Evening star., 1933-10-01

Of chickens and pigs and cattle, as 1t
is taking his grain now, lhe will sink
into a zone of undernourishment, fall
victim to typhus, tuberculosis and
dysentery, as he has done Of old for
a thousand years. 1t is his way OF life.
He multiplies easily and lets death dis
seminate him without flying into politi-
cal rebellion.
The patience of the grumbling peas
ant is the surest, richest asset for sta
bility available to the Russian govern
ment. The peasants surplus has paid
for the machines that are Hitting Russia
out Of the seventeenth century into the
twentieth. That surplus is her collat-
eral for credit. and it's good.
The honesty Of the Soviet govern
mert may be the foundation of the
peasants patience and the workers zeal
and faith. Life is tremendously inefd-
cient in Russia. System las it is prac-
ticed in modern business Is known but
sketchily. Enough hours are spent in
waiting every day to increase produc-
ton in any industry 10 per cent New
cities are built without following the
plans and when they are finished men
dig holes to find where the pipes for
sewers are. In model city around a
factory it is whispered that they have
erected workers cottagesr-really beau
tiful cottages in the wind from
the beautiful cottages So they will
build new lot somewhere else. One
hears of typewriter factory that has
turned out more than thousand ma
chimes at cost of neatly $50,000 a
machine.
Honest, But Uninte3ligent.
But it is all Inconsistencies, honest,
but unintelligent. If there were graft
and corruption the Soviet government
would blow up. There is selfishness
and intrigue not for personal gain, but
for the glory of Russia. There is per-
sonai politics and factionalism, but with
little thought of individual advantage.
The relations Of men are primarily
honest, as honest as human relations
can be considering human nature.
One inspiration for honesty arises
out of the unpleasant fact that the
death penalty follows political corrup-
ton. All property belongs to the state
the death penalty follows stealing
| from the state. Men and women have
! been shOt-llteraily by the thousands
for trying to beat the political game
with sticky fingers. But they are not
waXworks angels. The death penalty
does not follow picking pockets or lift
ing private property. Original sin can
get its relief in mutual mulcting.
But the faith of the Communists in
their government is religion, the new
religion which is the opiate of the peo-
pie The Russians were deeply re-
| ligious. being naturally Credulous. and
| like the credulous, prone to suspicion
wnen their religion was taken away
/ from them. Their credulity ties them
to their state and their suspicion is di-
rected at other states; which is the
way OF human nature. But it does
make for stable government and 1t Is
the stability of the bolshevik regime
which interests investors in Russia.
The patience of the people-the an
cient patience of the people and their
modern faith in communism are the
| solid foundations upon which this gov
eminent rests Investors out to make
/ an honest dollar should not be dis
/ turbed by the conspicuous thumb.f1n-
gered incompetence of the Russian gov
| ernment For the Russian people be-
| lieve in it because of its many obvious
| virtues and in spite of its grotesque
! shortcomings.
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