Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1937-02-04
Annual Meeting is Held in
the D. B. S. Hall on
Tuesday.
Program and Free Dance
in Evening Terminates
the Event.

The Askov Creamery Association
observed its annual meeting date in
fitting style Tuesday VIXEN it held an
all-day meeting, dinner at noon and
program, lunch and free dance in the
evening. The attendance at the bust
ness sessions was good and 21S din
ners were served at neon, while the
floor of the big d. B. S. hall was
crowded almost to capacity for the
dance to music furnished by Hanks
Melody Twisters.
The dinner and lunch during the
day was served by the Ladies' Aid
of the church. Following tie dinner
Prof. Harold B. Ause and several
pupils furnished a vocal and musical
entertainment after which the after
noon session was given over to a
discussion of the activities and bust
ness of the Creamery Association.
While there was some decrease i'm
the volume of butterfat handled, the
year, however, proved to be good with
an average net price paid for butter
fat of 35.24c. There were 344279
pounds of butterfat made into butter
during the year and a net total of
S131,S71.97 was paid for butterfat.
The total manufacturing and general
expense per pound of butter was
2.114c.
The Creamery Association is &c
years old this year and is one of the
largest producers of butter in this
section of the state.
Election of Officers.
Some over 80 votes were cast at TIE
election of officers and of these Chris
Morgensen received a majority for
president to give him reelection. L.
A. Ecklund was again chosen vice.
president, and Chris. Frederiksen, sec
retary-treasurer. Peter Simonsgaard,
N. P. Nielsen and Holger Dixen were
reelected as directors and Alvin Jen-
sen was chosen as the other director
in place of Adolf Jensen, WHO declined
nomination. Alfred L. Nielsen is the
buttermaker.
Good Program i'm Evening.
A good musical and vocal enter
tainment was rendered in the evening
previous to the serving of lunch and
dancing. Otto G. Hoiberg, superin-
tendent of the local school, spoke on
the economic situation and offered
criticism and remedies Mr.. Hoiberg
stated that during the past two de-
a oh :
stantly and that the people accept
things today which would have for
merly been considered radical. He
decried the misuse of the word.
Red If one dares to think or speak
new idea for the betterment of the
masses, said Mr.. Hoiberg, he is termed
a Red and a radical, but neverthe-
less radical ideas are being accepted
and today we have many legislative
programs in effect that we accept
as alright
Something Wrong.
Why is there malnutrition, asked
the speaker, and why is there hard
ship for so many in this country?
Is it because we do not produce
enough and furnish enough food and
clothing? No, this is not true be-
cause in recent years the AAA pro-
gram was designed to curtail pro-
duction. Too many children TODAY
do not get enough of that necessary
prescribed diet of orange juice be-
cause too many people cannot afford
to purchase the oranges. And at the
same time oranges rot for lack of
market. Our difficulty is not
through our inability to produce, but
because OF the Lack of buying power.
The realization that there is some
thing wrong with distribution is net
radical and the Brookings Institutes
statistics show that there is not
enough national wealth distribu ion.
There is, said Supt Hoiberg, too much
going into the savings of such men
as Hearst and other wealthy people.
They cannot spend it all so there
fore place it as investments back into
the industry of production. This in
turn makes production top-heavy to-
ward consumption. The thing we
have to solve, said Mr.. Hoiberg. is not
how we can get more production but
how we can get more purchasing DOW
err for the masses.
There are many suggestions for this
solution, but only a few would go back
far enough to remedy the situation.
Some advocate share-the-wealth
program, but this could not solve the
problem, for of the national wealth
of more than AGO billion dollars a
great percentage represents property
and property cannot be taken over
and divided without a great amount
OF trouble and even bloodshed and