The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1933-01-28

In this connection there are official re-
turns known TO ans
Whilst at the end of 1892 industrial pro-
duction in the Soviet Union stood at $50
per cent of the pre-war level, industrial
production in the U. S. A. declined IN the
same period to "a per cent, and in Ger
many to 81 per cent. Whilst towards the
end OF 1892 industrial production in the
Soviet Union increased to PIG per cent
of the 1928 level in the same period in
dustrial production in the u. S. A. sank
to Sc per cent, in England to 80 per cent,
in Germany to SIS per cent, and in Poland
to 81 per cent
What else do these figures indicate but
that the capitalist system with it's indus
try, in it's contest with the Soviet system
has not stood the test. that industry un-
der the Soviet system possesses all the
advantages over the capitalist system
They say to us: this is all very well, many
new factories have been erected the basis
of characterization has been created, but
it would have been much better to aban-
don the policy of characterization, the
policy of extending the production OF the
means of production, or at least to defer
this work in order to produce more calico,
Shoes clothing and other articles OF daily
requirement. Nevertheless we must know
ard take into account whittier such
policy of postponing the tasks OF indus
trialization would have led. 1t is true.
we could have employed half of the III
milljard rubles valuta which we expended
in this period on equipping our heavy in
dllstry, in importing cotton, leather, hides,
rubber, etc. Then we should have had
more calico, shoes, clothes But then we
should have had neither tractors nor an
automobile industry; we should have
mad no smelling industry to speak of, no
metal for the construction Of machines,
and we should have been disarmed in
face of the modern technique with which
our capitalist neighDors are equipped. We
should have been deprived of the posi-
bility of supplying agriculture with trac-
tors and agricultural machines; it might
have happened that we were left With
out grain We should have deprived our
selves of the possibility Of winning
victory over the capitalist elements in our
country 1t might have happened that
we increased beyond measure the chances
Of the restoration of capitalism. we
should not have been in possession OF all
the modern means Of defense, without
which the independence of the country is
impossible, without which the country
would have been converted into an OBJ
ject of the war operations OF the enemy
abroad. Our position would then be more
or less similar to the present position Of
China, which has no heavy industry of its
own, no war industry and which is carved
up by all who will. In word: in such
case we should have had armed inter-
vention, not non-aggression pacts, but
war, dangerous deadly war; bloody
unequal war, for in this war we should
have been almost completely unarmed In
face Of enemies who possess all the mo-
dern weapons of attack.
1t is clear that self-respecting state
power a self-respecting party, cannot
adopt such a suicidal attitude. and pre-
cisely because the Party rejected such a
counter Revolutionary attitude, it achieved
a decisive victory in fulfilling the Five
Year Plan in the sphere of industry. BY