The Arvada enterprise., 1920-07-22
Shall Chaos or Reconstruction IN
Europe Follow the Great
World War;
sovIETs' MISUSE OF POWER
Conditions In Russla Under That Fern
~ Government Net o. . Sort %
Commend Themselves e
Thinking Men.
Article XVII.
sy FRANK coMERFoRp.


experiment. Russia Is almost sue
cumbing to the treatment; notwtth-
standing the "Red" army is meeting
with success on the field, back Of the
army conditions In Russia are grow.
Ing from bad to worse. The soviet
leaders are drunk with power and they
have conducted themselves as drunken
men generally do. Reckless waste, In.
tolerant ofaciousness, greed for spells.
are the record they have made. The
political machine is the same plumber
ing graft organization under COM
mSnism in Russia that 1t is under
democracy in other countries. The
soviet government Is a political ma.
chine. and communism has not
changed its character or its methods.
1t has simply given 1t larger oppor-
tunities for spoils. Greater security
in its corruption.
The "Socialdemocratin" prints some
interesting extracts from the bolshevlk
budget for 1919.
According to this newspaper. the
revenue for the first half of 1919
amounted to 2O.35O, 900, 900 rubles, and
the expenditures to 5O.7O3. 100000 ru-
bles. so that the deficit for the first six
months of 1910 Of soviet Russia
amounted to the enormous sum of over
$4,000. 100000 rubles! The acquisition
Of foodstuffs and necessaries of life
has cost a deficit Of five billion rubles,
and the railways four and half bill
lion rubles: thus a half year Of boil
shevik rule cost more than the total
outlay on the whole war.
Money Expended Rseklessiy.
The report of the bolshevik. Nemen.
sky. on the audit Of the central soviet
commission In charge Of all textile fac
tories, appeared In the "Sovietskaya
Ekonomicheskaya Zhixn" Of February
%. 1919: 1.-THE finance credit division
Of the central soviet commission re-
ceived up to February l. 1919. $780,
100000 rubles. There was no control
Of the expenditure Of moneys. Money
was advanced to factories Immediately
upon demand and there were cases
when money was forwarded to fac
tories which did not exist. From July
l to December 81. 1918. the central
soviet commission advanced on nc
count Of products. to be received.
1.34S. 619. 900 rubles. The value Of the
goods securing these advances re.
ceived up to January 1. 1919. was only
l4S, 7l6.O0O rubles. The negligent way
Of doing business may be particularly
observed ffom the way the central 30
Wet commission purchased supplies Of
raw wool. Up to January l, 1919. only
l29.S0S pools Of wool was acquired,
whereas the annual requirement Is ng-
ured at $500. 900 pools.
The tremendous STAN OF omc'als
(about 600 persons) employed oy the
commission are In the majority OF
cases doing nothing usefu'. II appears
that there were on the payroll OF this
institution 1875 persons who actually
were not In the service ut all. but who
were receiving salaries. There were
cases where the same person" received
salaries twice for the same perloo'
The efficiency Of the omcla's Ia neglig'-
BILE to q striking degree"
Such soviet institutions. NemehsHy
says at the end OF his report. are
beautiful example OF deaden'ng 3D.
rcaucracy and must ne l'qoidated.
II would seem that the ldea'ists IN
charge OF the communist program 10
Russia are experts M a'''r'nk
methods. Payroll PACING u among
their Accomplishments. An 'hnoe'ht
bystander might suspect some OF these
soviet omciaIs OF haS'hG leaning
toward private property. particularly
when II IL IN eaay reach.
Their Own cendsm"as'e".
Probably It II fair to the bo'shes'Ks
to state their case In their own words.
The bulletin Of the central executive
committee Of the Soviets. No. 10. 1919.
announces: I'VE have created tx.
traordInary cOmmissarIes nnd extraor.
binary commissions without number.