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« 83diy. From the general introduction of 
machinery, it has been confidently said, the 
staple manufacture of the kingdom ts endan- 
gered, by its being so imuch more easily trans- 
ferred to other nations. : 
«< The advocates for restrictions assert, that 
the use of machinery, by rendering the supe- 
rior skill of those persons, long accustomed 
to different brauches of the manufacture, 
comparatively useless, it will become perfect- 
ly easy to form establishments for the trade 
in other nations, as only a few superintending 
persons will be wanted, who may be fully com- 
petent to the management of machinery,” 
In reply to the objection about the ob- 
tainable quantity of wool, why not re- 
peal the laws against owdling, transport 
our best breeds of sheep to Canada, and 
there grow the desirable profusion of 
-clothing wool ? 
In reply to the objection about the 
morals of manufacturing children, is it 
not equally applicable to all opportuni- 
ties ot indiscriminate association, among 
the children of the poor; to Sunday 
schools, for instance, the purlieus of 
which are, in many large towns, lurk- 
ing places of premature debauchery? If 
both sexes have separate playing-crofts, 
if they are attended during meals by a 
chaplain or pedagogue, if they always 
separate by day-light, and return at a 
Arr. LXIIL. Observations on the Propriety or Impropriety of exporting Cotton Twist, 7 
the Purpose of being manufuctured into Cloth by Foreigners. 
IT has been thought an object by aur 
luwgivers to compress, within the island, 
the largest possible resident population, 
without any regard to the quantity of 
subsistence which can be grown at home. 
For this purpose, raw materials are suf- 
fered to be imported: with Little or no bur- 
denof duty, manufactured articlesare bur- 
dened with heavy duties, or wholly prohi- 
ited, and thus manufacturers of various 
descriptions are rewarded for residence. 
If there were no restrictions of this kind, 
and all exportation and importation was 
ree, the consumer of silks would proba- 
bly bny them from Lyons cheaper than 
from Spital-fields; and many weavers, 
who are maintained here, would be main- 
tained onthe continent. ‘This is a sacri- 
fice of wealth to strength, which was re- 
ally expedient while the nation was un- 
derpeopled, but which is daily becoming 
less important. 
Ifthe exportation of cotton twist were 
prohibited, the article would sell lower, 
the weavers of cotton would be able to 
urchase it on easier terms, they would 
t ablé to offer woets at a lower price, 
HISTORY, POLITICS, AND STATISTICS. 
ed: and for this reason, that whenever 
known hour to sleep under the parental 
roof, the only precautions which our 
state of society can insure seem to have 
been taken. 
In reply to the objection of the trans" 
ferrableness of machinery, let an appeal ~ 
be made to observation and experiences | 
Those manufactures, which require only | 
the tuition of human individuals, have } 
often migrated, whenever intolerance, 
religious or political, has expatriated a- 
few teachers. But those manufactures, | 
which are produced by costly establish- 
ments of mechanism, have never migrate - 
the demand slackens, the rent of the ma- | 
chinery abates; so that the article pro= 
duced thenceforwards incurs a smaller 
charge for the wages of enginery, (if we 
may so word it) than it would have to 
incur, if new engines were to be construct=_ 
ed for its production. It must therefore 
always’ be cheaper to buy where there are} 
machines of long standing, which ‘have 
already overstocked demand, than where 
the mechanism is new, and has to earn} 
the interest of its cost. 4 
The postscript notices some laws con-| 
cerning apprentices, on which it would 
be interesting to hear the opinions of so 
experienced a judge. 
8vo. pp. 6*. 
and would sell more piece-goods than at 
present. More resident weavers would 
thus be maintained here, and some con 
nental weavers would be thrown out off 
employ ; but there would be a loss of 
wealth incurred in the diminished value 
ton. ; 
[t is probable that our mechanics wil 
ere long, contrive to weave calicoes by 
machinery, as well as to spin the compe 
nent threads. It will then cease to bi 
the mxerest of foreigners. to purchase 
twist ; because the second operation, a 
well as the first, will be performed 
cheaper here than on the continent. 
The construction of such machines, 
would be the best cure for the decreast 
of business complained of by the bleat 
chers, dyers, and printers of cotton stuff 
Our author would have the legislature 
iutertere, and interrupt, by a prohibitory 
dnty, the expertation of cotton twist 
We would have them let it alone. Th 
immediate loss to the spinners would Gf 
great, and the discouragement to eniel 
prize immense.” 
