Sections 1 SMALL INDUSTRIES AND INDUSTRIAL VILLAGES. 2 To examine the special question as to the possibility of such a combination is the aim of… 3 With regard to the sale of the produce, the small industries offer the same variety of… 4 And, finally, there is the small workshop (often with hired wheel-power) in which a master… 5 Whenever a crisis breaks out in some branch of the petty trades, there is no lack of writers… 6 Now, the advantages offered by a large factory in comparison with hand work are self-evident… 7 +—+—+—+—+ | | Number of | Number of | Average | | 1897. 8 A fact which strikes us is that the 1,051,564 workpeople—men, women and children—who worked… 9 If we had for the United Kingdom full statistics, giving lists of all the factories, with… 10 The distribution of the textile factories in the other counties of the United Kingdom is… 11 All these important branches of the British textile industry, which give work to more than… 12 In the fabrication of food produce we find several great sugar, chocolate, and preserves… 13 Then we have the factories dealing with the burnishing and enamelling of metals, which also… 14 It is evident that this class comprises a very considerable number of bakers, small… 15 We thus see that even in this country, which may be considered as representing the highest… 16 Until lately, Leeds and its environs were also the seat of extensive domestic industries. 17 The Birmingham gun and rifle trades, which also belong to the same domain of small… 18 Exact figures as to the small industries are wanting, but a simple walk through the suburbs… 19 Besides, the large factory stimulates the birth of new petty trades by creating new wants. 20 Petty Trades in France. 21 Otherwise, a new industry always grows up when the competition of the factory becomes too… 22 Another important centre for rural industries was in the neighbourhood of Rouen, where no… 23 Finally, in the villages of the Vermandois district (department of the Aisne), we find a… 24 On the contrary, in an industry which supplies the home market—namely, in the fabrication of… 25 In Brittany, in the neighbourhood of Quimperlé, a great number of small workshops for the… 26 In the woody regions of the Perche and the Maine we find all sorts of wooden industries… 27 Pottery makes the fortune of the valley of the Loire about Nevers. 28 * * * * * Another very important centre of petty trades is the French Jura, or the French… 29 At St. 30 Finally, omitting a mass of small trades, I will only name the hat-makers of the Loire, the… 31 The banks of the Rhône, between Ampuis and Condrieu, are one of the wealthiest parts of all… 32 At Cours, 1,600 workers are employed in making “blankets,” 33 The chief centre for petty trades in France is, however, Paris. 34 The numbers of motors which were exhibited at the last exhibitions in the Galerie du travail… 35 +—+—+—+ | | Number of |Number of operatives| | |establishments.| and clerks.
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