El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-24

XIHILE soviet Russia under compulsory military serY
w ice has Organized the largest armed force IN exist
today, she has also under compulsory labor become
Engands chief European challenger for international eco
nomic supremacy.
These are Of the paradoxes that characterize the
boshevik administration Of affairs in Russia govern
ment that for its cardinal principles peace and COM
munsm has by force Of necessity developed the worlds
largest fighting machine and EurOpes greatest industrial
o1ganization-at least in theory, on paper.
For two years Russia has been shrouded in mystery
Now the truth becoming known and many dreams are
being shattered. American wormen inclined to the
belief that their Russian brothers having easy time
Of it. reTeng in the wealth which belonged TO the
upper classes It has been imagined over here that under
ed rule hours had been reduced for the workers. pay n
creased and that in short Russian toers living lives
Of leisure and luxury But the truth IS that Russian
labor is working harder than it ever did before and has
longer hours.
Measures have been adopted which if put into in
this country, would make union labor red In Amer
lean unions the worst worker far pay Is concerned IS
Just good the best worker In Russia there cannot be
any soft berh for workers. good bad and there can be
industrial sackers Workers graded according TO
their capacity and the value Of their work The worker IS
paid only for the actual work done-n theory, that is
Russia applies the draft to labor well to the army
When workers needed any particular works the soviet
government the right to shift and women to
these works regardless Of their location circumstances
providing volunteer workers cannot be obtained Just
the government drafts for its army It sees fit so it
drafts men into industry.
One section Of the labor code reads:
"In of urgent public work the district depart
ment of labor nav in agreement with the respective
professional unions and with the approval Of the peo
pies commissariat Of labor, order the transfer Of
whole group Of wage earners from the organization
where they employed TO another situated in the
in different locality, provided sufficient
number Of volunteers for such work cannot be found
The manner IN which workers graded and CLASH
fled is described in the code follows:
HIn working out the tariff rates and determn-
ing the standard remuneration rates al wage earns
Of trade shall be divided into groups and cate
gories and definite standard Of remuneration shall
be fixed Tor each Of them
IN determining the standard Of remuneration for
each group and category attention shall Be given to
the kind Of labor the danger of the conditions under
which the work is performed the completely and
cuacy Of the work, the degree of independence and
responsibility well the standard Of education and
experience required for the performance of the work
The remuneration Of each wage Garner shall be
determined by his classification in definite group
and category
The wage Garner shall be paid only for actual
work done. If a cessation Of work is caused during
the working day by circumstances beyond the control
Of the wage Through accident or through the
fault Of the administration he shall be paid for the
time lost the basis Of the daily tariff rates If he
does time work, the basis Of his average daily
earning, if he does piece work"
To show what happens to the Russian worker who
fails to meet the standard Of efficiency which the gov
eminent has set up, the following is quoted:
In order to assure efficiency of labor every wage
Garner working in enterprise, establishment in
stitution government public privat5l employing
labor IN the form Of organized collaboration well
the administration Of the enterprise, establishment
or Institution, shall strictly observe the rules of this
article Of the code relative to standards Of efficiency
output and rules Of internal management
Every wage Garner must during normal work
ing day and under normal working conditions perform
the standard amount Of work fixed for the category
and group in which he is enrolled
The standard output for wage earners Of each /
trade and Of each group and category shall be fixed
BY valuation commissions Of the respective trade
unions
"A wage Garner systematically producing less than
the fixed standard may be transferred BY decision Of
ne proper valuation commission to other work in