The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-02-28

HEAR Comrades:
- Our Soviet village has in many
ways outstripped the former backward
and czarist village.
WANT to tell you about our life and
want to tell you about our life and
doings. First of all let me tell you
that our village is now under the ad-
ministration of the village Soviet,
which is elected by the peasants them
selves. It has happened that "kuIaks, ("
well-to-do peasants, traders, ETC.,
managed to get into the Soviet. But
last autumn we decided to elect to the
Soviet only poor peasants, in order
that it should work for our interests.
THE last Soviet was weak, and we
4 have made up our minds that those
who have four cows and three horses
must not be admitted to the Soviet.
One Of these people wanted very much
to get in. He was very persuasive and
almost succeeded in befooling the
peasants. But thanks to the Young
Communist League, which exposed his
Vaccinations, he was not admitted to
power. The Soviet was elected. 1t is
a good business-like and diligent SO.
Wet. 1t is only fortnight since the
election, and already the village Soviet
is showing what it can do. It proposes
to introduce electricity into the vii
lage.
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l rent) company has been formed in
the volost, and the members of our
village Soviet have got into touch
with this company. They found out
what is required and set to work.
They collected money among the peas
ants and have already begun to erect
the necessary posts. Towards the
spring we hope to have in our village
"Ilyitch's little Iamp''-electricity.
THE kulaks and traders were cheat.
l ing the villagers right and left and
made their lives misery. At last the
peasants could not stand it any longer.
They called a meeting and discussed
ways and means for getting rid of
these kulak elements. Finally they
made the following decision: I'VE
must establish a cooperative" we
must organize our own shareholders
cooperative. No sooner said than
done. They began to organize. It was
difficult at first, there were very few
members, but the state of affairs soon
improved. The peasants began to pay
more attention to their child, and
they also managed to obtain credits
from M. s. P. o. Moscow Soviet of
Consumers Societies) and from the
Moscow and District Credit Union.
THE business was extended, and
l now this cooperative has a clear
profit of 1000 rubles, and has opened
two branches in the villages of Gaka-
revo and Jhilino, as well as a bakery
here in Chasovia. AS the profits are
considerable. the society has been
able to establish a mutual aid fund.
Poor peasants receive loans for cattle,
implements, etc. In addition to the
mutual aid fund, the society assigns
money for cultural-educational work.
On the initiative Of the society, the
village reading room has been organ
lied and is the cultural center of the
village. The village reading room is an
ordinary peasant hut, fairly spacious
and decorated with posters and por.
traits of our leaders. 1t has a little
library of agricultural political works,
as well as newspapers and periodicals.
THE village reading room boasts al
l so of an information bureau,
where peasants can get satisfactory
answers to all questions Of interest to
them. There are two study circles: an
agricultural and political circle. Short
ly "bezbozhnik" (freethinker) circle
will be formed. The village reading
room publishes its own wall newspa.
per, which reflects the life of the vii.
lage. This newspaper exercises con-
siderable influence over the peasants,
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