BUTTER FROM RUSSIA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20958, 22 August 1931, Page 11

BUTTER FROM RUSSIA.

; APPALLING CONDITIONS. METHODS OF MANUFACTOR E. BRITISH BOYCOTT SPREADING. [ FE.OM OcE OU'S Ot®JtWSPOSr3>EK.X- ] LOST)ON, -July 26. In spite of the energy they put into : their expcat campaign, the Soviet-Gov-ernment appear to be very sirop'c and ! unsuspecting in some of iiieir methods. : TMs is demonstrated by the pup-cation Qi a report in the newspaper Pravda, which has been republished iu the Morning Post. The report indicates rauier what appalling conditions some of the bat- : ter is manufactured. The disclosures so frankly made a,rs likely to farther retard ■ the consumption of -Soviet butter in this | country. The report is made by m official commissi en sent to inspect the great butter factory of Molochnoe, in the Vologda, district, and its publication is intended to encourage those responsible for the management of the factory to improve tha conditions prevailing there. The factory is under the control cf 11 .Maslotrest (Butter Trust), the body responsible for butter intended for export. The dairy is described as one of the greatest undertakings in the industry, having 200G head of cattle and a permanent and temporary, staff numbering 1000. Cows gage-deep is Kiti. The cows, the report states, are. kept an " starvation rationsthe sheds are without roots; "the cows are allowed to stand knee-deep in filth, artfi when tha sheds are cleaned out this filth is merely placed in heaps outside the doors; udders are washed only on rare occasions; there are no towels, soan, or overalls for # the workers; healthy and sick animate are herded together- There is no sanitary supervision, it is also stated., and despiita the size of the herd, no cx&lined veterinary surgeon is employed on the premises.Conditions under which the butter is produced are described as appalling, being so bad that, on occasions., the dairy prodace is spoiled and has to be thrown away- Butter is. transported in the same Fans as are used for carrying mineral oils, and, in consequence, the butter frequently has an unpleasant smelL Other details, concerning which dissatisfaction expressed, appear in the article, whins fills nearly half a page of the newspaper. Two sTvr} three coranms a day are being. devoted hy,ths Morning Post to the campaign against Soviet goods. Letters from leading firms .sent to the Trade Defence Union are quoted. These show that tha tendency to- boycott Soviet, produce is • growing day by day. Many reading firms refuse to sell Soviet produce. Soma of make an exception of caviare,, which cannot be ooiained in., any country but Bnssia. A large number of stores are displaying notices announcing that they do net sell Russian prc- ■ dues. The campaign is being carried into the provinces. > xlght A.gainst Bassiaa Goods.. The spirit a which British traders ara fighting Bolshevist» tyranny over tha people and their economic war against Great Britain and lie world, is remarkably illustrated by the action of a group of London laundries, says 'tha Morning Post. These firms opened on Saturday in seventy depots, extending throughout Central Losdoir and the suburbs, an exhibition of' slave-made soap, which they disdain to use in spite cf its low cost The" windows of "each of iha depots is* piled high with Soviet -and emblazoned: with the warning: _ **' Bsssiaa. Soap Menace." • [ An explanatory card shows that this soap is made by conscript labour, and t.frqf- it is being dumped into- the country ; arsn sold at 5 a ton. less than British, i soap of the same kind. The inscription continues thus i " Bather than depriva a British soap worker of his job. we gnari antee thai all the soap used in this laundry is .entirely British. Be British 1 Buy British: 1 ' The exhibition is ccafor a week.