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

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fideuce in the Soviet Government speculation and
mass and petty the most dangerously speculation
In planting" State Capitalism in the form of con-
cessions the Soviet Government strengthens large
production against small production, the advanced
against the backward, machine production against
hand production, it increases the quantity OF pro-
ducts of large industry in Its hands ana strengthens
,he State regulation Of economic relations as a
counter balance to the petty bourgeois anarchic re-
,at;ors The moderate and cautious introduction of
noI;cv of concessions (to certain and not very
great extenD will rapidly improve the state OF IN
dustrv and the position Of the workers and peasants
of course at the price of certain sacrifice the
render to the capitalists of tens of millions of poods
of mbst valuable prOducts The definition of the
tent and the conditions urder which concessions are
AN advantage to us and mot dangerous for us,
depeuds upon the relation of forces is determined by
struggle for concessions are also form of strug
gle continuation of the class struggle in another
form. and under no circumstances substitution of
the class war by class peace Practice will show
what the methods of this struggle are to be. State
CAPITALISM in the form of concessions, in comparison
with other forms of State Capitalism within So
Wet system is the most simple the cleares and the
most cIear-cut We have here direct formal written
treaty with the most cultured most advanced West
European countries. We know exactly our losses and
our gains, our rights and obligations. We know ex-
actIy the date on which we give the concessions and
know the conditions of buying out on the expiration
of concession if there is such buying out clause
in the treaty We pay certain tribute" to world
capitalism we as it were "buy OUT certain relations
and receive Immediately definite measure of con-
tbe 6 tha NJ ouk
and an improvement in the conditions of our in
dustry. The difficulty in connection with concessions
is to think out and weigh up things in concluding
concessions treaty and later to watch the carrying
out of the treaty. No doubt there are many diff
ficultes and in all probability mistakes will at first
be made, but difficulties are the smallest things in
comparison with the other tasks Of the social
luton and particularly sin comparison with other
forms of development the introduction, the planting
of State Capitalism.
The most important task of all party and Soviet
workers in connection with the introduction of the
agricultural tax is to adopt the principle the basis
of concessions that Sa policy similar to the
cession or State eapits Ipolicy, to the remaining
forms of capitalism -locaNNree Trade.
Take the cooperative societies. 1t was not for
nothing that the decree on the agricultural tax i'm
mediately led to a revision of the laws on CO.
operatives and certain extention of their free
dom" and their rights. Cooperation is also form Of
State Capitalism but sssimple and clear cut more
complicated and therefore creating many practical
difficulties for government. The cooperation of
small commodity producers (it is of these and of
workers coOperatives the predominant and typical
form in small peasant country that speak) will
inevitably generate petty bourgeois capitalist rea-
tiOns, facilitate their development, and bring the