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FEEDING SOVIET RUSSIA
(Written for United Press.)
New York. The problem of feeding
Russia has always been a complex one
for several obvious reasons. First, the
vast expanse of Russia and Siberia forms
the largest single territorial unit in the
world; secondly, there are about 170 mil
lion people to provide for in this immense
stretch of land, reaching from Vladivos
tock to Petrograd and from the Arctic to
the Caspian sea. Thus there is an area
of approximately six and one-half million
square miles to be supplied with food
stuffs. During the reign of the Czars,
when industry and railroads were pre
sumably in good condition, whole sections
were frequently reduced to starvation,
and underfeeding proved almost as uni
versal as the national samovar.
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wheat and oats to feed himself, are fed.
each day.
Every ounce of food is distributed by
card. The single ration or "pioke," as.
it is called, consists of a pound and a
half of bread and a portion of meat or
fish and tea. The system has been per
fected to such an extent that the igno
rant peasant who, in many instances,
might have doubted the efficiency of the
Soviet system, has become not only rec
onciled but, recollecting the poverty
stricken condition under the Czar's re
gime, is now convinced that the new form
of government is equitable.
The headquarters of the Supreme Eco
nomic Council is in Moscow and employs
25,000 persons , in that city alone 'r the
total number of employees all over the
country is near the million mark. The
Council has adopted the simplest method
of distribution possible. Surveys of the
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It is no cause for Avonder, then, that
with the .breakdown of the industrial
system and the disintegration of the rail
ways as a result of the revolution, the
problem should be aggravated a thou
sandfold, not to mention the Allied
Blockade and foreign wars. The Soviet
government has met this difficult prob
lem in a sane and practical way. It cre
ated a central bureau for the equal dis
tribution of the food supply on hand.
This bureau is known as the Supreme
Economic Council and is assisted by
local councils all over the country. The
Supreme Economic Council is directed by
Professor Milutov, the well-known econo
mist, and this body has first preference
in the avenues and channels of distribu
tion, including; transportation. Since
peace has been signed with Poland, this
department in the Soviet government is
considered the most important and in all
matters is given the right of way. .In
this manner 170- million persons, .with
the exception of the small peasant farm
er, who retains a sufficient quantity of
food on hand are made with the utmost
exactness and then, when the fall harvest
has been estimated, it is doled out on a
basis of population all over the country.
Making due allowance for the govern
ment's lack of experience and the de
moralization of the arteries of distribu
tion, the Soviet Government has succeed
ed admirably in feeding the population
of Russia. What is notable about all this
is the astonishing fact that never before
in the long history of Russia has every
element been fed. To be sure, the feed
ing is inadequate and is far from meet
ing the needs of the people; but there is
no actual starvation. Mothers with ba
bies at the breast receive a special allow
ance, as do all children, for the Soviet
government holds that the future of Rus
sia lies with the children. It is interest
ing to note that while the upper and mid
dle classes in Germany are well fed, the
laboring population is on the verge of
starvation. In Russia there is absolutely
no discrimination.
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