Written: Written in 1909, no earlier than October, in Paris and mailed to a local address
Published:
First published in 1964 in Collected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 47.
Printed from the original.
Source:
Lenin
Collected Works,
Progress Publishers,
[1977],
Moscow,
Volume 43,
pages 226b-228a.
Translated: Martin Parker and Bernard Isaacs
Transcription\Markup:
R. Cymbala
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(2005).
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In order to conduct our business affairs systematically and to be able just as systematically to cut down expenses, it is necessary
1) to draw up monthly accounts under comparable headings separating the most essential items least subject to change from the more incidental and more easily reducible items (publishing the paper from aid; premises of the for warding office and print-shop expenses from the cost of paper, typesetters’ wages, etc.);
2) to try to draw up a rational summary account for a considerable period of time (e.g., half a year) indicating average expenditure on each item. (Allowances to Party workers separately; aid separately; incidental and travelling expenses should not be lumped together; expenditure on the newspaper itemised: typesetters—paper—premises—forwarder’s wages—printing shop, etc.) After that it is necessary to consider carefully cuts on each item, not approximately, not by rule of thumb, but on the basis of exact estimates (re duce such-and-such an item by so-and-so much: buy cheaper paper or rent cheaper premises, etc., etc.; reduce expenses on “messengers” and travel, etc.).
1909. Months (0. S.) VI VII VIII IX σ a Allowances to Party workers b Aid to comrades c National organisations d Transport e Inheritance a Mailing a Honorarium a Incidental a Secretary and postage f Illegal publications (minutes) g Conference h To Russia e Payments On old debts i Miscellaneous 2,560 359.2 400 730 300 1,501 454.5 207 26.7 1,725 2,258 5,947.55 – -- 1,055 1,930 1,505 553.70 208.35 653.35 475 1,064.65 265 2,705 66.50 169.75 1,545 – 4,648.75 4,012.40 600 1,615 |21,000| 800 185.10 118.10 933.40 – 1,000 600 1,760 1,135 1,080.90 103.50 380 136.20 – -- 6,562.70 300 – Monthly average (roughly) 1/4 σ 7,050 1,774.60 2,075 5,169.65 22,700 6,088.90 701.80 941.85 328.75 3,270 2,258 18,092.40 4,312.40 1,000.0 1,762 444 519 1,292 5,675 1,522 175 235 82 817 566 4,523 1,078 250 Total . . . . 16,468.95 16,608.45 28,467.30 14,216.65 75,761.35 18,940 240 36 216 6.66.... 24
0.5 Approximately: Possible reductions mini- mum maxi- mum ? min- imum in thousands a) Expenses for organisations abroad and for paper b) Aid to comrades c) National organisations d) Transport e) Expenses on obtaining σ and debts f) Illegal Party publications g) Conferences h) To Russia i) Miscellaneous 3,776 444 519 1,292 |6,753| 817 566 4,523 2.5 —3.0 2.5 0.3 —0.5 0.2 0.2 —0.3 0.1 (Latvians only) 0.0 —0.8 0.5 -- – -- 0.3 —0.5 0.6 —0.6 2.5 —3.5 2.5 (C. C. only, excluding local) 250 0.1 —0.2 – 18,940 7.1 —9.4 6.3 18,940 – 6,753 12,187
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