The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1930-04-24
REPLY TO THE COMRADES
ON THE COLLECTIVE FARMS

offer the peasants way out from poverty
and ignorance.
Is is clear that the peasants are not acting
rightly when they leave the collective farms.
Lenin said:
"The Soviet government attaches tremen-
dous Importance to the Commune, the artels
and to every organization directed to the
transformation, to the gradual promotion of
this transformation of the small individual
farm into a sociazed cooperative farm or
artel" Volume XVI, page 391.)
"The Soviet power has given communes
and the cooperatives an immediate prefer
ence by putting them in the first place"
Volume XIV, page 518.)
What does this mean? This means that the
Soviet power will grant the collective farms
advantages and privileges as against the in
dividual farms. This means that the Soviet
Power will render the collective farms help
by granting land, by supplying machines, trac
tors, seed and the like, as we'll as by alleviat-
ing the burden of taxation and by granting
credits.
Why does the Soviet Power grant the collec-
tive farms advantages and privileges?
Because the collective farm is the only
means which can free the peasants from mis-
cry. Because the preferential aid rendered the
collectiv farms is the most effective form of
helping the poor and the middle peasants.
A few DAYS ago the Soviet Government de-
cided to exempt from taxation for two years
all socaized working cattle on the collective
farms, (horses, oxen. etc.), all cows. pigs,
sheep and poultry which are in the collective
possession of the collective farm or in the in
dividual possession of members of the collec-
tive farms.
Moreover, the Soviet Government decided to
postpone the collection of credit debts from
members of the collective farms until the end
of the year and to cancel all fines which have
been imposed before the list of April on peas
ants who have joined the collective farms. 1t
finally decided TO carry out in any circum-
stances the granting of credits to the collec-
tive farms in the present year to the extent
of 500 million roubles.
These privileges will serve to aid those peas
ants belonging to the collective farms who
were capable of standing firm in face of the
stream of Withdrawals who have been steeled
in the fight against the enemies of the collec-
tive farms, who have defended the collective
farms and firmly hold in their hands the flag
of the collective farm movement. These privi-
leges will be granted to those poor and middle
peasants belonging to the collective farms
who now form the core of our collective farms,
who will consolidate and give a firm form to
our collective farms. and will win the millions
and millions of peasants for socialism. These
privileges will serve to aid those peasants be-
longing to the collective farms who now form
the chief cadres of the collective farms and
who fully deserve to be called the heroes of
the collective farm movement. These privi-
leges will not be granted to the peasants VINO
have left the collective farms.
Is it not clear that the peasants make mis-
take when they withdraw from the collective
farms?
Is it not clear that only by returning to the
collective farms they be sure of receiving
these privileges?