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be carried on, by the united efforts of trading or manufa£luring com. 

 panies ; and requires to be fupportcd, in its infancy. It might be wife, 

 to affifl: the fpirited manufafturer, by public aid, in the ereftion of 

 improved machinery. This aid might confift, either in the aftual grant 

 of a certain fum of money, which might fometimes be neceffary : or, 

 what would be preferable, if the end could be attained by it, in the 

 payment of fo much per cent, for a limited term of years (fuppofe five 

 or feven) on the prime cod of all machinery, which (hould be erefted 

 for the ufe of the cotton manufa<fture ; provided, however, that fuch 

 machinery fhould be really, aud bona fide, employed, in full work in 

 the manufa^ure, during that time. The firft cofl: of the machinery, 

 and the regular and conflant employment of it, to be afcertained on 

 oath. 



Is it not expedient, to proteft the manufaftures of cottons and callicoes, 

 whether plain or printed, ftamped or ftained, by a duty, at lead equi- 

 valent to what is laid, on the like manufaftures of Ireland, when im- 

 ported into Britain ? — Dr. Smith allows, that there may be good policy, 

 in fuch retaliations, when they lead to a repeal of the high duties or 

 prohibitions complained of. 



I have before explained, how the manufaflurers in England, are 

 enabled, by fuperior capital, and fuperior ikill, to underfell our own 

 manufafturers, even in the home market ; and in particular, that, the 

 proprietors of machinery are able to fupply us with the article of cotton 

 warp, (though fubjeft to a duty of about two-pence per pound on im- 

 portation) on cheaper terms, than it can be furnifhed from the cotton 

 manufaftories, and mills, of this country. So great, indeed, are the 

 quantities, at prefent poured into this country, by England, that the 

 proprietors of mills and machinery into this country, are apprehenfive 

 it may end in their ruin. The weavers of cotton, in this country, 

 countenance thefe large importations, and confpire to oppofe any di- 

 minution of them, with all their might, becaufe they are thus furnifhed, 

 with cotton yarn and warps, which are to them as the prima of the 



manufai^ure. 



