It is evident that a number of petty trades are already now doomed to disappear; but there are others, on the contrary, which are endowed with a great vitality, and all chances are in favour of their continuing to exist and to take a further development for many years to come.
Kropotkin acknowledges the precarious future of certain petty trades while recognizing the resilience of others that are likely to thrive.
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