The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-02

ness Of colOrinR, the paint laid On
thickly and with exubcrant fancy. AK
is the Slavic way. Hung on the walls
above these exhibits were photo
graphs OF Russian forests Of saw
mills, Of transportation Of lumber by
rail, and statistics Cmore BtatiHticg)
telling OF RuWia's great wealth In
undcveloped timber lands.
Communistic Productions.
These woodenwnrc. was told. to-
gether with some coarse lhces and
cloth fabrics on exhibition elHcwhero
In the building, were the only lines
OF goods which Soviet Russia was
roally ready to export just now. or
ders for them, one Of the Bolshovist
representatives In Riga Informed
me. could be placed AT tho Russian
exhibition building exactly az orders
for goods manufactured In other
countries were tho products OF In
dividunl firms the Russian goods
were all produced by peasants and
other artisans on the communicate
plan. They were not offered FOR sale
by individuals or firms. but. 80 To
speak, by Russia herHelf. acting as
huge CommInistic business concern.
The remainder Of the Russian
building was filed with n motley
assortment Of stuff. but my Bolshe-
visit informant frankly admitted that
Sovlet Russia was not ready 10 sup
ply anybody outside It's borders with
any Of these other articles, despite
the fact that the exhibits looked eN-
actly az II they were samples Of lines
OF Russian goods all ready to he
poured into foreign markets. | no.
tlcod rope and twlnc. scarves. hand
kerchlofs various sorts of yarn. ia
blecloths ana towels. all ~ coarse
fabric, sometimes decorated with
rough colorcd designs; furs. quite
an assortment, carpets. tapestries.
ahawls shoes. There were nlsO somo
bottles Of chemicals made by Boil
shevist chemists from variegated
lot OF minerals and such like.
Hamplos OF which were on cShibi-
tion.
one corner OF tho building was
filled with automobile parts. includ-
ing magnctos. which, I was told.
were being regularly turned out un-
der communicate auspices In Mos
COW work shops; they were also aC-
tually making automobiles there. l
waH likewise Informed. most Of them
being copies Of foreign models,
though somc were from new Russian
models. blucprintH Of which | saw.
over the whole Russian exhibit
there was an air OF roughnesa. ut
COarscnCss and bagFcaaess, OF pcy-
erty In materials and tools and ideaH.
though II must be admitted that Il
gave "A distinct impression OF Jealous
effort, OF hard work, Of patience In
| overcoming obstacles. But Just as
soon M one stepped from that Rus
sian building into one housing eNhih-
its from other countries S. France or
Germany, Switzerland or sea n"dnna-
via. II was "A step from darkness 20
light. There was absolutely no COM
parisOn. In the goods on view from
these other countries one instantly
recognized Workmanship. finish, un-
mistakable traces Of high efficiency
at every stage OF the work done. II
was like passing from a glass case
In a museum containing implements
OF the stone Age TO one fun OF good
and silver figures carved by Cen
vcnuto Ccllini.
incidentally my Bolshevist inform-
ant gave n touch of unconscious hu-
NOR to his data concerning Soviet
Russia's manufacturing achieve
ments. asked him whether all
those things on exhibition in the
II Issian building were really being
made In Russia now His English
was excellent. AZ rule, but here 1t
betrayed him. with a note OF pride
in his voice he replied:
"Yes~-all these things are fabri-
Gated by u.s."
From the Russian building we
went out to look for the German ex-
/ hiblts. They weren't hard TO find
they were all over the place, why,
| this IL Germantown" exclaimed my
companion, as we walked into Il
whole nest OF German things. There
were signs on every side OF German
companies, manufacturing bewll-
dcring lot of articles, At times they
were so thick that one could walk
I quite little distance before the
name OF some company In France or
England, Italy or Czcchoslovakia or
Scandinavia broke the mass forma-
ti0nR OF the Germans. As we wan
dered In and out OF tho lanes be-
tween exhibits under roofs and ar
/ rByed In the open, | iotted down in a
cursory sort OF way what the Ger
mans were exhibiting at the Riga
fair, Here is the list that l made
don't pretend for an instant that
II IN complete:
Saws, fiTes, hardware in general.
automobiles, kitchen ware, grind
stones electrical appliances, laundry
machinery, motors Of various kinds.
plows, threshing machines, scythes,
hoes, rakcs, grain sorters, articles
Of cork, drugs and chemicals, agri-
cultural machinery, barrels. buck
cts, wheels. wire cable chains,
trucks, tools of all descriptions.
And the German exhibits we're
well displayed, Those exhibiting
were there 20 do business. The signs
were In various languages, in contra
distinction to those OF the Russians
ana to some OF the Latvian exhibits,
p concerning which only those know
ing Lettish taud how many are
they?) could learn particulars. Cat
; aluEs and descriptive literature" lay
temptingly displayed at the German
! Booths, order blanks were In readi-
ness. II was all very business-like,
? indeed.
p The catalog OF the Riga expOsi-
? tion lists b26 exhibitors, represent
b ling II nationalities, OF these, 265,
b or Just over So per cent, are Ger