Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-09-01

province of Saratov, where 5000 900
pods OF seed are required, but HherS
only 100000 have been gathered.
IN 4Simbirsk, where 4s00O,0OOss pools
pie, only TOO, 900 have; been secured.
These figures were given by@Mr.
Ossinsky' at a time when there was
no drought on the Voiga.s I'VE can
therefore Judge their Significance In
the light Of latest reports and
safely predict that the present FAM
me Wal bring with II q still greater
amount OF Starvation next e
Regarding potatoes for planting,
the Is still worse. The re-s
quirements for this purpose are 161,-s
100000 pools, whereas there have
been gathered only 3 7,500,000 pools.
The sowing of grass also has been
greatly curtailed because Of the lack
Although the Bolsheviki foresa
the ~calanities Of next year, they did
not expect them to come SO soon, and
therefore limited their efforts in the
SIX provinces above mentionedtaAd IN
the large labor centers. 3 ". e
The famine which struck Russia
with such a terrible force reveals a
most horrible situation II that It
government had entirely collapsed. II
started at the very time when the
Bolshevikt. realizing the condition OF
their government, had decided to d.:
rect their efforts toward rebuilding It.
Says Kcninc Was Mistaken.
"Lenine foresaw the common FAM
Inc. but he was mistaken in It's ca.
es. He expected it to result from the
change Of the reduisition system t.
taxation In kind.
At any rate Lenine. said at the
"A l. X II C0IQ n -f1n~
Give are confronted with a failure
OF crops in a whole series Of province
es as a result Of natural taxation. Be-
sues this. in several provinces the In
habitants will find themselves in a
hopeless, intolerable condition. ana
the tax collectors, instead Of getting
9 certain surplus from these PROVING
and industry. will be obliged to help
h inhabitants themselves by feedinr
them n
A the same time, Lenine demand
ed that these tax collectors should
gather at least 400. 600. 900 pools Of
grain seed for the strengthening OF
me communists regimeT7and this In
Besides, Lenine had to admit that
crops had not been kind enough to
take into consideration our present
lac OF transportation facilities, and
they are especially unthinktnp in
those places where facilities are al
most absent.
Since that time the condition OF
Russia's crop has become known to
all. They are good in provinces that
are not generally food-productng, but
IN the provinces which ordinarily ex-
port produce they are very bad. -.
The whole of food-producfng Rus
sia is stricken with a total failure Of
How the population 81 Russia has
been decreasing in inverse proportion
to the number OF marriages and tho
death rate was shown by official Sow
let statistics published i The London
Times July a.
According to these statistics the
population Of Soviet Russia at the end
OF 1920 was $4,000, 0o0-a decrease
OF 100000 for the same area since
1914. The population OF Moscow at
the end of 1920 was 1,050,0 11, as
against 2%,543,oo0s in 1917.
OF the-present poputation--of Nos-
COW one-quarter are government Off
Gals. which is more than the total
number of government officials.in the
whole Of Russia in 1897. The death
rate Of Soviet Russia in 1918 was SO
per 1000. and in 1920, As, as against
pre-war %. The number of marriage
es is now four. times greater than the
pre-war figure.