The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1932-10-14


and sheep. When his house was
torn down, short time ago $780,
600 were found hidden away in
the walls.
KULAKS BRING POVERTY
FOR OTHERS
Wherever there is a kulak there
is bound to be poverty and want
in the village. More than half OF
our peasants were poor. They
went to work for the kulaks IN
the spring and in the autumn came
home and starve thru the winter.
They got food only when they
carried manure or cut wood for the
.kulaks. Or else they fell In debt
to the kulaks and had TO pay them
back in work during the summer,
so that they could never work
themselves free. For Sc pounds
of flour they had to NOW and cart
time and again afterwards.
When the World War broke out, |
al he men were sent to the
front and only the women re-
NAMED to carry on the work.
/ KULAKS FOUGHT PEASANTS
/ In 1917 everybody wanted the
war to end no matter what hap
pened. During the first days Of
the February Revolution every
body was happy. The kulaks and
officers were also for the revolu-
ton. We had elections for the
Constitutional Assembly and many
of US voted for the Bolsheviks.
There was a lot of dissent then
and the people divided into diff
.ferent parties. We had CosSacks
for neighbors. Kaledin was then
at the head of the Don territory
and the kulaks were on his side.
Our Soviet government was not
formed until 1918. The Bolsheviks
came to our village on Jan. 25 and
many of our people enlisted in the
Red Guard. Many people persisted
l in those years; every village has
r its graves, but those who survived
got to know a lot of things. We
fought the Whites until 1921. The
local revolutionary committee was
duartered in Mashlylino. We had
poor peasants committees also
but they were not of much use.It
is true that we had a lot of pool
peasants, but one Of the officials
on the local revolutionary commit
Itee was a man named Chepurnoy
- who owned over 270 acres of land
! so what could you expect? WheI
our soldiers began to return from
the front, the kulaks were at las
driven out of the revolutionar!
II committee. Still, they remained
l. in the villages.
i FIRST TO JOIN COLLECTIVE
: When it came to dividing up tn
~ landlords estates, after the Octo
- Der revolution, the kulaks again
:. took all the best pieces for them
- selves, and some of the poor peas
y ants went 10 work for them agar
y Cooperative farming association
vs. were started in 1924 but few pee
, pie would join. We started col
= lective farming In earnest /
= 1929. By 1880 all the farmers i
{" the district had joined and Their
- was no room left for the kulak
7" 1 was one of the first 10 joi
the collective farm movement.
y am a stone-mason and tinsmit
- myself and 1 have taught my so
- the same trade. He started at ]
,is and is now working as a tinsmit
in our collective farm. Idling hs
no room in my life-I like to
busy and it is not much more
of want.
N WANT TO LIVE
70 l don't want to die. Pm no
ey letting myself die. There is
u much work to do for the cole
tive farm. 1t was 1 who put up Il
10 marble monument over our Re
Soldiers grave.
III / went to Millerovo recent
e The workmen there had asked l
, to come out there on a visit I,
:. the First of May. They were vel
= kind; we had our meals in the
o dining room and were put up f
=. the night at the "Collecti'
- House" It was wonderful. Y
~ !, sat on the stage during the eel
" bration that evening.
Oh, yes, collective farm life su
is splendid.
tbal Mark Hyich Lipov, SO years
ase age, miller at the collective fan
M has not missed single workil
On day.
Xix Continued next week.