Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1920-05-22
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction
in Europe Follow the Great
World War;
RUSSIA OUT OF BALANCE
That It's Industrial Life Has Not Kept
Pace With Its Agricultural Has
Been Fatal 70 Country's
Prosperity
Article XVIII.
BY FRANK coMeRFoRo.

Of Russia permanently" live IN cities
or towns. / write the word "perma-
nently" to call attention to the fact
that a number OF peasants and vii
layers come to the cities and towns
TO work for a part Of the year 10 the
Industries. They retain their peasant
status and their dOmicies in the viii
lages 10 1910 there were only forty
cities IN the Russian empire with a
population Of from $4,000 to 100000 ;
only four Giles with Il population of
over 100 1000.
Poverty forced upon the Russian
people the cooperative spirit. In a
great long strain people can stand up
together better than alone. 1t is the
idea Of consolation IN companlonship.
Il is q principle Of mass psychology
that q group OF men will dare TO do a
tolng. 20 stand q suffering or a dan
ger that no individual in the crowd
yyoul8 undertake alone The Russians
hBve suffered from the dawn Of his
1o-y. asd oue Of the Oldest institutions
q Russian life Is The ArteI The AvteI
very E81a resembles the cooperative
soEsty Il western Europe sikh this
ezsrecoe that TIE cooperative so1-
eTy Sr Europe and A~1e-fc a Is 1he au--
growth - 81 economic trend II Rus
sz s. was -ke uCpreraes3l-a te3 resale
II necessity Il SIS tie difference Pee
t@=er gne wh7 is hsasry because De-
Is d.et-- and see who is starving be
ca1se BE- .s withoc. food
TIE wo7sa-s q Russia have suffered
she sane s'avery the essalts have en-
dared. The maximum wage has been
starvation pay. So when the work
frg men from g province come 20 a
CRY 70 work ia the textile Industries
or as carpenters. vasous etc they al
euce unite IN groups ~ from ten 10
fifty persons. rent q house. keep n
common table. elect an elder OF the
Artel 60 whom each one pays his
share If the expense All over Rus
STA one 1uds the Artel-jn the cities
IL the lumber camps even in the
prisons. When n building IS 70 be puf
up au ArteI Is organized. When a rail
road Is being built an Artel Is formed
IN some instances the Artel resembles
81 labor union. I'm thar the arrangement
Of the terms Of employment is made
by delegate or committee appointed
hy the Artct
Live in Squalor and Misery.
Village lfe is primitive The vii
layers 1--we our of the world The vii
lagos are very small particularly IN
the extreme north The houses are
generally cheap wooden shanties Ow-
ing to the great danger ~ FIRE. the sill
lagos generally cover large area Of
ground. The houses are scattered and
struggling The conveniences found
even IN the American tenements are
unknown. There is no chance for
cleanliness They live and sleep In
crowded smoky. unfinished houses
Furuiture-they haven't what we call
furniture. evea what the poorest farm
tenant iu America would can furnish
tags, A board for % table. q shake
Gown far o he8
Eus~.a'S industrial Nfe kas always
been out Of balance with her agrlcul-
tural life. Notwithstanding her riches
~ raw material and her great posi-
htiJies for o successful industrial llfe
Russia has continued 10 be nation
with 81 per cent farmers. : or s per
cent permanently engaged I'm industry
and 2 or 4 per cent az peasants Who
devoted part of the time 70 work 30
the industries. II has been said re-
peatedly that the imperial Russian
government from the time 81 Peter the