'In Department I, 550_s_ must be capitalised. If the former proportion is maintained, 440 of this amount form constant capital, and 110 variable capital. These 110 must be eventually taken out of 725 II_s_, that is to say, articles of consumption to the value of 110 are consumed by the labourers of I instead of the capitalists of II, so that the latter are compelled to capitalise these 110_s_ which they cannot consume. This leaves 615 II_s_ of the 725 II_s_. But if II thus converts these 110 into additional constant capital, it requires an additional variable capital of 55. This again must be taken out of its surplus value. Subtracting this amount from 615 II_s_, we find that only 560 II_s_ remain for the consumption of the capitalists of II, and we obtain the following values of capital after accomplishing all actual and potential transfers: I. _(4,400c+440c) + (1,100v+110v) = 4,840c + 1,210v = 6,050_ II. _(1,600c+50c+110c) + (800v+25v+55v) = 1,760c + 88v = 2,640_ ----- Total: 8,690'[103] This quotation is given at length since it shows very clearly how Marx here effects accumulation in Department I at the expense of Department II. In the years that follow, the capitalists of the provisions department get just as rough a deal. Following the same rules, Marx allows them in the third year to accumulate 264_s_--a larger amount this time than in the two preceding years. In the fourth year they are allowed to capitalise 290_s_ and to consume 678_s_, and in the fifth year they accumulate 320_s_ and consume 745_s_. Marx even says: 'If things are to proceed normally, accumulation in II must take place more rapidly than in I, because that portion of I(_v + s_) which must be converted into commodities of II_c_, would otherwise grow more rapidly than II_c_, for which it can alone be exchanged.'[104]