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New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

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New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Russia NeQrs Exhaustion
Copyright. ls2o. New York rrioun. Inc.
By Boris Sokolof
Minister Of the Interior in the Kere7sky Government
Translated BY Joseph Shoplcn

It seems strange-does 1t not that
at a time when the economic life Of
Russia is reduced to zero the country
manages to get along somehow. Of
course, any other European country
which would get a notion to indulge in
Bolshevistic experiments would perish
completely as far as its economic struc-
ture is concerned.
What saves Russia is the fact that
she is an agricultural country. At the
same time it appears, on closer exami-
nation of the life Of Soviet Russia, that
Russia has been existing for the last
few years, as she ia now, upon her re-
serve supplies. The people are wearing
out their reserve clothes and footwear
The peasants are wearing out their last
instruments and materials. The fac
tories are exhausting their last reserves
gathered during the war, and only now
coming to an end
Here is an example: Until recently
the supplies of medcaments were suf-
hcient to meet to a certain extent
the most serious needs. For the most
part these supplies consisted of old re-
serves, replenished by booty captured
from the "Whites."
On closer examination, the chief char
acteristic of Soviet Russia is her great
emaciation." The average person is
wearing out his last pair of shoes. The
average pupil is reading his last text
book. The average factory is utilizing
it's last bit of material.
And there is little hope Of replenish-
ing to any extent the exhausted sup
plies. For the shoe factories barely
manage to fill the needs Of their work
men and the commissars and the cloth
factories the needs of the army.
Fuel, food, transport-all these are
closely interviewer in the economic
life Of Russia. l will try to say as
much about them as space will permit
Fuel
Russia Is a land Of forests. This
is a truism. Yet 80 per cent of the
factories and 70 per cent of the houses
with central heating plants in Moscow
were frozen in 1918-19. Seventy per
cent of all houses in Petrograd were
without chimneys. What is the
trouble?
Russian fuel consists Of coal, wood
and naphtha. Tho following figures
in pools "a pood equals 36 pounds)
show how the production of these has
declined:
Coal. 1914 1919 1890.
/. Donetz Basin. $4,000 $4,000 116. 900
2. Moscow Basin. 2o.1l5 1919 1912
3. Trials:
Kisel and Che
Bososlav mines % 5000 s.SSs s.SSs 't.oi7 t.oi7
4. Siberia:
saas.nH. As's1ha 1:sSs lssss sa5s 81, 1889 slss
NaPhfha
The production Of naphtha in 1916
was 100000 pools (sec Novi Put
No. 2, 1920, of which 80 per cent was
obtained in the Caucasus-Baku and
Grozny regions.
Production of naphtha In the Grozny
region:
iods-For d. six months .......-....- - 700
In other words. decrease of so per
cent.
There are no definite figures on pro-
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Passenger Freight

In other words, the percentage Of
"sick" locomotives remains the same
as in 1919. The difference is ridicu-
lously negligible. At the same time,
however, there has been some improve
ment in the operation Of the Russian
railroads. This is reflected in the daily
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

In other words, the catastrophe con-
dition Of the textile industry is steadily
growing worse.
The number of workers in the chemi-
cal industry has increased Is per cent
Yet the productivity has declined alarm
ingly. Figures showing the production
of salts and acids, in pounds, follow:
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Naphfha

The production Of naphtha in 1916
was 625,ooo,oo0 pools (sec Novi Put
No. 2, 1920, of which 80 per cent was
obtained in the Caucasus-Baku and
Grozny regions.
Production of naphtha In the Grozny
region:
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12

Let as take any metal plant, the Kule-
basy plant, for example: This plan
belongs to what is termed the "shock
group" of plants, where particular ef-
forts are made to increase production.
Let rs remember also that the produc-
ton of iron in 1916 was 4,942,00O pools
In 1920 it was hoped to produce 620, 600
pools Of iron at the aforementioned
plant. The actual quantity produced
was 10000 pools.
A similar picture is presented in other
branches of industry. Very few of them
present more hopeful aspect
And so | believe that the calm. off
cial figures speak for themselves. There
is no improvement of industry in Rus
sia. On the contrary, there is consid-
cradle decline. And when we seek the
causes of this catastrophe we discover
that the fundamental cause is not SO
much the lack of raw materials as the
lack of labor and skilled workrnen in
particular. The workers are dispensing.
They are in fight from the cities. For
the condition of the working class in
Russia is incxpressibly unbearable.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
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New-York tribune., 1920-12-12
Fuel

Coal 1914 1919 1890
I. Donetz Basin, 1853 0oc 1910 116 900
2. Moscow Basin. Rolls 1919 16,l62
3. Urals:
Kisel and Che
liabinsk nllnes 1850 14Sl1
Bogoslav mines 5000 6565 4oi7
4. Siberia:
AnJerka ...... 1890 el1s 103oS
Sudjenka l520o 9.63l e,lS5
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12
Bill Vines Praises Staging
 Qualities Of William J. Bryan

Mistur Edditur: The publick
 career and polytical history of Wilyum J. Bryan is naturelly of grate inturest to the Americon peepul. For sixteen long yeers Wilyum saved the polytisians of the demmycratic party a lot of ware & tare on theere neerves ovver who they would nomminate for presidint.
 At one and the same time he was equally corteous to the Republicans all they had to do was to put up sumboddy who had nuthing what evver to do but to sit around on the front porch and swap tobacco with the visiting dellegasions; tell funny stories and on elecsion day Wilyum would get the count and nonshallantly accepting the verdict newer missed a date with the shatalkur sircuit.
 A shark at figgurs and statis- ticks has estimated that Wilyum has added 2,799 yeaNs in the aggregate to the lives of Americon states men of both parties by freeing 'em from wurry ovver who was going to be elected. Of corse this esti- mate may De eAdSBurdteu. otdtlS- tisians have a way of submitting startling figgurs at times to the peepul which to the novvis air hard to beleeve.
 Wilyum, of corse, newer reeched his goal-they always got him for downs or he fumbuled the ball on the five-yard line. But he did be- cum the Premyer in the cabbinet-- as premyer Wilyum was total and shining success; his admiring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12
THE BIRMINGHAM AGEHERALD SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1920

and constructive law and regula- sion mite with advantage be adopt ed-not single persun can cum forward and successfully champion the Saloon. No one wants it back -exsept sum poor misguided retch who is so lost to all desency and respect for American manhood that he don't care for enything exsept his persunnel desires.
 We may have, and I beleeve ought to have. a moor resunabull regulasion than the bone dry law we air not reddy for such setrin- gent enforsemint--and we air not having it eethur.
 Long live Wilyum. He may be three jumps ahed of the times and always has been, but in his brest
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12

Theere is only one persun under the sun that Wilyum cannot ovver- whelmingl yconvince, and theere is no cum back-so the story runs and that tis trew of evvery married man.
 So far as I am consumed I want to say heer and now that I am for Wilyum. He was the biggest fac tor in ridding the country of one of its most iniquitus institusions-and institusion that will newer darken America nhistery again-and that is the open saloon. If he newer does ennything else he has been a big contributor in that accomplish mint. The Saloon is gone--it is gone to stay, and while menny of us beleeve that a moor moderate
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12
The Alabama State Fair, October 4 to 3
THRILLS GALORE

Thrills of the most unprecedented kind will feature the big array of free attractions that will grace the Alabama State Fair.
 The wonderful pastime of auto polo, in which tiny cars take the place of the custom ary we'll trained ponies and in which the play scurry about the field in pursuit of the elusive polo ball, will mark of the enter tainment features. The danger, the necessary skill in guiding the small automobiles, the tense excitement of the game, all promise unique feature that will please thousands.
 Some of the most noted and most daring automobile drivers in the country will be hand for the motor that will mark the last day of the fair. These kings of speed will enter real races and, with the track in good condition the breaking of many dirt track records is probable
 Horse racing. the sport that thrills the blood of every southerner, will be the pro Some splendid horses have been entered for these events and of the best running seen in Alabama are expected at the fair this year.
 daily repertoire of stunts runs the gamut of death -defying thrills. have been engaged for the free performances that will add to the enjoy ment of those visiting the states greatest position. Many and varied acts in this alignment and everything from the most spec taculars trapeze performances to the ultimate in breath taking wire-wakng feats is included in the list of surprise acts provided
 vast pyrotechnic display each night also has been arranged. Pictures in living fire will flame out of the darkness and some of the most spectacular displays of fireworks conceived by expert workers will be seen at the fair grounds each night
 Don't Miss Any of These Won
 ders at the Alabama State
 Fair, October 4 to 9
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12

because she realized she was too old to write either popular novel or book of poems.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12

The population of Madagascar on De- cember 31, 1918, was officially estimated at 3,545,575, of which 3,523,292 were na- tives, 16,sS7 Europeans or assimilated,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12

beets hart evvery throb of which is for the peepul including himself and aftur all he has not been so far rong on at leest ten per cent of the things he has suggested That is bettur record than can be boasted if by sum of our publick men-sum of them air rong all the time. Let lem mock all they pleese, Wilyum will go down in posterrity as frend of the plain peepul. May nuthing wurse be evver sed of enny of us-you or I, Mistur Edditur, included. / Yours trooly.
 BILL VINES.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12

A sad story reaches us from South west London, says Punch. It appeals that a girl of twenty attempted suicide
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12

and the remainder Asiatics, Africans and other Mohamm edans.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-09-12
The Fearless Flyer

Harry (Tex) Mclaughlin, the immortal Lock- lears successor, marks a new era in flying. natural gymnast, Mclaughlin adds to. this his spirit of absolute lack of knowledge of fear. He does not know the meaning of the word afraid" Hence his marvellous exhibitions of stunt flying far surpass anything that other aviators have even dreamed of.
 Tex Mclaughlin, the super daredevil, will be one of the principal free attractions at the Alabama State Fair this year. Each day he will perform the stunts that have made vast crowds all over the United States gasp for breath and sit frozen with amazement while this wonder-fyer per formed his unprecedented gymnastic feats thou sands of feet above the earth
 Don't Miss This Wonderful Treat at the Alabama State Fair, Oct. 4 to
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Il War Veterans Among
38 Graduates at Stevens
President of Institute Tells
Class Government Is Out
of Balance

Eighty-eight members Of the Stevens
Institute of Technology received the
degree Of mechanical engineer yester-
day at the commencement exercises of
the institution, in Hoboken. Twenty
one of the graduates were men who
had left to join the cclors and re-
turned at the close Of the war to COM
plete their studies.
President Alexander C. Humphreys
in his address, referred to the bronze
tablet recently unveiled at the insti-
tute in memory of the thirty Stevens
men who died in the service He said
IN conclusions:
I'VE must all acknowledge that our
government is not now in balance. Il
is not balanced, coordinate govern
ment of the legislative, judiciary and
executive branches, and until this bal
ance is restored we are not living and
functioning in accordance with our
character OF governm ment."
Alfred Strauss, former vice governor
of the Federal Reserve Board, also
spoke. William Reginald Cuttrell, Of
East Orange, was salutatorian of the
graduating class; Llewellyn Dudley
Nicholson, who was cited for gallantry
At Chateau Thierry, delivered a special
address, and Frederick Breitenfeld was
aledlctorIan
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Summer Band Concerts
Open on City Hall Steps
First of Series of "a by Cold
man Organization Followed
bv Luncheon at Waldorf

The first Of twenty-four concerts to
be given in city parks by the Goldman
Concert Band Edwin Frankie Goldman,
conductor, was held Yesterday at noon
on the steps Of the City Hall. Pre-
cediug the concert Mr.. Goldman was
formally received by Mayor Hylan in
the Mayors reception soom at the City
Hall.
Miss Emily Begin, soprano, of the
Metropolitan Opera Company, was the
soloist, and the rest of the program
included Svendsen's Coronation
March" Wagners "Rienzi' overture,
Verdi's Aida Strauss Blue Danube
Waltz and Victor Herbert's "Ameri-
can Fantasie.' After the concert
Chamberlain Philip Berol1neimer gave
a luncheon at the Waldorf Astoria to
the Mayor Mr.. Goldman and city CT
ficials
Twenty-three other concerts by the
Goldman Band, under the auspices Of
Columbia University, will be given
Tuesday and Thursday evenings in the
various parks of the city. The regular
Columbia University concerts will take
place Monday. Wednesday and Friday
evenings, until September
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Low Pay Causes
Shortage in Staff
OF Public Library
Young Women Getting Less
Than $50 a Week Start
Campaign for Share of In
crease Under Bond Issue

The New York Public Library system
IS facing the same scarcity Of
librarians as threatened the public
school system raSently. And the
remedy proposed a the same-more
pay.
The salary of librarians to-day IS
about that Of Office boys, or
mediocre stenographeFs. Most Of the
young women who minister 70 New
York's thirst fer reading matter. and
who assist both the self educating
alien and the ambitious Young Amerl-
can to knowledge OF the worthwhile
books, receive the Z niogardlv salary OF
$1,000 that Is, less than $50 q week.
These facts came 10 light with the
circulating o. a petition yesterday by
the New York Public Library STAFF
Association, Of which Miss Augusta
Markowitz, Of the " oodstock Branch
Library. is the president.
Exclusion Causes Protest
The petition protests against the sx-
clusion OF librarians from the benefits
of the salary increase aboat 10 be
given TO al city employees for which
So 600, 600 recently was provided by
special bond issue. Every city en-
pIoyee expects 10 have 5000 from this
fund
Employees of the Public Library, ac-
ccrdlng to the explanation given TO
Miss Markowitz, are not technically
city employees, because the libraries
are administered by ! private board of
trustees, although the money for
salaries comes from the city treasury.
For this reason, Miss Markowitz said
yesterday. the ABB membe OF her
association feel justified in insisting
Oh their portion Of the $4,000 600. The
American Library Association is as
slstng IN their campaign.
There has been an alarming falling
off in the staff OF the public libra ries
in the last three years. In 1917. there
We're IA res gnarions from tina serv-
ice. 25 per cent of the total staff, in
1913, the designations were 1879, or
26 per cent, and in 1919, 1870, or 81
per cent.
Other Work Lures Many
Young women got their chance dur-
ing the war to get positions with at
tractive salaries, and they are not tax
ing up library work with the same
zest that they did before The re
qLirements are severe, and the mental
equipment must be Of a high order
In addition 10 a high school educa-
ton, i Librarian must have had one
years service as an apprentice at S45
= MONTH. in the first grade of library
work she gets salary Of s940 TO
$3.50. The greatest number Of library
workers are IN Grade ,, which pays
from $1,000 TO 81 200 a year. Grade 3
pays 81 ,260 to $500, but can only be
attained after fifteen or twenty years
experience and after passing a severe
examination. Grade 4, which pays from
$500 TO 1920, has only thirty eight
members, women who have been in
the system twenty years and are
capable OF acting as branch librarians
and heads of departments
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Jazziest of Jazz at
Foilies-Frolic Ball
Ziegfeid Beauties Dance Their
Joy at Being Reunited Again
on Manhattan Island

There may be jazzier jass bands than
the one Art Hickman brought with him
from California, but if there are they
are probably hiding their lights, or
rather shimmy provoking vibrations,
under sound-proof bushel. F. Zieg
field jr., brought the musicians from
their Western retreat and in the late
hours of Monday night and the early
ones of yesterday morning, they played
on the New Amsterdam Roof ushering
in the summer season. And how Mr.
Ziegfeld's aggregation of feminine
beauty, the members OF his Midnight
Frolic and Follies companies, danced,
The annual Follies Frolic Ball was part
of the program, the proceeds of which
will go to the aid Of i'll and un-
fortunate members of the companies.
Touring the country in a success
full production is all right while it
lasts, but after all there is no place
like Manhattan Island for the actors
One had only to watch the work of the
members Of the Follies cast who took
part in the special .4iG0ight Frolic, if
proof were needed. Edo Cantor, with
many new witticisms, directed mostly
at his fellow actors, was the out
standing star Others who took part
were Marilynn Miller, Van and
Schenck, Delyle Aida, John Steel, Bert
Williams. and also the regular mem
bers of the Midnight Frolc cast
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09

nowhere for him to jump but in the
He landed in the water with great
splash. Now, Peter doesn't like the
water. as you know, and you may be
sure he scrambled out Just as fast as
ever he could How the others did
laugh!
What did he do that for" demanded
Peter Indignantly.
TO show you one ise he has for that
handy tail" replied Old Mother Ma
ture. THAT is the way he gives warn
ing TO his friends whenever he dis
covers danger. Did you notice how he
uses ms tail when swimming? He
turns it on edge and uses it for q rud-
der and sometimes when he is in a
hurry he sculls with it little. Those
big webbed hind feet ara the paddles
which drive him through the water.
He can stay under water as much as
five minutes. See, he has just come
up now"
Sure enough, Paddy. who had divcd
when he hit the water with his tail,
had just appeared way across the pond,
almost on the other side, and was now
swimming on the surface.
Wen 20 around there said Old
Mother Nature. "You can dry off on
the way, Peter" She at once led the
way.
fCopyrisht. 1920. by r, w. Bursess)
The next story, "The Lumberman
"a, NErk
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Merchant Iaiiors'
Exhibit Reveals
Cost of Clothing
ysr
First Annual Fashion Show
of the National Associa.
ton at Waldorf Gives
Public Inside Figures

The merchant tailors who make
clothing for that portion of New York
Clty's male population who wouldn't
think of wearing anything but import
ed goods opened their first annual fash
ION shop yesterday a. the Waldorf
Astoria. The exhibit is being held in
the banquet hall, and viii continue
until Friday night.
Tailors represented handle only the
finest of imported fabrics. Most Of the
suits on display cost between S120 and
Sl65. The exhibit IS being given by
the National Association of Merchant
IalIors of America, under the auspices
of the Merchant Tailors' Society Of the
City of New York.
The difference in the price that a
merchant tailor had to pay for import
ed suitings in 1914 and the price he
is paying to-day is shown on tiny white
placards conspicuously displayed. In
1914, according TO the placards, import
ed woolens for business suit cost the
tailor $3.50 a yard and now cost $1l.
Dress suit material in 1914 cost IS a
yard, and cannot be bought now for less
than SIS. The before the-war price on
a gross Of buttons (imported) was So
Ask any tailor what they cos. now
$3.50 at the least. Silk body lining
cOulu De DOUGNl IOE p HarQ SIX years
ago. 1t now costs S575. Material for
a cutaway coat and vest was So in
1914. In 1920 the same material brings
SIS
The real purpose of this EXHIBIT"
said one merchant tailor, is to show
the public just what We have to pay
for everything used in the making Of
custom made clothes. Suits that once
could be sold for between $50 and $s5
cannot now be sold for less than $l20,
and run as high as S165 You know
what labor is It has increased from
100 to $50 per cent. The merchant
tailors have been lucky 10 make both
ends meet Two prominent tailors
went out OF business the other day
because they couldn't make il pay. We
can't see any drop in the prices Of
custom made clothing"
Everything in a 'gentleman's ward
robe" from the conservative evening
suit to the riding suit for park and
country wear" is on display at the ex-
hibit Two button coats will be popu-
lar next fall. Patch pockets with flaps
will be worn, and more double -b1easteC
dinner coats will be seen.
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09
Going On To-day

American Museum OF Natural History; sd
n!ssion free
Metropolitan Museum of Art admission
Van Cortlandt Park Museum admission
The. AQUARIUM: admission fee
Convention Of Manufacturing Chemists As
soc!ation OF the United states, India
House, II a. m
Convention Of Degree of Pocahontas. Great
Meeting and luncheon Of League FOR
Industrial Rights waldorf Astoria II
Exhibit National Association O., Merchant
1aiiors. waldorf Astola, all day.
Luncheon OF the Kiwaris Club, Hotel Me
Alpin. II 30 q Address by Or kut-
now on Relation Of the stomach 70
Business Success
Noting and luncheon ot the New York
Board OF Trade and Transportation, 3s
Park ROW. 1918 p m Addresses by
Alfred Il. Marung on The Strike sttua-
tion ar This Port aud How Cooperating
Organizations VIII Meet the Elmer
Meeting OF tho Board of Education. Park
Avenue and Fif'y-ninth Street p N.
Tabieau- pageant OF the .epochal events in
by the Bloomingdhc Hospital School
for Nursing. Hloomingdaie Hospital,
White Plains. p. IN:
NIGHT
Cor+n,encsmrnt exercises or tho Eebrew
Technical Institute Cooper Union. 10
Msetins Of the New York Chapter Amerf-
cnn Association OF Engineers Engincer
Ing Building. % West Thirty ninth
Meeting ot the Associated Retail crsd,,
Men of New York city. Bush Terminal
Sales Building. la2 West Forty second
Dinner OF the &sw York University school,
of Commerce, Hotel Astor. y. m
New-York tribune., 1920-06-09

A new head of Abraham Lincoln,
carved in Indiana limestone, recently
completed by Andrew O'Connor, the
American SCULPTOR has been placed on
view temporarily IN the hall of sculp-
ture at the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art. 1t is destined for the Chicago
Institute of Fine Arts, where it will
be Installed later.
Lincoln is represented at the time
Of his first election, when he was fifty
two years old. The head is based upon
studies made in the Presidents native
town and resembles the statue designed
by Mr. O'Connor for the State Capitol
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