The Llano colonist. [volume] (Llano, Calif.) 191?-1937, 1922-09-09
IBy he FedeTatsd Pressl

Moscow The sudden Towering Of
aforementioned industry which has
occurred during the past year IN Rus
sia is strikingIy shown BY single
page Of advertisements in Economic
Life Of the Moscow firms exhibiting at
Mini Novgorod. It Is a full page dis
play containing the name Of the firm.
the address at the fair, the kind Of
goods Offered and the kind wanted in
return.
The firms mentioned are all govern
ment-owned' as we should say in the
United States. But already in Russia
the government ownership Of large IN
dustries and trusts is SO much mat
ter of course and takes SO many differ
ent forms that people no longer speak
Of industries as owned by the gov
eminent, but as owned by the foreign
trade department, or the city Of Mos
COW or the council Of national economy
as the case may be.
The state trading branch Of the for
eign trade department announces that
it has for sale goods brought in from
abroad, chiefly sugar, electrical equip
ment and office equipment 1t wants
in return raw material for export.
The trade department Of the supreme
council Of public economy announces
the handling Of textiles, mechanical
appliances. fats and leather on com
mission basis, and wants in return raw
material for the various industries ov-
er which it has supervision.
The Moscow department stores are
taking down 40 carloads Of textiles,
perfumes. underwear, clocks, jewelry.
books and the general job lot Of things
a department store handles. The All
/ Russian co-operatives are equally cath
Ole in their tastes, taking three cars Of
cotton, eight Of textiles, two cars Of
notions, and many fur coats, leather,
agricultural implements! crude oil, glass
ware, mirrors. pens, pencils, typewrit-
ers, soap, cosmetics, nails, matches
pepper, wine. They want raw material
for their industries.
The Moscow Consumers society is
taking down pearls and jewelry to ex-
change for clothing and shoes. Evil
IDENTIFY the bourgeois Of Moscow have
organized 10 protect themselves.
Then come the All-Russian handi-
craft and the Artisan Handicraft socie-
ties, taking down toys, art objects, lea
ther, tools and wanting wood, wool and
metal fol- their raw materials.
"A canny note is struck BY the salt
syndicate which is taking all kinds Of
SAIL, and will decide at the fair what
We want. Then two different leather
syndicates, one national, one local, are
exhibiting all kinds cf leather goods
and want in return raw hides.
The textile syndicate is taking five
cars Of cotton goods and quantities Of
samples, and the wool industry and
Moscow Cloth Co. is exchanging goods
for raw material. Many textile trusts
want food
So The list keeps on. | cannot give
all. The Moscow machine trust, ex-
changing machinery for ore and pig
iron; the needle trades. selling goods
and wanting thread; the silicate trust
and central glass trust and central pa
Del trust and Moscow Printing Co.
The government publishing house with
several thousand dollars worth Of
books. The Graphic with inks and
pencils and writingmaterials.
That's Moscow alone. The great
fair at Mini brings together not only
the industries Of Moscow, but also the
products Of the Far East, and Of Per-
STA and Afghanistan and Turkestan.
In general, it is clear that the Mos
COW government trusts are in great
need Of raw materials. They are ready
TO exchange finished products for them,
but they want to get from the peasants
and agricultural nations which come
ID the fair raw stuff to make their
industries go. 1t is an imposing array
they offer, partly by actual shipments
and partly BY sample display, Of the
products made in Russia during hel
first year Of peace"
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