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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “Even in the textile industries--especially in consequence of the wide use of the labour of children and women--which…”

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Even in the textile industries--especially in consequence of the wide use of the labour of children and women--which offer so many advantages for the factory system, the hand-loom still competes with the power-loom.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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He points out the ongoing competition between hand-looms and power-looms in the textile industry.

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