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worked by a staff of more than. 1,000 persons each, and 

 six out of them employ even more than 5,000 miners. 



It is only in these three branches that one finds a 

 rather strong " concentration " ; and yet, the small 

 industry continues to exist, as we saw it already in 

 England, by the side of the great one, even in mining, 

 and still more so in all branches of metallurgy. 



As to the textile industries, they have exactly the 

 same character as in England. We find here a certain 

 number of very large establishments (forty establish- 

 ments having each of them more than 1,000 work- 

 people), and especially we see a great development 

 of the middle-sized factories (1,300 mills having from 

 100 to 500 workpeople). But on the other side, the small 

 industry is also very numerous.* 



Quite the same is also seen in the manufacture of all 

 metallic goods (iron, steel, brass). Here, also, by the 

 side of a few great works (seventeen works occupy each 

 of them more than 1,000 workpeople and salaried 

 employees ; out of them five employ more than 

 2,000 persons, and one more than 5,000) ; and by the 

 side of a great number of middle-sized works (440 

 establishments employing from 100 to 500 persons), 

 we find more than 100,000 artisans who work single- 

 handed, or with the aid of their families ; and 72,600 

 works which have only from three to four workpeople. 



In the india-rubber works, and those for the manu- 

 facture of paper, the middle-sized factories are still 

 Well represented (13 per cent, of all the establishments 



* Here is how they are distributed : Workmen working 

 single-handed, 124,544 ; with their families, but without paid 

 workmen, 8,000 ; less than 10 workmen, 34,433 factories ; from 

 10 to 100 workpeople, 4,605 factories ; from 101 to 200 work- 

 people, 746 factories ; from 201 to 500 workpeople, 554 ; from 

 501 to 1,000, 123; from 1,001 to 2,000, 38; more than 2,000, 

 2 factories. 



