The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1943-04-16
Constitutional Guaranty of Cooperative Property


Soviet Union Article of the Constitution refers Coop
erative Property of three possible forms of socialist
property in the Union that property property
lective farms, and cooperative property
The Soviet Cooperation may roughly
main branches cooperation handraft industrial
cooperatives and agricultural cooperative associations
Speaking of agricultural cooperatives exclude
always the collective FARMS Kolkhosy which resemble
respects agricultural productive
FORE enormously often taken for
of Soviet Unfortunately the upodate information
adequately statistical
ton not available outside of Russia However,
data which available make clear that the significance
Cooperation within the framework of the Soviet economy
hardly be over-estimated.
Consumer Co-operatives Handle 5000 of Soviet Rural
Trade Cooperative Education and University
AS to Consumer Cooperation have distinguish
tween urban and rural cooperaves In $780, the urban
sumers cooperaves controlled 3 of the total
trade By the Decree of September 49, 1885, however,
urban cooperaves exist were alb
sorbed the trading machinery Since that time the
activity cooperation on the
development of consumer cooperatives only In 1910
before the German INVASION the consumer coopeatve
centralized in Centrosoyus he all Russian Union of Con-
Societies in Moscow embraced people
ganzed in 26500 societies. while 870 900 employed
100000 shops depo and factories Among other coopera
tive enterprises the movement owned round figures 10000
bakeries 1000 restaurants and 1000 eating establishments
Regarding the business turnover the figure available
for 1887 when exceeded 80 billion rubes equaed
somewhere between and /6 of the total trade
OF that year At the time the urban cooperation
ceased to exist the rural cooperaves responsible for
90 of the rural trade of the Union Cooperative village
cees net only sell goods to they buy agcu
tual goods directly from producers handcraf
tives In 1887 such purchasne activities COOP
eratves estimated at billion roubles
trained in the educational establishments
of the cooperatves in addition $4,000 persons
who passed Centrosoyus Besides number
qualified graduated special cooperative
university and the high school cooperative courses.
Industrial Co-operatives
AS to handicraft cooperatves these developed
system making valuable contribution to the total output of
he Soviet light industry The principal handi-
craft production leather textile hosiery embroidery and
oymakng. New lines of manufacture have been constantly
such production of rubber goods
cal refgeraors chemical products substitutes etc.
products the handcraft co-operaves even
cached the market-for instance carpets from
Georgia and Armenia and wood-carvings paintings of
~ of Paekh and Mstera of the vanovo region known for
CENTURIES With the recent evacuation of the
eria and its decentralization industrial coop
atves contribute today to the production the country
probably not less than do the industrial cooperaves China
he Soviet repeatedly sressng efficiency
artisan cooperatve in discovering utilizing
uppes of material The role attributed handicraft COOP
raves before the war can be seen from the fact that if
not for the German INVASION 1912 which
vas TO be the last OF the third veear plan their output had
reach 70 billion roubles In l94l their production called
other commodities 100000 pairs of footwear
900 pairs of hose $4,000 kerosene stoves 900
letters of cotton goods At the beginning of the third
plan there roughly IL coopera
yes in the Soviet Union with membership of 100000
he local societies organized regional federations
those and the declarations republic stood the So
allied Vsekopromsovet in Moscow u
The government paid special attention to the de- n
eopment of cooperation in the Asatc part
of Uzbekistan good illustration According
the recent report of the chairman of the Uzbekstan
Consumer Co-operaves, 100000 members or over
the population, Joined cooperatves in 1910 During
two years. 5O27 dsrbuve centes were established
selling goods known before the
alton, such as bicycles readymade clothing, furniture
cooperative village dining tearooms 'Chakhano &c
veloped into community clubs serving
and culture These popular among the
ves that their number increased in 1910 by 742 in
with previous years. 1t reported practically
rural retail tade Uzbekstan the handsof co-opera
served almost exclusively by the Uzbeke trained
bookkeeping and craftsmanship cooperative schools in W
cir native language. ol
operation Inegrated with Planned Economy h,
In spite of ALL hear from time statement
at there cooperaves in Russia that We
word Cooperatve applied to Soviet economic political
social environment is only misuse of the term IN
think it is always just waste of time try
who enjoy being blind to look for something which they m
wish tic
However, there one objection against Soviet Coopera
which sometimes heard even from impartial obec the