The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-11-02
LAST YEAR AND
NEXT IN U. s. S.R.
CONSTRUCTION
Results Of. 1925 20, and
p~ New Prospects


The State Planning Commission
(Gosplan) issued, toward the end OF
August, preliminary review of the
rast fiscal year; 192s-29, and of its
General proposals for the year 1929
&c"
This review points out that
192S-39 was a year of Tremendous
creative activity on the part of the
WORKING masses, both urban and
rural. One manifestation Of this
was the Socialist competitions"
which assumed mass character
during the year. The results
achieved in 192S-29 and the new
measures initiated during the year,
Indicate that in 10000 further
development of the various branches
Of national economy, surprising the
ehedule fthe Five-Year Plan, will
De attained. Of great Importance
during 1929-3O will be the introduc-
ion of the 7-hour day operating
week in many additional factories,
mills, mines and offices. Industrial
production during 1926-29 increased
Pa per cent, which was in advance
Of the schedule. Somewhat less sat
isfactorv were the achievements as
.agards the reduction of production
c5sts which declined about 5 per cent
as against the. expected decrease of
:; per cent. Nominal wages in
ceased by 9 per cent during the
War and the productivity Of labor
Is peg Gent. -. ......- ....,..,
,Thc Cozplan. reports considerable
achievements in agriculture during
tie past year, particularly with ref
e3ence to the organization of state
nd collective farms. An important
f5ctor in extending the area under
c1lfEation is the system whereby
peasants receive ADVANCES from on e. the
state and the cooperatives, some
times in the form Of seeds and ma
chinery.
Big Railway Boom
The operations Of the railways
..ur.ng the past year showed an eX-
Dansion much greater than had
seen planned. The preliminary data
show that total freight operations
amounted to 175-177 billion ton
..iloneters, while the plan called for
an increase to only 165 billion ton
l.ilonleters. -.
The receipts of the federal bud
-et for 1928-29 are professionally es-
t,mated by the commission at 1898
million rubles, as against the estl-
mate in tn eplan of 1921 million
ubles.
During the year 1929-30 Soviet in
2ustries are expected to make con-
-iderable further progress. The
Cosplan has directed the industrial
authorities to take measures to
Utilize existing equipment to the
maximum extent, and to speed up
he construction of the numerous en-
terprises under way. 1t also empha-
sizes the necessity of concentrating
on the more, important projects, at
The expense of those which are OF
lesser Importance at the present
time.
According, to the State Planning
Commission the production of IN
dustrial enterprises under the super
vision of the Supreme Economic
Council must show an increase OF
s2-S5 per cent in 1929-30, as against
he increase of 21.5 per cent called
Tor by the Five Year Plan.
Together with power plant con-
struction and the allotment for the
promotion of technical education
the capital investment in industry
will be 3.5 billion rubles.
The State Planning Commission
expects an increase in ayeragf
wages of 8 per cent. The prnductiv-
ity of labor is to increase 1926 pei
cent, while production costs are tc
be reduced at least 10 per cent.
Farming FORCES Ahead
AS regards agriculture, the mos'
irinortans development during the
year will be an expansion OF state
end cooperative farming consider
ably beyond that provided in the
Five-Year Plan The program fol
agriculture includes a 7-8 per cent
increase in the total area under cul
tivation, in comparison with 1928
20. and a total sown area for statt
and collective farms of 1918 millior
hectares. The state farms alon'
are expected to have cultivate ares
of three million hectares. The pro
gram also provides for an increase
in the yield per acre of 7-s per cent
to be realized through better meth
DDS of cultivation and the increased
utilization of fertilizers. The tota
allotment for agriculture in the fed
eral budget will amount to not les
than TOO million rubles.
The Commission stresses the ne
cessity of fostering particularly tn
industries serving the needs Of az
riculture. 1t also calls attention t
the need for developing ANNA
breeding.
The caspian program for railwa,
transportation provides for tota
freight operations of 2o8-210 billiol
ton-kilometers. Passenger traffi
is estimated at 33 billion passenger
kilometeRs. Nominal wages on rail
ways are to be increased by Z pc