ABSTRACT
The observer of Russian life is struck by the contrast between economic phenomena in Russia and in the western world. In its labor aspects particularly the economic problem affords a contrast. The incentive of the laborer in Soviet Russia is similar to that in capitalist Germany. While foreigners may introduce modern machinery within five years, it will take much more than five years to introduce the spirit of free and spontaneous co-operation which characterizes the western factory enjoying progressive management and intelligent labor leadership. To secure labor power for our industrial enterprises, no particular effort in the sense of endeavoring to attract and recruit workers to the factories was formerly necessary. According to the Labor Code women and minors under 18 may not be employed at night without the authorization of the Labor Commissariat and the Council of Trade Unions.
