Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-10-03


ministered the law? Salary sched-
ules have been set up that in some
cases are below that paid on relief.
When the original salary schedules
were issued as approved by the di-
rector, a storm of protest went up.
Those with enough pull" had their
schedules raised-in some cases as
much as SIS a month. If wrong
in the first place, it indicates the
carpetbag administrators as incompe-
tent. If right, as approved by the
director, then raising schedules as
much as SIS a month proves con-
clusively that politics and ''pull'' pre-
vailed.
And, last Monday, we had the
spectacle of the Legislative Emergen-
cy committee meeting to finally APP
prove these salary schedules, already
approved by the Director, the Civil
Service Board, and the Commissioner
of Administration. And what did
they do? They adjourned without
taking final action! Can it be that
they intend to wait until after Novem-
Der 5th? Can it be that this hap
pened because the campaign is on?
Here we are on September 30th,
1910, without the salary schedules
approved. This is good example
of StaSsen efficiency.
l stand for civil service without
spoilS, and with salary schedule
that inSureS a decent living. The
law, as administered now will not
survive.
Crime Against Society.
The governor demanded a small
loan law legalizing SO per cent in
terest. Prior to this act, it was un-
lawful to collect more than l per
cent month or IL per cent a year.
This Stassen law is disgrace to
civilized society. It is an act, not for
the needy, but for the greedy.
Credit unions have successfully
demonstrated that per cent a month
is enough.
Where would the farmer be today
if he could not have borrowed from
his local banker, $50, $1OO, or more,
for feed, livestock, seed, and other
needs, at 8 per cent interest or less?
The So per cent interest boys are
already invading rural Minnesota.
High interest rates further concen-
trates wealth.
The governor vetoed the bank tax
bill passed almost unanimously by
the 1889 Legislature, and then with
out legislative authority, reduc d
national and state bank taxes one
third in comparison with legal agree
ments during the past dozen years.
Has your property tax been reduced
to that extent?
Furnishes Thrift.
You are familiar with the vicious
Homestead Lien law, which Furnishes
thrift and does not recognize the
services rendered society by those
who are old and in need. 1 am bit
terly opposed to the law in principle
and I congratulate the State Fedora
ton of Labor for officially demand
ing its repeal. The great majority
of states require no homestead lien
from recipients of old age assistance,
and neither does the federal govern
ment. We must remove this blot
from the fair name of Minnesota.
The governor advocated reducing
the state gas tax by one cent, and by
securing the passage of this law de-
prived the rural communities of ap-
proximately two million dollars an
nually for county roads. That is the
way he helps the farmer. The one
cent tax reduction, which took eff
feet September 1st, 1910, does not 60
to the consumer when the Minnesota
tax is reduced below the national
average. The price of gasoline may
be lowered to deceive you until
after the election, but in the long run,
the oil industry will drain what the
traffic will bear. The administra-
ton made it possible for the oil in
dustry to swell its profits five million
dollars annually in Minnesota. That
should help the Stassen campaign
funds.
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Much has been said about fewer
labor strikes in Minnesota during
this administration as compared with
the two years previously. The fact
is that there have been fewer strikes
throughout the nation. This, in a
large measure, is because collective
bargaining has been made law by the
Roosevelt administration.
Establishing and m n a n n G
friendly relations between labor and
industry is more a matter of common
sense and judgment by all concerned
than it is the passage of new laws
diverting responsibility to new and
more officials.
Labor in Minnesota has contribut-
ed materially to the reduction of
strikes through the policy committee
set up by labor itself.
Housing Needs Okayed.
l endorse an adequate housing
program because the need is urgent
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