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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 />

479<br />

be possible <strong>to</strong> devise them). That is why the fac<strong>to</strong>ry statistics<br />

published by the Ministry <strong>of</strong> Finance always include<br />

ironworks <strong>to</strong> some extent, although the actual degree <strong>to</strong><br />

which they are included varies for different gubernias and<br />

for different years.* General data on the increased use <strong>of</strong><br />

steam-engines in metallurgy since the Reform will be<br />

given below, when we deal with the mining and metallurgical<br />

industry.<br />

5) F o o d I n d u s t r i e s<br />

These industries merit special attention for the question<br />

that concerns us, since the confusion in fac<strong>to</strong>ry statistics<br />

attains here its maximum. And yet, these industries occupy<br />

a prominent place in our fac<strong>to</strong>ry industry as a whole.<br />

Thus, according <strong>to</strong> the Direc<strong>to</strong>ry for 1890 these industries<br />

account for 7,095 fac<strong>to</strong>ries, with 45,000 workers and<br />

an output <strong>to</strong>talling 174 million rubles out <strong>of</strong> a <strong>to</strong>tal for<br />

European Russia <strong>of</strong> 21,124 fac<strong>to</strong>ries, with 875,764 workers<br />

and an output <strong>of</strong> 1,501 million rubles. The fact is that<br />

the principal trades <strong>of</strong> this group—flour-milling, groatmilling<br />

and oil-pressing—consist <strong>of</strong> the processing <strong>of</strong><br />

agricultural produce. There are hundreds and thousands<br />

<strong>of</strong> small establishments in Russia engaged in this processing<br />

in every gubernia, and since there are no generally<br />

established rules for selecting the “fac<strong>to</strong>ries and works” from<br />

among them, the statistics pick out such small establishments<br />

quite fortui<strong>to</strong>usly. That is why the numbers <strong>of</strong> “fac<strong>to</strong>ries<br />

and works” for different years and for different gubernias<br />

fluctuate enormously. Here, for example, are the figures for<br />

the flour-milling trade for various years, as taken from<br />

various sources: 1865—857 mills (Returns and Material <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Ministry <strong>of</strong> Finance); 1866—2,176 (Yearbook); 1866—18,426<br />

(Military Statistical Abstract); 1885—3,940 (Collection);<br />

17,765 (Returns for Russia); 1889, 1890 and 1891—5,073,<br />

* See examples in Studies, p. 269 and p. 284 (see present edition,<br />

<strong>Vol</strong>. 4, “On the Question <strong>of</strong> Our Fac<strong>to</strong>ry Statistics.”—Ed.), where<br />

Mr. Karyshev’s error in ignoring this circumstance is examined. The<br />

Direc<strong>to</strong>ry for 1879, for instance, includes the Kulebaki and Vyksa<br />

ironworks, or departments <strong>of</strong> them (pp. 356 and 374), which are omitted<br />

in the Direc<strong>to</strong>ry for 1890.

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