Show Would Overhaul Their Economic Machinery f Corn Com Crop Improves But Transportation Remains Remains' Problem Coal and Pig Iron Production Production Pro Pro- Fall Below Nations Nation's Needs Peasants Are Unable to Get Implements By J. J E. E ANGLY Associated Press Correspondent MOSCOW Oct 27 21 AP Soviet AP Soviet Soviet- Russia faces the winter and a a. new new- fiscal year far from satisfied with her agricultural and industrial l achievements during the past 12 months The grain crop has been a fairly good one larger than last years year's but the problem of ot storing it and moving mo it from distant Siberia and th the tho Volga valley to the tha more thickly populated consuming consuming consuming con con- suming districts in the west is 13 causing considerable worry Th The crop in the Ukraine normally normany the easiest and cheapest to move to the millions of ot bread baskets In industrial centers was a a. failure and Ukrainians will have to tobe tobe tobe be fed ted through h the winter out of public funds Almost 2 has been appropriated for lot that purpose GRAIN CROP GOOD The central statistical bureau eStimates es estimates eS- eS the 1928 1923 grain crop in all Russia will exceed that of ot 1927 1921 by tons Getting th the peasants peasants peas peas- peasants ants to sell it is the first difficulty and after arter that there is the huge task of ot storing it and transporting it Railroads are few and far be between be- be tween and on some of the rivers dyers boat traffic ceases with the coming of ot winter The industrial situation also has its gloomy side Coal Coat and pig iron production during the fiscal year ear ending this October fell still further further further fur fur- ther below Russia's requirements This ma may result in suffering this winter the country has been warned by the chairman of ot the su supreme supreme su- su preme council of public economy Valerien Coal production production tion he said was tons short of ot expectations this year and the thy A shortage of ot certain kinds of coal and coke h have ye hindered Iron and steel production This in turn has made still more acute the perennIal perennial perennial peren peren- nial problems of satisfying consumers consumers' consumers consumers' consumers consumers' con con- sumers' sumers demands Equally it has hampered the fulfillment of ot the governments government's industrialization program program program pro pro- gram for it takes iron and coal tomake tomake to make and run machinery and t to build and operate factories FAMINE IN MANUFACTURES There is a famine in manufactured manufactured manufactured articles for the peasant market market marlet mar mar- ket let and the shortage will continue con- con next nest year Mr said in a long speech at Leningrad reviewing the economic situation We Ve are less and less able to meet the peasant demand for farm implements implements im Im- im- im sheet iron for or their roofs and barns and other manufactured products The necessity of ot first providing with metal our means of or defense our transport and Industry is sharpening sharpening- the dissatisfaction among villagers who need iron and metal ware We Ve cannot satisfy than more 69 SO SOper per cent of ot the peasant demand for artificial fertilizer Even Eyen if it our prOduction prOduction production pro prO- of it were trebled it would still fall short of the demand deman which grows dally daily There was a 3 74 per cent increase in manufactured manufactured manufactured fertilizer in Russia this year but it was far from enough In general manufactured articles sent to peasant districts where here 85 per cent of ot Russia's population live increased only 9 per cent this year It was recently announced that provision provision provision pro pro- vision for a 45 per cent increase in the distribution of ot farm Implements implements implements ments would be made next year Presumably imports from abroad will wUl have to be heavier to provide the peasantry with plows tractors and other farm equipment |