Evening journal., 1919-02-12


I pound OF bread day. Tie second
class, including the laborers on Light
er work, have only a right 10 one-quar-
ter OF a pound OF bread day. The low
er oflcals, from ahe third class, gel
one-e.g ghth OF a pound OF bread daily.
and The lowest class. the bourgeo sic.
do not get anything. In truth, the
whole system means that most OF the
peuple get nothing. Coal has been oul
for a long time Public industries,
gas and electric factories are kept go
ing with naphtha for fuel, but this Is
runllng out, too. ! tremble when
thinking OF the sufferlngs Of the Rus
an people In .he coming winter II :
easy to understand that health condl
tlons are very poor. The hospitals.
however. are In total disorder and med
icnes are hardly to be had.
On the anniversary Of the revolution.
November 7 and 8, many arches We're
erected In Petrograd and the pupl'c
build ngs were covered with large
strips OF white cloth on which un,n-
telliglble futuristic pictures and Boil
shevik Inscriptions had been designed.
Three hundred thousand yards OF cot
ton goods were used for this purpose.
and this while the population Is ZACH
ing all material for underwear. The
workingmtn working on these arches
received si23 wages day. Such in
stances describe fully Russia's misman-
agement.
The llghtheariedness with which
money Is gwen out Is unbelievable.
They Jingle W IN millions and billions
as il these were Of no Importance. JUS,
before left decree had been Issued
ordering single levy OF ten billions.
The bouibeolsie have TO pay th S. IL
is lnconceivable how they can find ths
money, as they have been gradually
stripped OF their belongings, and the
one single levy will lhereiore mean the
giving up OF everything thus far leIt .
them. Money, as a matter OF fact, Is
easy 10 be got--One has only 10 print
Il. The presses are len ent The only
trouble tc come Is that the blue Ink
for coloring the notes will give out.
Every day h new amount OF unnum
bered. unsigned notes Is circulated, and
nobody knows how many are issued, |
and the notes the not properly covered I
by gold specie. The total amount OF |
paper money (the only money In cir
cula,ion) can safely be estimated 10 be !
s25.OO0O00,OO0 What is to become Of :
the credit OF the country under such /
circumstances
Violently the people are robbed until
their last penny has been taken They |
are put out OF their houses and offices /
and given over to misery. Half OF The
shops In petrograd are closed, after
having been ruined The other half
cannot sell before the distribution
Clerks Boss the Boss.
The shopkeepers have no voice In
their own business. In Their places the
clerks are managing The affairs. They
prescribe their own wages and work
ing hours. Personally have seen an
example OF despotism. A man had a.
small shop In a provincial town, but
his Standing was no better than any
common laborer. Because he had q
shop he was considered a boungeoisle !
This shop was taken away from h m |
and he was thrown into prison, while |
bis family were left 10 provide fo-
themselves. They got his release at
last for a high ransom, but what can
nc uO az ilfotntt - uO Mtlk !
for a bourgeolsie. On the little mon
3y LEFT TO him he cannot hve without
giving suspicion 20 the authorities.
means OF existence he and his
family were without food and nearly
insane. Suicide is very often the only 1,
way out for those unfortunates Every
one owning few thousand rubles
Tries 10 keep them and Is for that al
ready marked as a capitalist Thus
the government can only count on tho
very poorest classes, on those who !
have nothing and are moth ng Among
the warmers, too, they can only count
on the poorest ones who have no lana
OF their own and in many cases not
even a hut TO live In. All the land, II
Is said belongs 10 the nation In re-
suits this naturalization means thai
one person takes what Is robbed from
another.
In many cases the earners even do not
want this nation 10 be earuers as they
are afraid that In their turn they will
be regarded as bou-geoisle. The result
OF all this Is that the land remains un-
cultivated or is insufilclently fertil' zed.
On the whole farming has stopped foe
the greater part Everything that has
been nationsllzed or socialized seems
TO have been touched by a withering
hand; II fades and dies. The soc al
ized tug service on the Volga, formerly