The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-08-05
INVENTORS HARD ROAD
IN SOVIET RUSSIA
Buck Passing Championship Belongs
to Lenine Regime, Says Riga
Newspaper.


Riga, Aug. 5.-The shyster lawyers
and patent sharks who grow sleek
and fat In Washington on diet OF
greenbacks provided by American
inventors would die lingering death
OF starvation II they were transplant
ed to Russia. according to the Moscow
Isyestia This Official soviet paper
states that the soviet bureaucratic
system brooks no competition and oc.
cupies niche by itself when II
comes to harrassing the inventor
and in lengthy article attacking
this system the editor OF the paper
tells OF a concrete instance which
came to his attention.
The other evening a worn and
weary figure tottered into our office
and slumped into chair" he writes.
HE interrupted an interesting dis
cussion which was proceeding be.
tween the editorial staff and the com
posing room on whether the news.
paper needed typewriters more than
linotype machines. This man turned
out TO be Mamin, locksmith from
Balakov, who has invented new
combined tractor and plow. This
machine is simple, practical and eco
nomical. II consumes less kerosene
in plowing specified acreage than
any other tractor on the world mar.
ket. More than four months ago
Lenine personally approved Of this in
vention and ordered that the manu-.
facture OF these machines be started
Immediately.
To-day Comrade Mamin is a walk
ing skeleton. When he came into
this office he barely had strength
enough to carry stuffed heavy brief
case. Opening this case he showed
us the results OF his four months eff
forts to get Lenine's orders carried
out
"The portfolio was filled with let
ters, certificates, recommendations,
receipts, orders, DEGREES. suggestions
and whatnot, Comrade Mamin is pen
niless today. but he will not be to-
morrow for he has collected one Of
the finest assortments Of autographs
"All OF our leading authorities are
represented particularly those OF the
administrative agricultural, financial,
Industrial and transport departments
OF the government. Seeing this vol
ume of meaningless and worthless
paper one realized two things; first,
why our money printing establish
ment is short Of paper; second, why
production is at such low ebb in
Russia today.
"All of these papers proclaim the
Importance Of this plow. Comrade
Mamin informs us that he has at.
tended more than one hundred meet.
ings, all OF which congratulated him
and told him he had good thing and
that something should be done about
It Immediately. What was done was
this: A resolution was passed and
Comrade Mamin was shunted over to
some other committee, board or
council which duplicated this proce.
durc.
"Ta.e agricultural commissariat
could not furnish factory. The
metal department could hurnish the
metal II the railroads could first
transport food to the boundaries. The
transportation department regretted
that it would first have to see the
food commissariat to see II they
could get the food, And so the
recommendation continue.
FINALLY last week when Comrade
Mamin was given an empty factory
he still had the energy to begin to
look for the appropriation which, was
made many months ago to finance
the output OF these plow\ After
searching for this money for a week
he comes to us.
"These plows must be made, un
til soviet Russia provides herself
with sufficient agricultural maoAin'
ery the whip of famine will continue
TO bite into our flesh, Every months
delay on this matter has meant a
loss of from fifteen to twenty OF
these machines. This is our fault
and our loss. In closing this protest
we will also make a recommendation
and that is the adjustment of some
of these committees who do nothing
hut To meet and recommend"