NOTE ON P. TUROT’S BOOK,
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Paul Turot, Enquête agricole de 1866-1870, resumée par...
Paris 1877.
The Inquiry consisted of 33 volumes, which were not on sale. The first 4 volumes gave a general summary of which
a resume was made by Mr. Turot. Although his work has been “crowned” with a gold medal, it is on the lowest pos-
sible level. It is not a summary of the Inquiry data, but
a summary of the “data on the decisions” of the central
commission in charge of the Inquiry. And its decisions are
such, for instance, as that machinery should be imported
duty-free, that inventors must be rewarded (pp. 84-87: no
data at all on the use of machinery!!),—that labour cards,
should not be introduced (pp. 81-84), etc. The rest of the
chapters can be judged from the content of this, “Chapter
III. Wages. Piece Work” (content—nil).
No wonder its pages remain uncut (at the British Museum).
Written not earlier than April 1902- not later than April 1903
First printed in the
Fourth Russian edition
Printed from the original