The Washington times., 1922-12-15
RUSSIA GA1NS
|. IN INDUSTRY
ANDCR0Ps
Steady Internal Progress
Gives Promise Of Pros
psrity in 1923.


Andrew Rothstein, representa-
tivs of Soviet Russia IN Great
Britain, presents here,oith a rsvie'o
of Russtan affairs for tho year
1899 o~d predicts even better times
for The Russian government IN
1898.
BY ANDREW ROTHSTEIN,
Representative OF Soviet Russia In
Great Britain.
LONDON, Dec. l5.-Russia today
has an internal reserve OF nine mil
lion tons Of corn, the output OF her
industries has been doubled ana In
many cases tripled during the past
year, and the wages of her workers
have been steadily increased until
thay now stand within 80 per cent OF
the pre-war level.
These facts show why Russia to.
day awaits the coming Of 1928 with
confidence.
Her healthy internal progress en-.
ables her to hold to her simple,
ght-forward foreign policy OF
wanting peaceful and neighborly re-
lations with all the world.
Favors Free Turkey.
In the Near East. Russia desires
to see q free and economically In
dependent Turkey resume the en-
lightened guardianship of the
commerce and permit complete de.
militarization of the Black sea.
In the West, Soviet Russia asks
to 10 Hv,Af
equal terms. In countries with
which she has had a trade agreement
for some time. she expects common
sense will soon have driven home the
necessity for full diplomatic recog-
milton.
In other countries, and first and
foremost the United States. she
hopes the spectacle Of devastated
Europe will soon convince all sane
men that Russia cannot be ignored,
IL reconstruction Is ever to begin.
Industry Emancipated.
1t Is true that economic improve
ment in Russia during the past
year has been secured at the cost of
abandoning everything won by the
revolution. In reality. all that has
happened has been the emancipa.
ton Of industry. agriculture, com.
merce and finance from the fetters
imposed by civil war and invasion
and return to the comparative
freedom enjoyed by private enter
prise in 1918.
But the principal natural sources
Of wealth, the main industries, for.
eign commerce and shipping, remain
in the hands Of the State. A judicious
use of the apparatus of the State
bank will before long be the decid.
ing factor, in keeping the price of
food and other necessities at q rea-
sonable level. ..f.
Farm Acreage Gains.
Definite improvement in Russian
agriculture Ia the basis Of improve.
ment in the industries. The new eco.
nomic policy leaves the peasant free
to sell his grain at the best price,
once he has paid his taxes. This
policy has resulted In o wide ex-
tension of area sown.
Most Of the 5000, 900 Of tons of
corn harvested must be used to fight
the effects Of famine, but SOC, 900 or
100000 tons will be available for
export.
In industry the revival has been
even more startling. In the in.
dustrial year just ended (September
to September) Russia's coal output
showed an increase of 1000 900
tons over 1921 and an increase Of
! 900 900 tons of oil.
Her furnaces turned out 170,.
900 tons of pig iron, an increase of
1875 per cent, and $4,000 tons of
steel, an advance Of 179 per cent
over the preceding year. The out.
put Of locomotives ran 141 per cent
over 1891, cotton yarn. 227 per cent:
woolen yarn. 16S per cent: linen
yarn, $50 per cent. and rubber
manufactured, 500 per cent.
All these. figures are the highest
reached since 1918. v
The revival in production has