say
it has been overemphasized, that in
reality it is not so bad. A person,
even if he has nothing but sawdust in
his head, knows better. All you have
to do is to drive around and see, the
barren pastures, burnt up corn, pota-
toes and small grain. Still before
voting Republican person should re-
member these things.
Well, finally the Republicans say
they are going to reduce taxes. If l
remember correctly taxes were higher
under Republican rule than now and
l have paid good many thousand
dollars of taxes in Pine county the
past 20 years. Well, a person should
say something good about the Repub-
licans-they are true to their own
friends-the rich.
S. J. SIMONSEN.
AskOv, MINI.