ii2 RUSSIA THEN AND NOW 



savings bank deposits have gone up a billion rubles 

 since the water-wagon replaced the bottle. Nor is 

 the money gain all ; the peasantry left at home, through 

 age or infirmity, have redoubled in working power. 

 Russia, the land the Teutons disparage, proves to be 

 the only nation in existence capable of decreeing and 

 maintaining a reform which other nations don't 

 venture to tackle boldly. 



John H. Snodgrass, Consul General at Moscow, 

 said that according to statistics gathered by a 

 reputable newspaper, the consumption of vodka 

 during the months of July, August, September, and 

 October, 1914, was only a little more than one- 

 tenth what it was during the same months of 1913 

 before the Czar's ukase against intoxicants ; and 

 adds: 



It is observed in the manufacturing concerns 

 that labour has become much more productive 

 than before. 



Formerly at the Moscow mills many workmen 

 would not appear on Monday, and a number of 

 those who did were unfit for duty in consequence of 

 their Sunday excesses. This is no longer the case ; 

 both the quality and quantity of labour performed 

 have improved. 



