The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-10-01

how the U. S. had destroyed 6,41O,866
pigs and hogs in 1888 and "a and then
imported from foreign lands in the 16
months ending May l, 1886, no less
than 29, 245 1854 pounds of hogs and pork
products.
He said that nowhere is the con-
fused farm policy of the New Deal
illustrated more impressively. He said
we destroyed pork worth 5 cents a
pound and now are importing it at 10
cents a pound. Mr.. O'Konsky further
stated that between May l, 1888, and
April /, 1886, the Federal government
spent 1896, 265, GOT on its corn-hog pro-
gram. Official reports of the AAA dis
closes that 6,410,866 pigs and hogs were
slaughtered. Thousands were shot and
buried on the spot. Millions of pounds
of destroyed porkers were assigned to
"tankage" for commercial fertilizers and
industrial greaSes.
He presented figures issued by the
department of commerce showing that
from 1882 to 1885 imports of live hogs
amounted to 3,451,317 and for the four
months of 1886, 5,186,576 were imported.
In addition to the live hogs there had
been imported since January l, 1885,
20, 644 ,961 pounds Of dressed pork and
products.
He denounced the whole New Deal
Set-up as a racket" and stated most
emphatically that the whole affair was
a sell-out of the Aemrican people to
foreign elements through the reciprocal
trade pactS. Pork was used in the il
lustration by Mr.. OKonsky who further
told of the wheat, corn, iron ore, paper,
wool, cotton and other imports to the
detriment of our producers and manu-
facturers under the racket" as adj
ministered by the brain Trust" 3
Oscar Youngdahl, candidate for at
torney general, made a hit with the
audience when he attacked the Farmer
Labor party with the statement that
for inefficiency it had everything
beaten. He cited actions of the in
cumbent of the office he is seeking as
pure inefficiency and that the Office
is being operated on a purely political
basis
Mr., Yodngdahl had facts and figures
to prove his assertions and later in his
talk stated that the actions of the
present attorney general of the state
of Minnesota showed he was firm be-
lever in class law and that all his
decisions were favorable to the Farmer
Labor party of which he is member
and which he upholds regardless of
justice or legal presidents.
Arthur E. Nelson was the last speaker
of the evening. Mr. Nelson was suf-
fering from a cold he stated at the
outset of his address. The audience
wondered what his talk would have
been had he not suffered with a cold
paying tribute to his colleague, Oscar
Youngdahl, and the candidate for gov
ernor, Martin A. Nelson, whom he
termed one of the brightest attorneys
in the state and honest to the core, he
launched out into a TRADE against the
Farmer-Labor administration.
He stated that the party was neither
Tor the FARMER nor the laborer but was
purely a personal meal-ticket for heads
who were farming" the, farmer and
working" the laborer for personal gain.
Among other things Mr.. Nelson said in
plain understandable language was that
the party had put the skids under our
state economy and creased the slide"
He also illustrated instances number
less to prove the assertion that "the
taxpayers of the state had been taken
for merry ride the past six years and
were seeking firm ground to again walk
upon" 'The waste and extravaganza
of the present administration can lead
to but one end" said Mr.. Nelson, land
this end is the disruption of the states
economic structure"