The toiler. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1919-1922, 1921-07-23

at least not until we have finished the work of
electrifyng the country.
What then is left for us to do? We can either
prohibit and prevent the development of
private non-State exchange, j. e., commerce, j. e,
capitalism, which is inevitable with the existence
of millions of small producers Such policy would
be stupid and suicidal for the Party which attempted
to carry it out. 1t would be stupid because 1t is
economically impossible. 1t would be suicidal be-
cause the party that attempted to carry out would
inevitably collapse. 1t is useless to conceal the SIN
into which some Communists in thought, in word,
and in deed have fallen with reference to this policy
We will attempt to rectify this error 1t is essential
that we rectfy this or it will go hard with u.s.
Or (and this is the only possible and sensible
policy we may refrain from prohibiting and pre-
venting the development of capitalism and strive to
direct it in the path of State Capitalism. This IS
economically possible for State Capitalism exists in
one or another form and to one or, another extent
everywhere where there are elements of Free Trade
and Capitalism in general.
THE SHAPING OF CAPITALIST EVOLUTION.
Is it possible to combine and to have side by side
Soviet State, the Dictatorship of the Proletariat,
and State Capitalism?
The whole question, theoretically and practically,
lies in finding the correct means of properly guiding
the inevitable Ito certain extent and for certain
time) development of capitalism along the path OF
State Capitalism and what conditions to establish
and how to secure in the future the conversion
of State Capitalism into Socialism.
In order to approach solution of this question,
it is necessary to have as clear an idea as possible
as to what State Capitalism will represent in prac-
~ fho fro
work of our Soviet State
One of the simplest examples of how the
Soviet Government guides the development of
Capitalism, of how it plants State Capitalism, is
concessions. Everybody agrees that concessions
necessary, but not everybody fully appreciates
the significance of concessions. What are cOnces-
siOns in Soviet system from the point of view of
sociOeconomc strata and their nterrelations? They
treaty, block and alliance of the Soviet i. e.
the Proetaran, State with State Capitalism against
small private ownership (patriarchal and petty
bOurgeois). cOncessiOnaire is capitalist. He
conducts capitalist business for the sake of profits
He agrees to make treaty with Proletarian Gov.
ernment in order to receive extra profits, or for
the sake of securing such raw materials as he other
wise would not be able, or find it very difficult,
to secure. The Soviet Government secures the ad-
vantage in the form of the development of produce
tive forces, and increase in the quantity of pro-
ducts Immediately within short period. We
have, say, hundreds of enterprises mines, forests,
etc.; We cannot develop them ALL we have notenough
machinary. food, or transport For the same
reasons we will badly develop the remaining Sec
tions. AS a consequence of the bad or insufficient
development of large undertakings we get the
Strengthening of this small private ownership move.
ment with all its consequences: the deterioration of
suburban (and later the whole of agriculture frit