The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-25
EUROPE FEARS
RUSSIANS MAY
CORNER TRADE
Soviet Experiment Seen as
Threat to UnderSeII
Entire World.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SIAIMS
scriDps-Howard Foreign Editor


WASHINGTON, Sept. 25. - If
Russias "hve-year plan"-which
she now is moving heaven and
earth to put through--succeeds,
there is no reason why she should
not undersell every other nation on
earth, whether it is wheat she IS
selling, or automobiles.
Having reached this conclusion.
Europe, if not America, is watch
ing the unprecedented Soviet ex-
pertinent with increasing uneasiness.
Knowing that she is watched,
Russia is convinced that. rather
than let her succeed, the capitalists
powers are ready to unite to crush
her.
Today the League of Nations, at
Geneva, has before it the complaint
of Rumania and Finland that Rus
STA is dumping her agricultural
products in those countries to the
undoing of their farmers.
The United States and Canada
are excited over alleged Russian
short sales of wheat
And so on.
Coal Mines Opened
But suppose everything works out
in Russia as her leaders are plan
ming for it to do, including the col
lectlvization of farmers as well as
industrial workers? European econ
omists are asking. What is to pre-
vent the Russians from underseH-
ing any and all other nations in the
markets of the world, thus virtually
monopolizing trade?
Under what is known as the five
year plan" Soviet Russia expects
to invest more than $10,000,0O0OOO
to speed up industry and $11,00O,-
100000 more to put agriculture on
a mass production basis. Russia Is
to be converted into one huge fac
tory" the great state farm being
known as grain factories"
Town and country are to be cleo
triied with current obtained mainly
from a chain of forty-two great
water power stations. Upward of
100 new coal mines are to be opened
and between twenty-five and thirty
great blast furnaces.
Enormous electro-chemico-m metal
urgical combines" are in process of
formation, and motor factories are
going up. One of these is to turn
out 100000 automobiles a year to
start with. a second is to turn out
10000 tractors, and a third $4,000,
annually.
Farms Are Merged
Some ffty-five oil-cracking plants
are being set up, with pipelines,
also $10O,OO0,000 locomotive works
and a $25,O0O,OO0 plant for the
manufacture of heavy machinery.
These figures afford the merest
glimpse at the industrial picture.
On the FARMS. the preparations
are no less grandioSe. Two things
are in process First, the govern
ment is organizing number of
gigantic state plantations and, sec
ond, the peasants generally are be-
ing induced to collectiyize, or pool,
their holdings.
Those land holdings range from
several hundred thousand to a mil
lion or more acres in extent. BY
1882 it is planned to have at least
55,000,000 acres thus cultivated
Farmers and their families are to
live together in villages. These are
to be lighted and heated in common
and, whenever possible. there is to
be a general dining room. Living
quarters are allocated, so many
cubic feet per person.
Tractors and other machinery for
working the gigantic farms in
tensively, are divided into squads,
companies, regiments and battalions,
like an army. and move from farm
to farm performing the job re-
quired in jiffy.
Life already has been made very
simple matter in Russia. Clothes
and such things are mere Incl
dentals.
Wages lack the Importance that
they have in other lands and so, in
European eyes, the Soviet Union
soon may be in position to produce
everything from wheat to razor
blades, so per cent cheaper than
her closest competitor, and will, if
her plan succeeds.
On the other hand, Soviet officials
are not blind to the situation. They
are expecting Europe to try to throw
a monkey wrench into the works.
They are looking for war. They are
preparing for war.