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

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THE DEVELOPMENT OF CAPITALISM IN RUSSIA<br />

441<br />

places the “independent” handicraftsman in conditions which<br />

<strong>of</strong>ten are incomparably worse than those <strong>of</strong> the wage-worker.<br />

The fundamental error <strong>of</strong> Narodnik economics is that it<br />

ignores, or glosses over, the connection between the big<br />

and the small establishments, on the one hand, and between<br />

merchant’s and industrial capital, on the other. “The fac<strong>to</strong>ry<br />

owner <strong>of</strong> the Pavlovo area is nothing more than a<br />

complex type <strong>of</strong> buyer-up,” says Mr. Grigoryev (loc. cit.,<br />

p. 119). That is true, not only <strong>of</strong> Pavlovo, but <strong>of</strong> the<br />

majority <strong>of</strong> industries organised on the lines <strong>of</strong> capitalist<br />

manufacture; the reverse is likewise true: the buyer-up<br />

in manufacture is a complex type <strong>of</strong> “fac<strong>to</strong>ry owner”; this,<br />

incidentally, is one <strong>of</strong> the fundamental differences between<br />

the buyer-up in manufacture and the buyer-up in the small<br />

peasant industries. But <strong>to</strong> see in this fact <strong>of</strong> the connection<br />

between the “buyer-up” and the “fac<strong>to</strong>ry owner” some<br />

argument in favour <strong>of</strong> small industry (as Mr. Grigoryev<br />

and many other Narodniks do) means drawing absolutely<br />

arbitrary conclusions and dis<strong>to</strong>rting facts <strong>to</strong> fit preconceived<br />

notions. A host <strong>of</strong> facts testify, as we have seen,<br />

<strong>to</strong> the point that the combination <strong>of</strong> merchant’s capital<br />

with industrial capital makes the position <strong>of</strong> the direct<br />

producer considerably worse than that <strong>of</strong> the wage-worker,<br />

lengthens his working day, reduces his earnings, and<br />

retards economic and cultural development.<br />

VII. CAPITALIST DOMESTIC INDUSTRY AS AN APPENDAGE<br />

OF MANUFACTURE<br />

Capitalist domestic industry—i.e., the processing at<br />

home, for payment by the piece, <strong>of</strong> raw materials obtained<br />

from an entrepreneur—is also met with, as indicated in<br />

the preceding chapter, in the small peasant industries.<br />

Later we shall see that it is met with again (and on a large<br />

scale) alongside the fac<strong>to</strong>ry, i.e., large-scale machine<br />

industry. Thus, capitalist domestic industry is met with at<br />

all stages <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong> capitalism in industry,<br />

but is most characteristic <strong>of</strong> manufacture. Both the small<br />

peasant industries and large-scale machine industry manage<br />

very easily without domestic industry. The manufac<strong>to</strong>ry

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