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have more than fifty workmen each) ; but the re- 

 mainder belongs to the small industry. It is the same 

 in the chemical works. There is in this branch some 

 ten factories employing more than 500 persons, and 

 100 which employ from 101 to 500 people ; but the 

 remainder is 1,000 of small works employing from 

 ten to fifty people, and 3,800 of the very small works 

 (less than ten workers). 



In all other branches it is the small or the very 

 small industry which dominates. Thus, in the manu- 

 facture of articles of food, there are only eight factories 

 employing more than 500 people each, and 92,000 

 small establishments having less than ten workpeople 

 each. In the printing industry the immense majority 

 of establishments are very small, and employ from 

 five to ten, or from ten to fifty workpeople. 



As to the manufacture of clothing, it entirely belongs 

 to the small industry. Only five factories employ more 

 than 200 each ; but the remainder represents 630,000 

 independent artisans, men and women ; 9,500 work- 

 shops where the work is done by the family ; and 

 132,000 workshops and factories occupying less than 

 ten workpeople each.* 



The different branches dealing with straw, feathers, 

 hair, leather, gloves, again, belong to the small and the 

 very small industry : 125,000 artisans and 43,000 

 small establishments employing from three to four 

 persons each. 



Shall I speak of the factories dealing with wood, 



* In an excellent monograph dealing with this branch (Le 

 developpement de la fabrique et le travail d domicile dans les 

 industries de FhabUleme-nt, by Professor Albert Aftalion, Paris, 

 1906), the author gives most valuable data as to the proper 

 domains of domestic work and the factory, and shows how, 

 why, and in which domains domestic work successfully com- 

 petes with the factory. 



