The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-10-07
MEXICAN LABOR
ATTACHE VISITS
SOVIET MILLS
T extiIe Industry Is
GiUen His o. K.

II is known that the Gales govern
ment OF Mexico, in exchange for the
political support Of the leaders Of the
Regional Confederation Of Labor Of
Mexico &c. r. o. NJ In practically
turning over the Mexican masses az
subjects to Wall Street imperialism,
agreed to give the mexican Gompers"
(Luis NJ Morones) a cabinet position
and to appoint, along with every mini
ster TO foreign nations, labor at
tache."
This Institution is about the most
malodorous incident Of class 'har-
mony" we know Of and we are not
certain what qualifications one must
have to be a labor attache" OF a
Mexican minister, but II we don't miss
our eness, the writer Of the following
article, who is Tabor attache" TO the
Mexican minister at Moscow, is liable
to be recalled if he keeps up writing
as follows:
MOSCOW. Angst 10, 1925-Thanks
to comrades Of the Textile Workers
Union. l obtained an opportunity to
visit some textile mills in Moscow
and district
Il looked over the Kalinin MIL
producing wooden fabrics lying some
distance southeast Of the Red capital.
saw the first model dye works and
cotton spinning mill employing over
5000 men and women, which lies TO
the east of the city.
Il visited a lace factory on the
other side Of the Moskva river to the
south west of Moscow. likewise saw
the biggest mill, the 'Dyedo-Guchkov-
sky thrifty versts out. The technical
equipment OF the mills is in every
sense Of the word Upto-date; the
most OF the machinery is British.
Despite my having visited, compar-
atively speaking, onlyta few Russian
mills, | have obtained certain defin-
tie impression as 10 the intensive
growth of the textile industry which
is, nevertheless, not yet in a position
to satisfy all the demands of the Rus
sian market At the moment a con-
siderable amount Of piece goods are
still being imported from abroad.
1.-THE hygenic and sanitary condE-
lions, the running Of the works, pro-
lection of labor, the whole spirit
reianlpa in the Soviet mills, are
suoh as can only cause the workers
in other countries to envy the lot
OF the employees in them.
Wages are calculated in accord
ance with prevailing market prices
and completely answer to the needs Of
the textile worker.
Women enjoy the same rates with
the man for the same work, while,
there are, furthermore, special labor
protection regulations applying To
them.
With regard to the labor of young
workers, l may say that in not one
of the mills | visited did | see either
boys or girls under sixteen years Of
age. Such a state of affairs naturally
serves as an excellent means of pre-
venting the worker from exhausting
his physical powers by undertaking
work at too early an age.
The trade union representatives
work in close contact with the mill
management which is appointed by
the competent organs of the Soviet
government.
"The peaceful working together
of these two factors In Industry Is
the best refutation Of the view pre-
vaient in capitalist countries that
If trade and industry are to flourish,
there must be no interference on
the part Of the trade unions in ques-
tions connected with factory admit
nistration.
81 consider the following as the two
most essential gains won by the I'M
ions: Direct participation Of the
unions in administration, and prohibit
ton of child labor under 16.
Il am thoroughly convinced that the
Soviet workers will continue 10 march
along the road they have already set
out on, while serving as a constant
example TO their fellow workers of the
whole world. (Signed) M. Martinez
Delegate Of the Regional confedera-
ton Of Mexico"
1t might be said in addition that the
Textile Workers Industrial Union OF
Russia has $4,000 members, which
strength-when reached by the Amer
ican "split-to-pieces and killed-one-at-
a-time" textile unions" may entitie
McMahon and the other takers To
open their traps about Soviet Russia
and its labor unions.