REMARKS ON PAPER MAKING. fj 



In the year 1793-i, I Imported a parcel of cotton rags at foftance in 

 9l. per ton ; bleaching them added S per cent, to the 9l. The P oint : *J* *"f 



t x remedy, ltatcd to 



bleached AufT was worth more than 461. per ton : the beauti-confift in the 

 Ail paper produced now exifts in a public work. If paper f^P^ " of thc 



r x * i i • i i • improvements, 



makers, or ftationer-paper makers, had paid attention to this and - tne proper 

 new and growing improvement; (or would pay attention) employ of our 



.,?,.,. ~ .« n i • i -i r_ ./capital and 



inftead of (ohcitmg a remiffion ot duties, they might be able wor j-,. 

 with their capital and mills ready formed, to counteract the 

 French, and contribute ftill more to the ftate, than is paid at 

 prefent. A relaxation of part of the duties, cannot be a ra- 

 dical relief. To forego an object of finance without remedy- 

 ing a complaint, can only be a compliance with the govern- 

 ment, to participate in misfortune with the petitioners. 



The neceffity of aboltfhing improper combinations and Combinations 

 power among journeymen paper makers, and the injury done jJintTat «?«&- 

 to paper mills by London ftationers importing and regulating tiom by the State, 

 the price of rags, and monopolizing mills, are evident direc- 

 tions to relieve the fuffering part of the trade, and how to 

 obtain revenue from the wealthy part, by way of granting 

 licences, I fhall be happy, if required, to communicate. 



The arts, commerce, and navigation of this country, are General obfer- 



juftly conAdered by the French government, to be the Anews vatl0ns * The 



r t- i i /-,i i r. t iT ii »• « i arts > commerce, 



ot England. Chaptal, Berthollet, and other enlightened men navigation. 



are encouraged to affect us, and benefit their own country in 



thefe particulars : that they have not been unfuccefsful is ma- 



nifefted by the Aate of the paper trade in France. 



The maxim of trade finding its level, is too Alpine a maxim Level of trade, 

 in the prefent Aate of difcoveries. Factories are altering, and 

 markets muA vary. Goods formed by mere mixture, fuch as What manufao 

 faline and other bodies, require neither capital, nor machi- J.°, ries ""Jj.*^ 

 nery. Many of thefe are in a ftate of great cultivation in and what are the 

 France. In arts reAing on capital, machinery, and aptitude !" oft P er ™ anent 

 of hand, we fhalllong remain unrivalled, countrv. ' 



At prefent I fliall check thefe obfervations, that my remarks 

 on the paper trade may remain diftindt and unmixed with any 

 other matter. 



H. CAMPBELL. 

 No* 11, Fleet-Street, London. 



III. Remarks 



