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

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V. I. LENIN<br />

increase. But if we compare the productivity <strong>of</strong> labour for each<br />

separate year according <strong>to</strong> the different categories, we shall<br />

get a somewhat different picture. The average output per<br />

worker in all large fac<strong>to</strong>ries will be: 866 rubles, 1,250,<br />

1,260; and by categories: A) 901, 1,410, 1,191; B) 800, 1,282,<br />

1,574; C) 841, 1,082, 1,188. Thus, for each separate year we<br />

observe no increase in output (per worker) as we pass from<br />

the bot<strong>to</strong>m category <strong>to</strong> the <strong>to</strong>p. This is because the various<br />

categories include, in unequal proportions, fac<strong>to</strong>ries in industries<br />

using raw materials <strong>of</strong> different value and obtaining,<br />

therefore, an annual output per worker <strong>of</strong> different value.*<br />

We do not think it worth while <strong>to</strong> examine in equal<br />

detail the data for the years 1879-1890 and for the years<br />

1879-1890-1894-1895, since this would mean repeating all<br />

that has been said above for somewhat different percentages.<br />

Latterly, the Collection <strong>of</strong> Fac<strong>to</strong>ry Inspec<strong>to</strong>rs’ Reports<br />

has supplied data on the distribution <strong>of</strong> fac<strong>to</strong>ries and works<br />

in<strong>to</strong> groups according <strong>to</strong> the number <strong>of</strong> workers employed.<br />

Here are the data for 1903:<br />

In 64 gubernias <strong>of</strong> In 50 gubernias <strong>of</strong><br />

Russia European Russia154 Groups <strong>of</strong> No. <strong>of</strong> No. <strong>of</strong> No. <strong>of</strong> No. <strong>of</strong><br />

establishments establish- workers establish- workers<br />

mentsments<br />

Under 20 workers5,749 63,652 4,533 51,728<br />

21 <strong>to</strong> 50<br />

51 <strong>to</strong> 100<br />

101 <strong>to</strong> 500<br />

501 <strong>to</strong> 1,000<br />

Over 1,000<br />

”<br />

”<br />

”<br />

”<br />

”<br />

5,064<br />

2,271<br />

2,095<br />

404<br />

238<br />

158,602<br />

156,789<br />

463,366<br />

276,486<br />

521,511<br />

4,253<br />

1,897<br />

1,755<br />

349<br />

210<br />

134,194<br />

130,642<br />

383,000<br />

240,440<br />

457,534<br />

Total 15,821 1,640,406 12,997 1,397,538<br />

A comparison <strong>of</strong> these with the afore-cited data will<br />

involve a certain inaccuracy, a slight one, it is true. At all<br />

events, they show that the number <strong>of</strong> large fac<strong>to</strong>ries (those<br />

with over 99 or over 100 workers) and the number <strong>of</strong> workers<br />

employed in them are rapidly increasing. The concentration<br />

<strong>of</strong> workers and, consequently, <strong>of</strong> production, also increases<br />

in the largest <strong>of</strong> these large fac<strong>to</strong>ries.<br />

Comparing the data on the large fac<strong>to</strong>ries with those<br />

on all “fac<strong>to</strong>ries and works” given in our <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial statistics,<br />

* Thus, in 1866, category A included 17 sugar-refineries, where the<br />

average annual output per worker was about 6,000 rubles, whereas<br />

in the textile fac<strong>to</strong>ries (included in the <strong>to</strong>p categories) the average<br />

annual output per worker ranged from 500 <strong>to</strong> 1,500 rubles.

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