It would only reduce the high profits of those manufacturers who do not improve their factories and chiefly rely upon cheap labour and long hours.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “It would only reduce the high profits of those manufacturers who do not improve their factories and chiefly rely upon…”
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He warns that a free-trade policy would primarily reduce profits for manufacturers who rely on outdated practices rather than innovation.
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