Soviet Claim to Show a Large Surplus: Cutting down of Bureaucracy Vladivostok, Jan. 15.
At a meeting of the workmen's, peasants' and Red Army's deputies yesterday some interesting statements were made in the course of the report by the head of the fin-; ancial department of the local! administration, Comrade Vitol.
Comrade Vitol stated that during the past two months, November and December, Government revenues totalled about 2,000,000 fel roubles from various sources. The monthly expenditure, which includes salaries, of Government employees, support of schools, etc., amounted to 360,000, roubles gold. He declared that th Merkuloff machine devoured 1,600,- 000 roubles gold monthly. Comrade Vita] said that this great decrease in expenditure had been brought about by careful economy in expenditure and wholesale reduction in staffs of employees. Instructions had been received to; carry out a further reduction of; staffs of Government offices by 40; per cent.
Ti these facts are accurate, this is probably the first time in the history of the Russian Maritime' Region that it has been in a, position to live within its own income.
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