INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION TWO CENTURIES AGO, 609 



Good Order Established 



in 



Pennsilvania & New Jersey 



in 



AMERICA, 



Being a true Account of the Country ; 

 "With the Produce and Commodities there made, 



And the great Improvements that may be made 

 by means of Publick Store-houses for Hemp, 

 Flax and Linnen-Cloth ; also, the Advantages of a 

 Publick-School, the Profits of a Publick-Bank, 

 and the Probability of its arising, if those 

 directions here laid down are followed. With 

 the advantages of publick Granaries. 



Likewise several other things needful to be under- 

 stood by those that are or do intend to be 

 concerned in the planting in the said Countries, 



All which is laid down very plain, in this small 

 Treatise ; it being easie to be understood 

 by any Ordinary Capacity. To which the Header 

 is referred for his further satisfaction. 



By Thomas Budd. 



Printed in the Year 1685. 



Those that have generous Spirits, whose desires and 

 Endeavours are to bring the Creation into Order, do 

 I dedicate This, the first Fruits of my Endeavours. 



Authorities differ as to the place of publication. It is commonly 

 said to have been printed in London while Budd and Jenings were 

 there upon their mission as deputies of the province. Others assert 

 that it was one of the publications of the well-known William Brad- 

 ford, of Philadelphia, and give reasons why it could not have been 

 printed in London, and why Bradford omitted to insert his name as 

 publisher. 



In this treatise Budd describes, first, the physical features of the 

 two provinces East and West Jersey the prevailing social customs ; 

 and then, after giving wholesome advice to the farmers, brewers, 

 manufacturers, and tanners, and after outlining a scheme by which 

 public storehouses might be built with profit to the community, and 

 describing the ways by which the industry of flax and hemp might be 

 encouraged, he gives his readers what he deems to be the proper sys- 

 tem of education. His conclusion is that, if this system of education 

 is adopted and prevails, then not only will the minds and bodies of the 

 youths be properly developed, but the public and private coffers will 

 be enriched. We quote so much of the treatise as deals with the sub- 

 ject of education. He writes : 



" 1. Now It might be well if a Law were made by the Governours 

 vol. xxxi. 39 



