Evening Star Newspaper, December 23, 1921, Page 21

[QTAHARDYEAR FOR SOVIET RUSSIA Monopoly of Trading Aban- doned as Communistic Ideals Are Crushed. By the Associated Press. MOSCOW, November 30.—Nineteen hundred and twenty-one has been a year of diplomatic and economic N | battling for soviet Russia. It brought the abandonment of the government || monopoly of domestic trading and zrndual. reversion to capitalistic methods, tempered in such a way as to prevent dangerous splits in the small communistic group which dominates the government. But the trade for 1921 has been many times what it was in 1920 and the reopening of shgps on the old capitalistic basis has afforded an opportunity to sell in a legal way manutactured articles, which are in great demand. Hampered by the triple desire to establish trade relations with im- portant foreign powers, to protect the third internationale, whose_head- quarters.are in Russia, and to hold the communistic party in Russia in- tact, Lenin and his associates were in a precarious situation, even be- fore the drought produced wide- spread famine in the Volga area. | Large Supplies Unfound. Krassin managed to negotiate trade agreements with England, Ger- many and several minor powers, but the foreign trade commissions which came to Russia failed to find the large supplies which the bolshevist leaders had heralded throughout the wopld. The concession plan which Krassine and his associates had de- vised did not appeal to foreign in- vestors. Confidence was lacking. Old owners had no desire to invest Manor House Cafe 1324 Monroe Street - ; Parker House Cafe Corner 16th and Park Road Christmas Dinner, Sunday, 75c¢ From 1 to 4 O’Clock Mtfi:day Breakfast, 8 to 11 Special Turkey Dinner, 75c MONDAY, from 5 to 7:30 ; ALBERT BRAM, Proprietor - Rogemary Baghets | Filled with Delicious Candies, High- Grade Confections, Jams and Jellies Price, $3.50, $5.00, $6.00 and $7.00 ° ROSEMARY CANDY —created by a company chat has achieved a high repu- tation for the quality of its work. Price, $1.00, 60c and 50c per pound. § Blackistone, 1401 H Street more money in factories which had been taken away from them and | other foreigners could not be induced to take factories whose titles were clouded. The bolshevist government lacked {the gold necessary to buy abroad and could not find creditors. The govern- ment announced it would make im- port and export business possible for individuals and corporations, under government control. This _belated statement came in October. Commis- sions are working out customs tariffs and 1922 probably will see a far larger export and import trade if the government makes good its promise to release its grip on foreign busi- ness. OPEN EVENINGS Sonoy; Cheka Held Handicap. Leslte Urquhart, a British mining man, who attempted to obtain con- cessions to work the mining proper- ties which he controlled in Russia before the bolshevist regime, said it would be impossible for him to oper- ate in Russia until the government stops the activities of the Cheka, or secret service, which he insists is stronger than the central govern- ment with which concessions are ne- gotiated. The Cheka always has had an im- portant part in directing foreign trade arrangements. Many commis- sioners selected by the foreign trade council have not been permitted to leave Russia. Foreigners are unable to understand the relations between the Cheka, which operates unden Umslicht, and the so-called central government. It is not clear whether there is a dual government, or whether the men who are generally recognized as heads of the govern- ment use the Cheka and thus avoid direct blame for acts which meet with public disapproval. Exports 100,000 Tons. Offictal figures for the forelgn trade of Russla during the first nine months of this year show that the L{exports totaled roughly 100,000 tons. || These exports were chiefly raw ma- | terials or partly manufactured ar- i{ticles, such as timber, railway tles, leather, further, bristles, hair, asbes- tos and graphite. Thirty-three per cent of the exports went to England Forty-six per cent, chiefly wood and fax, went to Letvia for exportation to various countries. The value of goods exported abroad from January 1 until August 31 was about $1,140,- 000. R CLEAR AS A BELL 9 When you buy a Sonora you'll find that it is all you boped a phonograph could be— sad more! Popular | Baby Grand Model - Sonora is the instrument which you are proud to possess. Convenient Terms Arthur Jordan Pianc Co. G Street at Thirteenth HOMER L. KITT, Sec.-Treas. 2 DI AT W S D A h e 2, WRRRRRRR e - : MANY MINERS DESTITUTE. He'll be pleased with any of these % [vion secretary states conditions g fi in Kentucky-Tennessee Field. 3 [ 8| KNOXVILLE. Tenn., December 23— #R | In the Kentucky-Tennessee coal field be- ls as ree #8]eveen 5,000 ana 6,000 miners are idie and thousands living in humble homes g MM |are destitute of the necessaries of lite #8]as a result of the suspension of mining operations during_the past few months, g # |according to E. L. Reed, secretary of district No. 19, United Mine Workers of America, with offices in Knoxville. “Since the middle of last June he § situation has been gloomy and the na- tional organization of mine workers and miners of the district who have been able to find employment have been aid- g g ing the unemployed.” Mr. Reed said. Tt is estimated by union officials that not more than 1,000 miners are working in_the iocal district. a2l went ve gid 10 o 53| EREIRIALI can get him some- your purchases in beauti- “ Malted Milk thing good at these ful Gift Boxes without prices. — any extra cost to you. Everything’s Reduced § SILK AND KNIT TIES | The Famos “Brighton Se” /X Garters’ and Arm Bands, g $1.00 Silk Ties....... S5c | in holiday 75¢ $1.50 Silk Ties....... 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It 3 you don’t need glasses he y will promptly tell you so. 2SR A e S NAARY INCORPORATED CUASER: X T AT RL A Leest Opricat @) ¥ KLETNS KORNER Jy crromeTaiss ) a 9 S N Property of Empire Builder’s wha- ow in Proceedings. ST. PAUL, Minn, December 23.— Louis F.- Hill, chairman of the Great Northern Railway, has filed applica- tion In probate court here for his ap- pointment as administrator of the estate of his imother, Mrs. James J. Hill, widow of the “empire builder.” She died a month ago. Previously other heirs of Mrs. Hill filed a petition for designation of the Northwestern Trust Company as ad- ministrator, and it developed there were spme differences among thel heirs as to disposition of the estate, valued at ¢16,000,000. L_W. Hill also flled today a deed to North Oaks Farm, the country es- tate founded by his father, near St. Paul. It showed ownership had been transferred to him by his mother in January, 1919. This transfer has been attacked by other heirs, who claim their mother was too ill at the time to make such a transfer. WILL PROBE “CORNER.” Cranberry Cost in Chicago nuchgl $33 Per Barrel. CHICAGO, December 23.—The city council high cost committee will in- vestigate the “cormer” in the cran- berry market, it was announced to- day, as the result of an investigation by Russell J. Poole, secretary of the committee, which disclosed that the price of the necessary fruit for tur- key sauce had jumped from $3.17 a barrel in 1914 to $33 a barrel today. The price last September was $12 per barrel. Retall merchants are paying as high as 33 cents a quart and standing all the loss on spolled berries, according to Mr. Poole, who says the blame is upon the wholesalers in this partic- ular instance. HERRICK AWARDS MEDAL. PARIS, December 21.—Myron T. Herrick, the American ambassador, today conferred the Edward Long- streth medal upon Prof. Bergonie of the faculty of medicine in the Univer- sity of Bordeaux, in honor of his in- vention for locating metal fragments in_the bodies of wounded soldiers. The invention was known as the “electro-vibreur,” by which an electric magnet was used to locate fragments of shell and render -operations easier. The invention is said to have saved the lives of hundreds of American and French soldiers. JUDGE CONDEMNS JURY. CHICAGO. December 23.—Declaring that they had “turned a murderer out on the streets of Chicago,” Judge M. | 625 FIGHT OVER HILL ESTATE. |% McKinley yesterday assailed the|friend while the latter was aslee =t | members of a jury who had Just| The case was the most conclusiv found Mikola Svczygell not guilty of | in his experience, the judge asserted, ! The jurors sald they did not consider | had made a contesslion. 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