The Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1927-1930, 1927-12-29

| ferenceS. They are going to make
everything they need themselves
That is, when they get the machinery
they need to start this miracle work
ing program. But when one has seen
it all one has the impression of look
ing at a dead body being galvanized
| into action by an electric current This
is because all of the mills and fac
tories are working with wornout ma
chimes. Under state monopoly, having
a protected market, still all these con-
Germs are losing money and are con-
| tinually in need of new subsidies from
the government
JobIess Army 100000.
| Mathematical industry in Russia is
a luxury which the soviet government
| can i'll afford. If tomorrow the pres
| ent Russian industry were placed in a
position where it could compete with
European industry, still it could not
| exist. Imagine six weavers on an
| island having monopoly. Suppose
one weaving machine started to work
there. What would the other five
Weavers do. Russia today has more
than million and half unemployed
skilled workers and another million
unemployed unskilled and white col
lar workers. Industry in Russia is so
old fashioned that it cannot be COM
pared with any industry in more pro-
greSsive countries.
hot s. e. Ill,
industry in Russia is operating at II
loss. 1t is not helping to Increase
state revenues, but exists because N
is supposed to support itself, and N
does not do that l obtained the i'm
preston that one of the chief rea-
sons why industry is continued in
Russia is as an advertisement to show
, that industry actually can exist under
Communist government. This is an
expensive advertisement.
Chaos for inductry.
1.-The peasant pays. He is paying
for the present government. He is
paying for the good for-nothing indus
try and he pays the demoralized
workers who are so busily engaged in
bailng water with Il sieve The gov
eminent appropriations to purchase
new equipment are not a drop in the
bucket of BOlshevik need
1.-THE enterprises themselves, admin.
istered and run by former workmen
are sad sight to an industrial man.
The management is without expert
ence or education They have been
appointed chiefs of enterprises which.
even though they may not he modern
still are large, and tie heads of which
should have Theoretical and practical
education and culture.
at is true they are now trying to
remedy this situation by calling back
the specialists those who were the
brains before. But they are employed
only in an advisory capacity. If the
Communist director wishes TO demon,
strate three times each week against
Germany, England. or America he
calls out all the workers and gives
them a half holiday to listen to his
speech. With proper encouragement
he will talk all afternoon. He fire.
quently does this, and no wonder pro-
duction falls off.
High Prices for Poor Products.
"ln many of the mills they are try
ing to produce several articles. And
this Is the age of Standardization. 1t
is hardly necessary to speak about
the awful quality Of the goods pro
duced. but it is necessary to remark
about the prices. They are by far the
highest in the world today. Such is
The soviet nationalizel industry which
is being managed by a bunch of in
competents.
"And despite the terrific loss in op.
Grating this industry the soviet gov
eminent is now engaged in trying to
cut down prices. This is more sense
less politics. How can prices be cut
when industry is being operated at 81
loss? When prices are cut quality al
so fails. To reduce overhead means
the discharge of more employees, and
MS | have mentioned, the unemploy-
ment problem is serious enough with
out making it more serious.
"AS for the condition of the work
rrs and employees at the mills. Well
here is Il strong discipline. They are
not forced to work, but they know for
every employed man there is three
iohless willing and anxious to take
his place.
Fines, Deductions, for Workers.
"There is a system of fines which
cut into the workers pay, and from
his pay envelope is also deducted be-
tween one-tifth and one fourth his en-
lire wages for the aid of various gov.
ernment revolutionary enterprises,
such as the Aviation Chemical society,
| which is preparing Russia for the
next war. the International society,
to provide foreign Imprisoned revOlu-
tionisls witt Injuries in jail; the fund
to aid the homeless children, ETC.,
without end.
'"rhere is supposed to be an eight
hour workfay, but it averages be-
tween uine and ten hours, with a mill
tary drill in the evening three times
each week, lasting an hour How
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