The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-12-06

.ain improvements. Definite progress
as been made in the direction of run
ming railways and industry on the
use of mineral fuel, and already the
stocks of coal in the Donetz region
have been reduced Stocks of oil are
still very large, and in so far as oil
completes with coal, the way out
should be found in the foreign mar
ket
The Metal Industry.
AS regards the metallurgical indus
try, the question of increasing sales
is a matter of considerable import
ance While our light industry has
advanced to 40 per cent of the pre-
war level, while the textile industry,
in accordance with the plan of de-
velopment adopted by the supreme
economical council, is reaching a fig-
ure Of so to so per cent Of pre-war
production Of cotton fabrics, the metal
industry has remained backward, and
still shows less than 20 per cent Of
the pre-war output
The disproportion in industry is
due to the high cost of our metal
The enlargement of the metallurgical
market is bound up with the problem
Of price reduction. The calculation
worked out by the special Dzherzhin-
sky committee announces that price
of 80 to 80 kopeks per pood of metal
should be adopted. This is big re-
1uction in comparison with prevailing
prices, and with its adoption we can
expect that there will be a great move
forward in the sale of metal. While
he general market does not consume
more than 20 per cent Of the metal
output, leaving all the rest to trans
port and building industry-yet ex-
perience shows that the demands of
the peasantry for articles of agricul-
tural and domestic utility are very
large. Every instance Of cheapening
metal should mean larger metal mar
ket, which in turn should permit the
starting of extra blast furnaces which
in turn should lead to further reduc-
ton of the price for metal
The Organization Of Industry.
Apart from the general estimate Of
the Industrial situation here given,
it is necessary to raise few ques-
tiOns which play an essential part in
our industry. With an industry, firm
ly based on correct economic policy,
it is necessary also to improve its or
ganization, so that by the output of a
cheap and good quality article it may
solve the fundamental problem of cap
turing the market. T. e. Dzherzhin-
sky, president of the supreme econo-
mic council of the U. S. S. R., has
stated the problem in its widest scope,
viz: "the reduction of the cost of pro-
duction by rationalizing methods of
manufacture, by lessening overhead
charges, and by increasing the pro-
ductivity of labor"
The naturalization of manufacture
ing methods is proceeding along two
lines. On the one hand, we are in
Producing number of organizational
measures, we are improving account
ing, we are improving the internal or
ganization of separate workshops and
hand, more complete workshop equip
ment and plant is being set up. 1t is
obvious immediate results cannot be
expected. The introduction of the
scientific organization of labor in a
workshop employing 1000 workers re-
quires period of not less than two
years for fully putting it into opera
ton.
Conclusion.
We can conclude, therefore, that our
industry is on the upgrade in spite
of some adverse features. In regard
to the supply of the market we can
record number of achievements, tho
much. Of course, remains to be done.
Our fundamental problem now, is not
that of how to increase production,
but how to strengthen the basis of
our organization by adopting the most
scientific methods of manufacture, by