The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, March 21, 1920, Section One, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTHE SUNDAY 6REG0NIAX, PORTLAND, MARCH 21, 1920 'S !C Store Hours 9 A.M. to 6 P.M. Including Saturdays GOWNS THAT WILL SET THE FASHIONS FOR 15,000 WELL DRESSED WOMEN THIS WEEK NOW SHOWING nilLIP PELZ CONDUCTING PEOPLES ALL-AMERICAN ORCHESTRA AS -USUAL SETS THE PACE FOR GOOD MUSIC TWO rOXCKIIT. 0 Wealth of Soil, Forests and a, Snappy New-j Suits for Spring: from . Hart Schaffner Mines incalculable. ONE FULL WEEK Afternoon and KTealss;. I. "HAVMOMrVTnomnsi a,"TI.K r'HOM HOKK. ,MA." Offenbach : vVAR CRIPPLES INDUSTRY j Nation's Feebleness, However, ' Seems to Be That of Infancy; Bol sherlk Statistics Cited. RESOURCES SCARCELY TDUGHE & Marx BY LINCOLN EYRE. Convriirht hv th New York World. Pub- Usnea by Arrangement.; PARIS, March 20. (Special.) Sta tistics, especially so unreliable a col lection of them as that assembled by the bolsheviki, whose disdain for figures is marked, are worthless in ' estimating Russia's wealth at this juncture. One cannot visit that vast , country even in these troubled times. . 1 nf ta iinnlnmhuH natural resources mightily reinforced. One senses instinctively that Rus sia's feebleness is the feebleness of infancy, bound, under proper tutelage, year. And the exhaustion laid upon her by four years of war and two of revolution seems scarcely more than ' a momentary fatigue. Her limitless forests, her untapped treasure 01 ! mineral deposits, the incalculable riches of her millions upon millions i of acres of untitled soil these are the images that recur to one's mind even while one beholds the ruins ot her immature Industrial edifice. Obviously, virtually the only sta tistics obtainable on present day Rus sia are those made by the bolsheviki, and these, as J. have said, are by no means perfect. I give them, there fore, for what they are worth. Most ot those relating to raw material are derived from Rikoffs report to the all-Russian economic convention. i ney 'must be reasonable and accurate oe- cause upon them the supreme coun cil of public economy is basing its general plan of production. Transportation Big Problem. In the first two months of soviet Russia's fiscal year beginning Novem ber 7, 1319. there was cut and corded 6.000.000' cubic sazhen (a cubic sazhen .equals 343 cubic feet of timber, or half the programme drawn up by the government to cover the country's an nual need. Only about one-third of this total was transported to its ulti mate destination by railroad or river. Still there is every reason to hope that Russia will have all the fuel she requires by the middle of next summer, provided, of course, ine rail roads can be kept running. And at this moment only TOO cars are avail able daily for hauling wood from the forests, in comparison with 400,000 in 1914. Before the 100,000.000 poods (one pood equals 40 pounds) of coal that are said to be lying on the surface in the Donetz region can be carried away a whole network of bridges and tracks destroyed in the fighting there must be restored. Russia's cotton crop comes from Turkestan, where some 8.000.000 nnunris have been harvested. The Moscow and other textile factories require a half million pounds monthly, but there being only two trains at their disposal, they only get about 15 per cent of their requirements. Still, there should be close to 2.000.000 pounds that could be exported, if means were found to ship it to Black aea .ports. L'l.r Autlnnk Dubious. As regards flax, the outlook is less encouraging. The ground sown with flax has been diminished by about 40 per cent and the harvest reduced from some Hfl.000.000 pounds yearly to less than 5.000.000 pounds, the likeli hood of a still further decrease re vealing itself, moreover, in December and January. Stocks of flax now in hand are only sufficient to supply Russian industry for from eight months to one year. The production of linen, on the other hand, is at a remarkably high level. Russia needs but 2.500.000 pounds of linen and possesses 5,500. 000. Consequently some 3.000.000 pounds can be shipped abroad. The same is true, though in a lesser meas ure, of hemp, of which there is 2.000. 000 pounds in stock, and hides, of which there is 5.500.000. and of furs, of which there is 2. 000. 000. For some obscure reason perhaps because they have no reliable fig ures themselves soviet economists refuse to disclose the details of their supplies of platinum, but Milioutin, Rikoffs chief lieutenant on the su preme economic council, told mo that a very considerable quantity was in the government's possession, and that a large part of it could be exported ' the moment the blockade was raised. ' Since Russia controlled 'Jo You'll find our store prepared to show you the largest and most complete line ..of "ready" to wear clothes in this city. Snappy .styles, you young fellows will want, made especially in young men's -models. Double-breasted, single-breasted, one, two and three-button effects; roll collars, some with "belt removable." Makes no difference what your taste may be, you'll find it here. ' The business or conservative man will find his liking also. All-Wool Fabrics, Finely Tailored, Which Means Lasting Service. Suits $45 to $85 Sam'l Rosenblatt &Co. The Men's Store for Quality and Service Copyright 1919, Hart Schaffser it Marx A Sale of SilkShirts $10.70 Including War Tax. Beautiful new color ings for spring, new cloths, new weaves. They're our regular shirts sold at $15. . Gasco BIdg. Fifth and Alder industry, owing first to its inability to secure enough raw materials, and secondly to the depreciation' of its spindles, looms and other machines, is only 10 per cent productive. Rikoff pointed out that unless the situation shows radical improvement, exhaustion of the existing raw stocks will imply complete paralysis of the entire industrial fabric. Electric PlantH Building. In concluding this general survey of the industrial situation, mention should be made of the surprising progress made by the Soviets in their programme for the electrification of industries. There has been estab lished during the revolution at Kashir the strongest electric plant in the country, with a power of 40,000 kilo watts, and other power stations are being built up with considerable ra pidity. The pinch of the labor short age is felt universally. On railroads alone 15,000 skilled mechanics are needed. Soviets supported by the trade unions do not hesitate to trans fer labor groups from one part of the country to another, by force if neces sary, on the principle that workers, like soldiers, should be willing to make sacrifices for the common wealth which they control. TRAINING BILL PLANNED SUB-COMMITTEE SELECTED TO FRAME LEGISLATION. Exhaustive Inquiry Promised Be fore Universal Military Meas ure Is Drafted. of the world's supply of platinum there is no reason to doubt his state ment. Grain Stock Considerable. One of the leading Russian agri cultural authorities told me there was enough grain in soviet Russia to provide for half of Europe after all Russia had been fed. His asser tion was borne out by the glowing accounts of Ukrainian and Siberian harvests that 1 received from pcrJ sons, many of whom were non-bolshevik, coming to Moscow from these regions. Here again adequate sta tistics are wholly lacking, the com missaries of agriculture pleading that inasmuch as soviet territory had been increasing daily owing to the red army's steady advance for the last four months, it was out of the ques tion to provide accurate figures. The soviet government actually had In its granaries, however. In the first three months of the fiscal year of 1919. 20,000.000 to 60.000.000 pounds of breadstuffs. or more than one-third the annual requirements of the en tire non-producing population based on consumption of one pound per per son per day. The estimated amount of bread required daily to feed ade quately those Russians who do not grow their own grain is 18,000,000 pounds. Metal Supplies Short. Although Russia will eventually have the Ural and Doneti mines, all her metallurgical Industry will re quire, she is woefully short of them at present. For manufacturing pur poses central Russia requires more than 100,000,000 pounds of metal, but in January last she had less than a quarter of this quantity. The great Ural furnaces, owing to all kinds of shortages, are yielding scarcely 40 per cent of their pre-war production. Consequently the total manufacture of steel and iron product is only about 30 per cent of what it should be. There are 1191 metallurgical plant In operation, including, however, the small ones scarcely more important than blacksmith's shops, of which 614 are nationalized. Generally speaking, according to Rikoff, 41 per cent of all industrial enterprises nave Deen subjected to nationalization. Pro-rt,-fvlv In all the essential lines save WASHINGTON", March 20. Chair man Kahn of the house military com mittee Friday selected a sub-commit tee to frame legislation providing for compulsory universal military traln- Inn- o nKjinriK' nf whil'h i R rnnnid- per cent I ered favoral,ie to the adoption of a training plan. Representatives Dent, Alabama, and Quln, Mississippi, dem ocrats, are the only selections re garded as unalterably opposed to com pulsory training. The other selections were Repre sentative Kahn, California; Greene, Vermont: Sanford, New York; McKen zie, Illnois, republicans; and Olney, Massachusetts, democrat. These committeemen recently ap proved adoption of a training plan excepting Mr. McKenzie, who opposed immediate action, Before framing a training bill the committee will make an exhaustive investigation. Mr. Kahn announced, and its report is not expected to come before congress until next session, WILSON AGAINST REVIVAL (Continued From First Page.) the republican reservationists on the other hand appeared to feel quite sat isfied with themselves while making material for the republicans to an swer that argument that Woodrow Wilson and his followers may put up in a third-term campaign oi to elect some other administration demo crat to the presidency on the treaty issue. Republicans to Make Issne. It is generally agreed that an ef fort will be made by the president to inject the treaty into the eoming cam paign, but republicans declare -that they and not the president will make the Issue on which the campaign will be fought out. Senator Walsh, dem ocrat of Montana, always loyal to the president until yesterday, dis played more wisdom as to the future than any of his party colleagues in or out of congress. ' He reminded them that the repub lican party was not compelled' to be bound to such an issue as the treat and that his party must expect- to have its entire administrative record of the last eight years placed on trial. It is recognized by leading demo crats in Washington outside the White House, that the treaty offers the poor est sort of campaign issue. Democratic Voters Desert. - rfty In ail lun eracniisj lines I .'.it., .nnrnarhes so iMr rpni They say frankly that Mr. Wilson is of its pre-war figures.. The textile 'out of touch with the country and that the democratic voters have been turning rapidly against the ratifica tion of the treaty without the dotting oi an i or tne crossing of a t, as de manded by the White House. The bulk of the letters from demo crats everywhere bearing on the treaty have either demanded that therr senators vote for the treaty with reservations or that they vote to kill it as an undesirable contract. A let ter signed by a large number of Georgia democrats to Senator Hoke Smith gives some conception of how democrats in the south are feellnir. This letter asked Senator Smith to permit his name to go on the pri mary ballot, setting forth that a Iarare number of democrats in the state were being denied the opportunity to vote their actual sentiments. No Candidates Mkrd. The writers said that the bulk of Georgia democrats were without any opportunity to support a candidate for president of their liking, because the. only candidates entered were Attorney-General Palmer, supporting everything President Wilson had done, and Senator Reed of Missouri, op posing every act of the president's. They said they could not support Palmer and thus give sanction to Mr. Wilson's autocratic conduct and they could not vote for Reed who had not approved what good there was in the present democratic administration. One interesting feature of the final rollcall on the treaty was the manner in which practically all of the demo cratic senators in the west, all elected in the last few years with the ex ception of Chamberlain of Oregon, on a pledge to uphold the hands of Woodrow Wilson, threw off the White House collar yesterday1 Only one. Johnson of South Dakota, obeyed the White House command and he is one of those who was expected to change his vote had there been an oppor tunity to reconsider. Nugent Is Last to Quit. Senator Nugent of Idaho was one of the last to quit the president, and it was equally surprising when. Pitt man and Henderson of Nevada and Walsh of Montana 'declared their inde. pendence. Phelan of California was compelled to break away from the president some time ago on a Shan tung reservation and on the Irish question. Phelan, anyway, is now the real head of the democratic end of the Hoover campaign in California. He is depending on Mr. Hoover to be to him in the campaign this 'year just"! what . woodrow Wilson was to him When he won in 1914. . Despite any 'efforts of the presi dent to keep the treaty Issue alive, public interest is Expected to sag and die out. 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