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Collected Works of V. I. Lenin - Vol. 3 - From Marx to Mao

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296<br />

V. I. LENIN<br />

estimated at 130, employing 780 workers and having an<br />

output valued at not less than 137,000 rubles. The industry<br />

spread mainly after the Reform; its technique gradually<br />

improved and larger establishments were formed requiring<br />

more fixed capital and showing a higher productivity <strong>of</strong><br />

labour. Hand graters were replaced by improved ones, then<br />

horse power appeared, and finally the drum was introduced,<br />

considerably improving and cheapening production. Here<br />

are data we have compiled from a house-<strong>to</strong>-house census<br />

<strong>of</strong> “handicraftsmen,” according <strong>to</strong> size <strong>of</strong> establishment:<br />

Categories <strong>of</strong><br />

establishments*<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> establishments<br />

Family<br />

Workers<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> per Output<br />

workers establish- (rubles)<br />

ment<br />

Hired<br />

Total<br />

Small . . . . . . 15 30 45 75 2 3 5 5.3 12,636 842 126<br />

Medium . . . . . 42 96 165 261 2.2 4 6.2 5.5 55,890 1,331 156<br />

Large . . . . . . 11 26 67 93 2.4 6 8.4 6.4 61,282 5,571 416<br />

Total . . . . . . 68 152 277 429 2.2 4.1 6.3 5.5 129,808 1,908 341<br />

Thus we have here small capitalist establishments in<br />

which, as production expands, the employment <strong>of</strong> hired<br />

labour increases and the productivity <strong>of</strong> labour rises. These<br />

establishments bring the peasant bourgeoisie considerable<br />

pr<strong>of</strong>it, and also improve agricultural technique. But the<br />

situation <strong>of</strong> the workers in these workshops is very unsatisfac<strong>to</strong>ry,<br />

owing <strong>to</strong> the extremely insanitary working conditions<br />

and the long working day.**<br />

The peasants who own “grating” establishments farm under<br />

very favourable conditions. The planting <strong>of</strong> pota<strong>to</strong>es (on<br />

* See Appendix <strong>to</strong> Chapter V, Industry No. 24.<br />

** Loc. cit., p. 32. The working day in the peasant workshops<br />

is 13 <strong>to</strong> 14 hours, while in the big works in the same industry<br />

(according <strong>to</strong> Dementyev 100 ) a 12-hour working day prevails.<br />

Family<br />

Hired<br />

Total<br />

Average number <strong>of</strong><br />

working weeks<br />

Total<br />

Per establishment<br />

Per worker<br />

in 4 weeks

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