The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-11-03
GENERAL LIKES
COMMUNAL FARM
OF new RUSSIA
Writes Article Praising
Soviet Policy
BY WIN. F. KRUsE.
Especial to The Daily Workerl

BERLIN, Germany, (By MaiD-The
former General Schoenaich. we'll
known in world paciflst circles, con-
tributes leading article to the Vos-
sichen zeitung, in praise of Soviet
agricultural policy with respect to the
relations between the communal farm
and the backward peasant. His ar
ticle is called From Moscow to the
Tartar Republic" and deals extensive
ly with large social farm at Kornu-
chovo operated by the International
Workers Aid with modern machinery
donated by workers in various parts
of the world.
Impressed With Efficiency.
He tells of his trip of % kilometers
from the Kama River by wagon over
;reeless rolling, light black soil thru
what had been one of the poorest
sections of old Russia and that he
found a capable and well-trained
young Holsteiner, named Dose, in
charge. H@ gives minor criticism on
technical horse-breeding question
but declares that under the circum-
stances the results in horse and
cattle stock lis good. Then to the
principal point, that of relationship
between the individualistic peasant
and the social farm.
1T is highly encouraging to see
how these peasants are progressing
thru their contact with the social
farm management. Dose is asked
continuously for advice. Even the
poorest farmer no longer uses his
old wooden plough. On the
sovchos they use a stock motor
plough. The small tractor was just
busy at sample threshing and the in
PRODUCTION of new seeds and methods
by the Sovchos is extremely instruc-
tive and the subject of daily speech
on the part of the peasants. saw side
by side old local seeds and new, TO
me unknown varieties of Alpinski
The Sovchos reaps of local rye 6
center per morgen, of Alpinski IL, Of
local oats, S, and of the Swaelofer s
per morgen. CAS- against 4 and 8 by
the individual peasant, from so per
cent to 275 per cent increase.) In
my presence a continuous stream Of
peasants came to try the ears and feel
of the grains.
Their Social Life Improved.
"In the new farmhouse a child
ren's home and a workers club have
been installed In every peasant house
still saw holy pictures, to some ex
tent even with the ever burning ikon
lamp. The elders still go steadily to
church. The youth meanwhile plays
football In one house there was still
picture of the tzar, and upon ques
tion the peasant laughingly said that
surely he could not leave the wall
WIDELY without decoration.
None of the peasants were mem
bers of the Communist Party, but one
thing they have clearly, and that is
that the International Workers Aid
is trying sincerely to help them. Any
one who would try to take from them
their childrens home and workers
club and re-establish in their stead
the old lord Of the manor, would en-
counter the Interest opposition also
of the non-Communist peasants.
Russia awakes. These economic UNI
dertakings Of the International Work
ers Aid in Russia were founded by
European and American workers
who put 100000 into productive aid
to Soviet Russia in 1921 and 1922"
Particularly at time when every
effort is being made to persuade the
German masses to follow their mas
ters into an alliance with the allied
imperialists against Soviet Russia-at
this time when the infamous General
Won Hoffman (who negotiated at
Brest Litovsk with his sabre) openly
offers his services to the allies, this
testimony from bourgeois ranks helps
to open the workers eyes to the
true state of affairs.