As soon as trade relations with
Russia are resumed, our organization
here will easily become the bi.sgest
import and export inslitution in the
world. We are organizing to meet
such a condition. We ehall have de
partments under competent directors
to deal with every branch of indus
try. We shall follow modern and
business-like methods in the estab
lishing of standards of quality and
value, and for goods measuring up to
these standards we shall ba ready
to pay a price corresponding to their
actual worth. We are not out for
shoddy or sweat-shop products. Our
instructions naUirally are to buy
goods made under trade union condi
tions and we are going to carry out
the-se orders, not only because of the
general solidarity of the Russian re
public with the Interests of labor In
general, but because we firmly believe
that the world is big enough and
efficient enough to live and to let live
without exploiting and jeopardizing
the quality of products by bad work
ing conditions. We shall not buy.
for example, anything made by child
or convict labor. If the cost of such
gcodg Is going to be higher than of
goods made under sweat-shop condi
tions, we are willing to meet it.
