The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-07-22
ARTICLE II.
Nv HARRISON GEORGE,


TN a previous issue We recounted hve
i points of argument set forth in an
article written by anarchist workers
and published in the press of the In
dustrial Workers of the World, at
lacking the Soviet government of
workers and peasants. We stated that
we would show one and all of these
points to be anti-labor and even anti
/. w. w. Point No. was: THAT the
workers revolution in Russia has
been betrayed by political bureau
Gratis"
Aside from its other harm, the
above assertion can succeed only in
making the |. w. w. appear as the
laughing stock of the worlds labor
movement. Certainly the Russian
workers, who still have the arms in
their hands with which they forced
back the combined armies of the
greatest imperialist nations, if they
could take time from their jobs of
building the new society within the
shell of the old to listen to this faint
voice from afar telling of their be
travail" would break into storms OF
uproarious laughter.
A CCORDING to the statistics OF
n November, 1925, the workers of
Soviet Russia are organized into % in
dustrial unions with a total member
ship on that date of 7,S46,7S9, includ-
ing 2,O24,117 new members joining
during the previous is months. On
January 1, 1926, the figure reached
100000 American wage workers
could stand some of this sort of "be-
trayal."
According to Bulletin No. of the
Central Council Of Trade Unions, the
length of the workday for all indus
tries thruout the Soviet Union was
an average during 1924 and 1925, OF
rs hours, as compared with day of
90 hours before the war, and revolu-
ton.
Real wages (as distinct from money
wages) are somewhat more difficult
to figure, largely because under Soviet
rule the workers get many things,
such as rent, light, theaters, transpor-
tation, etc, at very low rates, and
some things are free. But Bulletin
No. of the Central Council of Trade
Unions says, after a list OF the main
items Of diet shown from 1924: 1.-THE
amount of calories consumed by work
ers in 1924 constitutes 1913 per cent of
the pre-war consumption. fats, 1913 per
cent and carbohydrates 95.8 per cent.
Thus already in 1924 the workers diet
had reached the pre-war level Of ca
loric value and considerably improved
in quality and assimilability. In par
ticular, the consumption of meat and
fats had greatly increased. The latest
| figures are unavailable. Taking into
account the considerable increase in
wages during 1925, 1t can safely be
said that the workers diet has further
improved since 1924"
ILLTIIAT these wages (money wages)
w have increased Is shown by stats
tics given in William Y. Fosters re-
cent pamphlet, Russian Workers and
Workshops in 1926" It says: aver.
age wages in industry are constantly
on the rise. On October /, 1924
wages (money wages) amounted to 81
per cent of pre-war rates; on October
1, 1925, SO per cent; and on December
1, 1925, 90 per cent"
The result OF this may been seen In
the higher standard OF living (real
wages) OF the 1,113,000 members OF
the unions of Moscow province, taken
for example, reported at their provin
cial congress of the trade unions on
February 20, 1925. n says. in the
Trade Union Bulletin No. 3, OF the
Central Council: I'm tho province