. The Russian Bolshevik Revolution . A. Kollontay Peoples Commissarj- of Social Welfare BACKGROUND OF THE TOILING MASSES 17 versed in the worlds agricultural experience, mightconclude: The root of these peoples poverty is poor acre jdeld of grains in Eussia is but two thirdsof the yield of Italy, Bulgaria and Roumania;scarcely a half of the yield of British India, Uruguay,Greece, France, Hungary, the United States, Canadaand Argentina; two fifths of the yield of Germanyand Denmark; one third or less of the yield of Hol-land, Japan, Norway, England, and Belgium. Andthis showing incl
. The Russian Bolshevik Revolution . A. Kollontay Peoples Commissarj- of Social Welfare BACKGROUND OF THE TOILING MASSES 17 versed in the worlds agricultural experience, mightconclude: The root of these peoples poverty is poor acre jdeld of grains in Eussia is but two thirdsof the yield of Italy, Bulgaria and Roumania;scarcely a half of the yield of British India, Uruguay,Greece, France, Hungary, the United States, Canadaand Argentina; two fifths of the yield of Germanyand Denmark; one third or less of the yield of Hol-land, Japan, Norway, England, and Belgium. Andthis showing includes the estates, which, being betterland and better farmed, yield one fourth more peracre than the lands which belong to the 109,000peasant communes. So that, although the great Rus-sian plain is one of the best agricultural tracts in theworld, no peasantry obtains a smaller return from itstillage. It is necessary, then, to discard the system of com-munal land ownership, long since abandoned inWestern and Central Europe, which ensl
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