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

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586<br />

V. I. LENIN<br />

Therefore, only by examining the whole <strong>of</strong> the present economic<br />

system from the angle <strong>of</strong> the relationships that have<br />

grown up in this “corner” can one become clear about the<br />

main relations between the various groups <strong>of</strong> persons taking<br />

part in production, and, consequently, trace the system’s<br />

main trend <strong>of</strong> development. On the other hand, whoever<br />

turns his back on this “corner” and examines economic<br />

phenomena from the angle <strong>of</strong> petty patriarchal production,<br />

is turned by the march <strong>of</strong> his<strong>to</strong>ry in<strong>to</strong> either an innocent<br />

dreamer or an ideologist <strong>of</strong> the petty bourgeoisie and the<br />

agrarians.<br />

IV. THE FORMATION OF A HOME MARKET<br />

FOR LABOUR-POWER<br />

To sum up the data given earlier on this problem we shall<br />

confine ourselves <strong>to</strong> the picture <strong>of</strong> the movement <strong>of</strong> workers<br />

over the terri<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> European Russia. Such a picture is<br />

supplied by the Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture’s publication*<br />

based on statements by employers. The picture <strong>of</strong> the movement<br />

<strong>of</strong> workers will give a general idea <strong>of</strong> how the home<br />

market for labour-power is being formed; using the material<br />

<strong>of</strong> the publication mentioned, we have only tried <strong>to</strong><br />

draw a distinction between the movement <strong>of</strong> agricultural<br />

and non-agricultural workers, although the map appended<br />

<strong>to</strong> the publication and illustrating the movement <strong>of</strong> the<br />

workers does not show this distinction.<br />

The main movements <strong>of</strong> agricultural workers are the<br />

following: 1) <strong>From</strong> the central agricultural gubernias <strong>to</strong><br />

Trade Unionismus, Stuttgart, Dietz, 1895, S. S. 363, 365, 381)<br />

[“the trade unionists ... include, as a general rule, the picked men in<br />

each trade. The moral and intellectual influence which they exercise<br />

on the rest <strong>of</strong> their class is, therefore, out <strong>of</strong> all proportion <strong>to</strong> their<br />

numbers.” (S. and B. Webb: The His<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>of</strong> Trade Unionism, London,<br />

902, pp. 409, 411, 430).—Ed.]<br />

* “Agricultural and statistical information based on material<br />

obtained from farmers. <strong>Vol</strong>. V. Hired Labour on private-landowner<br />

farms and the movement <strong>of</strong> workers, according <strong>to</strong> a statistical and<br />

economic survey <strong>of</strong> agriculture and industry in European Russia.”<br />

Compiled by S. A. Korolenko. Published by Department <strong>of</strong> Agriculture<br />

and Rural Industries, St. Petersburg, 1892.

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