The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-10-09
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BY Burck

that taste and general culture
spreads continually. Most of the
ORS stores hitherto have been
rather plain business-like affairs
with goods simply piled up on the
shelves in the most convenient way,
without regard to the psychological
effect on the buyer.
The ORS stores sell only to work
ers of the factories which run them,
but all factories have their ORS
stores. In Kalinin the ORS stores
of the textile factories are divided
into branches, one branch for work.
ers living downtown, located in the
town, another branch for those at
the factory grounds proper, located
there, and still another branch for
those in the workers settlement in
the woods near the factory, located
in the settlement.
The kitchen garden idea is only a
few years old in the Soviet Union.
Any textile worker who wishes to
cultivate half an acre of land can
sign up for it, and will be given
the ground by the city, through the
trade union. This year only $500
of the mill hands took out land,
but they each reaped an average
Of ton of vegetables from their
gardens, and have as one woman
confessed with some amusement,
enough potatoes and carrots to
make it a problem where to store
them" While I was there, various
types of community storehouses
were being hastily secured and put
in order, and some apartments
were rather crowded still with sacks
and boxes of vegetables.
Peasant Markets
Those who did not cultivate
kitchen gardens get good deal Of
their green stuff from the peasant
market. This is an open space with
booths maintained by the city in
the center of the town. Here
hundreds of peasants in carts come
in early morning, lay out their
wares, mainly vegetables, poultry,
meat and fruit, and after paying a
small tax for sales license, pro-
coed to sell to all corners.
These peasants are mainly collec-
tive farmers, selling their own
products directly to the consumer.
! Trl,o oollao+iva 70 rY,,ar q Ttor bic oil
lective pays the government the
amounts required in the state deliv-
cry (for which it is paid in money
by the state) and after paying back
any loans of seed, ETC., receives his
share of the money from the sale
to the state and of what produce is
left in accordance with the number
of working days he has put in. He
can consume some of the produce
himself, but if the amount is large
he can sell it. The peasant market
is one of the ways of selling it
Prices in the peasant market are
somewhat higher than in the ORS
but the ORS may not have as big
variety of fruits, vegetables and
meats.
Worlds Best Fed Workers
1t is safe to say that already the
Soviet mill hand is the best fec
textile worker in the world. It is
already no longer a question 0!
enough food, but merely one of more
variety, more tasty food, more con.
venience in purchasing and pre-.
pairing the food.
In Kalinir a certain type Of
factory kitchen service has already
been organized, by which prepared
meals for children can be bough
and taken home
Preparations are under way Il
give delivery service of cooked
meals in thermos containers to thl
apartment houses from the factor,
kitchens, to do away with tn,
necessity of cooking at home. M
one can say to what extent thi
service may develop