The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1930-01-17

Despite his viewpoint re-
garding recognition Colonel
Cooper paid high tribute to
the honesty, sincerity and
efficiency of the Russian
people stating that Graft is
unknown there, for when
they do find a CRATER he is
shot and grating is short
lived"
He said:
81 have done business in many
countries, but in all my experience
l have never had more satisfaction
than in dealing with the Russians.
When they make contract they
stick to it, and if you have a bill
against the government your
money is ready when it is due.
"The Equitable Trust Company
and the Chase National Bank of
New York have dealt with the Rus
slams to the extent of more than
$6,000,000. There never has been
a case of failure to pay, and we
are doing four times more business
with Russia than we did in the
days of the Gar.
"The Russians never send a man
to Jail for more than ten years, be-
lieving that if he cannot be cured
of his evil ways in that time he
never will be cured. There is law
and order in Russia and the Rus
slams have a profound respect fol
the law. In fact l might say they
show more respect for the law
than we do in the United States"
| "Everything in Russian is the
State" Colonel Cooper went on
'The State owns the property i
leases to the peasants. 1t runs thu
schools and everything. There il
nothing privately owned.
| "The State operation of tn
schools is working out well. TIL
| government teaches them every
thing, even how to dance.
Janitor's Son Runs Railroads.
| ''Take transportation, for in
| stance, there are $1,000 miles {
railroad in Russia, all cOntrOlle
by one man. the son of a janitG
of an apartment house in 125t
Street, New York. He is delight
full fellow, knows his work an
does it.
81 spent an evening with him j
his one room in farmhouse tweI
ty miles from Moscow. He
strongly imbued with the cOmmuI
istic idea. and he draws a salar
of S110 a month. l have aske
him many times why he did nv
seek more. and he always tells N
that when the time comes that tt
standard of the people can be raj
ed the officials will get more.
Thousands of tractors wei
shipped into Russia, and the pea
= ants and others used them. The
: were not popular at first but aft
the first crop which was prepar,
by the use of tractors and de,
: blowing the Russiars ecu~d tn
: they developed "a per cent mo
grain than before with one-quart
Of labor. Now they are strong f
tractors.
"The great cry in Russia is f
help of Americans to develop t
natural resources. 1t is the on
nation in the world we can tru
There is our opportunity to go Q
er there and show these people h
to do things by machinery til
they now do with their hands.
Calls Stain Honest but Fanatic
Replying to questions, Color
Cooper said that Joseph Stain,
whom the chief power in Sow
Russia rests, was "hOnest and ju
but still fanatic"
Asked about taxation, he sa
Russia knows how to collect ts
es; there are no exemptions a
everybody pays"
4 As for religion, he said that
State was not paying much att
ton to it so far as he could
serve, and remarked that tn,
were more than 700 churches
Moscow.
The wild children who OF
roamed the streets had disappe
Nh ed, he said, adding that the ST
had taken charge of them, seq
eating the boys and girls {
training them in schools.
Regarding his own protest.
he said that there were many
cellent engineers in Russia, incl
ing women, and told the story
what one woman engineer did.
"Down on the job / have tn
we had to put down a lot of sh
piling to make coffee-dam,"
said. cit was not put down ri
at first and we had to pull it
out again. The engineer on
job was a woman, Katrina, and
did it well. She was in charge
pile-driving gang and the W