EXCHANGE IN KIND.
tj : SPOKANE (U.S.), Sept. 24. f* Money lias little or no value m Rus- [ sia, aocording to Dr. F. A. Golder, proi fessor of history at Washington State I College, who just returned from eight ■^ months' historical research there. "The i', Russian farmer refuses to part with prol iiuce of any kind for money," said Dr ti Golder. "He demands merchandise, food ot 1 fuel for everything he' raises. [ While in' Petrograd* I talked with a I man who had? recently come from GerI many. Most German people never have h enough to eat, the man told ihe. Only _*. those essential to the efficiency of the t military are well fed. "All others are on rations sufficient only to sustain life."
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14442, 31 October 1917, Page 3
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