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fons, who drefs and prepare it for the fpinning wheel. So, the wool- 

 len manufa£lure, in addition to the perfons employed in its numerous 

 branches, fets in motion the induftry of the farmer and his fervants, 

 who tend the fheep, and fliear the fleece. 



The manufafture of fltoes not only fets in motion the induflry of 

 the fhoe-maker, but alfo of the tanner, who prepares the leather, and 

 in fome meafure of the farmer, who feeds the ox. The manufactures 

 of hardware and cutlery, not only fet in motion the induflry of the 

 fmith, and of the cutler, but alfo of the miner, who raifes the ore, 

 the refiner, who fmelts and prepares it, and of thofe, who provide 

 fuel, for the various operations on the metal, in its progiefs to the 

 cutler's {hop. Where a manufacture is converfant about an imported 

 material, all this derivative encouragement is loft to the native country, 

 and employed, to excite the induftry of a foreign, perhaps, a hoftile 

 nation. 



In the fecond place, when a manufaflurer" depends on a foreign 

 ftate, for the materials of his manufacture, he is in the power of that 

 ftate ; which, by flopping the fupply of thofe materials, by throwing 

 the manufadturers out of employment, and reducing them to beggary 

 and ruin, may excite tumult, and infurredion, and endanger the fafety 

 and happinefs of the whole community. 



In the third place, an imported primum muft be dearer, in propor- 

 tion to the intrinfic value, than one, which is the native growth of the 

 country. Where the materials are bulky, and the country, which pro- 

 duces them diftant, the expence of freight, commiflion, duties, carriage, 

 and other charges, that attend the conveyance of the material, from 

 a diflauce, become fo high, that it is impoffible for the diftant manu- 

 facturer to fultain a competition, in the foreign market, with thofe, who 

 find the raw material nearer home. The fuccefs, depends on the flu- 

 pidity and indolence of the nation, that produces the raw material ; — a 

 precarious dependence, for the happinefs and profperity of a people. Add 



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