119. Other Organs of Distribution.
Since the November revolution there have come into existence various additional distributive organs created by the revolution. In the centre of these is the Narkomprod [the People’s Food Commissariat] with all its subdepartments in the provinces and the counties. These organisations for the supply of food had and have their own distributive instruments in the form of a network of food depots and stores. At one time, in the rural districts, the committees of the poor peasants were distributing agents, thus forming a counterpoise to the cooperative distribution. Whereas the cooperatives distributed most of the products they received among the well-to-do peasants, the committees of the poor peasants distributed among the poor peasants the greater part and the best part of the goods they received from the State. An important role in distribution was played by the house committees in the large towns and by the house communes. The trade unions and the factory committees were likewise occupied in the work of distribution.
The task of the Soviet Power is to ensure that these multiple organs of distribution shall be replaced by a single distributive organ, or shall become parts of one integral distributive mechanism. In this connexion, for example, the house committees and the house communes play a useful part, for they enable consumers to secure the goods they need without standing about in queues for hours or days.