adulteration, no opening of competitive shops
and stores. Everything in the form of labour
has been reduced to the one word “ utility.”
The production of food is carried on in the
largest factories possible. Bread is baked in
huge loaves, which are afterwards distributed
at central stores. Food kitchens and public
restaurants are for the most part very small
and not overclean, but they all save labour by
centralising distribution.
Clothing stores are in the same category. Most of these are very large and controlled by the local Soviets. Tickets enabling the holders to buy up to a stated value are distributed to all who earn them. By this means clothing is secured at cheaper prices.
The aim, however, of all organisation in Russia is to abolish the use of money. In some parts of Petrograd all houses are rent free, trams are free, food is free, and also necessaries such as boots and clothing. Consequently there is less and less scope for private enterprise, but the idea of money and moneymaking takes a good deal of killing. The trains going daily into Moscow and Petrograd carry thousands of peasants and speculators whose one idea is to make money. The Government endeavours by very drastic measures to put down this kind of thing, so far with only partial success. The oldest market in Russia is in Moscow. It is held in a very
