The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-10-11

Communist party decided to start
struggle of competition against the
nepman, this was in accord with the
wish of the working class. If the nep-
mans freedom of movement will fur
ther be restricted in the not far fu-
ture, SO will be the command Of the
working class. The rank and file Rus
sian worker wants no bosses, no bust
nessmen, no fat paunches, no individu-
ais living on others work, on capital,
on profits.
Slow Patient Work.
The rank and file Russian worker
knows that one cannot get everything
at once. The Russian worker is fully
aware of the fact that the Russian
factories are inferior in equipment to
the factories of the capitalist coun-
tries, that in point of technical knowl-
edge and efficiency the Russian work
er is far behind his Western brother,
that there will be much experiment.
ing, much hard labor, much trying and
laundering and correcting errors and
starting anew before Russian indus
trial work reaches high level, The
Russian worker knows that his indus
trial apparatus is weak, undeveloped,
unwieldy, absorbing over-much energy.
But he knows also that it is his own
apparatus, secured in fierce bloody
battles after years of struggle. The
Russian worker says to himself that
weak economic apparatus in the hands
'of the working class is better than
strong economic apparatus in the
hands of the bourgeoisie. A weak eco
nomic apparatus can be improved, can
be perfected, can be made to serve the
best interests of the working class
A capitalist apparatus, however tech
nically efficient, is ever and ever a
means of depressing the working
class. This elemental truth, which is
Chinese to the average bourgeois
economist, has become ingrained in the
mind of the worker thru the very prac-
tice of his daily life.
Responsibility Before the Country.
The rank and file Russian worker
is conscious of his responsibility for
both the political and economic ad-
vance Of the country. His behavior
therefore, is that of a wise husband
man who will not consume all of a
years crop, but leave a part for
seeds, a part for the cultivation of
new fields and part for a rainy day
The Russian worker knows that it
would not be economical to pay out
to the workers in the form of wages
all the wealth produced by their la
Dor. The Russian working class is
the supreme power, it can take as
much as it pleases. 1t is aware, how
ever, that economy is imperative at
present. Equipment is to be i'm
proved, capital is to be accumulated,
productivity of labor is to be in
creased, the output of commodities is
to be made to grow. The working
class exploits itself in the present in
order that its life may beasiertommor-
row and ever after. The working class
allots itself a smaller wage than the
pre-war standard in order that it may
be possible to improve and enlarge
the factories, the mills, the rail
roads, the entire economic life. If
there are some worzingmen who do
not understand this economic fore
sight and are therefore dissatisfied,
the others bring them enlightenment.
A work of education is being con-
Quoted among them so that they may
realize that this policy is only con-
Quoted in their own class interests.
And If the mensheviks attempt to uti-
lie this ignorance Of small section
Of the workers to arouse them
against the existing order, the work
ers will hit hard and without mercy
Sacrifices.
The rank and file Russian worker
knows how to make sacrifices for his