The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-06-11
GIVES WARNING RUSSIA
MUST have STABLE GOV,

OS
have. STABLE Gov
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Bolsheviki R%evolutioni it would ,as
it did there attempt to. appropriate
the lands and that would be very de-
plorable for the labor unions Of AM
erica. Here the public domain i'm.
mense as it was has practically all
been taken up by settlers who own
the soil they till and would not lis
ten with any patience to the Bolshe-
:vik doctrine Of Matchmaking the
Land . +S
".Lenins has realized this as, before
I left Russia, he said Bolshevism had
no cause to fear the large land own
ers or feudal barons as he called
them, but the small holders among
the peasantry were the; most power
full enemies Of :Bolshsvism. :
II did not intend to digress, how
evet, ever to this extent froin,what
I wished to say. concerning Mr.. Van
derlip's address. While he visited al
most every accessible country in Eu-
rope, belligerent and neutral, he did
not go~to Russia mol mention the re-
sources Of that afflicted country in
ihn esmprshensive statement. He did.
not even take into account. the pro-
ductive capacity in Russia when he
stated that the population Of Eu-.
rope had grown from 40 million to
40 million and without increasing it's
productivity nearly in the same rat
10.
Russia during the fve';years end
ing with 1915 produced an average
Of 1874 ,329,2 200 bushels Of wheat as
compared with our 802,055, 800 bu-
shells during the. same = period. The
year before the war began; 1918,
Russia produced 960,0O0,Oo0 bushels
of wheat as compared with our :763,-
100000 bushels. During those five
years the average production Of pats
in Russia was 1,045, 095,S0O bushels
as again our average Of 71;224,18S,,200
bushels. Likewise Russia's average
production Of barley for this five year
period was 1851, 900 bushels while
our average was only 189, TT, 800 bu.
shells. The disparity Of rye produc.
ton is still more startling; Russia'l
average for the five year period was
ls935, 1924 600. bushels and ours was on.
ly 39,424,400 bushels. The Russianl
eat more rye bread than bread made
Of wheat. :,
"The, grand total for the five year.
1911-15 both inclusive for the crops
Of wheat, oats, barley and rye we.
as follows: /
,2s5, 10000 bushels.
United States-11,233 100000 bu-
shells
Average Of Russia for 5~Years-
3,247,1 00. 900. bushels
Average Of United State for
years. 2,264,446,000sbushels
/. 1T will be seen from these figures
that Russian notwithstanding he1
population Of $50 million people ca1
furnish enough surplus "tu>feed 81
of the remainder. of Europe. Thes,
figures show. only the capacity Q!
Russia for growing those grains which
sustain European Me-Europe hal
not yet learned to eat corn-bread.
IT, II shall not tire your readers OF
this occasion to mention other i'm
measurable resources Of Russia ex
cept to say that that country hal
beundless forests of timber, enor.
nous deposits Of coal, copper. ant
lead, to say nothing Of her deposit.
Of precious ores, ~goldyrsilveF and plat,
mum.
German Influence in Russia
Germany has not only been study
ing the immense resources Of Rus
sia for a half century but during thu
past several decades has given care
full attention to the Russian char.
sacter going sos,far q to place Ger
man teachers in Russian schools. Al
I said in my testimony. before The
Overman Committee Of the Senate
and on. various other occasions. il
Germany had deferred the war q de.
cade or five years even, she wouli
fihave had such q strong foothold il
Russia that it would have been i'm
possible to dislodge her. ! have al
SO expressed the view many. tinei
that it would be difficult # possible
to, establish peace in Europe viii
!chaos prevailing in Russia OF ever
with BolsheviE, rule dominating Rus