So Dr. Barnes on the Affinity 
That our manufactures, at prefent, depend 
very much upon our machines: that the Cot¬ 
ton Manufacture, in particular, is, under Pro¬ 
vidence, entirely dependent upon them: and, 
that their ntmojl improvement, to the very highefl 
point, to which it is poflible for them to arrive, 
is, in the prefent circumftances of trade, very, 
defirable, for the fake of every intereft, and of 
every order of men, dependent upon our manu¬ 
factures, I will not here attempt to prove. 
They are pofitions, denied by none, but the 
loweft and weakeft of the vulgar; where alone 
l'uch weaknefs is pardonable. Whatever, therefore, 
may tend to encourage and affift thofe arts, by 
which mechanifm may be improved, and our 
manufactures extended, is a matter of common 
utility and importance. The Clergyman, the 
Phvfician, the Gentleman, are, I had almoft 
faid, equally interelted with the Tradefman, and 
the Merchant. 
To anfwer, in fome degree, this important 
end, and to ferve, however feebly, this general 
interest, I have imagined to myfclf a plan, 
which appeared to me, not impoflible to be 
carried into execution, and important enough to 
be attempted. It may, poflibly, appear to fome 
Gentlemen, an Utopian lcheme. Many objections 
may, at firft fight, appear to rife againft it. But 
I have all the confidence of a PtojeCtor, in laying, 
that I firmly believe, with proper attention, fuch 
as 
