Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-20 | Page 3 | Food Shortage Arouses Russia

m o SH SHORTAGE AR AROUSES U f RUSSIA MOSCOW IO cO Feb 20 0 CAP COn CAP Con Confronted fronted by a shortage of or and textile the 1 a Y toda today were were determined upon vigorous me measure to remedy the Ute situation Alexander i for tor agriculture resigned f because of or failure to manage manAKO the Train grain storing campaign The grain In storage toco fell lell M tons short rt of or the previous year despite an In Increased increased In in- creased harvest I The baa haa be been n a R. slight aUght improvement Improve improve- I ment In the grain situation actuation This I is k attributed In p part rt to a visit of ot Joseph Stalin Iron man of ot Russia to S. S Ur White While there ho he Issued new ne Instructions to officials with the of ot persuading the peasant peasant peas pen ant farmers to send their grain t ln to the markets market flutter Butter eggs JI and soap Oal are also aiM AM affected trec d by the shortage which fe recalls alla the days das of or a n. famine The Tho commodities are scarce in government o coope cooperative stores tores anti bring brinK exorbitant prices In private to markets In several Instances the cooperatives have luno had to cease salsa sales to the time public in general b being ln able ablo to supply only a 0 small ration to their members Lack of or supplies has In forced J other government stores to limit their sales