The producers news., 1927-04-08

debatable, 1 could not raise my voice
for the Bank Guarantee Bill, but
Sparling stated our position very
clearly and we'll The motion to
table carried by so votes to AZ. we
have the roll call and it will be at
the disposal of people who want to
see where their representatives
stand. The bill will be initiated next
year and l predict that if the people
get a chance to vote on it, it Will
pass" After explaining some other
measures Representative Larson con-
cluded an able address amidst much
cheering.
Gustave Espeland, of McElroy, then
sang in his usual finished manner.
In response to an imperative encore
he came back again and delighted the
audience with his rendering of anoth-
er song.
KnudsOn Speaks
Alfred Knudson of Bismarck, N. D.,
was the next speaker. His address
on Russia was listened to with much
interest. He said in part:
bloO lclJCly OONlCJ IAuSSld 10 SOS
ting into the limelight again, being
accused by the capitalist press of Gin
stigating" the troubles in China. The
yellow peril has now become the
'red' peril.
There can be no doubt that the
Chinese liberation movement promOt-
ed by the Cantonese or KOumintang
government gets its inspiration from
the Russian Revolution but that Mos
COW is dominating affairs in China
today is certainly not true. The ideal
Of working-class liberty is common
to all races. The Chinese revolution
is going to succeed and the foreign
imperialists would have to give up
their robbery of the Chinese people.
The truth has not been told about
Russia and the Russian revolution. A
country, occupying one-sixth Of the
earth's surface and containing 140,-
100000 people and which had stirred
up so much cOmmotion among other
nations was worth knowing some
thing about. Because of the fact that
Russia is 90 per cent agricultural,
the farmers of America in particu-
lar should study this country under
the new government.
Russia is rapidly recovering from
the effects of the civil wars, agricul-
tural and industrial production being
on the upgrade with the constant in
PRODUCTION of modern farming meth
DDS and the rebuilding and extension
of the indsutries AS production in
creases there is a corresponding in
crease in the general well-being OF
the farmers and workers.
2 Travellers are safe in Russia. Many
businessmen and leisure class folks
{ coming from western countries are
fearful lest the Soviet authorities
| confiscate their belongings when they
arrive at frontier stations. Of course
nothing of the kind happens, but i
{ shows the effects of the misrepre
sentation given them by the press o.
: their own countries.
"Cities like Moscow, Leningrad
j Kiev and Kharkof are safer to roam
. about in than New York and Chi
cago," Knutson said. "I walkec
e through the darkest streets and al
r leys I could find, late at night ant
: unaccompanied, and no untoward in
: cidents took place. There was M
l rowdyism," he said further.
Knutson had gone to Russia to at
tend a Conference of the Farmers
= International. an organization who's
purpose is to unite the working far
! mers of the entire world against tn
{ international capitalist robbery O
4 the farmers. Twenty-Five distinc
countries were represented at tn
T meeting, there being delegates from
most of tn European countries, tn
i United States, Canada, Japan, China
e Java and other countries. A practic
+ al program was adopted calling fo
e land for the users, a vigorous cam
S paign against high taxes and agains
!, the grain and banking monopoly.
: The factories of Russia are speed
i ing up production. Great increase
7 are noted from year to year an
+ quite number of industrial estab
u lishments have now passed the pre-
e war production. In some places, nat
urally, there is still a shortage o
manufactured goods
Agricultural production is now a
Y the pre-war level and is even surpass
' ing these figures. At the time o
I the Revolution there were only so
tractors in the entire Soviet Union
: Now there are about 10000 and tn
u Russian farmers have an order in fo
an additional $4,000 tractors tina
: connot be filled Immediately. Som
; modern farm machinery is made i
y Russia but this is far from sufficien
( to supply the rapidly growing deman
and Russia, therefore, wants to ge
! farm machinery from America i
{ large quantities.