Belgium is certainly a country of centralised industry, and a country in which the productivity of the worker stands at a high level, the average annual productivity of each industrial workman--men, women, and children--attaining now the high figure of at least £250 per head.
Kropotkin provides statistics on Belgium's centralized industry and worker productivity, highlighting its significance.
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