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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “In other words, in the manufacture of woollens, shoddy, hemp, hair, machine-made lace, and mechanical knitting, as also…”

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In other words, in the manufacture of woollens, shoddy, hemp, hair, machine-made lace, and mechanical knitting, as also in the weaving of silks, there are, of course, large factories; but the majority of these establishments belong to the domain of the small industry.
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Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin

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Kropotkin notes that while large factories exist, most establishments in certain textile industries are small.

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