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they give occupation to less than twenty persons each. 

 They thus belong still to the small industry. 



After that conies a sudden fall in the figures. There 

 are only 3,865 factories having from fifty-one to 100 em- 

 ployees. This class and the preceding one contain 

 among them 5| per cent, of all the industrial establish- 

 ments, and 27 1 per cent, of their employees. 



The class of factories employing from 101 to 500 

 workmen contains 3,145 establishments (616,000 

 workmen and other employees). But that of from 

 501 to 1,000 employees per factory has only 295 

 establishments, and a total of only 195,000 operatives. 

 Taken together, these two classes contain less than 

 1 per cent, of all the establishments (six per 1,000), 

 and 26 per cent, of all the workmen. 



Finally, the number of factories and works having 

 more than a thousand workmen and employees each is 

 very small. It is only 149. Out of them, 108 have from 

 1,001 to 2,000 workmen, twenty-one have from 2,001 

 to 5,000, and ten only have more than 5,000 workmen. 

 These 149 very big factories and works give occupation 

 to 313,000 persons only, out of more than 3,000,000 

 that is, only 10 per cent, of all the industrial workers. 



It thus appears that more than 99 per cent, of all 

 the industrial establishments in France that is, 

 571,940 out of 575,529 have less than 100 workmen 

 each. They give occupation to 2,000,000 persons, and 

 represent an army of 571,940 employers. More than 

 that. The immense majority of that number (568,075 

 employers) belong to the category of those who employ 

 less than fifty workmen each. And I do not yet count 

 in their number 520,000 employers and artisans who 

 work for themselves, or with the aid of a member of 

 the family. 



It is evident that in France, as everywhere, the 



