The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-12
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profitable, 1t is natural that the ma
jority of the new young, collectives
can not yet be profitable. These,
however, will undoubtedly become
profitable within two or three years.
Strengthen Collectives,
The proposal to refuse support for
the new oollectives can only come
from counter revolutionaries. In
promoting collectiyization at en- ac-
celebrated pace, the Communist Par
ty, said Stain, certainly acted cor
reetly. NProfitableness must be
judged from the general angle OF the
whole of national economy, and only
in the course of several years. 1t
would be futile to judge from the
angle of one given moment.
The eollectivization of the basic re-
gions' has already been completed.
The vast majority of the peasants
accept collectivization as the best
form Of farming. The question as to
whether eollectiyization is to be Or
not to be, is already decided. The
present question is that OF strength
ening the colleetives throwing out
the wreckers, and making the collec-
tives really Bolshevik.
Improved Conditions.
Turning to review the improve
ment in the material position Of the
workers and peasants resulting from
t he FirSt-Five- Year-Plan, Stain
placed as first the abolition of I'M
employment.
He gave second place to the ELI
mination of poverty in the villages
as a result of collectivization. This
is an achievement of which no cap
itahst country can dream.
The workers of the Soviet Union
long ago forgot unemployment, while
the capitalist countries have no less
than 30 to 100000 unemployed,
The number of industrial workers in
the Soviet Union more than doubled
as compared with 1928.
Increased Income,
The national income in 1882 was
As 900 900 900 roubles representing an
IS per cent increase over 1928. The
average increase in the increase OF
workers wages was 81 per cent. The
increase of the Social Insurance
fund 1872 per cent as compared with
1928. Communal feeding is now
embracing over 10 per cent of the
workers.
These are the points mentioned by
Stain as indications Of the improve
ment in conditions. He continued
to state, however:
we failed as yet to achieve COM
plete satisfaction of the material de-
mands of the workers and peasants.
We shall hardly attain this in the
immediate future, but, We have, I'M
doubtedly, attained the result that
the material conditions of the work.
ers and peasants is improving with
every year.
This can be doubted only by
sworn enemies of the Soviet Union
or, perhaps, by some representatives
of the bourgeois press, including part
of the correspondents of that press
in Moscow who understand about
economics of nations and conditions
of toilers hardly more than, let us
say, the king of Abyssinia under
stands about higher mathematics"
Stain presented facts of the mis-
cry of the workers in capitalist coun-
tries.
Create Huge Reserve.
Stain then dwelt on the inter-
linking of the cities with the country
as expressed in the inter eonnee-
ton of production and Soviet State
trade. He refuted the assertion that
State Trade is similar to private
trading in the NEP New Economic
Policy period.
The NEP admitted a certain re-
viyal of capitalism and functioning
of the private capitalist elements in
the exchange of commodities, while
Soviet Trade denies both.
Speculation under the NEP is ell
minated under the present system
of trade. At present, the Soviet
Union has developed state industry
and whole system of collectives and
State farms assuring the state huge
reserves of agricultural and manu-
featured goods.
Answering tn e argument that
without sound currency, trade de-
velopment is impossible, st IL n
pointed out the absurdity of the con-
tention that Soviet currency has no
value.
"This is said by economists of the
capitalist countries. I think that
these esteemed economists under
stand about political economy no
more than the Archbishop of Can
terbury understands about anti-reli-
gious propaganda. Is 1t not a fact
that with this currency We have
built Magnitostroy, Dnieprostroy
Kuznetskstroy, hundreds OF thous-
ands of collective farms, thousands
of State farms?"
Hits Damagers.
Passing to the problem OF strug-
gle against the remnants of hostile
classes, Stain pointed out the fact
that these anti-Soviet elements
found their way into all branches OF
economy. particularly the collectives
and state farms where they carry
on damaging activities under the
guise of workers." and peasants"
The most serious phase of this
damaging consists in plundering the
property of the state, cooperatives
and collectives. Some Party men,
bers are inclined to belittle such
facts of mass stealing and plumber
"These comrades" stated Stain
"are greatly mistaken. The basis OF
our system is public property, just
as the basis of capitalism is private
property"
Stain then emphasized the i'm