Begging An Industry
There aro uombers of villages in RusBia üi which begging is the staple industry. No one does anything else. It is stated in the labor commission report on that country, that "nc-.ivly 3,000 out of the 3,500 persons in tho distriots of Inzar and Saransk are beggars, " and that the wholo popuiation of the village of Mariniu live by muans of begging. And these ave byno means isolated cases. In many other districts precisely the same style of things prevaüs. In a real beggai-s' village all the inhabitants, including even the starostt and other local dignitaries, are enrolled in a compauy, wbich is divided nto paities. These parties go out iu 1 ara on begging picnics. The booty ♦ . . back is regardedas commoii -a;-, .■ ■ y, and the popuiation depends pon it for tñeir
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