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The producers news., 1933-11-03
Some Soviet
Pamphlets

"FROM PEASANT TO COL
LECTIVE FARMER, by N.
Buchwald and r. Bishop.
The story of the transfOrma-
tion wrought in Soviet ag-
riculture. 25 cents.
COLLECTIVE FARM TRUD'"
by Eudoxia Pazukhina. The
story of the building Of a col
lective farm, told by one of
the women who was a leader
in the work. 10 cents.
CONE OF THE 25,OOO," by A.
Isbach. Twenty five thOu-
sand of the best Soviet work.
ers were sent to aid the peas
ants in putting their collee-
tive farms on a paying basis.
This is the story of one of
these workers and the diff
culties he encountered. 10
cents.
''WORKADAY HEROICS." -
Sketches and stories by IL
Soviet writers on the life and
work in Socialist fields. -
cents.
ION THE STEPPES OF THE
UKRAINE AND THE eau
CASUS," by P. Vaillant-Cou-
turier. Stories of the build
ing of Socialism on farms and
J in oil fields of one of the
( richest regions in the Soviet
Union. Is cents.
"FREE SOTIET TADJIKIS-
TAM" P. Valiant Couturiel
How these Asiatic people, op-
pressed under the Czar, be
came free under Soviet rulc
and are building up their ag'
riculture and industry aIons
socialist lines. 10 cents.
These pamphlets may be Sc
cured by writing to the PrOdue
J ers News, Plentywood, Mont.
The producers news., 1933-11-03
What l6 Years Of Soviet Rule Has
Brought to Russian Peasants

farmers here in our own coun-
try.
The gross income of agricul-
ture in the United States fell
from nearly IL billion dollars in
1929 to $4,S5O,OOO,OOO in 1882
a drop of GA percent in three
years.
What steps is the Roosevelt
government taking to better
conditions for the American
farmer? Is it trying to in
crease his yield? Is it trying
to find market for his pro-
ducts? No! 1t is forcing him
to decrease his yield. 1t is
forcing him to raise only as
much as can be bought by those
who have the money.
Secretary Wallace has just
announced that next year 1885,
600 acres of wheat will be taken
out of production. Cotton acre
age is to be reduced by 15,000,-
600 acres and the cotton crop is
to be lowered 40 percent. The
corn crop is to be decreased 20
percert and hog farrowing will
be reduced 25 per cert.
On some of the land which is
to be taken out of production
the federal government will
settle large numbers of unem-
ployed city workers and their
families.
There they will be taught to
raise some foodstuffs to sustain
themselves. This will further
decrease the farmers market.
The producers news., 1933-11-03

Tractor production in the
United States in 1881 was only
81 percent of what it had been
in 1929. And it is safe to say
that in 1882 /. was lower still.
This is caus !, by the gigantic
impoverishn. cnt of American
farmers. Not only are they un-
able to buy new tractors. They
haven't even got the money to
buy gasoline to run the tractors
they have.
The Soviet picture is just the
reverse. Between 1929 and
1882 there is an increase of
1000 percent in the production
of tractors. In 1888, the Stall
ingrad Tractor plant alone will
produce at least $4,000 tractors.
And it is a well-known fact that
the demand for tractors far ex-
ceeds the constantly increasing
supply. The phenomenal de-
velopment of large-scale farm
ing, with the small and middle
peasants the direct participa-
tors in the benefits that derive
from large-scale farrning-this
is the reason for the rapid
growth in the production of the
modern agricultural machinery.
When reading these figures,
let us remember that the Rus
sian countryside before the war,
was the most backward in all
Europe.
The producers news., 1933-11-03

lActert on syllable in heavy
Fpe).
K0LKH0Z (kole-khuz)-A COL
Iectiye farm. 1t is formed
BY many individual farmers
Who pool their land, their
tools, and their draught ami
mails. The collective is worked
by the united labor Of all the
members.
kOLKH0ZNIK (kole-khuz-nik)
One who is a member of a
collective farm.
EULAK CkOO-lak) = A rich
farmer who exploits the small
and middle peasants. This
type Of farmer is almost en-
tlrely eliminated today in the
Soviet Union.
The kulaks were the repre-
sentatives of capitalism in the
villages.
AUZHlK (mOo-zhik) - The
poorest peasant. The muz-
hikS were the most oppressed
section of the Russian peas
antry before the Revolution.
TOday, they are the greatest
gamers from the benefits of
eOllectivization and wide
spread use of the most mod
EN- agricultural machinery.
SOVKHOZ (sove-khuz) = A
state farm. These are orga-
nlzed by the government on
huge tracts of what was for
nerly fallOw land. They are
formed mostly for the pur-
pose Of raising grain, cattle,
and technical crops such as
cotton, linseed, hemp, sugar
beets, etc.
UUAKNlK (OO-dar-nik) Shock
Ongader. One who strives tc
sld his collective farm or his
factory and thereby the whole
VI the toiling population Of
ne Soviet Union, by working
longer than required of him
snd by constantly improving
me quality of his work.
10 be a shock brigader i.
one Of the highest honors orr
can @ attain in the Sovie
Union.
r. . ): R.-These letters stan,
ior the Union of Soviet So
uallst Republics, the full an,
yy,lleial " name of the Sovie
Union. The U. S. S. R. i
The producers news., 1933-11-03
A Dictionary Of Certain
Russian Words

made up of the following:
The Russian Socialist Fedora
tive Soviet Republic, the
White Russia Socialist Soviet
Republic, the Trans-Cauca-
sian Socialist Federative So
Wet Republic, the Turkoman
Socialist Soviet Republic, the
Uzbek Socialist Soviet Repub-
lie, and the Tadjik Socialist
Soviet Republic.
The producers news., 1933-11-03
,uBR1cAN FARMERS

] r.. soil Of our ..l,I HkIa,n,an fnrm
Ihe ep,1igade" 1c collective tarm
-shOeL e.5sd SIISand and dry. A lot .,ot ot
5 Parcn'T is Necessary in order
.. e.I,TO 4 to bear fruit .,or the
We ID G'us used to rent land and
c'I an .nv kind of work IN nor OF,
sep 11s i've. Our harvest could
" . last Isst US until the le mid mid,
H'l! |; The winter, but if tney
S' o. ,5Ie to squeeze taxes out
.srs 'I5S fSe C1arist government
8 j. care how we lived, or
5aa, :. wandered all over the
"a ..tr,. V even 50 far away away as as
sana'' TO gain cur livelihood;
!: :'.Il3' .I.5 to o be considered a good
! t' 70 % have a cripple in the
ilas aa.iIv' for they could the better
kg for u.s. -. ,ooros+
", =. district. Many families
,, : = 70 cattle and not half the
s,s....bolds :. owned horses and
Sl, ss we're often old shanks.
sss s.s.. had to plow with hand
s,.g.. s.l,c The blowing Of our land
.'. torment to husband, wife
= borse. Little could be ex
To- Of such farming.
Ta5ay we farm collectively
- san see clearly that we are
Tarching forward to a better
0rr koIkhoz has only beer in
.,ii.tsrce two years. We do not
= rOw we'll how to fertilize
T. soa or to plow as deeply
:. = should be plowed. In ad-
Eson We have had, a bad sum-
~sr But nevertheless, this
y.,r We harvested more than
hics &c much as the richest in
A. Old days. We no longer
,l,ee our faith in God nor dc
70 rely so much upon weather
q. lnOw that the harvest de.
pn's upon work alone.
The real task for us Just nov
/; improving the quality of oul
work. Already the seed il
sorted and stored II a gooC
The producers news., 1933-11-03
nliteracy
Is Abolished

That dreadful heritage of the
czarist past, almost total illit-
eracy of the present population,
has been abolished. Today al
most 100 percent iteracy exists
on Soviet farms. Writing of the
Congress of Collective Farmers
held in Moscow early this year,
an American reporter states:
"The old unkept muzhik
(poorest peasant) was scarcely
to be seen. Nowhere was there
a trace of the old-time diff
dence, fear, docility and feeling
of inferiority that was born OF
terrorism among the peasantry
of czarist days.
"Here were men and women
of confident bearing, knowing
that they we're engaged in the
most titanic task Of all time
the transformation of backward
illiterate Russia into a state
which shall be model for the
workers and farmers OF all
lands to follow"
Thus are the aims of the
workers and farmers govern
ment of the Soviet Union being
realized. The epoch-making la
bors of our Soviet brothers are
the marvel and the wonder OF
the modern world.
The producers news., 1933-11-03
Modern Machinery

But large scale farming can
achieve best results by the use
of modern machinery, and in
the case of the Soviet Union.
the program of collectivization
of agriculture was organically
The producers news., 1933-11-03
The Development Of Large Scale
Farming In the Soviet Union

One of the first measures car
ried out by the Soviet govern
ment after the successful Boil
shevik revolution of 1917 was
the socialization of the land.
The large estates of the land
ed aristocracy and gentry were
confiscated and declared public
property. These lands were
placed at the disposal of the
peasants. Every peasant fam
lily received as much land as it
could cultivate. Tens of mill
ions of former tenant peasants
and farm hands who had no
land of their own were thus
given an opportunity to culti-
vate the fields for their own
benefit and not for the benefit
of landowner.
Land Speculation Ended
Buying or selling of land was
forbidden. The peasants were
masters of their plots as long
as they used their land produc-
lively. Since every peasant
family received only as much
land as it could cultivate, the
holdings were naturally small,
and small scale farming con-
tinued to be the predominant
type. Here and there the gov
ernment consolidated some of
the confiscated lands and intro
duced large scale farming along
modern lines. These state
farms, known in Russian as
sOvkhOzes, played an important
part in the early stages of the
Soviet regime as model farms
and as agricultural experiment.
al stations, but in the total
economy of the country they
became a factor only with the
inauguration of the Five Year
Plan.
5000 Organized
Since 1928 upwards of 5000
sOv'khOzes have been organized
embracing a sowing area O.
some 30,000,O00 acres. Mos
of the sovkhozes have, beel
equipped with up-to-date ma
chinery. In addition to grains
the sovkhozes have specialize
in the cultivation of "technica
crops" that is, rawstuffs, sue
as cotton, linseed, hemp, suga
beets, etc. The sovkhozes hav
also made great strides in tn
breeding of cattle. These stat
farms are owned and manage
by the state on the same basi
as industrial enterprises.
Collective Farms
Another type of large sea-
farming, which is now the pr
vailing type, made its appea
ance during the first years !
lowing the revolution: this w
the type of so-called collecti7
farm, or, as it is now called
Russian, kOlkhOz
The essential feature of tn
type of large scale farmil
consists in pooling the lar
the draught animals, the inve
tory and the labor power of
number of individual holdin
into one large estate. The S
Wet government from the We
beginning gave every encou
agement and assistance to su
cooperative or collective far
While the resources of I
small peasant holdings We
limited to land, draught
mails ard primitive implemer
the very fact of pooling th'
!, resources offered obvious
: vantages.
Instead of individual own
ship of the means of prod
y ton, collective ownership
introduced. Cooperation ia
the place of proprietary il
vidualism. 1t S ouly upon I
! social basis of organization t
large scale farming and
application of modern scient
methods can produce benefi
: results for the farmer embra
by the collective farms.
: Modern Machinery
n But large scale farming
achieve best results by the
The producers news., 1933-11-03
Conditions
in the u. S. A.

Against this background Of
constantly increasing production
in the Soviet Union, let US
examine what is happening to
The producers news., 1933-11-03

These pamphlets may be Sc
cured by writing to the PrOdue-
ers News, Plentywood, Mont.
The producers news., 1933-11-03

(From the pamphlet by N.
Buchwald and R. Bishop en-
titled: "From Peasant to Col
lective Farmer.")
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
'fH!.!.I!! ]. ]! 4!!o!:3

The kangaroo Is apt to keep one hop ahead unless you're quick with the Hi-Ho puzzle pieces. Cut them out of the rectangle. darken their backs with crayon or pencil and see if you can form the kangaroo silhouette.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-04-17
Saturdays Solution

How did you get along with the lions silhouette? You will mo- tice that the largest puzzle piece may be exchanged with the two just below it without altering the outline.
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what I promised The building
will be a total wreck"
What do you mean?"
You'll find out. You go away
now, and leave us alone"
He and his companions went
over to the boxes that were be-
side the gasoline containers.
At that moment Agent 81,
Trooper Arms and a dozen police
rushed in on them. Weissberger,
zarick, and John Hanncerwicz
were arrested Weissberger, how
ever, seemed undisturbed.
You'll never convict u.s. he
boosted. Look what Grebe stores
in his warehouse. This is a viola
ton of the law, worse than ours!"
He pointed to the boxes de-
livered with the fuel.
Agent 81 looked at them.
They contained enough dyna-
mite to wreck two city blocks!
A long court battle ensued. Fire
men, police, troopers, and insur-
ance companies united in piling
up evidence Of the plot. The jury
brought in verdicts of guilty
against the three prisoners.
ID IELASKI, who was present in
ID court, reached over and shook
hands with the owner.
Fine work" he whispered.
Judge B. R. Jones. presiding
over the case, hammered with his
gavel.
1.-The verdict has been rendered
and must sentence the prison.
ers to Jail" he said. But 1 have
another comment to make. Mr..
Grebe, you are most dishonorable
person."
The spectators gasped. Bielaski
arose to defend the owner, who
had foiled a most diabolical plot,
but he was not permitted to speak.
Mr.. Grebe, you ought not to
have taken the action you did
permitting these men to carry out
the preliminaries of crime, and
then foiling them. You ought to
have thrown them out the min
ute they proposed the crime"
Bielaski made himself heard.
But, your honor" he said,
then we would have no evidence,
and this conviction could not have
taken place"
ct is not the citizens business
to do what Mr.. Grebe did,, said
the Judge. Il can only condemn
him for his action!"
The public spirited citizen looked
at the police and secret agents
who had so successfully cooper
ated with him, dazed expression
on his face,
The End.
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boarders moved into adjoining
houses.
The authorities could take no
chances with such devilish plot.
Other men began to appear,
however. They were furtive, for
eign-l looking little men, who sur
veyed the interior of the ware
house, looked over the sprinkler
system, and conferred at length
with Grebe and Weissberger.
I'VE must have a Waterman
we can trust" Weissberger said.
do you know any one who doesn't
live around here?"
The owner had been instructed
by Bielaski what to reply.
yes" he said. Il have cousin
who lives in Paterson, who would
help us. I once did a favor for
him, and he can keep his mouth
smut"
Send for him." Weissberger di-
rected.
That night another agent of
the National Board of Fire Under
writer's Arson Bureau arrived,
posing as Grebe's cousin. He was
hired as Waterman.
n
THE motion picture camera
Il opposite was recording every
thing that happened in daylight.
And so brazen were the firebugs
that it was daylight when they
drove up with a truck of gasoline
in big cans. The film showed the
unloading of hundreds of gallons
of gasoline.
The film was rushed to New
York, where it was shown to
Bielaski. When the unloading
scene was reached he uttered an
exclamation.
Whats in those boxes?" he
asked an agent who had brought
the film.
Il don't know. Weissberger
didn't say"
Bielaski was grave.
Il recognized two Of the men as
professional torches, from these
pictures" he said "One of them
is Alex Zarick, one of the most
dangerous arsonists in Pennsyl-
vania. I have a bunch what is
in those boxes. We mustn't wait
any longer"
He called the state troopers on
the telephone, and sent word to
Agent ST.
Tell him to make arrests at,
once" he said. I'VE have suf-
ficient evidence to convict. And
tell him to be damned careful of
those square boxes taken in with
the gasoline"
A fire station two blocks away
was warned to be on the qui-vive.
Agents sat on the porches Of the
adjoining houses, ready to spring
into action.
y
T ATE that evening Weissberger
IL and two other men arrived,
and whispered to Grebe and the
new Waterman.
"Tonights the night" Weiss
berger said. And I'm going to do
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Prompt Relief
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4 R''Q!K
4 DAY
RY BRUCE CATION

VOU can get almost as much fun
l. out of an imaginary voyage in
your arm chair as you can out of
the real article, if you have the
right sort of guide book; and a
a sample of what all guide-books
ought to be is to be found in Hen
dirk Willem van Looms "An Indis-
Greet Itinerary" which tells you all
about Holland.
Here is an ingratiating little book
which you will enjoy even if you
never have been in Holland and
never intend to go there.
In the process of telling you what
to see in Holland, Van Loon some
how contrives to outline the history
of the land, to sketch the charac-
teristics Of its people, to tell you
about its economics and its politics
and to give you a hint or two Of a
satisfying and intelligent philosophy
of life-and all in a book of 1T
pages!
One warning he gives which
visitors to any strange land might
proftably heed: Take it easy.
THE first thing to do once you
arrive in any place is to sit down
and catch your breath, and take a
nap if you feel so inclined" he re-
marks.
And later: When I travel I am
all for taking it easy and doing
lot Of sitting down"
Van Looms writing has flavor
all its own, and by now you prob
ably know whether or not you like
it. If you're like me, you DO; and
if you do, you'll find An Indiscreet
Itinerary" highly entertaining, even
if you have not the slightest inten-
ton of going to Holland or any
other foreign land.
Published by Harcourt, Brace &
Co., the book costs 81,
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I hope you won't cause any
loss of life"
Probably not. But what do you
care about that?'
Grebe, acting his part, shrugged
his shoulders. Weissberger con-
tinued:
You have an automatic sprin-
kler system in the building, I
see"
Yes. When the fire begins
water will pour out all over 1t.
How will you get around that?"
The system works from tanks
on the upper floor, doesn't it?'
YES"
Weissberger smiled craftily.
I'll tell you what we're going to
do he said. We're going to fill
the sprinkler system with gaso-
linel"
The owners face paled at the
hideous idea. Instead Of water,
gasoline would pour on the f1amesl
The warehouse would become a
fuel-bed torch.
There would probably be ex-
plosions. killing scores of neigh
bors. What if something should
20 wrong with Bielaski's plans?
4 thought the building was
freproof, anyway" he objected.
Weissberger laughed.
Wen guarantee it" he replied.
Wen guarantee total destruc-
toni
The owner considered a while
before he said:
Il suppose I must agree"
A S soon as Weissberger had left.
"A elated at prospects of wealth,
the machinery of justice began to
turn.
Into a vacant building oppo-
site several boxes were moved I'M
der cover of darkness. Unpacked
they revealed a motion picture
camera. which was set up to cover
the warehouse.
At the same time watchmen of
other warehouses in the vicinity
were replaced quietly by police
men and firemen, and several new
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BY LOU WEDEMAR
Times Special Writer

NEW YORK. Aug. 3l-A man
4 ' walked into the Office OF A.
Bruce Bielaski. investigative head
OF the national board Of fire IN
oerwriters. IN New York. on July
3, 1881. He was August ". Grebe
Of Wilkesbarre, Pa.
I am in a peculiar position,
Grebe said. An acquaintance Of
mine said TO me the other day,
You need money and 50 do I.
can help you I admitted I vas
afraid I would lose my warehouse.
It was mortgaged heavily. And
then he proposed burning it down
and collecting insurance"
The visitor made his explana-
ton IN hushed tones. as If the
temptation had something Of awe
about it. II was such an easy
way to get money, il seemed.
All I had 10 do" he continued,
was 90 along with arrangements
he would make He was 10 get 10
per cent. and the people who set
the fire 10 per cent Of the total
insurance paid"
why did you come to me?"
BielasE asked.
I couldn't sleep I kept think
ing Of the possible loss Of life, be
cause more than one hundred
persons are employed in fac
tory in the basement. and a lot
Of people live near by.
More than that, got good
and angry at the very idea-burn-
ing up good property to cheat an
insurance company
"TTOW much insurance have
II you on your building?"
"One hundred thousand dollars"
What did you say TO your
friend?"
I told him would think it over.
didn't dare refuse him outright,
because he has political cOnnec-
tons and was afraid he would
get some Of my creditors 10
descend on me in a bunch"
Aren't you afraid to come to
me?"
No. I want it understood I
will do everything I can. I'm not
afraid of these gangsters. I'll face
them in court or anywhere else.
Bielaski was pleased at this I'M
usual valOr
Wen do what We can to help
you" he said
He pressed a button.
Send 81 TO me, please. Miss
Sinnott."
A heavy-set man appeared IN
few minutes. BielaSH outlined
the situation to him.
I want you to go TO Wilkes
Barre with Mr. Grebe. see the
state troopers and take care of
this case. We don't want them
scared off: we want convictions.
So 90 through it thoroughly
A few days later Agent 81 and
state trooper arms were lying on
the rafters of the warehouse,
over a small office. IN the Office,
through a stovepipe hole, they
could see the owner and another
man. whom he addressed as Mr..
-Weissberger.
IT HAVE the entire plan out
Il lined" WeisSberger said.
Wen make this a fire such as
never has been seen before. Do
YOU know what we're going TO
do?"
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FOILS FIRE PLOT; FLAYED BY JUDGE
O7Cner of Factory Leads Torch Gang Into Police Trap

ms u the last % = series OF stories
- ne adventures % The dre detective
- stories are from records in the
6esssslon q Fire Marsha Thomas P
..EH8. n Bruce Bielaskl investigation
---e4c OF the National Board a. Fire
OnaerNIlters. and ather orlc.al sourcss.
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IT HAVE the entire plan out
Il lined" WeiSSberger said.
"We1l make this a fire such as
never has been seen before. Do
YOU know what we're going to
do"