The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-07-07
WELL-TO-DO RUSSIANS
WOULD WELCOME HUN
Prefer German if Entente Allies
Will Not Save Them.

OIOgQd, RUSSIA, NplH - W.
resDondence Of the Associated
Press)-If the entente allies will
not intervene, let the Germans
come, is the attitude OF the tor
merly wealthy and middle classes OF
the people Of Russia. Most OF them
here would frankly welcome Tor
eign intervention.
This feeling has been the great
est obstacle in any attempt to bring
the Russian internal political reVo-
luton out OF the whirlpool OF dis
order, according to information IN
the foreign embassies here.
Now that the peasants and work
men are having their innings, the
property classes are beginning TO
feel the pinch of denial and even OF
starvation experienced by the poor
er classes in Russia for centuries.
This is illustrated by ne experience
Of the "bourgcoisc' family in whose
home the Associated Press CORE
spondent lives as paying guest,
This family, once one OF the
weathiest in the Vologda govern
meut. owned thousands OF acres Oh
timber land, several lumber mills, a
dozen ships, two glass factories and
more than 1000 acres OF land.
This is what has happened to
those holdings in the past two
months:
Factories Are Seized.
The lumber has been declared
Government monopoly and contiS-
Gated. likewise the shipping. The
glass factories and lumber mills have
been taken over and are operated
by the workmen. The peasants have
taken the land.
A few days ago the city govern
ment (soviet imposed a special tax
on the capitalistic class. This FAM
ilv was assessed $4,000 rubles
Prices for foodstuffs, when OBJ
tainable. are enormous even when
figured at the present rate OF inter-
national exchange-which these
Russians don't get. because their
money is old money, invested OF
made when the exchange was two
rubles to the dollar. Compared with
old standards of prices in Russia,
where living was cheap, the prices
now are almost unbelievable.
White flour cannot be bought, ex-
rept by stealth and in the tiniest
quantities. The black flour which
all use now makes the blacklist OF
bread. The poorest peasants for
merly ate something similar. The
cost of this flour formerly was the
equivalent Of about 25 cents per
pood SO pounds).
Three Hundred Times Higher.
At present in Nologda, each per-
son is allowed pounds OF this
flour a month; enough 10 nermit
about three thin sliyes of bread per
dav. But more is procurable through
irregular channels. The corre-
spondents host bought pood yes
terday for one hundred and fifty
rubles: Just three hundred times the
old price. =,
There is nothing else quite as bad
as this. but. with meat. butter and
all other foodstuffs the prices are
from 10 10 50 times the old
amount. Everything is by card:
that is. purchases are limited and
CITY (soviep controlled, but it Is
quite possible, If one has enough
money. TO secure larger quantities
by stealth.
But the soviet has quite an effec-
tive way OF controlling this under
hand trading-ihe "obusk." 'Obusk
!, Russian Tor search. A dozen or
SO armed soldiers and Red guard
swoop down now and then on the
house the correspondent occupies
and confiscate the surplus supplies.
When to these difficulties are add
ed confiscstion OF bank accounts
OF the weakly families their plight
can be imagined.