The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-17
Russian Five-Year Plan
Is Far From Realization
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ular channels. The charge was
three rubbles. This is typical OF
in general. Nothing
has a stable value, including the
Only partial success of the five
year plan is blieved to be possible
in Russia, and the condition of the
people is not nearly so bad as many
sensationalists have painter 1t,
were the gist of most interesting
discourse given by Fred Uhler OF
Crosby, son of DR.. and Mrs. j. P.
Uhler of st. ePter, who has just re-
turned from a year spent in the
Ural mountains as one of Ameri-
cas- experts hired to develop the
mines by the Soviet. His story was
contained in the st. Peter Herald.
For two hours he told his story be-
fore a group of 100 old friends in
vited to the "Old Main" and they
would have stayed longer.
Its No Millennium
It was not a happy and content
ed picture that he painted, or a
millennium in human existance
reached, nor was it picture that
would lure any American to adopt
communism, but it did reveal that
the Russian people are endruing an
extreme perhaps not far different
from the one they bore for so
many centuries under the car. He
told of Sverdlovsk, the town in the
Ural mountains, where his head
quarters were for year and two
months and where the czar and
his family, seven in all, had been
slain in the revolution. He gave
his obervations as he saw them
without personal comments and
left the audience to judge for it.
self.
Develops Iron Mines
Mr.. Uhler was one of a number
of American engineers chosen by
the Soviet government to aid in
establishing the five year plan of
development. He left Minnesota
in June, 1890, and remained in
Russia until last August, develop
ing iron mines in the Urals that
are larger than Minnesota's ia
nous range. He was chef ensi-
neer in charge of the development
and the acceptance of his plans
and his recommendations were re-
counted in a previous article in the
Herald. It may be necessary for
him to go back again in a super
visory capacity, but of that he is
not certain. He is certain how
ever, that it feels good to be back
in good old U. s. A. without the
need of carrying a can of insect
powder. .,t
Describes World Tour
In opening his most interesting
discourse, Mr.. Uhler outlined his
trip to and from Russia. He told
of entering the land of the Soviet
and his first impressions, Of the
good and bad railroad service Incl
dent to travel, and of his arrival
at Sverdlovsk, in the Ural noun
tain where his work took him.
He then told of his trip out of the
country this fall after year spent
there.
Workers Privileged
The workers are the privileged
class, he said, and fare much bet
ter than the technical or office
men. All do not get the same
compensation. He said that over
time work is permitted for the in
dustrious upon request and thew
are allowed to retain their extra
money. Possession of money
means very little, however, for it
is impossible to buy the luxuries
that extra money would bring. The
children of the middle class have
a hard time getting into the uni
versities, the working class being
given preference. Despite this dis
couragement, many Russians are
for the professions, es-
pecially women. !
While Mr.. Uhler was in Russia,
the four-day weeks was in use.
Workers were on the job four days
and then enjoyed free day. This
was very confusing and everyone
lost all track of days of the week.
AS various professions had differ
emit free days, there was no uni
formity of business.
Towns Are Ungodly
Russia has little regard for the
church in general, he said, but he
pointed out that there are churches
existing and that there are many
devout Christians among the popu-
lace. There was one church left
in Sverdlvosl1-of the Greek Cath
Ollie falkland it was not doing
any rushing business, he said. In
Moscow, however, he saw many
devout young people at night ser
vices in the heart of the Red capt.
tai. He saw no religious persecu-
ton while there. Most of the wor-
shippers are over thirty.
The Five Year Plan
The five-year plan, Mr.. Uhler
said, resembles a set of targets,
each one representing an industry
or an aim. In shooting at this tar
get, some will come close to the
mark, others not so close, and
many will never reach at all. These
were his conclusions after a year
spent there. Russia's people have
lot to learn, he said. The pre-
dominant type in Russia Is the
Monaghan or Oriental, which
means that they love to visit, new
er say mo" and make large prom
ises for tomorrow. They are slow
moving and 1t is hard to push
them.
Mr.. Uhler paid a fine tribute to
Russian womanhood and said that
he has the greatest respect for the
mothers of Russia. They are
large. strong, capable and hard
working, patient and long-suffer-