On the contrary, in an industry which supplies the home market--namely, in the fabrication of linen handkerchiefs, which itself is of a quite recent growth--we see that cottage-weaving is, even now, in full prosperity.
Kropotkin emphasizes the prosperity of cottage weaving in the linen handkerchief industry, which has recently developed.
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