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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 />

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are included among the “fac<strong>to</strong>ries and works” in unequal<br />

numbers in the different gubernias and in different years,<br />

the statistics on this trade should be treated with great<br />

caution. The steam-engine statistics for 1875-1878 gave<br />

for this industry 28 mechanised establishments with 33<br />

steam-engines <strong>to</strong> a <strong>to</strong>tal <strong>of</strong> 488 h.p. and in 1890 there were<br />

66 mechanised establishments with 82 steam-engines <strong>to</strong><br />

a <strong>to</strong>tal <strong>of</strong> 1,112 h.p. In these 66 fac<strong>to</strong>ries 5,522 workers<br />

(more than a third <strong>of</strong> the <strong>to</strong>tal) were concentrated with an<br />

output <strong>to</strong>talling 12.3 million rubles (46% <strong>of</strong> the <strong>to</strong>tal),<br />

so that the concentration <strong>of</strong> production was very considerable,<br />

and the productivity <strong>of</strong> labour in the large<br />

establishments far above the average.*<br />

The ceramic trades fall in<strong>to</strong> two categories in accordance<br />

with the character <strong>of</strong> the fac<strong>to</strong>ry statistics: in some,<br />

there is hardly any combining <strong>of</strong> small-scale production<br />

with large. That is why these statistics are fairly reliable.<br />

This applies <strong>to</strong> the following industries: glass, porcelain<br />

and chinaware, plaster and cement. Particularly remarkable<br />

is the rapid growth <strong>of</strong> the last-mentioned trade,<br />

which is evidence <strong>of</strong> the development <strong>of</strong> the building<br />

industry: the <strong>to</strong>tal output in 1866 was estimated at 530,000<br />

rubles (Military Statistical Abstract), and in 1890 at 3,826,000<br />

rubles; the number <strong>of</strong> power-operated establishments in<br />

1875-1878 was 8, and in 1890 it was 39. On the other hand,<br />

in the pottery and brick trades the inclusion <strong>of</strong> small<br />

establishments is observed on a tremendous scale, and for<br />

that reason the fac<strong>to</strong>ry statistics are very unsatisfac<strong>to</strong>ry,<br />

being particularly exaggerated for the 60s and 70s. Thus,<br />

in the pottery trade in 1879 there were listed 552 establishments,<br />

with 1,900 workers and an output <strong>to</strong>talling 538,000<br />

rubles, and in 1890, 158 establishments with 1,978 workers<br />

and an output <strong>to</strong>talling 919,000 rubles. If we subtract<br />

the small establishments (those with an output <strong>of</strong> less<br />

than 2,000 rubles) we get: 1879—70 establishments, with<br />

* If we distribute the fac<strong>to</strong>ries shown in the Direc<strong>to</strong>ry as for 1890<br />

according <strong>to</strong> date <strong>of</strong> establishment we get the following: <strong>of</strong> 1,506<br />

fac<strong>to</strong>ries the number established at dates unknown was 91, before<br />

1850—331; in the 1850s—147; in the 60s—239; in the 70s—320; in<br />

the 80s—351; in 1890—21. In every succeeding decade more fac<strong>to</strong>ries<br />

were established than in the preceding one.

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